US states renamed for countries with similar GDPs
Here's a link to another interesting entry over at Strange Maps--this one, a map of US states, renamed for countries with similar GDPs. California? It's France now. Texas? It's Canada. Take a look....
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When Patrick Blanc was a boy, he suspended plants from his bedroom wall and ran their roots into a fish tank. The greenery received nourishment from the diluted—ahem—fertilizer and purified the water...
View ArticleFive Symptoms of Republican Schizophrenia
The Mayo Clinic, the world famous institution cited by all sides in the contentious health care debate, defines schizophrenia as a serious brain disorder "in which reality is interpreted abnormally"...
View ArticlePresident Obama Isn't Really Trying to Take Over the Internet
It was pretty much the perfect story: The Senate introduced a bill that would let the President take over the entire internet during a crisis. Our online Weimar Republic is crumbling beneath the...
View ArticleFacebook, Twitter Revolutionizing How Parents Stalk Their College-Aged Kids
'E-Mom' Gloria Bianco shows Jim and Tracy how geographical distance is no longer a roadblock to shamelessly interfering with the lives of your children. added by: TheRealEdwin therealedwin voted up...
View ArticleIs Microsoft a tax dodger?
Where is Microsoft based? Redmond in Washington State, you might say. Except that when it comes to licensing its software, apparently that all happens from an office in Reno, Nevada. At least, that's...
View ArticleWonderful! 86-year-old WWII vet on gay marriage: "What do you think I fought...
Darren sez, "A disarming video of an 86-year-old WWII veteran from a public meeting on Maine's marriage equality bill on April 22, 2009." The woman at my polling place asked me do I believe in...
View ArticleWondering What All the 'Net Neutrality' Fuss is About? Watch This Video.
If you're reading this post, chances are that you're pretty familiar with the concept of net neutrality and understand what's at stake in the debate surrounding the FCC's proposed rules. But what...
View ArticleFake TV camera trend takes over elementary school
This fascinating piece, from This American Life (animated by Chris Ware), tells the story of an elementary school where a couple of kids made a TV camera out of cardboard and tempera paint. Soon, the...
View ArticleSeeing Through The Eyes Of An Armadillo
Oh WOW! just wait for the tarantula cam!!! added by: TrevTar therealedwin voted up Seeing Through The Eyes Of An Armadillo 1 year ago 1 comment
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