February 2012
“by looking at the pace with which viruses evolved, you can reverse engineer your...”
– On today’s Fresh Air, the history of the HIV virus. (via nprfreshair)
Fukushima – Worse Than Chernobyl →
The U.S. Center for Disease Control (CDC) reported weekly deaths by age in 122 cities, which represents about 25 to 35 percent of the population total. Deaths rose 4.46 percent from 2010 to 2011 in the 14 weeks after the arrival of Japanese fallout, compared with a 2.34 percent increase in the prior 14 weeks. The number of infant deaths after Fukushima rose 1.80 percent, compared with a previous...
“I have some great friends who are NASCAR team owners.”
– Republican presidential candidate MITT ROMNEY, who only hangs out with “NASCAR team owners” and other rich people who are rich like he is.
How many more times can he use his foot to stick his silver spoon in his mouth?
(via The Atlantic)
“When the newspapers were full of alarms about Iran possibly developing a nuclear...”
– Howard Zinn on Kurt Vonnegut (via axelgonz08)
“If we had 51% women in Congress, do you think we’d be debating access to...”
– Sen. Kristen Gillibrand (via subconciousevolution)
Five Things Rick Santorum Could have Learned in... →
Santorum has given ample evidence that despite all the taxpayer dollars wasted on his education, he failed to learn anything about how to think independently, which is what education should have taught him. So here are some things he might have learned if he had been paying attention, and which might have kept him from saying a string of silly things in public.
Perry’s On-the-Job Retirement Lifts Pension Perk... →
sarahlee310:
It’s been discovered that an old obscure paragraph dealing with state pension benefits has allowed Texas Gov. Rick Perry to increase his take-home pay by more than $90,000 a year. While slashing programs for the poor, he’s getting retirement benefits while still working.
And we are surprised, why????
ShortFormBlog: Ohio school shooting shakes small... →
shortformblog:
one killed in a school shooting in Chardon, Ohio, a town of 5,100
4 wounded in the Cleveland-area shooting Monday morning source
» The shooting took place in the school’s cafeteria: The shooting in Chardon, a small community 30 miles outside of Cleveland, took place before classes…
“I talked to the driver Tony Raines on Saturday and told him that since he’s...”
– Rick Santorum, offering up allegorical racing advice to Tony Raines, the driver of the Rick Santorum-themed vehicle at the Daytona 500. The race has been delayed multiple times due to rain, the first time that’s happened in its history. (via shortformblog)
Are NPR's new ethics guidelines the way for... →
shortformblog:
With these words, NPR commits itself as an organization to avoid the worst excesses of “he said, she said” journalism. It says to itself that a report characterized by false balance is a false report. It introduces a new and potentially powerful concept of fairness: being “fair to the truth,” which as we know is not always evenly distributed among the sides in a public...
Trader Joes is pushed into Fair Trade agreement:... →
reagan-was-a-horrible-president:
On Thursday, the Coalition of Immokalee Workers announced it had signed a Fair Food Agreement with Trader Joe’s, a significant step forward its efforts to bring fairness and accountability to the food industry. “We are truly happy today to welcome Trader Joe’s aboard the Fair Food Program,” CIW’s Gerardo Reyes said in a joint statement issued by CIW and Trader...
Flashback: In 2006, Rick Santorum Wanted To Send... →
kohenari:
At an Americans For Prosperity-sponsored tea party rally [in Michigan] Saturday, Rick Santorum trumpeted his connections to the working class by attacking President Obama’s plan to make college more accessible to Americans.
“President Obama wants everybody in America to go to college,” Santorum said. “What a snob!”
But the last time Santorum ran for public office — his...
Morality, Not Markets, Is The Heart of Healthcare →
Deregulation to make market work ‘better’ in healthcare, and to ‘empower’ consumers in the market, really only **serves one purpose: to strengthen the position of those market participants with the most power and information, the insurers. **
When politicians talk about applying free market principles to our healthcare system, therefore, what they are really trying to do is further empower the...
Mother Jones obtains Syrian government hit list... →
shortformblog:
producermatthew:
From Mother Jones:
A 718-page digital document obtained by Mother Jones contains names, phone numbers, neighborhoods, and alleged activities of thousands of dissidents apparently targeted by the Syrian government. Three experts asked separately by Mother Jones to examine the document—essentially a massive spreadsheet, whose contents are in Arabic—say they...
Knight News Challenge: Knight News Challenge on... →
shortformblog:
newschallenge:
Today, and for the following 19 days, the Knight News Challenge is open for business. The theme of the challenge is Networks.
The most common question I’ve been asked since we announced the challenge is exactly what we mean by Networks. We’re trying not to define the term too…
If you have an itching for technology and journalism, get involved in this. Popular...
“Every money guy I know thinks Romney can’t win a general election. Our guys on...”
– How the 2012 Primary Has Revealed a GOP on the Verge of Collapse (via azspot)
“If anything, women have shown in the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan that they are...”
– Tammy Duckworth (Iraq war vet, Congressional candidate, double amputee, former Black Hawk pilot) is her amazing self in an interview with The American Prospect. (via thepoliticalnotebook)
CBS News - New poll suggests that nationally,... →
liberal-lad:
kileyrae:
abaldwin360:
Is it time to go into panic mode yet?
We just need to let him and the rest of his friends keep talking. They’ll dig their own graves. Oh, and VOTE. That’s key.
The RCP average still has Obama leading by more than six points. I question this poll’s accuracy.
As always, the margin of error and the poll size are critical in determining the apparent...
“At least one gunman opened fire inside a suburban Ohio high school injuring at...”
– USA Today, “Shooting at Ohio High School Injures At Least Two People” (via inothernews)
“‘When I use a word,’ Humpty Dumpty said, in rather a scornful tone, ‘it means...”
– Through the Looking Glass, Lewis Carroll (via azspot)
Corporate Classics
girlwithcurves:
When it comes to dressing for the office, I’m all about classics, with an element of surprise.
What’s the exciting aspect of this ensemble? A pop of color, in an unexpected hue of eggplant purple!
Aviators: c/o Guess
Blazer: Forever 21
Top: New York & Company
Watch: Gucci
Satchel: Michael Kors
Pants: New York & Company
Slingbacks: Cole Haan via...
“The British Government has run out of money because all the money was spent in...”
– British MP and Chancellor George Osborne • Offering a stark take on the country’s financial situation. Tax cuts are not on the table, according to Osborne: “Any tax cut would have to be paid for,” he said. “In other words there would have to be a tax rise somewhere else or a spending reduction.”...
