Crazy Old Timers
Let’s start on a high note, shall we? Because it is all going downhill after this and I am tired. Cracked.com has this fun album of untouched yet sometimes unbelievable photos. The tennis on the wings of a plane? That’s insane. My favorite is the little girl standing on top of an alligator. I have a photo of me holding an alligator, too. However, unlike this little daredevil, the alligator I am holding had his jaw taped shut. Naturally, I photoshopped the brace off to look as cool as this toddler. Mission accomplished. Look.
Japan Update
Radiation levels in northeastern Japan have reached levels that can cause damage to human health. There are four reactors at the site and three of them have had explosion around their outer shells caused by the build up of heat and the fourth one is one fire. Japan’s prime minister Naoto Kan said in a press conference on Tuesday that the latest up-tick in radiation levels is caused by the on-fire reactor.
Kan has advised people living with 19 miles of the plant to stay indoors and seal their homes. More.
Radiation levels in northeastern Japan have reached levels that can cause damage to human health. There are four reactors at the site and three of them have had explosion around their outer shells caused by the build up of heat and the fourth one is one fire. Japan’s prime minister Naoto Kan said in a press conference on Tuesday that the latest up-tick in radiation levels is caused by the on-fire reactor.
Kan has advised people living with 19 miles of the plant to stay indoors and seal their homes. More.
Meanwhile, the country continues to try to clean up from the devastating 9.0-magnitude earthquake and subsequent tsunami that struck on Friday. The official death count is at 2,400, but that number is expected to swell to at least 10,000. By comparison, the 2004 Tsunami killed 230,000 people. Roughly 1,800 people died during Hurricane Katrina in 2005.
I know about a dozen people that have shared this video of what appears to be a little flooding turn into a total destruction of a city on Facebook, but it is still worth sharing some more. Watch.
Middle East Update
In other world news, you should know about this. I feel like this does a better of explaining it than I can do summarizing it. More.
Gun Control
Two months after the massacre in Tucson, President Obama called for a discussion on ways to strengthen existing laws that keep guns away from mentally unstable, violent and criminal people in an editorial that ran on Sunday in an Arizona newspaper. Despite the flurry of talk among advocates and pundits about finding a way to ban high-capacity magazines like those in the January attack, the president made no mention of it and said he is not looking for new legislation.
On Tuesday, Justice Department representatives plan to meet with those interested on both sides of the debate, but the National Rifle Association is not interested in talking. More.
Two months after the massacre in Tucson, President Obama called for a discussion on ways to strengthen existing laws that keep guns away from mentally unstable, violent and criminal people in an editorial that ran on Sunday in an Arizona newspaper. Despite the flurry of talk among advocates and pundits about finding a way to ban high-capacity magazines like those in the January attack, the president made no mention of it and said he is not looking for new legislation.
On Tuesday, Justice Department representatives plan to meet with those interested on both sides of the debate, but the National Rifle Association is not interested in talking. More.
Boulder Bust
The University of Colorado was robbed – ROBBED! – of an invitation to the NCAA tournament and instead got a no. 1 seed in the NIT, the consolation prize. This story is incredibly sad; the reporter was in the room when the boys found out they had been looked over.
The University of Colorado was robbed – ROBBED! – of an invitation to the NCAA tournament and instead got a no. 1 seed in the NIT, the consolation prize. This story is incredibly sad; the reporter was in the room when the boys found out they had been looked over.
While any of you who care about this already know about it, making it old news – I love the video up top from Trident, my favorite hippie coffee shop in all of Boulder. It makes me want to move back there. More.
Boston Inherits a Villa, Animals Included
An Italian man has left his villa to the city of Boston. A few catches, though, are making it tough. He earlier promised it to his political party and the house comes with cats and dogs. More.
Boston Inherits a Villa, Animals Included
An Italian man has left his villa to the city of Boston. A few catches, though, are making it tough. He earlier promised it to his political party and the house comes with cats and dogs. More.
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