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Sunday, February 27, 2011
Wednesday, February 23, 2011
The Year in Hate & Extremism, 2010
The Year in Hate & Extremism, 2010 | Southern Poverty Law Center: "For the second year in a row, the radical right in America expanded explosively in 2010, driven by resentment over the changing racial demographics of the country, frustration over the government’s handling of the economy, and the mainstreaming of conspiracy theories and other demonizing propaganda aimed at various minorities. For many on the radical right, anger is focusing on President Obama, who is seen as embodying everything that’s wrong with the country."
Monday, February 21, 2011
Unit 731, WWII Japanese Biological Warfare Testing Site, May Have Been Unearthed
TOKYO — Japan is excavating the site of a former medical school that may reveal grisly secrets from World War II.
The investigation begins Monday afternoon at the former school linked to Unit 731, a germ and biological warfare outfit during the war. Shadowy experiments conducted by the unit on war prisoners have never been officially acknowledged by the government but have been documented by historians and participants.
It is the first government probe of the Tokyo site, and follows a former nurse's revelation that she helped bury body parts there as American forces began occupying the capital at the end of the war.
The investigation begins Monday afternoon at the former school linked to Unit 731, a germ and biological warfare outfit during the war. Shadowy experiments conducted by the unit on war prisoners have never been officially acknowledged by the government but have been documented by historians and participants.
It is the first government probe of the Tokyo site, and follows a former nurse's revelation that she helped bury body parts there as American forces began occupying the capital at the end of the war.
Sunday, February 20, 2011
Florida School Swaps Textbooks for Kindles
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Tuesday, February 15, 2011
Did ‘This American Life’ discover Coke’s secret formula? - Yahoo! News
Did ‘This American Life’ discover Coke’s secret formula? - Yahoo! News: "One of the most closely guarded trade secrets in the history of commerce may be a secret no more: the radio show 'This American Life' thinks it has found the exact recipe for the world's most popular soft drink in a 1979 newspaper article.
According to the show's host, Ira Glass, the drink's secret flavoring component, which was created by pharmacist John Pemberton in 1886, is something called 'Merchandise 7X.' The show's staff recently stumbled across the February 8, 1979 edition of the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, which published an article on page 28 about a leather-bound notebook that once belonged to Pemberton's best friend, another pharmacist in the Atlanta area named R. R. Evans."
According to the show's host, Ira Glass, the drink's secret flavoring component, which was created by pharmacist John Pemberton in 1886, is something called 'Merchandise 7X.' The show's staff recently stumbled across the February 8, 1979 edition of the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, which published an article on page 28 about a leather-bound notebook that once belonged to Pemberton's best friend, another pharmacist in the Atlanta area named R. R. Evans."
Sunday, February 13, 2011
Soundbite Sunday
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Mississippi Considers Controversial Commemorative Plates
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Clarence Thomas Keeps 5 Year Silence
Clarence Thomas Keeps 5-Year Supreme Court Silence - NYTimes.com: "A week from Tuesday, when the Supreme Court returns from its midwinter break and hears arguments in two criminal cases, it will have been five years since Justice Clarence Thomas has spoken during a court argument.
If he is true to form, Justice Thomas will spend the arguments as he always does: leaning back in his chair, staring at the ceiling, rubbing his eyes, whispering to Justice Stephen G. Breyer, consulting papers and looking a little irritated and a little bored. He will ask no questions."
If he is true to form, Justice Thomas will spend the arguments as he always does: leaning back in his chair, staring at the ceiling, rubbing his eyes, whispering to Justice Stephen G. Breyer, consulting papers and looking a little irritated and a little bored. He will ask no questions."
Tuesday, February 8, 2011
Olbermann Back in the Game
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