August 2010
Happy…and not religious
brooklynmutt:
Yahoo travel produced a piece on the world’s happiest countries citing data from a Gallup poll that looked at responses from 155 countries between 2005 and 2009.
…The nations taking the top spots include: Denmark, Finland, Norway, Sweden and the Netherlands. This might not come as a surprise to many who have been to these nations. What is surprising, however, is that three of...
Where did the oil go? →
robot-heart-politics:
britishpetroleum:
The recent oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico released, as we have all seen on tv, a lot of oil. Quite how much is a “lot” is a bit of a guess, but roughly 4.9 million barrels, or 784 million litres*. What actually happened to this oil was reviewed recently in an article in Science (Kerr 2010). Only about 0.1% was recovered from beaches and marshes...
“You can’t legally stop people from obeying the law.”
– 3 Reasons the “Ground Zero Mosque” Debate Makes No Sense | Cracked.com
Cracked.com is now making more logical sense than one of the two major political parties of the United States.
(via spytap)
(via soupsoup)
“As a citizen, and as President, I believe that Muslims have the same right to...”
– I’m with the President and the Mayor on this.
President Obama Celebrates Ramadan at White House Iftar Dinner | The White House
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The Man Who Planted Trees →
lovepuppy:
zachklein:
This simple, gorgeous film is worth 30 minutes in peace and quiet.
reblogged for break later.
