September 2011
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News Corp Set to Air 9/11 Documentary Glorifying... →
The documentary has not aired yet, but is scheduled to come out a few days before the 10-year anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks. Early reviews of the program, however, paint Bush as a hero who discarded politics and his right-wing agenda once the planes hit the towers. The film also depicts Bush as a leader bent on capturing Osama bin Laden, no matter what.
In reality, within hours of...
The Football Fast →
According to the Wall Street Journal, the average broadcast of a football game lasts 185 minutes. But here’s the thing - only 11 of those minutes are actual game play.
So where do the extra 174 minutes go in airtime?
Players spend roughly 75 minutes in huddles
17 minutes are devoted to replays
Cutaway shots to refs and coaches get 13 minutes
Cheerleaders get 3 seconds
Up to 60 minutes are...
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August 2011
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“The basic physical property here is that warm air holds more water vapor than...”
– Bill McKibben (via azspot)
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Song of the Day:
Keep on Bringing Me Down-...
Glenn Beck's Ignorance of Science →
For those who doubt evolution, let me present what I have long called my creationist challenge. To me, the most powerful line of evidence for evolution is what is called biostratigraphy - the order in which life forms appear in the fossil record. As you go up the geologic column, dated both relatively (in relation to younger strata above and older strata below) and absolutely (via hundreds of...
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“Of course, like every other man of intelligence and education I do believe in...”
– President Woodrow Wilson in 1922 (via whiporwill)
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