What to Do About Climate Change A Weathervane Commentary by Ruth Greenspan Bell April 2006 Reprinted by permission from the May/June 2006 issue of Foreign Affairs. Copyright 2006 by the Council on Foreign Relations, Inc. The Heat Is On        In the years ahead, climate change will have a…
Can a polar bear and a grizzly find happiness together? Apparently, they did.
A white bear with brown patches shot dead in northern Canada is the first grizzly-polar hybrid found in the wild, DNA tests have confirmed. Canadian wildlife officials say it is the offspring of a male grizzly bear and a female polar bear. There have long been stories of oddly coloured bears living in regions where…
Ivorians catch bird flu dance fever
In a nightclub in Ivory Coast’s main city, Abidjan, DJ Lewis stretches his arms out either side of his body, bends his arms at the wrists, and begins trembling like a man possessed. A man possessed? Three seconds later, the DJ and musician sets that impression straight, by clucking loudly in his best imitation of…
NPR : Annoying Mother's Day Music
Here’s another little holiday tidbit for y’all. NPR’s Weekend Edition this morning featured some ultra-bad mom songs. These included a cacaphonous cover of Paul Anka’s ultra-annoying and arrogant “She’s Having my Baby” by a Pakastani guy going by the name Piranha Man. Check out the link for audio. And just in case you forget Paul…
The Rise of Christian Nationalism
Scary scary scary…..listen to this and you will understand why the United States is becoming the scariest country in the world…. cd (Thanks Lena) Link Fresh Air from WHYY, May 11, 2006 · Journalist Michelle Goldberg, a senior writer for the online magazine Salon, and covers the Christian Right. In her new book, Kingdom Coming:…
Wire Thefts Cause Freeway Light Outages – Yahoo! News
First the fixtures from public restrooms and now the wires that carry electricity. Watch on, Planet Earth, as the United States of America begins to dismantle itslef and bring to a close an experiment gone horribly wrong that was started more than two hundred years ago with the founding of the country. I’m certain you…
Rental from craigslist in the heart of waikiki
Suffice to say…its not cheap to find a place to live in Hawaii…I haven’t asked but I wonder if they want a deposit on that closet? First and last? cd I have a closet for rent – there is space in it for one person sleeping upright; you’re able to lean against the backboard if…
Hmmm…now we start to understand…..
I don’t know what else to say here, I think the story speaks for itself….. cd LONDON (Reuters) – More than 60 percent of Britons use items such as screwdrivers, scissors and earrings to remove food from between their teeth, according to a survey published Friday.
Trouble getting rid of shit
Toilets, sinks, and flush valves disappeared from 28 Oahu public rest rooms over the last 3 weeks. Can you picture this gang?? [Cue Mission Impossible music…] Thieves in the last three weeks have hit scores of city park bathrooms and made off with a valuable commodity: $10,000 worth of brass toilet flush valves. City officials…
Rocketboom…My new favorite site
I’ve only watched two episodes…but I will be watching more. Rocketboom is my first and favorite vblog. Here is the NPR story (thanks Lena) Here is the link to www.Rocketboom.comÂ