Thursday, May 21, 2009
Wednesday, May 20, 2009
US War Crimes Against Children
... The first example of war crimes against children, which are well
documented, occurred during the invasion of Afghanistan in 2001, when
the children's hospital in Kabul was bombed, its patients thereby
murdered, contrary to the Red Cross Convention of 1864. Other children
were killed as "collateral damage" during the wars in Afghanistan and
Iraq, contrary to the Geneva Convention ban on indiscriminate killing
in wartime, though numbers of dead are unknown. During spring 2004,
during the assault on Falluja, Iraq, some 300 children, including
peaceful demonstrators, were killed. Their dead bodies were filmed live
on al-Jazeera Television throughout the Arabic-speaking world. ...
Tuesday, May 19, 2009
Women smokers at greater risk
Women may be more vulnerable to lung damage from smoking than men, according to new research.
In
a study looking at chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD),
scientists at Brigham and Women's Hospital, part of Harvard University
Medical School, and the University of Bergen in Norway found that
female smokers experienced reduced lung function at a lower level of
exposure and at a younger age than male smokers. ...
Terminator: Sarah Connor Chronicles is cancelled
It was doing better than Dollhouse, and the Terminator movie coming out would have generated much more interest in the tv series - Fox TV execs are morons.
Sunday, May 17, 2009
Make sure to hold the handrail on the Montreal subway
A woman was dragged away in handcuffs, tossed in a cell and fined for not hold a handrail and for obsctruction of justice.
Thor movie actor finally chosen
Chris Hemsworth has been chosen for the role of Thor, to be release May 2011.
Saturday, May 16, 2009
Wednesday, May 13, 2009
New discoveries regarding Tourette's Syndrome
... The authors conclude, "We suggest that Tourette's is primarily caused by a dysfunction in prefrontal cortex areas rather than the basal ganglia, as has been previously thought". ...
Tuesday, May 12, 2009
Harper and Flaherty tag-team thievery
... But the main thrust of his piece is focused on the Cons lies about income trusts. According to Barker, Flaherty and Harper were acting under pressure from senior corporate and insurance industry lobbyists whose companies were being negatively impacted by the growing popularity of the income trust investment vehicle. And so, without a shred of hard evidence and using highly suspect tax calculations, Harper and Flaherty reneged on a major campaign promise a mere 9 months into their mandate. As a consequence $35 billion or so of wealth in the Canadian markets was effectively vaporized overnight, affecting thousands upon thousands of seniors and RRSP holders. ...
Monday, May 11, 2009
Sunday, May 10, 2009
Viking Ship Discovered
Six other wrecks have also been discovered within a 100-meter radius, three of which were found lying almost on top of each other.
Trippy Alice in Wonderland video
(thanks Raff!)
Friday, May 8, 2009
Thursday, May 7, 2009
A Brief History of the counter Culture
This is interesting.
*Note: The authors seemed to have got confused when they mention "LSD and acid" (which are one in the same). Maybe they took too much before writing this.
Texas enters the Dark Ages
During the Texas State Board of Education hearings on science standards for Texas schoolchildren, BoE member and staunch creationist Barbara Cargill decided that the age of the Universe was up for vote. Oddly enough, I had some issue with that. You may vote on issues all you want, and you can even vote on morality if you’d like, but scientific reality is not a matter of opinion and cares not for the majority vote.
The National Center for Science Education has video of the moment where it becomes clear that Ms. Cargill, not happy enough to destroy biology for students, proposes an amendment to creationize astronomy as well: ...
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