Archive for the 'Collapse' Category
God’s Lonely Programmer
November 26th, 2014Via: Vice: He kept the rest of the programming simple. God told him to stick to 640×480 and 16 colors, with only a single audio voice. Like Noah, he built as he was commanded. “It’s really obvious what to do next,” he says, “and it can keep you busy for the first ten years.” But […]
Gallery: Reaction to the Ferguson Decision
November 26th, 2014Season’s Greetings. Wow. Boston Globe – Big Picture
More Troops Ordered to Ferguson After Night of Chaos
November 25th, 2014Via: New York Times: After a chaotic night of demonstrations that erupted in many fires, frequent bursts of gunshots, looting and waves of tear gas, Gov. Jay Nixon said early Tuesday that he would send additional National Guard troops to help quell the worst violence this battered St. Louis suburb has seen since a white […]
Canadian Mom Gives Birth in U.S., Gets $1 Million Bill
November 24th, 2014Via: Newser: Jennifer Huculak-Kimmel thought she’d dotted all the i’s. Six months pregnant in October of 2013, she was cleared by her doctor to vacation in Hawaii with her husband, and she made sure to get Blue Cross insurance coverage before her trip. Just two days in, though, her water broke and she was put […]
Michael Brown Case: Missouri National Guard Activated
November 17th, 2014Via: CBS: Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon signed an executive order activating the Missouri National Guard on Monday afternoon. According to a news release, the role of the National Guard is to “…support law enforcement during any period of unrest that might occur following the grand jury’s decision concerning the investigation into the death of Michael […]
Indian Women Die After State-Run Mass Sterilisation Campaign Goes Wrong
November 12th, 2014Via: Guardian: Eleven women have died in India and dozens more are in hospital, with 20 listed as critically ill, after a state-run mass sterilisation campaign went horribly wrong. More than 80 women underwent surgery for laparoscopic tubectomies at a free government-run camp in the central state of Chhattisgarh on Saturday. Of these about 60 […]
Luxury Doomsday Condos All Sold
November 11th, 2014Dog park? Dog park. Via: Wall Street Journal: Mr. Hall, who lives in a Denver suburb, bought his first missile-silo site in Kansas in 2008 and completed construction in December 2012. A year later, he says, the development had sold out. Work on the second security compound—the one where Mr. Allen bought a unit—is under […]
Pot Oil “Miracle in a Bottle” Cure Could Land Mom in Jail
October 28th, 2014The boy had pain so severe he didn’t want to live anymore. The pot oil helped him after 18 other medications didn’t. Now his mother is facing jail. Via: CBS: In March, one mother traveled to Colorado to get a bottle of cannabis oil in hopes of easing the agonizing pain her 15-year-old son has […]
Jeb Bush ‘More Than Likely’ Eyeing 2016 Run
October 26th, 2014Via: CNN: Yet another Bush family member is weighing in on whether or not former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush will run for president in 2016. “I think it’s more than likely that he’s giving this a serious thought in moving forward,” his eldest son, George P. Bush, told ABC on Sunday. “If you had asked […]
Teacher Spends Two Days as a Student and Is Shocked at What She Learns
October 25th, 2014Via: Washington Post: Do teachers really know what students go through? To find out, one teacher followed two students for two days and was amazed at what she found. Related: 6-Year-Old Stares Down Bottomless Abyss Of Formal Schooling
