The demon weed
Posted by Chris Mon, 17 Apr 2006 18:49:55 GMT
We are so dead.
Posted by Chris Mon, 03 Apr 2006 18:37:47 GMT
Bird flu expected to hit West Coast by summer
"The H5N1 virus in birds is expected in the next couple of months in the United States," California Health and Human Services Secretary Kim Belshe told reporters on Thursday at a state bird flu pandemic preparedness meeting.
(Via Yahoo! News.)
Remixing is Cool!
Posted by Chris Thu, 30 Mar 2006 18:37:10 GMT
Unless it's one of your author buddies who's on the losing end of it, apparently.
Boing Boing: Help Peter Beagle sue the film-house that made "The Last Unicorn"
We're going to... lose all our money
Posted by Chris Sun, 26 Mar 2006 14:29:12 GMT
And then die, most likely.
Bear Stearns warns against airline stocks due to 'imminent' bird flu
Investment bank Bear Stearns has advised investors to start dumping airline and retail stocks in favour of blue-chip utilities as a hedge against bird flu, warning that a full human pandemic of the H5N1 virus could set off the worst global stock market crash since the 1930s.
(Via jwz.)
We have always been at war with Eurasia
Posted by Chris Fri, 24 Mar 2006 15:09:11 GMT
How to (not!) Fast Play a Disney DVD
Add it all up, and it takes roughly seven minutes and 10 seconds!! to go from the first time I saw anything onscreen to actually seeing the movie. Fast Play? They call that Fast Play?
(Via The Robservatory.)
Crazy Beliefs OK, Rationality Suspect
Posted by Chris Thu, 23 Mar 2006 15:49:36 GMT
Atheists identified as America's most distrusted minority
Americans' increasing acceptance of religious diversity doesn't extend to those who don't believe in a god, according to a national survey by researchers in the University of Minnesota's department of sociology.
MOOOOOOO
Posted by Chris Mon, 20 Mar 2006 20:38:20 GMT
Alabama cow tests positive for mad cow disease
Another group, Consumers Union, said the government should test all cattle over the age of 20 months at slaughter for mad cow, not just older cattle now sampled. Food and Consumer Watch said USDA’s budget proposal for fiscal 2007 would scale back the “surveillance” testing to 40,000 head a year.
(Via MSNBC.com.)
Have I Told You Lately...
Posted by Chris Mon, 13 Mar 2006 18:14:56 GMT
That we are all going to die?
Ready or Not, Bird Flu Is Coming to America
In a remarkable speech over the weekend, Secretary of Health and Human Services Michael Leavitt recommended that Americans start storing canned tuna and powdered milk under their beds as the prospect of a deadly bird flu outbreak approaches the United States.
(Via ABC News.)
