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miscellaneous goodies i'll find a list for, later.

"Edward Herman and Noam Chomsky demolish one of the central tenets of our political culture, the idea of the "liberal media." Instead, utilizing a systematic model based on massive empirical research,... continue reading
posted by thesnipe
"Two state legislators have been convicted in Federal court for accepting bribes from VECO. The FBI has video and audio evidence that reveal VECO executives shockingly handing out cash to those legislators... continue reading
posted by thesnipe
Colbert: Naomi Wolf and Fascism in America
posted by Constitutional_Patriot
This briefly describes how gravity warps the space-time continuum. It's part of Einstein's theory of general relativity. I'm still impressed that anyone could have figured this out like Einstein did,... continue reading
posted by CaptWillard
This is a short part of a documentary about the amazing properties of superfluid helium, which is a supercooled liquid form of helium. For starters, it can apparently defy gravity. Freaky.
posted by CaptWillard
Jon Stewart in Miami - 1996. Talking about War with Iraq and Canada Thanks Fedquip
posted by MarineGunrock
To explain the bizarre nature of quantum mechanics, Erwin Schrodinger proposed this thought experiment. Quantum mechanics holds that particles can be in two different states at the same time, and will... continue reading
posted by Fjnbk
Planes have aerodynamics on their side: they can glide pretty far to a safe landing spot if the fan stops turning for some reason. Helicopters don't glide, but there's one thing they can do: something... continue reading
posted by calvados
Mitigating an exposure problem at the Dec 1 Brown & Black Forum, Dennis directs a question to himself.[youtube desc]
posted by Grimm
Overnight active lava flows from Hawaii, starts in the daytime and goes through the night.
posted by thesnipe
Refuting O'Liely comments about the USO. "Bill O'Reilly is an irrelevant, lying, moron....and this proves it.."
posted by joedirt
Not cool, but funny.
posted by dystopianfuturetoday
A Dermal Display animation narrated by the author Robert A. Freitas Jr. while giving a presentation at the 6th Alcor conference.
posted by Constitutional_Patriot
A very famous scene from The Graduate (1967): A perfect representation of all that was false in the face of post-collegiate (and at the time, generational) angst and confusion.
posted by castles

An editorial by Keith Olbermann (aired 12/06/07) highlighting president Bush's (and his administration's) deceptions on Iran's nuclear program, as well as accusing him and his administration of fear mongering... continue reading
posted by Crosswords
"Ever wondered what happens when your computer sends a domain request to the internet? Well some guy whips out rubber gloves and stuffs messages into tennis balls then rolls them down a pipe labeled 'the... continue reading
posted by ant
Friedrich Nietzsche goes negative.
posted by plastiquemonkey
pitiful alcoholic
posted by ambassdor