| Links for 2011-05-25 [Digg] Posted: 26 May 2011 12:00 AM PDT - Edwards investigation appears close to end, source says
(CNN) -- A resolution appears near in the Justice Department's investigation of former Sen. John Edwards, a source with knowledge of the investigation said Wednesday. - The pros and cons of a man sitting down to pee - The Oatmeal
My thoughts on being seated during tinkle time - MSNBC Suspends Ed Schultz Over His ‘Right Wing Slut’ Remark
The Blaze is a news, information and opinion site brought to you by Glenn Beck and a dedicated team of writers, journalists & video producers. Our goal is to post, report and analyze stories of interest on a wide range of topics from politics and culture to faith and family. - NBC Media Centre - STATEMENT FROM MSNBC REGARDING ED SCHULTZ
"MSNBC management met with Ed Schultz this afternoon and accepted his offer to take one week of unpaid leave for the remarks he made yesterday on his radio program. Ed will address these remarks on his show tonight, and immediately following begin his leave. Remarks of this nature are unacceptable and will not be tolerated." - Schultz Apologizes To Ingraham: "This Is The Lowest Of The Low For Me"
Ed Schultz gave a 4-minute long apology for calling fellow radio talk show host <a href="http://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2011/05/25/libtalker_ed_schultz_calls_laura_ingraham_a_right-wing_slut.html">Laura Ingraham a "right-wing slut" during his program</a>. Schultz says he is indefinitely suspended from his show for the time being. "On my radio show yesterday, I used vile and inappropriate language when talking about talk show host Laura Ingraham. I am deeply sorry, and I apologize. It was wrong, uncalled for and I recognize the severity of what I said. I apologize to you, Laura and ask for your forgiveness. It doesn't matter what the circumstances were. It doesn't matter that it was on radio and I was ad libbing. none of that matters. none of that matters. What matters is what I said was terribly vile and not of the standards that I or any other person should adhere to. I want all of you to know tonight that I did call Laura Ingraham today and did not make contact with her and I will apologize to her as i did in the message that I left her today. I also met with management here at MSNBC, and understanding the severity of the situation and what I said on the radio and how it reflected terribly on this company, I have offered to take myself off the air for an indefinite period of time with no pay. I want to apologize to Laura Ingraham. I want to apologize to my family, my wife. I have embarrassed my family. I have embarrassed this company. And I have been in this business since 1978, and I have made a lot of mistakes. This is the lowest of low for me. I stand before you tonight in front of this camera in this studio in an environment that I absolutely love. I love working here. I love communicating with all of you on the radio and the communication that I have with you when i go out and do town hall meetings and meet the people that actually watch. I std before you tonight to take full responsibility for what I said and how I said it, and I am deeply sorry,  |
| Links for 2011-05-24 [Digg] Posted: 25 May 2011 12:00 AM PDT - So that’s why… (Pic)
Girls like to go to the bathroom together because.. - Bored Pirate Bay Movie Uploader Fined $28,200
Talking about bad luck... - Collapsed Populations Can Return but May Never be the Same
Human activity creates countless disturbances in ecosystems around the world. Everything from the introduction of disease to habitat destruction, pollution to temperature changes have the power to alter local environments and, sometimes, even lead to the complete collapse of certain populations. - Stanford computer scientists find Internet security flaw
Researchers at the Stanford Security Laboratory create a computer program to defeat audio captchas on website account registration forms, revealing a design flaw that leaves them vulnerable to automated attacks. - Proven: Housework Is Bad for Your Health
Ever use that excuse about how doing housework after you get home from your paying job is so stressful it's bad for your health? Turns out, you weren't wrong. - Gulf of Mexico Dead Zone Larger Than Ever and Growing
Toxic runoff from the swollen Mississippi River produces the largest-ever "Dead Zone" of lifeless water in the already stressed Gulf of Mexico. - 2012 Presidential Race: Why Are So Many Republicans Opting Out?
Big-name Republicans who won't run for the party's nomination — like Chris Christie — far outnumber those who want to take on President Obama next year. - Special Forces Commando Took on Taliban Single-Handedly
A special forces commando saved the lives of his colleagues in an act of "selfless bravery" during a raid on a Taliban stronghold after he took on the insurgents single-handedly, an inquest heard. - Best Laptop Ever [Pic]
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- Hell Freezes Over: Duke Nukem Forever Has Gone Gold
After thirteen years of development and becoming something of a running internet joke, Duke Nukem Forever has gone gold. - How LinkedIn Became an $8 Billion Company [Infographic]
Today, LinkedIn debuted on The New York Stock Exchange trading at 520 times its 2010 net income, giving the company an $8 billion dollar valuation. In what is the biggest U.S. Internet IPO since Google, LinkedIn is the first Social Networking site to go Public. - 9 Insane Sports of the Ancient World
The sports that we decry as violent today really aren’t so bad in the context of historical competitions. So let’s examine some ancient sports that will make hockey fights look like shiatsu massage. - Leaked Tweets Expose Sarah Palin's Political Hate Machine
Did you ever wonder how the Palin fans get their marching orders? Here's the inside scoop, courtesy of tweets Rebecca Mansour sent to a Palinbot that reveal the insidious operation inside the Sarah Palin Hate Machine. - It’s Also an AT-AT (PIC)
Luckiest kid in the world? Admit it, you would've killed to have a bed that awesome while growing up. - Hotmail Exploit Silently Snooped & Microsoft Audio CAPTCHA Easily Defeated
Bad news for Microsoft again as security researchers prove two very different fails - Hotmail exploited to silently "steal" email and Microsoft audio CAPTCHAs defeated. The audio CAPTCHAs were also easily broken for Digg, Yahoo, eBay, and Authorize. - Republican Asks Women To Plan Ahead For Rape
What in the case of rape, she asked. What woman would purchase abortion insurance coverage to cover the possibility that she might one day be brutally raped? Here’s how DeGraaf responded. DeGraaf: “We do need to plan ahead, don’t we, in life?” Bollier: “And so women need to plan ahead for issues that they have no control over with a pregnancy?” DeGraaf:“I have spare tire on my car. I also have life insurance. I have a lot of things that I plan ahead for.” - Watchdog group blasts report that exonerates Toyota
Remember the reports released by NASA and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, which concluded that Toyota's electronic systems were not to blame for cases of unintended acceleration? Watchdog group Safety Research & Strategies has a 51-page bone to pick with those papers.  |
| Links for 2011-05-23 [Digg] Posted: 24 May 2011 12:00 AM PDT - Galaxy Closeup Reveals Best-Ever Snapshot of Black Hole Jets
A black hole with a mass of 55 million suns is spewing jets of material into the cosmos, hurling gamma rays and radio waves into interstellar space. Researchers peered at the galaxy with the closest-ever resolution, seeing galactic features up to 15 light-days across. - NASA: Astronauts Talk to Students in Tuscon
STS-134 Commander Mark Kelly and Mission Specialist Mike Fincke speak with students from Mesa Verde Elementary School in Tucson, Ariz. Approximately 400 students in kindergarten through fifth grade participated in the event and learned how the unique environment of space helps advance scientific discovery and exploration.  |
| Links for 2011-05-22 [Digg] Posted: 23 May 2011 12:00 AM PDT - Milky Way Galaxy Has Mirror-Like Symmetry
A new study suggests the Milky Way doesn’t need a makeover: It’s already just about perfect. - Violent Storms Rage Across the Entire Planet of Saturn
NASA's Cassini spacecraft and a European Southern Observatory ground-based telescope tracked the growth of a giant early-spring storm in Saturn's northern hemisphere that is so powerful it stretches around the entire planet (see image below). The rare storm has been... - An Unexpected Flare from the Crab Nebula: APOD May 23rd 2011
Why does the Crab Nebula flare? No one is sure. The unusual behavior, discovered over the past few years, seems only to occur in very high energy light -- gamma rays. As recently as one month ago, gamma-ray observations of the Crab Nebula by the Fermi Gamma Ray Space Telescope showed an unexpected increase in gamma-ray brightness, becoming about five times the nebula's usual gamma-ray brightness, and fading again in only a few days. Now usually the faster the variability, the smaller the region involved. This might indicate that the powerful pulsar at the center of the Crab, a compact neutron star rotating 30 times a second, is somehow involved. Specifically, speculation is centered on the changing magnetic field that surely surrounds the powerful pulsar. Rapid changes in this field might lead to waves of rapidly accelerated electrons which emit the flares, possibly in ways similar to our Sun. The above image shows how the Crab Nebula normally appears in gamma rays, as compared to the Geminga pulsar, and how it then appeared during the recent brightening.  |
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