Viacom sues Google for One Thousand Million Dollars ($1 BILLEEEON)
Topic: Miscellaneous
9:45 am EDT, Mar 13, 2007
From Chappelle's Show:
Rick James: What'd the hand say to the face? Charlie Murphy: *confused look* Rick James: *smacks Charlie* SMACK!
Pretty funny that at 8:42am CDT, Google news doesn't have this story on any of its news pages :) Hey, if it ain't on Google news, it didn't happen, right?
Are you green? How many flights have you taken in the last year? Feeling guilty about all those unnecessary car journeys? Well, maybe ... all » there's no need to feel bad. According to a group of scientists brought together by documentary-maker Martin Durkin, if the planet is heating up, it isn't your fault and there's nothing you can do about it. We've almost begun to take it for granted that climate change is a man-made phenomenon. But just as the environmental lobby think they've got our attention, a group of naysayers have emerged to slay the whole premise of global warming.
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Good counter to the man made global warming theory. 1hr, 15min, recently aired on Channel4 in the UK.
If you've seen An Inconvenient Truth, you should see this as well for balance.
The rumors are no more! Feast your eyes on what will soon be popping up at local United States Post Offices!
As reported here earlier, the USPS will be helping Star Wars celebrate its 30th anniversary. Stay tuned for more as we get it, right here at TheForce.net.
In the meantime, click away on these super cool R2-D2 wrapped mailboxes. I want one for the end of my driveway!
State makes big fuss over local couple's vegetable oil car fuel
Topic: Current Events
5:54 pm EST, Mar 7, 2007
Summary: A retired chemist and food plant manager converted his car to run on a vegetable oil / diesel blend. He has used it this way for the last four years.
He gets a visit one morning at his home from agents of the Illinois Department of Revenue. He is being investigated for criminal activity.
Turns out, Illinois wants him to pay retroactive fuel taxes on the vegetable oil. They also want him to apply for a license to become a special fuel supplier as well as a special fuel receiver. He also has to pay a $2500 bond as insurance that his "business" will pay the taxes in the future.
The State also sent him a cease and desist letter, threatening him with felony charges if he continued to operate his vehicle without giving the State their cut and dancing their dance.
Thankfully, there is a State Senator taking up his cause, but this is just patently wrong on its face. Why send agents out to someone's house who is trying to do the right thing? Why use that Gestapo tactic? I hate seeing people being bullied like that.
Jello wrote: This song was used in the Geico Caveman Airport Commercial. The video is a whimsical exploration of infographics.
I can't get enough of these kinds of animations. I love infographics. They reduce everything to their structural core, and this makes me happy.
Very cool indeed. The melody reminds me of Ladytron's 'Destroy Everything You Touch.' I like the Delicious Burger vs. Chinese Box infographic, why they gotta hate on the noodles yo?
If you are a fan of infographics I'm sure you already know about Infosthetics.com but if not it's a great blog to check up on from time to time.
