From the time it started blowing money on abstinence-only education in 1981 (under the Reagan Administration) the US Government has spent from $4,000,000 (1982) to $214,300,000 (2008) every year funding this prohibitive lesson – and it adds up quickly (moreso with Bush policy funneling more taxpayer money in and finding ways to issue grants to [...]

Decapitator: Instant Weight-Loss Regimen via Happy Famous Artists

via GoogleFritz One should not give their hand to another with a mitten on, otherwise they will give away their luck. – The Renaissance of Latvia’s ethnographic mittensquoting A. Tidriķe, Pabažu jūrmala To see a scarf in your dream symbolizes self restrictions. You may be too controlling of your emotions instead of expressing them. Or [...]

I searched “man walking hyena” and got this: Plenty more out there, too. Unrelated/searching for “the walking man dancing”: … but he’s no Haado Gei – or is he? … and completely unrelated to anything: WORKING BEARD DOOR. The Internet is Win: Random, pointless, and/or amazing things I would never have known about without an [...]

“New York is already a target for terrorists – we announce that every day and talk about it every day. To add something unnecessary to that makes no sense, and the president has made, I believe, an irresponsible decision.” – Giuliani: 9/11 Trials in NYC Will Lead to More TerrorismNewsMax.com2009-11-13 … and warning people daily [...]

Answer: Rapidly. The Geography of Jobs map [via Sources and Methods] demonstrates succinctly. … but do you ever wonder how economic catastrophes occur..?

BETWEEN via Valentina Tanni

“Son, people will always try and fuck you. Don’t waste your life planning for a fucking, just be alert when your pants are down.” – Shit my dad says … and if you were not aware, your pants? Yeah, they’re down.

… Labs would be prevented from doing research on high-risk agents if the lab is in violation of security requirements. It would also allow the federal government to suspend federal funding for such labs. Further, the amendment requires the Homeland Security Secretary to notify all agencies providing funding for high-risk research which labs have been [...]

I have had an idea of a utopian society in which Bentham’s Panopticon is realized with omnipresent surveillance and sousveillance of every citizen which is viewable by every other citizen and a sufficient number of negative votes cast against an individual results in the individual’s execution (i.e. if footage of your actions against another individual [...]