Negro, Please
Harry Reid: Give Me One Reason to Stay Here
I honestly don’t understand where the lines are in discussions of race in this country.
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Financial Firms – Universities of Evil
This morning, Pulitzer Prize winning reporter and respected rationalist, Chris Hedges, levied a brutal assault against the corporate citizen’s moral code (or frightening lack thereof) that seems set on consuming every decent and egalitarian institution this country has left.
Biosphere FAIL
This week, BLDGBLOG featured Remnants of the Biosphere, a series of portraits of what was once one of the most ambitious scientific projects in human history. Biosphere 2, constructed in the Arizonian desert, was billed as the first large scale enclosed eco-system designed by humans. It is now little more than a run-down tourist center.
The (Nexus) Revolution Will Not Be Televised
Yesterday, our Digital Overlords (Google Corp) released a new “superphone” that may change life on this planet as we know it…
Drew Brees – Marvel of Modern Science
For you football/physicists out there, here’s a fascinating evaluation of New Orleans Saints’ QB Drew Brees.
Happy Palindrome Day(Yad Emordnilap Yppah)
I’ve always been a fan of anagrams and palindromes. So has University of Portland Prof Aziz Inan (pictured above).
Merry New Year!
Happy Twenty Ten. For those of you too lazy (or annoyed by obligatory tradition) to conjure a New Year’s Resolution, here’s an auto-resolution generator.