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Sarkozy has been accused of colonial nostalgia over today’s Bastille Day parade. What do you think is the best way for a country to honor a complicated past?

More on this criticism of French President Nicolas Sarkozy. http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/jul/13/france-sarkozy-bastille-africa-colon… added by: joshuaheller

Doomsday: How BP Gulf disaster may have triggered a ‘world-killing’ event

Uh oh… Any one else have a bad feeling about this? http://www.helium.com/items/1882339-doomsday-how-bp-gulf-disaster-may-have-trigg… http://orionwell.files.wordpress.com/2008/12/grim-reaper.jpg added by: TargetMouse

ImprovEverywhere – Star Wars Subway Car

More info: http://improveverywhere.com/2010/07/1.. . For our latest mission, we staged a reenactment of the first Princess Leia / Darth Vader scene from Star Wars on a New York City subway car. This is one of over 100 different missions Improv Everywhere has executed since 2001 in New York City. Others include the Frozen Grand Central, the Food Court Musical, and the famous No Pants Subway Ride, to name a few. Visit the website to see tons of photos and video of all of our work, including behind the scenes information on how this video was made. http://www.improveverywhere.com added by: irishlonewolf

Bristol Palin & Levi Johnston ENGAGED, Sarah Palin Not Told

Bristol Palin and Levi Johnston are engaged, and they've shared the news on the cover of Us Weekly, seen below. They have not shared the news with Bristol's mom Sarah Palin, who has mocked Levi as “Ricky Hollywood” and poked at his “aspiring porn” career. Bristol tell the glossy, “It is intimidating and scary just to think about what her reaction is going to be. Hopefully she will jump on board.” Apparently they got back together three months ago, and engaged two weeks ago. The reconnected when meeting to discuss custody of son Tripp, 18 months old. “I really thought we were over,” Levi tells the mag. “So when I went, I had no hope. I think we both just started talking — and then we took Tripp for a walk.” Bristol continues, “When he left that night, we didn't hug or kiss, but I was thinking how different it was. He texted me: 'I miss you. I love you. I want to be with you again' … I was in shock.” Pick up the magazine for more and “exclusive pictures,” for which they pair were presumably paid. Visible on the cover is Bristol's new engagement ring. Levi already has her name tattooed on his ring finger. added by: TimALoftis

Effort underway to remove tons of fat from London’s sewers | Raw Story

A team of workers sporting breathing apparatus and carrying shovels has started clearing around 1,000 tonnes of fat from sewers around London's Leicester Square, a water company said Tuesday. Cooking fat being poured down drains under one of the city's main tourist attractions is thought to be causing blockages. Leicester Square borders London's Chinatown and its bustling restaurants and cafes, as well as the West End and Soho entertainment districts. The clean-up, which could take up to two months, is described as the biggest ever of its kind by Thames Water, the firm organising it. Danny Brackley, one of those involved in the clean-up, said they could not even access the sewers at first as they were blocked by a four foot (1.2 metre) thick wall of solid fat. added by: bansheewail

News: Ever wonder what it would be like to be in a AH-64 attack chopper over Afghanistan? Watch video and find out

Great aerial view from inside an AH-64 attack chopper over Afghanistan. http://tiny.cc/nq109 added by: BillCorcoran

What Does The Financial Reform Bill Do Other Than Being Completely And Utterly Worthless?

Is it possible to write a 2,300 page piece of legislation that accomplishes next to nothing and is pretty much completely and utterly worthless? The answer is yes. Barack Obama has been trumpeting the Dodd-Frank financial reform bill as the “biggest rewrite of Wall Street rules since the Great Depression”, but the truth is that after the Wall Street lobbyists got done carving it up, the bill that was left was so watered down and so toothless that it essentially accomplishes nothing except creating even more government bureaucracy and even more mind-numbing paperwork. The bill is so riddled with loopholes for the big banks that it is basically the legislative equivalent of Swiss cheese. The Democrats in the Senate were ecstatic when they announced that they had secured the 60 votes needed to pass this legislation, but when they are asked about what the financial reform bill will do, most of them are left stammering for some kind of cohesive response. The sad truth is that most of them probably don't understand the bill and none of them will probably ever read the entire thing. added by: Revelation1217

Outtake: Bryan Safi Attempts a Tasteless Oral Fixation Joke

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Outtake: Bryan Safi Attempts a Tasteless Oral Fixation Joke

Federal Indictments announced against officers in New Orleans bridge deaths

(CNN) — Federal officials announced indictments Tuesday against four police officers and two supervisors in the investigation surrounding the post-Katrina deaths of civilians on New Orleans' Danziger Bridge. At least three New Orleans police officers were in FBI custody Tuesday afternoon, an attorney for one of them confirmed. Kenneth Bowen, Anthony Villavaso and Robert Gisevius surrendered to authorities. Announcement of the charges stemming from a federal civil rights investigation was made by Attorney General Eric Holder in New Orleans. “Put simply, we will not tolerate wrongdoing by those who have sworn to protect the public,” Holder told reporters. Holder promised the Justice Department will help restore the troubled New Orleans police department. “Today marks an important step forward in administering justice, in healing community wounds, in improving public safety and in restoring public trust in this city's police department,” Holder said. He was joined by the Justice Department's civil rights chief, Thomas E. Perez, and U.S. Attorney Jim Letten, the top federal prosecutor in New Orleans. The shootings occurred at the bridge on September 4, 2005, six days after Katrina slammed into the Gulf Coast. added by: TimALoftis

FACEBOOK JUST PULLED THIS VIDEO FROM MY PAGE: Gulf Oil Spill – Obama Failed Leadership Timeline

And that tis' why a more suitable name discription would be Facistbook. added by: samantha420