jonathanmoore:

Epic Slinky on a Treadmill

This is proof that dramatic music can make anything interesting.  Skip ahead to 1:43 for the most intense moment in the slinky’s journey.

Via kottke.org

"When businesspeople take credit for creating jobs, it’s a little like squirrels taking credit for creating evolution. In fact, it’s the other way around."

Nick Hanauer in a TED talk on inequality. (via squashed)

"With the global war against terrorism, it is now incumbent on Prime Minister Ariel Sharon and Palestinian Authority Chairman Yasir Arafat to clamp down on Palestinian extremists that have perpetuated violence and to restart a peace process."

Rep. Joe Pitts, R-Pa., in an email reply to a constituent from April 20. Yasser Arafat has been dead since 2004, and Ariel Sharon has been in a permanent vegetative state since 2006. (via officialssay)

How the National Security Agency has gone rogue →

roboteti:

Amy Goodman:

I asked Binney if he felt that the NSA has copies of every email sent in the US. He replied, “I believe they have most of them, yes.” Binney said two US senators, Ron Wyden and Mark Udall, have expressed concern, but have not spoken out, as, Binney says, they would lose their seats on the Senate select committee on intelligence.

"I promise you, the president has a big stick."

Vice President Joe Biden, referring to the Obama administration’s policy on Iran and a Teddy Roosevelt quote. He continued: “This guy’s got a backbone like a ramrod.” (via officialssay)

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journalofajournalist:

leasthelpful:

Fahrenheit Four Fifty-Dumb

One star reviews of Farenheit 451. I don’t know if these are real and I don’t care. I’m just… man….

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(Source: progressivefriends, via squashed)

"How can I be anti-woman? I even judged the Miss America pageant."

–Rush Limbaugh’s response to the National Organization for Women’s outrage over his nickname for the group – National Association of Gals, or ‘Nags.’ (via officialssay)

"Who can best bust through that radical left’s kind of dispensation and desire to mistreat those who are defenseless, mistreat those who perhaps have some disadvantages by making them more beholden to government? Who best can contrast themselves from that? I thought who best could do that [and] my own personal opinion is, the cheerful one, is Newt Gingrich. I have appreciated what he has stood for, stood boldly for."

Sarah Palin (via squashed)

"The problem, often not discovered until late in life, is that when you look for things in life like love, meaning, motivation, it implies they are sitting behind a tree or under a rock. The most successful people in life recognize, that in life they create their own love, they manufacture their own meaning, they generate their own motivation.
For me, I am driven by two main philosophies, know more today about the world than I knew yesterday. And lessen the suffering of others. You’d be surprised how far that gets you."

Neil Degrasse Tyson, in an AMA on reddit, responding to a young man who asked how to find motivation in life.  (via missmala)

(Source: fishingboatproceeds, via journalofajournalist)