• Uncategorical Weirdness

    Peeps In Spaaaaace!!

    July 4, 2008 - By 

    Chicago’s Adler Planetarium has a “Far Horizons” educational program that sends up experiments to the edges of space via weather balloon. They recently began a rigorous Peep Space Program, recruited various shades of prospective peeponauts from the Marshmallow-American community, and after putting them through a series of training and endurance tests, launched one lucky yellow Peep up to where the curvature of the earth can be seen. The entire launch and the beginning of the descent are on a video, but there’s also a video of the centrifuge test (note: rubber band and ceiling fan were not harmed). Here’s the…

  • Clan: McTiVo

    Introducing The Indian George Michael, Benny Lava

    July 4, 2008 - By 

    Our friend Steve just alerted us to this awesome video. More costume changes than a triple bill with Cher, Madonna, and Celine Dion. Better hair and more awesomer dance moves than even George Michael, with 90% more heterosexual flirting. [kml_flashembed movie="http://www.youtube.com/v/ZA1NoOOoaNw" width="400" height="326" wmode="transparent" /] YouTube – Crazy Indian Video… Buffalaxed!

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    Firedoglake » Rabble Rousers Post Subversive “Declaration” in NYT

    July 4, 2008 - By 

    A couple of years ago, I toyed with the idea of recasting the Declaration of Independence, but it wouldn’t have been as good as this. There’s a video, too. Firedoglake » Rabble Rousers Post Subversive “Declaration” in NYT INDEPENDENCE DAYJuly 4, 1776 – 2008 When in the course of human events the government becomes destructive of the ends for which it was established, it is the Right of the People to alter it and demand restoration of those Constitutional Principles that have so long assured their Liberty, Safety, and Happiness. Therefore, on the anniversary of our Independence, we offer this…

  • Hot Off The Presses - Politics, Schmolitics

    I Voted For Forrest Claypool: Stroger and the Daleys Must Go

    June 30, 2008 - By 

    …and the next time Todd Stroger comes up in the Democratic primary, I’ll vote for whoever opposes him in the race for Cook County Board President – I hope that will be Forrest Claypool again. Because starting tomorrow, Cook County will have the highest taxes in the country, brought to us by Todd Stroger and his cronies on the Board, along with assists from other local pols and unions and jamokes with a little clout. Your Stroger-Daley Tax — chicagotribune.com Fourth, think summer 2009. Relentlessly. There’s barely a year until candidates begin collecting petition signatures to get their names on…

  • Clan: McTiVo - Hot Off The Presses

    June 30, 2008 - By 

    GateWorld – Don S. Davis: 1942-2008 With great sadness we must report that veteran actor Don S. Davis passed away on June 29, 2008. He was 65 years old. This is really, really sad news. “Hammond of Texas” is gone. According to the fan site, his family requests donations to the American Heart Association. Dear Fans and Friends of Don S. Davis, So many of you have been touched by not only the work and art of Don S. Davis, but by the man himself, who always took the time to be with you at the appearances he loved, that…

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    Firedoglake » ABAP or Anybody but AP

    June 30, 2008 - By 

    Firedoglake » Associated Press: Dinosaurs of the Internet If I were running a major metropolitan daily, and I saw my advertising revenues shrinking and my newsroom personnel diminishing as the dead tree business died, and I knew how important it was to generate online traffic to keep the doors open, I’d be thinking … Reuters. McClatchy. Bloomberg. Anything but AP.