"You had me at Rubber Chicken"

Psychic Spies, Acid Guinea Pigs, New Age Soldiers: the True Men Who Stare at Goats

Seeded on Fri Nov 6, 2009 2:38 PM EST (Wired News)

"More of this is true than you would believe," we're told, just a few minutes into the movie version of The Men Who Stare At Goats, which opens today.

odd-news, military, army, intelligence, soldiers, spies

Apple approved a Hitler Book app with Swach Sticker as its logo. How did no one catch this?

Seeded on Fri Nov 6, 2009 2:14 PM EST (thenextweb.com)

Apple has approved an eBook Application of a book written by Hilter including Nazi symbols as the application icon.

technology, apple, nazi, hitler, national-socialism

Helicopter Shortage: State Department Fumbles Effort to Oust Blackwater from Iraq

Seeded on Thu Nov 5, 2009 6:54 PM EST (Newsweek)

Helicopter Shortage: State Department Fumbles Effort to Oust Blackwater from Iraq

politics, blackwater, iraq, government

PS3 Netflix Disc Arriving Friday

Seeded on Thu Nov 5, 2009 6:40 PM EST (1up.com)

Netflix for the PlayStation 3 is almost here. According to a note that arrived in our inbox this morning, the disc is in the mail even now.

technology, ps3, sony, netflix, bluray

Windows 7 Still Vulnerable to Viruses ; Durr, Really?

Seeded on Thu Nov 5, 2009 6:25 PM EST (Wired News)

Windows 7 is a valuable upgrade delivering an awesome, new user interface, but don't expect any major improvements in security.

technology, microsoft, windows-7, viruses, security

Gene Therapy Halts Fatal Brain Disease

Seeded on Thu Nov 5, 2009 6:22 PM EST (Wired News)

Scientists have used gene therapy to halt the progression of adrenoleukodystrophy, a fatal neurodegenerative disease caused by a single defective gene, in two seven-year-old boys.

science, gene-therapy, neuro-degenerative-disease

Nov. 5, 1955: A Flux of Genius

Seeded on Thu Nov 5, 2009 2:55 PM EST (Wired News)

A clock, a slippery toilet seat and a severe concussion lead to the invention of time travel.

science, time-travel, physics

Pentagon Played Aerosmith and Nine Inch Nails to Torture Detainees; Artists Complain

Seeded on Thu Nov 5, 2009 2:23 PM EST (Newsweek)

Will listening to hours of Britney Spears, Nine Inch Nails, or even the Meow Mix jingle make you lose your mind? That's exactly what military officials were hoping for when they blasted hours of loud music to prisoners detained at Guantánamo Bay and in Iraq and Afghanistan pri …

politics, music, torture, pentagon, guantanamo, iraq, afganistan, prison

Baby Neutron Star Found Inside Supernova Remnant

Seeded on Wed Nov 4, 2009 4:03 PM EST (Wired News)

Scientists have finally identified the mysterious source of X-ray emissions at the center of our galaxy's youngest supernova: Inside the remains of Cassiopeia A sits a baby neutron star surrounded by a thin layer of carbon dioxide.

science, supernova, baby-neutron-star, cosmos, galaxy, cassiopeia

Counterfeit Whiskey Detectors in Korean Cell Phones

Seeded on Wed Nov 4, 2009 9:18 AM EST (thenextweb.com)

If you've been to or lived in Korea for any amount of time, you know that it's a drinking culture. It's expected that when your boss says "let's go have dinner and drinks" to the staff that they go and that they drink, to excess (if the boss drinks to excess).

technology, drinking, cell-phones, korea

Science explores happiness

Seeded on Fri Oct 30, 2009 9:20 AM EDT (kansan.com)

An emerging field of psychology could be called the "science of happiness" because it examines the effects of positive emotions.

science, happiness, positive-psychology

Happiness Hat punishes you for not smiling

Seeded on Fri Oct 30, 2009 9:16 AM EDT (geek.com)

With the H1N1 Flu lurking about the world and the economy still trying to drag itself out of the basement, a lot of people have very little to smile about. That's okay though.

technology, happiness, hat, metal-spike-in-the-head

Love letter from France washes up in bottle on Cornish beach

Seeded on Thu Oct 29, 2009 2:49 PM EDT (Telegraph)

The love letter was discovered with a lock of brown hair in a bottle on Praa Sands, near Falmouth. Martin Leslie, a coastguard manager, and his family were walking along the beach and found the letter on three pages of A4 handwritten in French and dated September 28.

world-news, love, message-in-a-bottle

Video: Coca-Cola Honors 20 Inspiring People as U.S. Torchbearers for Vancouver 2010 Olympic Winter Games

Seeded on Thu Oct 29, 2009 9:22 AM EDT (SunHerald.com)

Coca-Cola has chosen 20 inspiring people to be Torchbearers for the Vancouver 2010 Olympic Torch Relay. The U.S. Torchbearers were selected because they each use their passion for positive living to affect meaningful, enduring changes in local and global communities.

world-news, coca-cola, kindness, olympics, torch-relay

"Hero" offers kindness to kids getting surgery

Seeded on Thu Oct 29, 2009 9:10 AM EDT (times-news.com)

Fleece pillows. A little toy. A warm smile and words of comfort. This may not seem like much, but for many of the patients at the Shriner's Hospital for Children in Philadelphia, this small act of kindness means a lot.

us-news, shriners-hospital-kids-wish-network, kindness, brittle-bone-disease, osteogenesis-imperfecta

Columbine Victim's Father Trying to Launch Chain of Kindness in VA

Seeded on Thu Oct 29, 2009 9:04 AM EDT (whsv.com)

A decade after his daughter was shot and killed at school, a father honored his daughter's life by spreading kindness.

us-news, kindness, virginia, columbine

In Defense of the Christian West

Mon May 4, 2009 3:51 PM EDT

By Rainmaker (Clipped by rwarner)

The long era in which the West has been the dominant culture on Earth is dragging towards the end.

Continue reading this entry ...

world-news, corruption, racism, democracy, development, discrimination, bigotry, equality, hatred, world-peace

UPDATEVeteran Viner Bodhi1 Welcomes a New Addition to His Family Today

Mon May 4, 2009 11:21 AM EDT

Today, Bodhi1 is witnessing and assisting in the labor and delivery of his 5th child. It doesn't seem that long ago that we congratulated Bodhi1 and helped to welcome Reagan Rae to the world. On his blog this morning he says he does not yet know if the child is a boy or a girl.

Continue reading this entry ...

world-news, baby, babies, birth, congratulations, bodhi1, newsviner, well-wishes

Time running out for ESL teacher

Seeded on Mon May 4, 2009 9:46 AM EDT (citizen-times.com)

It would cost the district $1,500 to extend the visa. As of Friday, school system officials still had no plans to do so.

us-news, esl, buncombe-county-nc, oakley-elementary-school, teachers, work-visa

Lesbian couple ties the knot

Seeded on Mon May 4, 2009 8:47 AM EDT (citizen-times.com)

The marriage of Lisa Holmes and Amy Niemas will not be recognized by the state of North Carolina, which allows marriage only between a man and a woman.

us-news, gay-marriage, asheville, north-carolina, wnc, lesbians, gay-couples, marriage, civil-union

NC has 1st case of swine flu

Seeded on Mon May 4, 2009 8:06 AM EDT (citizen-times.com)

The first case of swine flu has been confirmed in North Carolina in the eastern part of the state, according to a press conference Sunday afternoon. Advertisement

us-news, swine-flu, nc, h1n1-virus, onslow-county

A Call for Participation in the Defense of Innocents.

Mon May 4, 2009 7:02 AM EDT

By Dennis P. McCann (Clipped by rwarner)

NOTICE: This is not a public article. It is published to the Islam Anti- Defamation League, and my Friend List. The comment thread, however, may be is publicly viewable. COH applies.

Continue reading this entry ...

politics, islam, human-rights, civil-rights, muslims, defamation

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Dalai Lama: Smart does not mean happy

Seeded on Sat May 2, 2009 7:01 PM EDT (The Boston Globe)

After the Dalai Lama slipped off his shoes, crammed his crossed legs into a too-narrow chair, and unceremoniously blew his nose, the world's most revered and honored Buddhist monk offered a bit of wisdom for the sages: Being smart doesn't make you happy.

religion, dalai-lama, harvard, compassion, mit, ethics

Sleeping with the enemy: How 'horizontal collaborators' in Paris brothels enjoyed a golden age entertaining Hitler's troops

Seeded on Sat May 2, 2009 6:24 PM EDT (the Mail online)

Rather than brothel staff suffering the numerous horrors usually associated with the Occupation, they were patronised by many of the most important figures in the Third Reich, as well as hundreds of more junior officers.

world-news, hitler, nazi, paris, brothel, prostitution

Mice 'attack' elderly Australians

Seeded on Sat May 2, 2009 6:12 PM EDT (BBC News)

The Australian government has ordered an investigation after mice repeatedly bit residents of a nursing home. One man, a bedridden veteran aged 89, was found covered in blood after his ears, neck and throat were chewed by the mice. He had to be sedated later.

health, mice, elderly, nursing-home, australia

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Apple approved a Hitler Book app with Swach Sticker as its logo. How did no one catch this?
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