SAMPLE STALE More than 40 years after the first Apollo mission landed on the Moon, vials of lunar dust were found sitting inside a warehouse at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, untouched since being brought back to Earth by astronauts Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin and Michael Collins and having been studied by scientists for possible pathogens. (via Space.com)
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- Howz about for purposes of you lecturing me, you can assume that I know a lot about a lot of shit.
OVERMEDICATED Stephen Colbert simply and brilliantly illustrates the nation’s pharma addiction by plastering the screen with the 40+ prescription pills currently on the market to battle hypertension.
So Toronto’s got a crack-smoking racist of a mayor, I see.
(h/t The Daily Show)
No seriously, she’s pooping in the bushes on a traffic island in Manhattan.
- American Apparel. Helping you look your best while you’re pooping in the bushes on a traffic island in Manhattan since 1998.
Maybe Republicans will now stop being assholes about federal disaster aid.
Full of shit.
Hey, remember when the NRA blamed Hollywood's violent films -- among other things -- for inspiring gun massacres like Newtown? Well, here's their list of the "Coolest Gun Movies Ever."
Choice quotes from the American Rifleman article linked to here by Talking Points Memo:
- From the slideshow intro: “Many of these movies… take us back to simpler times, when dreaming of saving the day got us through that oh-so boring class.”
- From a review of Red Dawn:“Up until the fall of the Berlin Wall, many folks prepared for a possible invasion by what Ronald Reagan called the ‘Evil Empire.’” Man, gun nuts were delusional even back then.
- On The Terminator, which, remember, is a science fiction film: “This movie made shooters realize the importance of firepower, and that preparedness might be needed in the future.” You know, just in case a time-travelling killer android comes looking for you.
- On The Godfather: “That (Michael Corleone) built his empire through violence is only that much more alluring.” Oh really.
- On The Matrix, a film that contains “a line that could easily be the catchphrase of many gun owners when asked what they need: ‘Guns. Lots of guns.’”
- On The Road Warrior: ”This movie made some people realize that ammunition is a commodity, and would be useful if the world ever does hit the fan.”
Most folks recognize the movies are fiction, meant as a form of escape.
The NRA apparently takes them at face value.
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Hey, I think you reblogged a list of organizations to send things to help Oklahoma. Can you send me in that direction?- NYC Mayor Bloomberg will hold a press conference at 4:30pm Eastern time to discuss violent hate crimes — including a murder — perpetrated against gay New Yorkers in recent days.
During an interview with CBS News, Moore, OK resident Barbara Garcia talked about her dog possibly being alive underneath the debris caused by Monday’s tornado. And sure enough, moments later, as the cameras rolled… the dog was found.
How to help survivors of the Oklahoma tornadoes
Towns in Oklahoma and other Midwest communities have been left decimated after at least two dozen tornadoes ripped through the region. Here are ways to help disaster relief organizations that have mobilized support.
One of my little boys just kept saying, ‘I love you, I love you, please don’t die with me.’ I never thought I was going to die. The whole time I just kept screaming to them, ‘Quit worrying, we’re fine, we’re fine.’ And I’m very loud, so I just hoped they could hear me because I could hear them screaming. [One girl] was sobbing, and I was like, ‘We’re going to be fine, we’re going to be fine, I’m protecting you.’ And then I said a few prayers. ‘God please take care of my kids.’
RHONDA CROSSWHITE, sixth grade teacher at Plaza Towers Elementary School in Moore, Oklahoma, which was leveled by a tornado. She threw herself over students inside a bathroom stall as the storm passed, likely helping to save their lives.
Teachers. Among the best of us.
- Oklahoma City Thunder forward Kevin Durant will donate $1 million towards relief efforts in the wake of that tornado.
