Animal Farm Friday - Clash of the Lesser Evolved Primates

An homage to the idiots in Washington, but with no offense intended to the more highly evolved gorillas.

A Second Bill of Rights?

I had no idea. I need to go back to school.

The Second Bill of Rights was a proposal made by United States President Franklin D. Roosevelt during his State of the Union Address on January 11, 1944 to suggest that the nation had come to recognize, and should now implement, a second bill of rights. Roosevelt did not argue for any change to the United States Constitution; he argued that the second bill of rights was to be implemented politically, not by federal judges. Roosevelt's stated justification was that the "political rights" guaranteed by the Constitution and the Bill of Rights had "proved inadequate to assure us equality in the pursuit of happiness." Roosevelt's remedy was to create an "economic bill of rights" which would guarantee:

• A job with a living wage
• Freedom from unfair competition and monopolies
• A home
• Medical care
• Education
• Recreation

Roosevelt stated that having these rights would guarantee American security, and that America's place in the world depended upon how far these and similar rights had been carried into practice. Later in the 1970s, Czech jurist Karel Vasak would categorize these as the ‘second generation’ rights in his theory of three generations of human rights.

Animal Farm Friday - Robot vs Cat

Cat 1, Robot 0.

Maybe kitty didn't get the memo.

Animal Farm Friday - You Ant Gonna Believe This!

I remember the first time I saw this. It's just as stunning now as it was then!

Personalized Energy

The future of energy is personal! This is truly amazing... but will it happen?

Dan Nocera: Personalized Energy from PopTech on Vimeo.

Okay, it is better now

If a blank canvas is too daunting, just head over to the thrift store, buy a crappy painting, then make it better.

Rise Above Plastics

Oh, now I get it.

MISSION ACCOMPLISHED

Iraq Opens Up to Foreign Oil Majors

Western producers like BP, Exxon Mobil, and Shell are enjoying their best access to Iraq's southern oil fields since 1972, but a weaker government could be on the way.

Animal Farm Friday - Theeeeey're Baaack

They just took a vacation...

Animal Farm Friday - Vampire Squid is Creepy Cool

I'm pretty sick of even the word vampire these days, thanks much to the sparkling glitter-boy from *those* movies, and all the pathetic copycat hellspawn that came from it, but this spooky cephalopod is wicked cool, despite its name. The creepiest coolest partis that it can turn itself inside out! Watch the video to see it.

An abomination

It was kind of like that in the '70s, too.

Here, have some nightmares

What you get when you apply adult-level painting techniques to the drawings of children.





Click here for more nightmares (you're welcome!):

For the Tea Baggers

Animal Farm Friday - Cats on Cracked

Honestly, it could give less of a shit, and then bury it.


More hilarity for cat lovers here...

Avalanche from a skiers POV

This is INTENSE!

Avalanche Skier POV Helmet Cam Burial & Rescue in Haines, Alaska from Chappy on Vimeo.

Monday Kickstarter - Dismantling Land Mines by Hand

I found this at Gimundo - Good News Served Daily (nice idea, btw!). Watch the (somewhat unnerving, yet inspirational) video and read the article about this interesting cat:

Faux Animal Farm Friday - Faking it

Yes, it's Monday... but I'm pretending it's Friday, 'cuz why not?

Animal Farm Friday - I Love Hummingbirds!!!

I wish I had this many coming by my house:

Then maybe I could train at least one to do this:

Science Beauty

Found at Boing Boing: