Wikileaks, Great Success

Wikileaks is doing a great job!
The US, to save itself from embarrassment, is debriefing other countries on the contents of what is supposed to be the next Wikileak.
The document contains information that could cause international embarrassment and endanger relations with some countries.
Personally, I'm happy the Government is being shown that they cannot keep this information secret so that in the future they might make better choices

Analysis of Generations

Kinda cool, kinda informative. Mostly eh.

Mashup Breakdown

This is a creative way of displaying mixed music.
The music is All Day by Girl Talk.


I like the idea, I don't like the music.

Slavery

It still exists.
Czech out this website and learn something
[It doesn't have a lot of text so you have no excuse not to.]

Kryptos Sculpture

This sculpture was made by Jon Sanborn was placed in front of CIA headquarters at Langley, Virginia, and has remained unsolved since 1990.
3 out of 4 sections, K1, K2, and K3 three have been solved, but K4 has eluded all cryptographers.
More recently, Sanborn announce a clue, BERLIN, in hopes that he would still be alive to see the statue solved.
The story of the sculpture is fascinating.
Full text of the sculpture can be found here and if you think you've solved the 97 character K4, you can submit your answer here
Seriously, czech it out.

Staff Sgt. Giunta

He has won a Medal of Honor. Good job.
60 minutes interview; it's good and it's deceptively only 14 minutes long.


Also,
Charge of the Light Brigade by Lord Alfred Tennyson is one of my favourite poems.

All Quiet On The Western Front

"We were eighteen and had begun to love life and the world; and we had to shoot it to pieces. The first bomb, the first explosion, burst in our hearts. We are cut off from activity, from striving, from progress."
-Erich Maria Remarque

Patriotic Millionaires

A group called the Patriotic Millionaires, comprised of 44 millionaires, has written a letter to president Obama asking him to raise the tax rate on those making $250,000 - themselves. They argue that the rich are richer than ever and their money could be better used by the government to fix the economy. Allowing the Bush tax cuts to expire could save $700 billion over the next ten years.

" If we want to keep our strong military and provide health care for the elderly, we’re going to have to make sacrifices. It’s the responsible, patriotic thing to do."

Sex in China

Apparently China has a bit of a problem with 50% not using birth control, 20% getting pregnant, and 90% of those getting abortions. Causes and more information here

North and South Korea are Fighting (still/again)

Shots were fired across the Korean border earlier today. Both sides shot some artillery shells, most landing in the ocean.

More information here

Slow Motion!

Woah!
Fast camera on a fast train in slow motion. Crazy

Acheivement Gap

This says it all.

"Twelve percent of black male fourth-graders' reading skills qualify as proficient, compared with almost 40 percent of their white peers. Young black men are almost twice as likely to drop out of high school as young white men."

How to Rupture Your Stomach

SPOILER ALERT: be a dumbass try really, really hard.
1. Don't eat for a while, than eat enough carbs to stop your heat
2. Eat 19 pounds of food
3. Eat less than 19 pounds of food and Alkaseltzer

Corporate Profits Are Off The Charts!

Alright, not literally, shut up.

But the income for the bottom 90% of America has been essentially the same since 1973. Where does this money go?

The graph relating it as a percentage of GDP looks better, but maybe that's because Corporate profits are part of GDP. So as corporate profits increase GDP by definition increases.
oops.

Google Interview Questions

Here's fifteen tough interview questions.
Here's a hundred and twenty five more.

Illinois Representative Republican John Shimkus is bat-fuck insane.

I just want to be clear.

"Representative John Shimkus (R-IL) wants to be the head of the committee that deals with climate change in the next Congress. Shimkus believes that our climate is changing, but he isn't concerned. That's because in Genesis, God promises that he won't destroy the Earth again after the great flood. Shimkus has actually read this passage aloud in a Congressional hearing. In fact, the congressman is actually pretty excited about the benefits of climate change, like a new Northwest passage. Shimkus is not concerned, however, that climate change may result in another great flood."

The three best parts of the accompanying video?

1. When he mentions that he is going to read out of the bible, the chick in the back right smirks. 
2. The news station that is telling him he is wrong interviewing him is FOX 2
3. You can see the previous two in the first minute, saving you from having to watch the whole 10 minutes.

Oil Is a Large Cause of the Deficit

Reducing reliance on oil would lower the deficit.

America's HDI

Here's a map of America ranked state by state by HDI and hundreds of other related statistics. SO MUCH INFORMATION.