Gallery Of The Bleedin’ Obvious

An INTENSE moment of TRUTH with MAINSTREAM Media – YouTube

An INTENSE moment of TRUTH with MAINSTREAM Media – YouTube.

change is already here

#WikiLeaks #cablegate – Mirrors of the website & #Visa, #Mastercard transferring funds to racists

As writers say, the difference between fiction and fact is that fiction has to be believable. So all those Bourne films are so believable and everything on ‘The News’ is so ridiculous. Osama Bin Laden: still at-large, Ratko Mladic: still at large, Sylvio Berlusconi: in charge of a bankrupt country – and its media, Tony Blair & George Bush doing lecture tours, the €uro bankrupt while the workers of Germany subsidise a continent, and so on.

The world changed years ago. Just ask the Book, Music and Film Industries, newspaper publishers, television companies, High-Street shopkeepers and expense-fiddling MPs, who can [

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happiness

Speech by Robert Kennedy, 18 March 1968, University of Kansas.

”We will never find a purpose for our nation nor for our personal satisfaction in the mere search for economic well-being, in endlessly amassing terrestrial goods. We cannot measure the national spirit on the basis of the Dow-Jones, nor can we measure the achievements of our country on the basis of the gross domestic product (GDP)

Our gross national product counts air pollution and cigarette advertising, and ambulances to clear our highways of carnage. It counts special locks for our doors and the jails for those [

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If the 'Mosque' Isn't Built, This Is No Longer America | MichaelMoore.com

I am opposed to the building of the “mosque” two blocks from Ground Zero.

I want it built on Ground Zero.

Why? Because I believe in an America that protects those who are the victims of hate and prejudice. I believe in an America that says you have the right to worship whatever God you have, wherever you want to worship. And I believe in an America that says to the world that we are a loving and generous people and if a bunch of murderers steal your religion from you and use it as their excuse to [

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Mid-life crisis? Enter the ‘MAMIL’

“The past three years have seen the rise of the uber-techno, super-flashy, full-carbon fibre, bobby-dazzler road bike. The market for these bikes has expanded faster than a 45-year-old’s waistline, partly thanks to the success of the British cycling stars at the Beijing Olympics. Marketing departments have produced smart advertising messages that encourage a bit of freedom, elite performance and memories of teenage derring-do.

And the result can be seen on Saturday and Sunday mornings as middle-aged blokes polish the rear derailleur, lower the mirrored shades and pedal into the hills. Every couple of weeks, you’ll see a girth of Mamils [

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120 fake sci-fi events on a real-world timeline

Infographic: 120 fake sci-fi events on a real-world timeline | Blastr.

List of British words not widely used in the United States

This is a list of British words not widely used in the United States.

BLIMEY!

via List of British words not widely used in the United States – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

Facebook, Google and Twitter: custodians of our most intimate secrets

Your digital life can be split into two parts: content and data. You know plenty about the content: that oh-so-hilarious tweet you punched out after closing time, or those delicious pictures of the new baby posted on Flickr especially for your aunt in Australia. You create this stuff, and much of the privacy argument has been over whether strangers or ex-girlfriends or even your parents should be allowed to see it without your express permission. Yet all that is a handful of dust compared to the cascades of data about yourself that you shed daily.

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Mountain Bikes - Who Needs 'em?

I am so glad people still say this.

That’s the take that Chris Kostman has on riding off-road. Mountain bike? No way. He just uses his road bike, and he’ll leave any mountain biker in the dust, he claims.

These two quotes will tell you where he’s coming from:

1. “[T]he mountain bike is the most over-rated, most improperly used, most over-built, and most greedily promoted piece of hardware to hit the sport and fitness industry in modern history.”

2. Can’t ride off-road without wide, knobby tires, and at least some suspension? Chris’ retort: “‘Technique beats technology any [

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exam time and some timely termly advice

It’s exam time folks and we have some advice for all you teen social-media addicts out there.

GIVE IT UP AND MATRICULATE LIKE IT MATTERS

The Icelandic volcano: let’s have a reckoning

It is mad to blame one safety official for the six-day flight ban – it was actually a product of elite risk-aversion.

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Apple increases gaming share at the expense of DS and PSP

Apple’s intentions to dominate handheld gaming were already pretty clear back in March of 2008 as game studio after game studio lined up behind the iPhone (and iPod touch by extension). Now look at the graphics above. Yeah, based on the report from Flurry Analytics, Apple’s casual gaming approach is carving out a nice slice of the US revenue pie related to gaming software. The PSP was hit especially hard dropping from a 20% share in 2008 to just 11% of US revenue last year. Numbers that highlight just how ridiculous John Koller’s spin maneuver was after the [

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This isn’t racism - it’s just kids being kids | spiked

Yet Adrian Hart, a community filmmaker and tutor, argues in ‘The Myth of Racist Kids: Anti-Racist Policy and the Regulation of School Life’ that ‘the notion of racist kids is in large part a myth’. Hart became concerned about today’s anti-bullying and anti-racist policies while working on a government-funded educational film about racism in schools.

He writes: ‘I observed a strange and concerning phenomenon: in modern cosmopolitan Britain, where race is becoming less and less relevant, and where children often have friends from many different ethnic groups, the dominant racialising influence on children is anti-racist policy itself. It [

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£30bn high-speed rail plan signals end of the road for motorways

congestion: the great legislator

The government signalled the end of intercity motorway building today as it announced plans for a £30bn high-speed rail network, with the first phase between London and Birmingham opening in 2026.

Lord Adonis, the transport secretary, said the motorway network [

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Social Today Feels Like Search A Decade Ago: Lots Of Noise And Lots Of Spam

A decade ago most of us were using AltaVista or something similar for search. No one was really complaining very much about the huge amount of spam and other noise that cluttered the results because we didn’t know there was a better way. Then Google came along with Page Rank, and had a profound effect on the quality of Internet search. Suddenly (and it really was that sudden), we couldn’t imagine going back to AltaVista and searching pages of results for the thing that Google gave us immediately.

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Bike helmet activist's own study finds no significant benefit in wearing one

A doctor pushing for the City of Austin, Texas to adopt a law making the wearing of cycling helmets compulsory for adults is the lead author of an academic study that found that there was no significant difference in risk of head injury between cyclists wearing helmets and those without.

The study, published last month in The American Journal of Emergency Medicine, and reported on the website The Vehicular Cyclist, was led by Dr [

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Al Gore Joins Richard Branson in Backing GreenRoad

What do a trucker, an Israeli entrepreneur, Al Gore and Richard Branson all have in common? Proof that the real goldmines are old, neglected industries.

The name of that proof is GreenRoad. While so many entrepreneurs bang their heads against a Web and social media advertising brick wall, GreenRoad has applied common technology to an industry technology has largely passed by and—voilà—they’ve got a business that’s growing and saving lives, money and the environment.

Driving is the third most deadly profession after deep sea fishing and working in a coal mine. Not only does driving more safely save lives [

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Michael Pollans 10 Food Rules to take to the market

TIPTOP!

The author's rules of thumb for those who can't be bothered to read his articles or books.

1. Don't buy anything your great grandmother wouldn't recognize as food.

2. Avoid products with ingredients that cannot be found in an ordinary pantry.

3. Don't buy anything that lists sugar in its first three ingredients.

4. Shop the peripheries of the supermarket and stay away from the middle.

5. If it came from a plant, buy it. If it was made in a plant, pass it by.

6. If it says lite, low-fat, or non-fat on the package, put it [

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The attack dog of mainstream misanthropy

With his hatred of nightclubs and blokes, his constant carping about what’s on TV, and his recent campaign to censure a newspaper columnist, Charlie Brooker is the closest thing we have to a modern-day Mary Whitehouse.

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News Flash: Biking and Walking are Really Good for You

If you didn’t already know it, biking and walking are really good for you. Thanks to a new study released by the Alliance for Biking and Walking we now have the data to prove it. There is a lot of great information in the study and I recommend you check it out. But for those of you on the fly, a few highlights:

-Less than 10% of all trips are made by bike or foot

-From 2000-2007 the number of commuters who bike to work increased by 42%

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Wives Are Making More Money

This week, for the first time, the number of female GPs outnumber male GPs in Scotland.

Since 1970, an ever-greater proportion of wives are higher paid, and more educated, than their husbands. That’s according to this new report by Pew Research. The New York Times covers it here.

This is a positive trend for some obvious reasons. One reason women made less than their husbands in the past was that professional opportunities for women were limited by sexism. This is a sign that that situation’s getting better. Also, financial independence makes it easier for any marriage partner, male or [

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After 3 months, Newsday's web site gets 35 subscribers

The world is going free! everyone need shovels and shovels need replacing but you can only hand over your gold once.

In October Newsday (a Long Island daily paper that was sold for $650 million) began charging for online access. The price is $5 per week. In three months 35 people have subscribed.

The web site redesign and relaunch cost the Dolans $4 million, according to Mr. Jimenez. With those 35 people, they’ve grossed about $9,000.

In that time, without question, web traffic has begun to plummet, and, certainly, advertising will follow as well.

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Step Away from the Smartphone

This article is part of The GOOD Guide to Slowing Down, from GOOD Issue 18. Read more of the guide here.

Easy ways to unplug your gadgets and your life

Perhaps you’ve heard: Texting while driving can kill you. If you ask us, staying too connected behind your desk can be dangerous, as well. In recent studies, single-taskers have outperformed those who take on many tasks at a time, suggesting that multitaskers are less efficient, have heavier workloads, and set themselves up for elevated stress and its related problems, like weight gain, sleep loss, and elevated blood pressure. [

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Read a Book!

This article is part of The GOOD Guide to Slowing Down, from GOOD Issue 18. Read more of the guide here.

Finally, turn off your TV, computer, stereo, iPod, cell phone, Kindle, etc. and… read a book. Yes, that’s right, go old school and pick up a printed piece of literature. Not only does reading a book take some time but—yes, we’re biased—print just makes everything a little better. Here are 10 books that will help you slow down, relax, and reconsider your place in the world.

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Archival Clothing Resolutions: 2010

1. Decide that quality matters and pay for it. In the end, it will save you time and money.

2. Before you buy, be selective. Scrutinize items for build quality, fit, finish, functionality and lasting style. If an item is not perfect, catch and release it.

3. Do more with less. Add a few key pieces to your wardrobe and wear them until they dissolve.

Archival Clothing: Archival Resolutions: 2010.

Don't nick us it's only a 'middle class' crime

More than £400million a year is being raised by police and town halls targeting minor ‘middle-class’ crimes.

They are hitting millions of people with tickets for speeding, parking, litter and even putting out bins on the wrong day.

The ‘offenders’ are being caught using a range of increasingly advanced surveillance techniques, including spy cameras.

The amount raked in from ‘soft crimes’ includes £330million in parking fines, £100million from speeding tickets and £12million from spot fines for offences such as over-filling a dustbin so its lid will not close.

Speed cameras alone snare more than 1.4million people a year.

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Song Lyrics eh? just a load of meaningless old lyric poetry if you ask me

You would have thought that people would have had enough of silly love songs, they haven’t and the song remains the same. Some good some bad and some that have meanings that seem to change with us as we grow older and others that we get bang on the first time we ever hear them.

I have no doubt that people will queue up to explain stuff to me about Robert Palmer and had I considered this song or that one but this one seems a song that it was quite an achievement for a young man to write. [

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How to use a notebook, perhaps

I accidentally came across an interesting comment by Charley Forness on how he uses his moleskine notebooks:

The first thing I do is number all the pages and put a Table of Contents in back. The TOC is more or less a way of documenting the truly good stuff I might want to reference in the future. So, not everything gets logged in the TOC. If I’m whining again in a journal entry about why I’m not independently wealthy, that typically won’t make it into the TOC.

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Death on Britain’s roads. 32,298 in 10yrs

I’ve just discovered a fantastic application on the BBCs website thats been there since 15 December. They have plotted all the road deaths in the UK from 1999 to 2008 and placed them on a map. You can even search for your police force and get figures. It also breaks the figures down by sex and how the person was travelling at the time. You can, if interested, also get age groups and times of deaths.

Here are the total number of road deaths caused in Britain each year:

In 1999 there where 3,423 deaths on our roads. [

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