politics and government
don’t worry general, this cover caused trouble too
if you haven’t heard by now, general stanley a. mcchrystal, commander of nato’s international security assistance force and u.s. forces-afghanistan screwed up big time when he ran his mouth to a reporter for rolling stone. in it he referred to vice president biden as ‘bite me’, said he thought the president was basically clueless, and [...]
if this doesn’t work, maybe they’ll get a grammy
the senators of louisiana passed a resolution proclaiming sunday, june 20 as a day of “divine intervention” to stop the oil spill in the gulf. about the resolution, stephen adley said “Thus far efforts made by mortals to try to solve the crisis have been to no avail…it is clearly time for a miracle for [...]
costner dances with wolves
kevin costner testified in front of congress today about the oil spill advocating for a machine that his scientist brother is building and in which costner himself has invested $20M. he said the machine “could separate oil from 200 gallons of polluted water in a minute [and that] BP, the company that owns the well [...]
live happily ever after…
food giant mcdonald’s has recalled about 12M commemorative shrek forever plastic cups because they expose consumers to cadmium and long term exposure to cadmium can cause health risks. the joint doesn’t want a pesky health scare like this to ruin their healthy reputation, right? follow the link at the bottom of this article for recall [...]
hey folks, i’m now on the interwebs
despite all of the privacy debates, former president george w. bush has joined the interwebs by adding a facebook fan page–as of this posting, he has 47,339 fans. i’m guessing his photo albums/profile pictures won’t include this one from the beijing olympics.
[gawker, facebook, pc magazine]
how’s my driving?
gmac has released the list of the states with the worst and best drivers.
worst states: new jersey, washington dc, california, rhode island
best states: kansas, oregon, south dakota, minnesota, and iowa
and if you think you are great driver, guess again, the report revealed that only 20% of surveyed drivers could pass a written test if they [...]
don’t tell the people of arizona
here’s an interesting one from across the pond. a road sign in wales, where the signage is bi-lingual, had a bad translation due to an out-of-office message from the go-to translator. when the road-works people sent this message “No entry for heavy goods vehicles. Residential site only” they received an almost instantaneous response from their [...]
