Sunday, August 31, 2008

9 U.S. Presidents With The Worst Environmental Records



9 U.S. Presidents With Worst Environmental Records - Legacy of Pollution and Destruction - thedailygreen.com

George W. Bush - "Worst Environmental President in History"
"A highly polarizing figure, President George W. Bush has been widely criticized for his dismal record on the environment. In fact, leading advocate Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. has said, "You simply can't talk honestly about the environment today without criticizing this president. George W. Bush will go down as the worst environmental president in our nation's history."

Kennedy's book Crimes Against Nature details how Bush has rewritten the nation's environmental laws in favor of industry and filled the ranks of regulatory agencies with former lobbyists and corporate executives.

Bush rolled back laws (and stymied enforcement) on air pollution and standards for arsenic in drinking water. He pushed to open the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge and other federal lands to destructive drilling, promoted mountaintop removal coal mining, stepped up logging on public lands, slashed support for family planning around the world, fought against fuel economy and other efficiency standards and deliberately dragged his heels on the issue of climate change. The Bush administration has been accused of politicizing and distorting government science, particularly when it comes to global warming, and even floated a plan for corporate sponsorship of landmarks (sometimes referred to as the "Pepsi Grand Canyon" fiasco).

George W. Bush is well known for his deep ties to the oil industry, and under his leadership oil companies have enjoyed the highest profits in the history of the world, while consumers suffer sticker shock at the pump, not to mention a flagging economy and an unpopular war."

Saturday, August 30, 2008

Health Minister Clement Is Too Stupid To See That DEREGULATION Is The Reason For Walkerton And Current Listeria Outbreak

Buckdog: Health Minister Clement Is Too Stupid To See That DEREGULATION Is The Reason For Walkerton And Current Listeria Outbreak
"He just doesn't get it! Tony Clement
thinks it is unfair to connect the deregulation of health inspections
for water standards and meat processing with outbreaks of harmful
diseases that kill people!

Right wing ideology dictates that the
free market does better when unfettered by bothersome processes like
public safety inspections.

As a result of Conservative policy, Canadians die unnecessarily."

-The Globe & Mail

More on Blair Wilson and The Green Party

Blair Wilson: Not the standard-bearer the Greens would have hoped for



A BCer in Toronto: Blair Wilson: Not the standard-bearer the Greens would have hoped for

"After a long investigation by Elections Canada the 24 allegations of
campaign finance irregularities against him were reduced to three,
which he acknowledged as violations as entered into a compliance
agreement with Elections Canada.

He was asked to leave caucus,
though, because he hid a laundry list of legal disputes from the party
when he sought and accepted the Liberal nomination, and repeatedly
refused to cooperate when word of the allegations began to come out.

The list of allegations unearthed in an investigative series by the Vancouver Province last fall,
including failed business dealings, friends and investors and suppliers
left holding the bag, lawsuits and more, reads like a soap opera: ... "

Medieval Ships Found

Everyday Culprits of Tooth Decay

Cool Fractals!

Babylon AD - Not Good, bummer.

Walkerton mayor calls for public inquiry on listeria outbreak

Far and Wide: Double Ouch
“Governments should have learned from the mistakes that led to the
tragedy in Walkerton. I am completely shocked that Mr. Harper has opted
to make the same mistakes nationally that led to our disaster. Food
security should never be placed on the chopping block in the name of
cost cutting."

Sarah Palin's "experience" - Mayor of a town of 5500 people

Sarah Palin's "experience" | A Creative Revolution

"Wasilla is the heart of the Alaska “Bible belt” and Sarah was raised
amongst the tribe that believes creationism should be taught in our
public schools, homosexuality is a sin, and life begins at conception."

Religion vs IQ



Religion vs. IQ - Are Religious People Stupid?

"Many skeptics think that Christianity and other
religions are for people who do not want to think - but will blindly follow what
they are told by their church."

Friday, August 29, 2008

There is no God. Bigfoot is real though.

Conservatives wanted lower listeria standards (before the outbreak)

Eyesore Cinema Culture on Queen St. West - Now open regular hours

Dita von Teese is the new Wonderbra woman.

"Tell me, how does this thing end?"

Pushing Russia Into the Cold - Yahoo! News

You may be surprised who wrote this article - I was.

Before we start down the road of isolating and encircling Russia with weak NATO allies, let us think through Gen. Petraeus' question in 2003 about Iraq, "Tell me, how does this thing end?"

Tony Clement, Health Minister Absent During Crisis

Impolitical: "Surprisingly absent"

"Federal Health Minister Tony Clement has been surprisingly absent from
the public eye during the crisis, choosing instead to travel to Denver
for the Democratic National Convention. His response -- that he is
"available all hours of the day and night" -- hardly inspires
confidence. Leadership in a crisis cannot be delivered via BlackBerry."

Thursday, August 28, 2008

2 Men Cross the Pacific On A Plastic Bottle Raft

Wednesday, August 27, 2008

Apple Finally Caught On One Of Their Lies In Advertising

Strawberry Pancakes - an old fave

McKidd of Rome and Journeyman Possible New Highlander?



Highlander: Who Will Replace The Immortal Highlander?

I think he would make a good Highlander.

More Chronicles of Riddick Coming?

Babylon AD Chopped Up By Fox



Babylon Blunder: Director Of Babylon AD Calls Movie "Terrible Experience"

Hopefully there will be a director's cut with the good chopped parts put back in.

Zombieland - New Zombie Movie.

Tuesday, August 26, 2008

Women Experience More Pain Than Men



Women DON'T have a higher pain threshold than men | Mail Online

"Different hormones, body composition and central nervous systems means
women are more susceptible to a range of painful conditions, according
to experts at a conference for the International Association for the
Study of Pain."

Christianity Explained!



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"The belief that some cosmic Jewish Zombie can make you live forever if you symbolically eat his flesh and telepathically tell him that you accept him as your master, so he can remove an evil force from your soul that is present in humanity because a rib-woman was convinced by a talking snake to eat from a magical tree." "Zombie Jesus! He died for your sins... then he came back for your brains!"

Big Bang Experiment

Tests clear way for Big Bang experiment | Science | Reuters

That collision, in which both particle clusters will be traveling at
the speed of light, will be monitored on computers at CERN and
laboratories around the world by scientists looking for, among other
things, a particle that made life possible.

The Happy Happy Joy Joy song!

90 Civilians Bombed - Some people actually genuinely think it's all about helping the Afghan people



The Galloping Beaver: Bombing them back to the throwing stones age

"The United States expressed regret Sunday for any civilian deaths from US-led military operations in Afghanistan, without confirming reports of nearly 90 killed in one incident this week.
"We regret the loss of life among the innocent Afghanis who we are committed to protect," White House spokesman Tony Fratto said as US President George W. Bush spent time on his Texas ranch."
Initially "US-led coalition forces denied killing any civilians" in Thursday's airstrike.
The next day they thought there might be five.
An Afghan minister who visited the area put the civilian death toll at 90, a human rights group at the scene estimated it at 78 and the Interior Ministry reported 76 noncombatants dead, including 50 children.
The attacks sparked angry protests on Saturday from locals, who set fire to a police vehicle and waved banners reading “Death to America”.
A school principal and police official said Afghan soldiers tried to hand out food and clothes Saturday in Azizabad — the village where the U.S.-Afghan operation took place Thursday. But villagers started throwing stones at the soldiers, who then fired on the Afghans and wounded up to eight.

Monday, August 25, 2008

More Ass Humour

Pumpkin Ass

Lots of Murderers with the middle name Wayne

Banksy - The Think I Hate The Most About Advertising

101 Atheist Quotes

Irish i's: 101 Atheist quotes

I saw this on Digg, but Atheist Blogger's site was down, then I saw a re-post on Irish I's blog. Thanks to both for posting this list.

Some of my faves from the list:

7. Religion is regarded by the common people as true, by the wise as false, and by the rulers as useful. - Seneca the Younger

10. If I were not an atheist, I would believe in a God who would choose to save people on the basis of the totality of their lives and not the pattern of their words. I think he would prefer an honest and righteous atheist to a TV preacher whose every word is God, God, God, and whose every deed is foul, foul, foul. - Isaac Asimov

12. With or without religion, you would have good people doing good things and evil people doing evil things. But for good people to do evil things, that takes religion. - Steven Weinberg

18. Two hands working can do more than a thousand clasped in prayer. - Anonymous

22. It is not as in the Bible, that God created man in his own image. But, on the contrary, man created God in his own image. - Ludwig Feuerbach

31. I contend that we are both atheists. I just believe in one fewer god than you do. When you understand why you dismiss all the other possible gods, you will understand why I dismiss yours. - Stephen Roberts

35. Give a man a fish and he will eat for a day; teach a man to fish and he will eat for a lifetime; give a man religion and he will die praying for a fish. - Anonymous

57. History teaches us that no other cause has brought more death than the word of god. - Giulian Buzila

58. Atheism is a non-prophet organization. - George Carlin

62. People will then often say, ‘But surely it’s better to remain an Agnostic just in case?’ This, to me, suggests such a level of silliness and muddle that I usually edge out of the conversation rather than get sucked into it. (If it turns out that I’ve been wrong all along, and there is in fact a god, and if it further turned out that this kind of legalistic, cross-your-fingers-behind-your-back, Clintonian hair-splitting impressed him, then I think I would choose not to worship him anyway.) - Douglas Adams

73. Believing there is no God gives me more room for belief in family, people, love, truth, beauty, sex, Jell-o, and all the other things I can prove and that make this life the best life I will ever have. - Penn Jillette

77. When one person suffers from a delusion, it is called insanity. When many people suffer from a delusion, it is called religion. - Robert Pirsig

89. Atheists will celebrate life, while you’re in church celebrating death. - Anonymous


Sunday, August 24, 2008

Ancient Observatories

Saturday, August 23, 2008

More News on the Toronto Bike Thief Story



Record-Setting Thief Steals 2,396 Bikes | WebEcoist

"Over ten thousand frustrated bicycle theft victims have perused Igor’s reclaimed collection of stolen goods but only a few hundred bycles have been returned. He is now facing dozens of counts relating to the thefts alone, but the story doesn’t end there: raids on Igor Kenk’s house and myriad storage places revealed crack, cocaine and pounds of marijuana … as well as a stolen bronze statue of a centaur and snake in the heat of battle. How that fits in is anyone’s guess."

New Stargate Show



Stargate Universe: Stargate Universe Gets The Green Light

Could be meat, could be cake - will probably be meatcake.

Un-pave The Earth



Paradise Unpaved | Franke James
(thanks Heather!)

A story of greening a front yard, and a wacky by-law in North York.


Friday, August 22, 2008

Creepiest Blind Date Ever

Creepiest Blind Date Ever - Funny Videos | Cracked.com

Well, still not as creepy as the "Is that right, eh!" guy my friend had a date with. I think the guy who sits down beside them is creepier.

Teleportation Side Effect

Skynet/Terminator World in 40 Years



Robots to be more intelligent than humans in 40 years | News | TechRadar UK

No mention of the Terminator movies or I Robot in the article, but, ...

Giant Dog Turd Brings Down Power Line

Top 10 Essential Places to Have Sex



Playboy.com - Public Relations

"Grab your love life by the collar and get out of the bedroom; there's a whole world of cheap thrills and naughty sex out there. So ditch the duvet and work your way through these 10 essential places to have sex before you die."

Meditation and Depression

How to Meditate

"When we are depressed, we will notice a powerful stream of negative thoughts. Often when we become depressed, we don’t feel like meditating, everything seems lacking in hope. However, if we can meditate effectively; if we can go beyond these negative thoughts and quieten the mind, we really can have a dramatic change in our frame of mind. This ability to silence the mind is invaluable as an aid to overcome unhappiness."

Fisher Girl In The News

Apple to get I-sued over 3G capability

Apple to get I-sued over 3G capability - The INQUIRER

It's a toy manufacturer. Read the fine print - not for actual use as a phone.

Most-Searched Keywords by Bosses



Job Search: CareerBuilder.com's Most-Searched Keywords by Bosses

Don't fudge your resume, but include the words and terms that count.

Let Workers Strike, TTC Says


TheStar.com | GTA | Let workers strike, TTC says

I agree. Although they mention that the wages would rise significantly if the TTC were designated an essential service, they don't mention that fares would have to also be much higher.

Do you want to pay $4 to get on the TTC, with no significant improvement in service? No? Well, let them have the right to strike then.

LSD as a Therapeutic Tool

Stargate Atlantis Cancelled

Virtuality - new upcoming sci fi show

Cool Blizzard Game Video

The WotLK intro - WoW video

Watch if Full-Screen.

Sex and the Olympic City

Sex and the Olympic city - Times Online

"I am often asked if the Olympic village - the vast restaurant and housing
conglomeration that hosts the world's top athletes for the duration of the
Games - is the sex-fest it is cracked up to be. My answer is always the
same: too right it is."

From out of the ashes rises a new Queen St. West Video Store...

From Beneath Ashes and Ice... A Grave New World: For Those About To Rock...

Eyesore Cinema Culture, 801 Queen St. West - a few blocks West of Bathurst, South side of Queen, upstairs from the new Rotate This location, will be opening Wednesday August 27, 2008 at 3pm.