Girl power wins
Julia Blumhn, a 14-year-old from Maine launches an online petition to get Seventeen Magazine to stop Photoshopping its models, and she wins . "I guess I didn't think it would actually happen so it's been really exciting for me.
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Dollars from heaven
Free cash always captures your attention and it doesn’t take a lot. When Abbie Hoffman brought the New York Stock Exchange to a halt in 1967 by scattering dollar bills, he only had $300. There’s just something irresistible about flying currency, whether it’s scattered accidentally from an overturned Brinks truck, or deliberately by the U.S. […]14 years ago
Did you know there was a rebuttal to the Declaration of Independence?
Today, we celebrate the Declaration of Independence, but haven't you ever wondered how the British reacted to it? Did you know there was a rebuttal? Well, there was.
14 years ago
Should this be happening?
This may not in fact be "it," but could this be what "it" looks like? No one can draw a direct link from man-made carbon dioxide to that most unusual storm that put two million people in the dark.
14 years ago
Empty seats
If you cruise the web enough, you can find evidence that people will do most anything to get football tickets . "A man from New Orleans is auctioning off his left testicle for tickets to the Super Bowl.
14 years ago
Still nothing to worry about, I assume
According to the New York Times, which has been pumping current and former employees of JP Morgan Chase, the two billion dollars the bank lost on risky trades could end up being four and half times as much, which would be NINE billion dollars.14 years ago
Let the repeal process begin
Candidate Mitt Romney has promised to do what the Supreme Court would not do. (AP Photo/file) Candidate Mitt Romney has promised to do what the Supreme Court would not do. “That is I will act to repeal Obamacare,” said Mitt Romney. But there is someone standing squarely in the way of repeal. And he is […]14 years ago
What about the broccoli?
How soon before Congress does the unthinkable. How soon before Congress takes the step that Justice Scalia warned us of. “Everybody has to buy food, therefore you can make people buy broccoli,” said Scalia. (AP Photo/file) If you read the actual TEXT of today’s health care decision, it sounds at first like the court is […]14 years ago
Remembering Nora Ephron
Nora Ephron, who wrote and directed movies like Silkwood, When Harry Met Sally, and Sleepless in Seattle, died yesterday at 71. (AP Photo/file) Nora Ephron, who wrote and directed movies like Silkwood, When Harry Met Sally, and Sleepless in Seattle, died yesterday at 71. But she gave away a few of her secrets before she […]14 years ago
Just how will those traffic stops work?
The Supreme Court has ruled that Arizona cannot require immigrants to carry immigration papers. However, Arizona can go ahead and require the cops, when they stop somebody for a broken tail light, to check the driver’s immigration status. (AP Photo/file) The Supreme Court has ruled that Arizona cannot require immigrants to carry immigration papers, that […]14 years ago
Democracy strikes again – the God ticket wins in Egypt
Uh oh — Democracy strikes again — a conservative Islamist is elected president of Egypt. He’s Mohammed Morsi — an engineer, educated in America at USC but also… a member of the Muslim Brotherhood. It’s not clear just how much power he will have, but in any case, this is a guy famous for calling […]14 years ago
I Be The Judge – And I Give Discounts!
In this rare photograph, we witness England’s highest ranking legal official rendering a legal decision in 6/8 time. I post this merely to prove that I actually engaged in some recreation during my vacation, since there were a few snarky comments at KIRO Radio On Tour’s last stop in Bellevue implying that I was simply […]14 years ago
The real secret to remembering names
Here's the real reason you don't remember names: not because you have a bad memory for names, but because you don't care.14 years ago
We are trapped in a Roadrunner cartoon
It's a term every economist uses sooner or later: The fiscal cliff . So what is it? We are right now enjoying George W . Bush's income tax cuts, as we have for the past ten years.
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The boys on the bus
Latest viral video – four middle school boys on a bus in a suburb of Rochester NY, ridiculing their school bus monitor – 68-year-old grandmother named Karen Klein. WARNING: GRAPHIC LANGUAGE: The kid who taped it on his iPhone said it was peer pressure. “They like told me to record it, so I’m like yeah […]14 years ago
One American dream that is still showing signs of life
It may be irrational; it may not be supported by many of the experts and the statistics they like to fling around, but the American Dream of owning the most colossal house you can possibly afford hasn’t been snuffed out yet! (AP) It may be irrational; it may not be supported by many of the […]14 years ago
The latest offensive apparel
Adidas has cancelled the release of its latest sneakers, the JS Roundhouse Mids, after their social marketing campaign backfired. There was the New Mexico T-shirt that read “New Mexico, Cleaner than regular Mexico”, Abercrombie and Fitch’s Eye Candy thongs for 10-year-olds. Urban outfitters “Eat Less” T-shirts, and now Adidas has cancelled the release of its […]14 years ago
Is Europe dying?
Remember when Greece was a carefree place full of sunshine, wine, and happy people snapping their fingers to the balalaika. (AP Photo/file) Remember when Greece was a carefree place full of sunshine, wine, and happy people snapping their fingers to the balalaika. “One-quarter of Greek people are unemployed. You see long lines outside soup kitchens. […]14 years ago
The airlines send a message
As you know, the airline pre-boarding process goes on forever. It starts with the Platinum Club, then the Gold, then the Silver, and on down through the Periodic Table until they finally get to those of us in the Aluminum club. But at least families with small children got some consideration even if they weren’t […]14 years ago
There must be blood
Is walking a tightrope across Niagara Falls sufficiently dangerous? (AP Photo/file) Is walking a tightrope across Niagara Falls sufficiently dangerous? How about suspended 200 feet over Niagara Falls ON A TETHER? “It doesn’t keep on the wire in any way. It keeps me safe from dying,” says Wallenda. “I still have to balance. I still […]14 years ago
Death panels for banks!
JP Morgan CEO Jaime Dimon says no banks should be too big to fail. (AP Photo/file) The CEO of JP Morgan testified before the Senate yesterday — you all watched Jaime Dimon’s testimony yesterday, right? Of course you did. But you might have missed this nugget, which came in the second hour. “We have to […]14 years ago
How risky is too risky?
Senators want to know how a banker like Jaime Dimon could take the kind of risk that last month saw JP Morgan lose at least $2 billion on what he himself calls a “stupid trade.” (AP Photo/file) Senators want to know how a banker like Jaime Dimon could take the kind of risk that last […]14 years ago
National sex education
Any idea that this was a subtle kind of sexual abuse disappeared when testimony began in the Jerry Sandusky trial with Victim #4 saying he was treated like a girlfriend. (AP Photo/Centre Daily Times, Nabil K. Mark) Any idea that this was a subtle kind of sexual abuse disappeared when testimony began in the Jerry […]14 years ago
You are nothing special! Speech puts those young whippersnappers in their place
A lot of Americans really loved an English teacher’s recent commencement address. “No matter how often your paternal caped crusaders swooped in to save you, you are nothing special,” said David McCullough Jr, son of historian David McCullough Sr., who spoke June 1 to the seniors at Massachusetts Wellesley High and delivered the now-viral “You […]14 years ago
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