Thursday, March 22, 2012
'Pendulum,' Japanese Animation, Is A Viral Tearjerker (VIDEO)
Japanese comedian Takefumi Kurashina, better known as Tekken (after the video game), recently released an emotional stop-motion animation, "Pendulum." In the four days it's been on YouTube, it's reached nearly 1.5 million hits.
Friday, March 9, 2012
Tuesday, February 28, 2012
Iran is top of the world in science growth
Which country's scientific output rose 18-fold between 1996 and 2008, from 736 published papers to 13,238? The answer – Iran – might surprise many people, especially in the western nations used to leading science. Iran has the fastest rate of increase in scientific publication in the world.More...
Iran is top of the world in science growth - science-in-society - 28 March 2011 - New Scientist
Saturday, February 25, 2012
Friday, February 17, 2012
Friday, February 10, 2012
Capitalism and Loneliness: Why Pornography Is a Multibillion-Dollar Industry | Truthout
Pornography precedes capitalism. However, capitalists have now marketed pornography on a whole new level. Pornography has now become a pastime for billions of men and an addiction for millions. Forty million adults in the United States regularly visit pornography sites. Of those 40 million, 87 percent are men.More..
Capitalism and Loneliness: Why Pornography Is a Multibillion-Dollar Industry | Truthout
Sunday, February 5, 2012
Why Is a Farmer Who Sells Extra Milk From His One Cow to Neighbors Being Sued By the State of Maine?
The lawsuit, filed in Maine Superior Court earlier this month by State of Maine's Agriculture Commissioner Walt Whitcomb, accuses local farmer Dan Brown of "unlicensed distribution and sale of milk and food products."
But Brown, far from operating a mega-dairy or even distributing milk to retailers, milks one cow. After he and his family provide for their own needs, the remaining milk is sold from their farm stand. Brown said in a speech to supporters, "I'm not a milk distributor. I'm a farmer. That's all I've ever wanted to be, it's all I've ever done." More....
Why Is a Farmer Who Sells Extra Milk From His One Cow to Neighbors Being Sued By the State of Maine? | Food | AlterNet
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