Read a little. Learn a lot. • Tightly-written news, views and stuff • Follow us on Twitter • Be a Facebook Fan • Tumble us!

26 Feb 2010 21:34

tags

Politics: Jim Bunning has no problem blocking unemployment benefits

  • The senator reportedly said “tough #*@(” to another senator criticizing him. Last night, the lame duck Senator (and former baseball star) complained about missing a basketball game because he wanted to block extending unemployment benefits that much. He’s the only Senator holding up the bill. Why? He says that there’s no way to pay for it. Come on. This is NOT the bill to be playing politics on, man. source
Posted by Ernie Smith • 6 Comments • Permalink

26 Feb 2010 15:52

tags

Offbeat: Atlanta I-20 bison photo: Holy crap that’s strange

Wow, this is like a weird combination of two parts of American history: The interstate highway system and the buffalo. We blame Ted Turner for this. source
Posted by Ernie Smith • 0 Comments • Permalink

26 Feb 2010 15:44

tags

Music: We’re so vain: We thought “You’re So Vain” about us, not David Geffen

  • And she wasn’t mad about a failed romantic relationship, as Geffen is openly gay. Instead, the paper speculates she was resentful of Geffen’s promotion of rival Joni Mitchell.
  • An article in the Chicago Sun-Times • Regarding the fate of Carly Simon’s classic pop hit “You’re So Vain,” the greatest mystery song in the history of early 70’s folk rock. Simon, 64, been dropping hints for 37 years (and wow, the song is 38 years old!), and Warren Beatty was often the most-suggested name before now. In retrospect, it completely makes sense that it’s about a gay socialite, doesn’t it? Either way, we’re kinda upset it wasn’t us. It’s as if we have grounds in our coffee, grounds in our coffee … source
Posted by Ernie Smith • 0 Comments • Permalink

26 Feb 2010 15:25

tags

Offbeat: I-20 in Atlanta shut down due to a bison (?!?) on the road


  • Twitter, above, is all over this odd story like bison gravy. source
Posted by Ernie Smith • 0 Comments • Permalink

26 Feb 2010 14:45

tags

Biz: Google’s rich employees are paying their money forward

  • 200 Google-worker-rooted startups since 2005 source
Posted by Ernie Smith • 0 Comments • Permalink

26 Feb 2010 14:30

tags

Culture: Sea World president gives serial killer whale a spirited defense

  • The events are quite varied. Those incidents and nature of them had nothing to do with the nature of this event…and are not relevant to his particular altercation.
  • Sea World Parks & Entertainment President Jim Atchison • Regarding the decision to let Tilikum, the serial killer whale, continue to work at Sea World. Tilikum has killed three people in the time he’s been in captivity. Despite his deadly streak, he plays many important roles at the theme park – he makes big splashes, he impregnates female whales and he’s huge. Simply put, he’s a valued member of the community. source
Posted by Ernie Smith • 0 Comments • Permalink

26 Feb 2010 14:20

tags

Culture: Serial killer whale Tilikum staying at Sea World despite death

  • yes The Shamu show will resume at Sea World starting tomorrow, four days after the death of a trainer in a whale attack.
  • no Trainers will not be able to get in the pool with the whales as a safety measure after Dawn Brancheau’s death.
  • yes Tilikum, the killer, “will remain an active and contributing member of the team despite what happened.” source
Posted by Ernie Smith • 0 Comments • Permalink
 

26 Feb 2010 13:44

tags

Tech: Is the Palm Pre the Velvet Underground of phones?

  • Critical acclaim is not enough to sell this phone. Despite putting all of their efforts into a phone series that’s reportedly pretty awesome, the Palm Pre (and Pixi) have not become the runaway hits their pedigree suggests. Their sales are going to be much lower than anticipated when it first launched in June. Why? PC World suggests it might be an advertising problem. And MacWorld suggests the lack of third-party apps is really what’s doing it in. source
Posted by Ernie Smith • 0 Comments • Permalink

26 Feb 2010 12:10

tags

World: Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi apparently hates the Swiss

  • Let us wage jihad against Switzerland, Zionism and foreign aggression. Any Muslim in any part of the world who works with Switzerland is an apostate, is against Muhammad, God and the Koran.
  • Muammar Gaddafi • In waging jihad against the Swiss. The famously neutral country has angered Gaddafi both personally and religiously. The problem started when Gaddafi’s son, Hannibal, as well as his wife Aline Skaf, was arrested in Switzerland for allegedly assaulting two servants. Gaddafi reacted by removing billions of dollars of financial interests from Switzerland, removing diplomats, refusing visas to Swiss citizens and pretty much overreacting. It then escalated to the point where Gaddafi and many other Libyan officials can’t travel into the country, to which Gaddafi responded by blocking many European countries from getting visas to enter Libya. Oh, and the minaret ban didn’t help either. Sounds like someone needs diplomacy. source
Posted by Ernie Smith • 0 Comments • Permalink

26 Feb 2010 11:40

tags

World: Thaksin Shinawatra’s bank accounts are looking much lighter today

Why are these women so sad? Because Shinawatra, the former Thai Prime Minister, just had much of his money taken away by a court. Over $1 billion of it. source
Posted by Ernie Smith • 0 Comments • Permalink
 
<< newer 
top tags
older >>