November 25, 2012

Discussion points the Elite would rather you didn't discuss:

Everything from how many/how much revenue is hidden off shore and how few in the Upper Three Percent pay ANY taxes at all:

https://www.commondreams.org/view/2012/11/19-3

November 22, 2012

Buntu tribe's children understand life:

http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10200102541913236&set=a.1104138330593.2018400.1440807027&type=1&theater

A Thanksgiving Tale... An anthropologist proposed a game to children in an African tribe.

He put a basket full of fruit near a tree and told the kids that who ever got there first won the sweet fruits.

When he told them to run, they all took each others hands and ran together, then sat together enjoying their treats.

When he asked them why they had run like that as one could have had all the fruits for himself they said: "UBUNTU, how can one of us be happy if all the other ones are sad"? BUNTU in the Xhosa culture means: "I am because we are".

November 22, 2012

this jes in - 16 days ago - Drunk Nate Silver

On account of his being so accurate in his predictions - knowing ahead of time exactly which of the fifty states would go for Obama, and also being very close on the popular vote count for Obama, it's natural that he gets ribbed about it, in this twitter meme:

http://theweek.com/article/index/236197/drunk-nate-silver-the-best-tweets-from-the-funniest-post-election-meme

November 21, 2012

Sun's solar flare and CME activity won't peak until next year -

Maybe someone should mention that to the sun itself?

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2012/11/19/double_sun_eruptions/

November 21, 2012

Hilarious site - for those who need a laugh or two

Hyperbole and a half has been one of the big joys of my life.

Here is a link to one of my Fave Humor Pieces:

http://hyperboleandahalf.blogspot.com/2010/04/alot-is-better-than-you-at-everything.html

November 9, 2012

A silver lining re: Sandy and Rockaway beach

Seems with all the beach re-arranging that Sandy did, there is this one upside - fossils might now be easier to find:

http://boingboing.net/tag/science/