Obama Attack: Vengeful Thomas Gets Rejected By Court
Source: actingwhite.blogspot.com
Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas asked his fellow jurists to stand behind his grudge match with Obama, regarding the president-elect's citizenship, and they promptly batted his flatted-footed, no-spin, no-arc, no-chance-in-hell shot into the nose-bleed seats.
If you're happy and you know it, thank your friends
Source: ecosalon.com
What was really interesting about the study, though, is that they found a holographic effect with happiness. If something makes you happy, your friends, who may not even be around, have a higher chance of feeling happy, too.
Dear fellow Newsviners, in case you did not get the memo, I am forwarding to you the memos I have received which will provide you with the latest status on the company party as I understand it.
Army Wages iPod Warfare in Baghdad
Source: Wired News
BAGHDAD, IRAQ -- During a humanitarian aid distribution in Baghdad's Sadr City, Staff Sgt. Kent Crandall brought along a nifty iPod accessory: an Army psychological operations loudspeaker.
Five Cousins Charged In Two Murders
Source: The Louisville Courier-Journal
This family's reunion sounds like one to avoid. Five men, all cousins, charged with two murders in Louisville. I'd be interested in the history of this family.
This Sunday, December 14th at 3pm, The Great Harlem Debate will take place in my home town, New York City's Africa Town. Prominent community Scholars, activists, organizers and politicians will square off. I thought all African Americans were pro Obama.
Teens' Latest Self-Injury Fad: Self-Embedding - TIME
Source: TIME
At a recent medical conference in Chicago, a team of radiologists from Nationwide Children's Hospital presented intriguing X-ray evidence of a psychological phenomenon — what they believed was a new form of self-injury among teens and adolescents.
GET HAPPY! - 10 Things Science Says Will Make You Happy
Source: AlterNet.org
Excerpt: In the last few years, psychologists and researchers have been digging up hard data on a question previously left to philosophers: What makes us happy? Researchers like the father-son team Ed Diener and Robert Biswas-Diener, Stanford psychologist Sonja Lyubomirsky, and e …
Charles M. Blow: The Demise of Dating
Source: The New York Times
The paradigm has shifted. Dating is dated. Hooking up is here to stay. (For those over 30 years old: hooking up is a casual sexual encounter with no expectation of future emotional commitment. Think of it as a one-night stand with someone you know.)
Army Science to Focus on 'Disruptive Technology'
Source: nanotechwire.com
"At the Army Science Conference we are showcasing seven areas we believe will give rise to disruptive technologies for our Soldiers in the future," he said. "It is not just the individual areas themselves, but it is also the synergy that exists among these areas."
The Truth about Hypocrisy
Source: Sciam
One surprising truth about hypocrisy is its irrelevance: the fact that someone is a hypocrite does not mean that his or her position on an issue is false. Environmentalists who litter do not by doing so disprove the claims of environmentalism.
I read a lengthy article about the causes of obesity a few days ago.
"Nothing renders a man so powerless as losing faith in ones self." Daniel Slack
India Attacks Have Not Led to More Violence
Source: USA Today
When Hakim Iqbal goes to the mosque today to celebrate the Muslim holiday of Eid al-Adha, he will wear a black armband — a sign of solidarity with Mumbai's Hindus and Christians after the terrorist attacks on this city that left 171 dead. More Articles