November 16
Sixteen workers are killed a day "Every eight hour workday, two people are killed on the job. Most companies are never prosecuted for negligence, even after repeated warnings that their workers were in danger. Meanwhile, workers who blow the whistle face threats and retaliation at the workplace." In a short video examining several cases of worker deaths, David Uhlmann suggests the sanction for an offense that results in a worker's death should be as great as the sanction for killing a deer out of season.
posted by shetterly at 10:52 AM - 77 comments
The first four issues of Stray Bullets set the world on fire when they came out. Paper burns, you see, and a comic book as inflammatory as Stray Bullets just had to be burned. The religious right burned them. The Godless left burned them. The people in the middle felt left out and burned them too. Only a few copies survived and are probably worth millions by now. Inaccessible to the common man, the wonders of the digital universe have finally arrived to allow you—the average Joe—to see what the fuss was all about.
posted by Artw at 10:52 AM - 25 comments
November 15
Hong Lauwai ('Red Foreigner') sings along with patriotic Red Chinese songs on various sites like YouTube. Alleged to be a New Yorker and stock trader, his true identity isn't known at this time. Since he appeared shirtless in his first performances (
Without the Communist Party, There would be No New China;
The East is Red), there was some doubt of his sincerity, and consternation among hard-liners in Beijing -- what if he was singing totally nude?
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posted by Rash at 3:47 PM - 16 comments Get a glass of Harvey's Bristol Cream, put on some funky 1970's music, sit back, and feast your eyes on some glorious
Wood Porn! (SFW) "Oh, baby, you got some great vascular cambium!" "Yeah, that is some hard oak, drill me, baby!"
posted by Drasher at 8:12 AM - 34 comments Star Trek fans know that there was a second, unaired pilot episode of
Where No Man has Gone Before. That version
has been found by a collector in Germany, and is going to be released.
posted by pjern at 5:09 AM - 27 comments November 14
In 2010,
Obama will have a miserable year,
NATO may lose in Afghanistan,
the UK gets a regime change,
China needs to chill,
India's factories will overtake its farms,
Europe risks becoming an irrelevant museum,
the stimulus will need an exit strategy,
the G20 will see a challenge from the "G2",
African football will
unite Korea,
conflict over natural resources will grow,
Sarkozy will be unloved and unrivalled,
the kids will come together to solve the world's problems (because their elders are unable),
technology will grow ever more ubiquitous,
we'll all charge our phones via USB,
MBAs will be uncool,
the Space Shuttle will be put to rest, and
Somalia will be the worst country in the world. And so
the Tens begin.
The Economist: The World in 2010.
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posted by goodnewsfortheinsane at 5:09 PM - 60 comments One time, OK, see, one time
Randy Beaman's [
aunt,
uncle,
sister,
little brother,
best friend who's name is Linda,
cat] [
had like this bean dip for the chips,
had a dream she ate a big marshmallow,
ate some cornflakes,
had to take baths with his brother] and [
Jason made this gross noise,
this was in Kansas,
he thought it wasn't Dracula] and [
they were in there so long they became skeleton people]. [
AAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHH]
(clips from Animaniacs, big youtube playlist of them all here.)
posted by The Devil Tesla at 4:07 PM - 23 comments November 13
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