Director and screenwriter Joss Whedon (The Avengers, The Cabin in the Woods (2012), suggests that a vote for Mitt Romney is a vote for the Zombie Apocalypse, and that learning Parkour (obstacle and speed training) would be an appropriate response to a Romney victory.
You, Robot: Darpa’s Robot learns to Avoid Obstacles
Darpa’s Atlas Robot learns to avoid obstacles:
Severe Weather, Climate Change and Corporate Greed (Solnit)
Rebecca Solnit writes at Tomdispatch.com: Our Words Are Our Weapons Against the Destruction of the World by Greed In ancient China, the arrival of a new dynasty was accompanied by “the rectification of names,” a ceremony in which the sloppiness and erosion of meaning that had taken place under the previous dynasty were cleared up […]
Syria crisis Shakes Lebanon, Iraq, Saudi Arabia as Cease-Fire Crumbles
The inability of the Syrian government to crush an 18-month-old revolutionary movement is putting increasing pressure on its neighbors. Not only have hundreds of thousands of refugees from Syria poured into Jordan, Turkey, Lebanon and Iraq, but political forces in each of those countries are having to choose sides and to reevaluate their choices over […]
Medley of Grey-Faced Republican Men on Duty of Raped Women to Bear the Child (Video)
A medley of grey-faced Republican men with two-dollar haircuts fulminating on rape and the duty of raped women to bear their rapist’s baby:
Romney & Ryan Self-Help Book on Rape (Jamiol Cartoon)
Courtesy Paul Jamiol
Candidates flee East Coast as Frankenstorm takes Revenge for their Ignoring Climate Change
Mitt Romney and Joe Biden have canceled campaign events planned for this weekend at Virginia Beach as a massive storm bears down on the east coast of the US. The candidates are fleeing from the East Coast, even though they won’t talk about the key environmental issue of our time. The candidates in this year’s […]
Jon Stewart: Romney/ Bain record on Picking Winners much Worse than Obama’s
Wherein Jon Stewart of the Daily Show on Comedy Central examines the proposition that Mitt Romney’s Bain Capital can pick winners and losers among investment prospects better than Obama and the Federal government. Turns out, not so much. !!!! The Daily Show with Jon Stewart Mon – Thurs 11p / 10c Picking Winners & Losers […]
Omar Khayyam (338) “Who’ll hear the secret?”
Where is an intimate friend who’ll hear the secret from me straight out– of what human […]
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