1. 24 May


    (Source: aja-1, via imoutofbubblegum)

     

  2. 23 May


    Cars, people in the Skagit River after I-5 Bridge collapse The Interstate 5 bridge over the Skagit River collapsed Thursday evening(5/23/2013), injuring an unknown number of people. Both the northbound and southbound portions of the bridge dropped into the river sometime before 7 p.m., according to Washington State Patrol trooper Mark Francis. Francis said several cars were on the bridge when it collapsed, and some are now in the water. http://www.komonews.com/news/local/Cars-bodies-in-Skagit-River-after-I-5-Bridge-collapse—208760201.html

    Cars, people in the Skagit River after I-5 Bridge collapse

    The Interstate 5 bridge over the Skagit River collapsed Thursday evening(5/23/2013), injuring an unknown number of people.

    Both the northbound and southbound portions of the bridge dropped into the river sometime before 7 p.m., according to Washington State Patrol trooper Mark Francis.

    Francis said several cars were on the bridge when it collapsed, and some are now in the water.
    http://www.komonews.com/news/local/Cars-bodies-in-Skagit-River-after-I-5-Bridge-collapse—208760201.html

     

  3. 23 May


    It’s sort of bred out of us, we are slacktivist. Now we will camp on public property, calling it occupy. Now we do riot when our favorite sports team loses and/or wins a major event. Every April 15, the government steals money legally from it’s citizens, and we are all very much okay with it. We are so okay with the theft, that when some people or business find ways to not pay the Vig, others will see this as cheating the process. Like if we all were being robbed at a diner and the thieves, took everyone’s wallet, watch, and phone, and didn’t take anything from you. So now I am pissed you someone got away unscathed. We breed conformity, and we are told the only way try fix it is with our vote. Rebloggable on request

    It’s sort of bred out of us, we are slacktivist. Now we will camp on public property, calling it occupy. Now we do riot when our favorite sports team loses and/or wins a major event. Every April 15, the government steals money legally from it’s citizens, and we are all very much okay with it. We are so okay with the theft, that when some people or business find ways to not pay the Vig, others will see this as cheating the process. Like if we all were being robbed at a diner and the thieves, took everyone’s wallet, watch, and phone, and didn’t take anything from you. So now I am pissed you someone got away unscathed. We breed conformity, and we are told the only way try fix it is with our vote.

    Rebloggable on request

     

  4. 23 May


    strangelanguage: The Top 10 Most Unhealthy Foods Ever since we were little, we were told to eat our fruits and vegetables, and to avoid those sugary snacks that our mouths salivate for… yeah, right! Is that why more than 50% of deaths in North America (especially men) are caused by cardiovascular disease, mostly related to unhealthy eating habits? 1. Quaker Oats 100 % Natural Oats and Honey Granola contain 3 teaspoons of sugar per half cup, and come laden with more artery-clogging fat than a McDonald’s hamburger. 2. Gwaltney Great Dogs Chicken Franks contain 10 or 11 grams of fat per frank. Most hotdog manufacturers now offer pork, beef, turkey, or soy franks with zero to 2.5 grams of fat per frank. 3. Entemann’s Rich Frosted Donut Variety Pack has as much saturated fat as 9 strips of bacon (10 grams). 4. Nissin Cup Noodles with Shrimp contain pre-fried and pre-salted noodles, compounded by the practice of using artery-clogging palm oil. They add 6 times as much sodium to the noodles as potato chips contain. 5. Frito-Lay’s Wow Potato Chips are fried in olestra, a recently formulated fat substitute that some people cannot digest. See List

    strangelanguage:

    The Top 10 Most Unhealthy Foods

    Ever since we were little, we were told to eat our fruits and vegetables, and to avoid those sugary snacks that our mouths salivate for… yeah, right! Is that why more than 50% of deaths in North America (especially men) are caused by cardiovascular disease, mostly related to unhealthy eating habits?

    1. Quaker Oats 100 % Natural Oats and Honey Granola contain 3 teaspoons of sugar per half cup, and come laden with more artery-clogging fat than a McDonald’s hamburger.

    2. Gwaltney Great Dogs Chicken Franks contain 10 or 11 grams of fat per frank. Most hotdog manufacturers now offer pork, beef, turkey, or soy franks with zero to 2.5 grams of fat per frank.

    3. Entemann’s Rich Frosted Donut Variety Pack has as much saturated fat as 9 strips of bacon (10 grams).

    4. Nissin Cup Noodles with Shrimp contain pre-fried and pre-salted noodles, compounded by the practice of using artery-clogging palm oil. They add 6 times as much sodium to the noodles as potato chips contain.

    5. Frito-Lay’s Wow Potato Chips are fried in olestra, a recently formulated fat substitute that some people cannot digest.

    (Source: burgerlords, via andishouldhavekissedyou)

     

  5. 23 May



    Anonymous asked: Why don't more people riot in America?

    It’s sort of bred out of us, we are slacktivist. Now we will camp on public property, calling it occupy. Now we do riot when our favorite sports team loses and/or wins a major event. Every April 15, the government steals money legally from it’s citizens, and we are all very much okay with it. We are so okay with the theft, that when some people or business find ways to not pay the Vig, others will see this as cheating the process. Like if we all were being robbed at a diner and the thieves, took everyone’s wallet, watch, and phone, and didn’t take anything from you. So now I am pissed you someone got away unscathed. We breed conformity, and we are told the only way try fix it is with our vote.

     

  6. 23 May


    reuters:

    Funky Code Madea: One American has taken full use of her free speech rights at every major political event of the past decade. 

    Code Pink founder Medea Benjamin heckles, shouts, yells, and berates politicians to listen to the organization’s messages. 

    Benjamin shouted at U.S. President Obama to close Guantanamo and apologize to innocent people killed in military strikes around the world during a major foreign policy speech today. 

    Watch: Madea Benjamin shouts at President Obama: 

     

    Photos: REUTERS and photographers Jason Reed, Mike Theiler, Mike Segar, Yuri Gripas, Damir Sagol, Brendan McDermid. 

     

  7. 23 May


    anarcho-alowisney: Numbers stations are mysterious shortwave radio channels of indiscernible origin that exist in countries all across the world and have been reported since World War 1. They are identifiable by the unusual contents of their broadcasts: seemingly random sequences of numbers, words, letters, tunes, and Morse code, usually spoken by artificially generated voices of women and children. The most common theory regarding the purpose of these bizarre stations is that they’re used by governments the world over to secretly transmit encrypted commands and messages to spies. That said, even though numbers stations have been discovered all over the globe and in any number of different languages, no government has ever officially acknowledged their existence. While the espionage theory is a logical one, with no official confirmation of their purpose the jury is still out. One particularly odd station, UVB-76, has existed since the late 1970s and has broadcast a simple, repetitive buzzing tone 24 hours a day ever since. On very rare occasions, however, listeners have reported a Russian voice interrupting the buzz to read out sequences of numbers and words, always in a consistent format — this happened once in 1997, once in 2002, once in 2006, 56 times in 2010, and 14 in 2011. As with all numbers stations, its true purpose is and will probably remain unknown, but the increase in frequency of whatever it’s doing is certainly odd. You can listen to well over 100 recordings of numbers stations for free on archive.org but be forewarned that they’re all kind of, well, eerie. They feel like something you shouldn’t be listening to, which stands to reason since apparently you’re not supposed to know they exist. Numbers stations are the reason I want a shortwave radio set. Also a shitty John Cusack movie.

    anarcho-alowisney:

    Numbers stations are mysterious shortwave radio channels of indiscernible origin that exist in countries all across the world and have been reported since World War 1. They are identifiable by the unusual contents of their broadcasts: seemingly random sequences of numbers, words, letters, tunes, and Morse code, usually spoken by artificially generated voices of women and children.

    The most common theory regarding the purpose of these bizarre stations is that they’re used by governments the world over to secretly transmit encrypted commands and messages to spies. That said, even though numbers stations have been discovered all over the globe and in any number of different languages, no government has ever officially acknowledged their existence. While the espionage theory is a logical one, with no official confirmation of their purpose the jury is still out.

    One particularly odd station, UVB-76, has existed since the late 1970s and has broadcast a simple, repetitive buzzing tone 24 hours a day ever since. On very rare occasions, however, listeners have reported a Russian voice interrupting the buzz to read out sequences of numbers and words, always in a consistent format — this happened once in 1997, once in 2002, once in 2006, 56 times in 2010, and 14 in 2011. As with all numbers stations, its true purpose is and will probably remain unknown, but the increase in frequency of whatever it’s doing is certainly odd.

    You can listen to well over 100 recordings of numbers stations for free on archive.org but be forewarned that they’re all kind of, well, eerie. They feel like something you shouldn’t be listening to, which stands to reason since apparently you’re not supposed to know they exist.

    Numbers stations are the reason I want a shortwave radio set.

    Also a shitty John Cusack movie.

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    (Source: horrorfixxx)

     

  8. 23 May



    How many drones does the U.S have and how much do they cost?

    According to recent reports, the Pentagon now has some 7,000 aerial drones, compared with fewer than 50 a decade ago. The fiscal year 2012 budget included nearly $5 billion for drone research, development and procurement. This figure represents the known costs; it does not include funding that may be classified. The CIA has about 30 Predator and Reaper drones, which are operated by Air Force pilots from a U.S. military base in an unnamed U.S. state. The Department of Homeland Security has at least 10 unarmed Predator drones. The cost per flight hour varies by type of drone. Predator and Reaper drones cost about $2,500-3,500 per flight hour; larger armed systems such as the military’s Global Hawk cost about 10 times as much: approximately $30,000 per flight hour.

     

  9. 23 May



    robert-cabot-lodge replied to your post: Who do you think will the front runners for president in 2016? Who do you think will win?
    Elizabeth Warren is from MA, not CT

    very much correct there sir

     

  10. 23 May



    Anonymous asked: Who do you think will the front runners for president in 2016? Who do you think will win?

    Political insiders believe on the Right will be Rand Paul. Now on the left some see Hillary Clinton, but more buzz is coming from Elizabeth Warren from MA. 3rd Party Candidates like Gary Johnson for the Libertarians, will run again.

    If you try to forecast political hot button issues, those will be debt, both nation and personal, like student loan debt. With the Fed pumping in 85 billion a month into Housing, the housing market is growing, but that is like curing your headache by taking Krokodil. So money will be on everyone’s mind. Unemployment will not because government can skew numbers. Plus all the candidates will have grand speeches about how their brand will create millions of jobs. What politicians will focus on is gay-rights, gun control, immigration, winding down of war, climate change, bipartisanship, issues that subvert your gaze from the Money, like who will pay for all this, besides your children.

    Now who will actually win, if I was a betting man, I would say Elizabeth Warren. Now why you ask? She can gain the support of the Occupy Movement, who wanted cheaper Education. She can gain independents, who feel the government is out of control in spending by being a Bankruptcy Lawyer. With 47% relying on the government for assistance, she gains those votes by an easy margin. With Immigration reform going the way it is, she easily garner those votes as well. She is trying to lower student debt, by giving students lower interest rates. Yes that is a government sleight of hand in manipulating numbers, but most people drink from the statist kool-aid. Unions and teacher will mostly vote for who butters their bread. For the businesses that will give money to the DEMS, they know the corporatism gravy train, will collapse if we spend more then we take in or borrow, so they will fund a lap-dog they can control while making money.
    Rand Paul is nothing like his father, but Libs who don’t want another Dem in the white house will vote for Paul, hoping he will lower the fiscal burden so there are those votes. Gun control and immigration reform will be hot issue for his side. Also getting rid of Obamacare. Republicans are pro business, not pro markets, so they will talk about how cost in government healthcare will be outrageous, and how a businesses can insure people cheaper. True to an extent, but still corporatism. Those same Corporations, will give you a politician they too can control, heck it’s their money, and the ROI (return on investment) is 2000 to 1, so even if he gets in they own him too.

    2 Billion dollars was generated last election, the ROI for corporatism is huge.

    But all these are effects, the cause is corporatism. The Military Industrial Complex, Big Pharmaceutical, Big Agricultural, and the Banksters sell you a product and that product is a politician. When you see commercials for Coke or Pepsi, they might have a blind taste test, but it’s Coke VS Pepsi, the choice is one or the other. Bing VS Google ads, shows you through Microsoft’s lens, that more people prefer Bing to Google. Once again two choices. The reason sales people limit the number of choices, having been in sales, is not to confuse the buyer. Too many options, means confusion, which is a lost sale. You buy into the packaging. You are sold a product, it’s now up to you to pick red or blue, The other colors of the rainbow, don’t exist in a THIS or THAT buy what we sell sort of world.

     

  11. 23 May


    thinksquad: Chicago Board of Education voted to close 49 CPS elementary schools, 1 high school program. Several protesters were removed from the Chicago Board of Education meeting. Read more: http://illin.is/10nj9ty I guess when you raise salaries, the effect is closing of schools and jobs.

    thinksquad:

    Chicago Board of Education voted to close 49 CPS elementary schools, 1 high school program.

    Several protesters were removed from the Chicago Board of Education meeting.

    Read more: http://illin.is/10nj9ty

    I guess when you raise salaries, the effect is closing of schools and jobs.

     

  12. 23 May



    Japanese Stocks Plunge 1000 Points - Biggest Drop In 26 Months

    priceofliberty:

    UPDATE 1:

    BOJ has injected 2 trillion yen ($19.4 billion) into the financial system, following massive downside break.

    UPDATE 2:

    Japanese government bonds have also plunged on Thursday, taking yields to their highest in a year.

    UPDATE 3:

    The 10-year JGB yield rose to 1.000 percent, its highest level since early April last year. The 10-year JGB yield has more than tripled from a record low of 0.315 percent hit on April 5, the day after the BOJ unveiled its unprecedented monetary expansion.

    At the low the drop was over 1000 points (over 7%) from the earlier highs. Iy is the largest drop for the Nikkei 225 since March 2011.

    UPDATE 4:

    Following the BOJ intervention, the Nikkei has reversed itself and at 10:19 PM Pacific Time is now down 435.29 points or -2.79%

    UPDATE 5:

     The fall appears to be  reaction to Bernanke’s testimony and the FOMC minutes which were released later on Wednesday. The minutes indicated that some members were leaning toward slowing QE3 monetary base expansion.

    UPDATE 6:

    Closing report on Japanese markets via Bloomberg news:

    Japan’s Topix index fell almost 7 percent, the most since the aftermath of the March 2011 tsunami and nuclear disaster, as financial companies plunged amid rising bond yields. The rout triggered a halt in Nikkei 225 Stock Average futures trading in Osaka.

     

  13. 23 May


    darkporc: ‘Beet’ the system! How?Grow a revolution and plant food! Thanks to the folks from Grow Food Not Lawns.

    darkporc:

    ‘Beet’ the system!

    How?
    Grow a revolution and plant food!

    Thanks to the folks from Grow Food Not Lawns.

    (via the-flame-imperishable)

     

  14. 23 May



    Sacramento man arrested for calling 911 more than 100 times in a month 

    Jimmy Shao calls the number so frequently because he says the government is sending satellite signals directly into his body. ‘They squeeze my brain, they press my stomach, they stir my intestines,’ he said.

    So call the government to protect you from the government.

     

  15. 22 May


    Trying out voice search in Chrome

    Trying out voice search in Chrome