via youtube.com
Beautiful work! And the kids are so adorable.
WASHINGTON – Approval last month in the U.S. House of Representatives of legislation that would prohibit the sale of synthetic marijuana and other drugs known as “bath salts” and “plant food” has been delayed indefinitely in the Senate, American Medical News reports.
The House voted 317-98 on December 8 to ban the synthetic drugs, which can mimic the effects of marijuana, cocaine and methamphetamines; however, the Senate companion bill has been held up by an objection from Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY).
via nacsonline.com
Hooray for Rand Paul! This is why I’m still active in the political process. It takes far more work to repeal a law than it does to prevent it from being created in the first place. Even a single senator can derail a bill indefinitely. A few more Rand Paul’s in office could block many pernicious laws.
In addition, although Romney is likely to win the Republican nomination, he will need Ron Paul’s support in order to win the general election. If Paul were to run independent, Romney would almost certainly lose. (And Paul himself has nothing to lose by doing just that; he’s not running for re-election as a Congressman, and the Republican leadership has treated him like shit.) That gives Paul a lot of leverage over Romney. For example, he could insist that Romney pick Rand Paul as his running mate.
Alanis Morissette – My Humps – YouTube
11-Jan-12
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Alanis Morissette – My Humps – YouTube
11-Jan-12
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Good riddance, GoDaddy
08-Jan-12
GoDaddy was an evil company before they came out in support of SOPA. I have three domains hosted there, that were being held hostage in the same way described in this post:
http://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/o4gc1/godaddy_holding_my_domain_hostage_cannot_transfer/#
Thanks to that post, I’ve removed the privacy service, and am now waiting 60 days, so that I can transfer my domains. Feels good, man.
via gizmodo.com
Out of this world beauty here.
Zen Table by Simon Hallam — Kickstarter
05-Jan-12
via kickstarter.com
When Fritz asked the players which violins they’d like to take home, almost two-thirds chose a violin that turned out to be new. She’s found the same in tests with other musical instruments. “I haven’t found any consistency whatsoever,” she says. “Never. People don’t agree. They just like different things.”
In fact, the only statistically obvious trend in the choices was that one of the Stradivarius violins was the least favorite, and one of the modern instruments was slightly favored.
via npr.org
Demonstrates the importance and power of double-blind testing to get at the truth, which in this case, is that Stradivarius violins do not have an appreciably better sound than modern violins.