Friday, June 11, 2010

COULD CYBER SKIRMISH LEAD U.S. TO WAR?

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Now, the U.S. government is faced with a chilling question: Should it get dragged into a shooting war by a cyber attack on an ally? Or should it decline and threaten the fiber of the NATO alliance?

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Thursday, June 10, 2010

Louisiana leaders want Gulf drilling to resume

When I read this story I nearly got sick! Can you believe the gall of those bastards? In the midst of the worst ecological disaster in the world, they want to resume drilling!

Politicians say moratorium is a knee-jerk reaction

“At the same time they are venting their fury on BP over the Gulf of Mexico spill and its calamitous environmental effects, Louisiana politicians are rushing to the defense of the oil-and-gas industry and pleading with Washington to bring back offshore drilling —now.”

Retail Recall: McDonald's paying $3 for Shrek glasses

'Shrek Forever After' glasses from McDonald's (© US Consumer Product Safety Commission/AP)

Company is paying customers more than they spent, in hopes of getting back millions of glasses recalled over cadmium.

Pot Delivery Services Cropping Up Across California

Michael Montgomery As communities across California crack down on medical marijuana dispensaries, a new business model has emerged:companies that will deliver pot directly to your doorstep.

 Read more at NPR

PHOTO: A worker at C420, an online dispensary, weighs pot that will be shipped to customers. The company offers to ship pot overnight to qualified medical marijuana users at "almost any legal address in California."

Parenting vs texting: ‘Stop texting, Dad! I'm talking to you’

Image: From left, Rakesh Thakkar, Anika, 5, Sharmila Rao Thakkar, Shiv, 2, eat dinner in their home in Chicago.

Researchers fret about the risks of parenting while plugged in

From left, Rakesh Thakkar, Anika, 5, Sharmila Rao Thakkar, Shiv, 2, eat dinner in their home in Chicago, last week. Parents' use of technology, and its effect on their offspring, is now becoming an equal source of concern to some child-development researchers.

More Americans Dislike the Tea Partiers Than Ever Before

Now that it's become more clear what the Tea Parties stand for, more and more Americans have a low opinion of them.

“When the previous poll was taken you could not turn on your television without being hit in the face with Tea Party lunacy.

But the media has effectively out-hyped itself on the Tea Party and now some folks are disgusted and tired of seeing the angry-old-white-guy movement just as we are tired of seeing the incompetent-old-white-guys in Washington, D.C.”

Web Conferencing for Dummies: Yup, you're on

Image: Dimdim Web conferencing screenshot

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Social blunders and mishaps are more frequent than you might think

PHOTO: This fellow, shown in a Web site ad, is dressed appropriately for a Web-based video conference. However, some folks don't dress well — or much — and others forget that the mike is on.

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Wednesday, June 9, 2010

Remind me not to wear the Calvin Klein cologne that attracts jaguars if I ever go to Guatemala

A jaguar looks from his cage at the Sofia city zoo.

Biologists tracking jaguars in the Guatemalan jungle might smell nice but it's all in the name of science, with researchers finding the Calvin Klein cologne Obsession for Men attracts big cats.

I enjoy irony in life, and the name of this cologne is certainly ironic when you think about it being used to attract jaguars.

The cologne is known for its complex scent, and is used to help lure the big cats for research and hopefully ultimately preserve jaguars in the Central American country.

Odd News For a Wednesday: Woman wants to be world's fattest!

Image: Donna Simpson

N.J. mother of two is striving to top 1,000 pounds

Donna Simpson weighs 600 pounds and hopes to gain another 400 to become the world's heaviest living woman.

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Marion Curtis / AP file

Stress of daily grind takes toll on teeth

Image: Michael Sinkin, Mark Naples

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Effects of job worries, freaky disasters seen in dentist's chair

PHOTO: Dr. Michael Sinkin, a Manhattan-based dentist, talks with bruxism patient Mark Naples about combating the effects of grinding his teeth.

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Lies Versus Reality: Who's Winning the War of Words?

Lies and unverified rumors course through the right-wing narrative universe daily. Reality is constantly trying to catch up to the poisonous...