Month: May 2006
Mushroom Cloud over Vegas?
Divine strake by Robert C. Koehler, Tribune Media Services May 11, 2006 Will residents of Las Vegas be seeing a mushroom cloud over their city next month? As I write this, “Divine Strake,” the big bang with the macabre and vaguely blasphemous name (the military-industrial complex is playing God again), has been postponed from June…
How to get a word into the dictionary
Is Concept a Verb? How to get a word into the dictionary. By Jesse Sheidlower Posted Friday, May 12, 2006, at 1:26 PM ET If you work in the advertising industry, you may have come across the word concept used as a verb, as in, “He’s the only creative person I ever met that had…
Well golly, gee, it seems that sexual orientation might actually be inherited (gasp)
ASHINGTON – Lesbiansâ brains react differently to sex hormones than those of heterosexual women, new research indicates. Thatâs in line with an earlier study that had indicated gay menâs brain responses were different from straight men â though the difference for men was more pronounced than has now been found in women. Lesbiansâ brains reacted…
Solutions for a rapidly changing world
What to Do About Climate Change A Weathervane Commentary by Ruth Greenspan Bell April 2006 Reprinted by permission from the May/June 2006 issue of Foreign Affairs. Copyright 2006 by the Council on Foreign Relations, Inc. The Heat Is On        In the years ahead, climate change will have a…
Can a polar bear and a grizzly find happiness together? Apparently, they did.
A white bear with brown patches shot dead in northern Canada is the first grizzly-polar hybrid found in the wild, DNA tests have confirmed. Canadian wildlife officials say it is the offspring of a male grizzly bear and a female polar bear. There have long been stories of oddly coloured bears living in regions where…
Ivorians catch bird flu dance fever
In a nightclub in Ivory Coast’s main city, Abidjan, DJ Lewis stretches his arms out either side of his body, bends his arms at the wrists, and begins trembling like a man possessed. A man possessed? Three seconds later, the DJ and musician sets that impression straight, by clucking loudly in his best imitation of…
NPR : Annoying Mother's Day Music
Here’s another little holiday tidbit for y’all. NPR’s Weekend Edition this morning featured some ultra-bad mom songs. These included a cacaphonous cover of Paul Anka’s ultra-annoying and arrogant “She’s Having my Baby” by a Pakastani guy going by the name Piranha Man. Check out the link for audio. And just in case you forget Paul…
The Rise of Christian Nationalism
Scary scary scary…..listen to this and you will understand why the United States is becoming the scariest country in the world…. cd (Thanks Lena) Link Fresh Air from WHYY, May 11, 2006 · Journalist Michelle Goldberg, a senior writer for the online magazine Salon, and covers the Christian Right. In her new book, Kingdom Coming:…