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Friday, June 25th, 2010I still remember what I was doing when I learned that Michael Jackson died. I was on Facebook (yes, shame the devil) and folks were going crazy in their updates with news that Michael Jackson had a heart attack and died. What happened next was a mad dash between People.com and TMZ.com to see if [...]
NASA Satellite View of Oil Spill in Gulf of Mexico
Monday, June 21st, 2010Click for larger image
On Saturday, June 19, 2010, oil spread northeast from the leaking Deepwater Horizon well in the Gulf of Mexico. The oil appears as a maze of silvery-gray ribbons in this photo-like image from the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on NASA’s Terra satellite.
The location of the leaking well is marked with a [...]
Meanwhile Back at the Ranch
Wednesday, June 9th, 2010Who died in an oil spill because of BP?
Time: Two Moms are Better than One
Black Doctor Arrested Driving to Hopsital to Deliver a Baby
Woman Killed by Lightning Minutes Before Being Proposed To
Everybody is a star. Mostly in their bones.
10 Largest Oil Spills
55 Bodies Found in Mexican Mine Shaft. Some Bound. Some Blindfolded
Mother Finds [...]
Isn’t 25 years in prison a bit harsh…
Monday, May 24th, 2010…for punching someone’s 59-year-old grandma in the face?
I know this guy thinks so. I totally feel he should do time in the clink, but 20+ years, c’mon? He didn’t rip her jaw off with his bare hands, but it was definitely a bitch move to break it. He did warn her. Payback is a grandmother.
Bootsy Collins Launches The Funk University Online School
Friday, May 14th, 2010What better way to spend your summer than learning to be true Funkateer from Bootsy Collins himself. Via press release:
On July 1, 2010, classes will commence at the Funk University, the online bass guitar school created and curated by Bootsy Collins, the iconic bassist whose otherworldly work with James Brown and Parliament/Funkadelic cemented him as one [...]
The Stats on Prostitution
Wednesday, March 31st, 2010Via: Online Schools
Think twice before you get that ‘tute.
Gimme a break, Greenpeace…
Wednesday, March 17th, 2010I received an email this morning from Greenpeace asking me to encourage Nestle to stop buying palm oil for its KitKats from companies that deforest in Indonesia. Fair enough. But then I watched the video. Greenpeace has gone the way of Peta in trying to scare us into action through shocking imagery and clips of [...]
In Case You Missed It: President Obama State of the Union Address
Monday, February 1st, 2010Bill Clinton & Investors Working on ‘Marshall Plan’ for Haiti
Wednesday, January 20th, 2010Source
Haiti’s biggest foreign investor said Tuesday he he was working alongside former US president Bill Clinton on a “Marshall Plan” to rebuild Haiti after the deadly earthquake there.
“Obviously we need foreign direct investment but on a wider front we need a Marshall plan,” said Irish telecom billionaire Denis O’Brien, referring to the US initiative launched [...]
New 6.1-quake hits Haiti, people flee into streets
Wednesday, January 20th, 2010Source
The most powerful aftershock yet struck Haiti on Wednesday, shaking more rubble from damaged buildings and sending screaming people running into the streets eight days after the country’s capital was devastated by an apocalyptic quake.
The magnitude-6.1 temblor was the largest of more than 40 significant aftershocks that have followed the Jan. 12 quake. The extent [...]