Rube Goldberg video
This video is making the rounds on Stumbleupon.com. If you're into wacky and clever gadgetry, this will be heavenly for you.
Awkward record album covers
Someone had some fun fishing through some old record album covers. Or, at least, I assume these are the covers of actual albums. Good for a chuckle.
Why the Ten Commandments are a cop-out
Cop-out: a feebly transparent excuse or explanation for refusing to face up to something. We constantly hear that the Ten Commandments are the highest achievement of moral law. We even hear this claim from public officials who can't even name the Commandments. They want to hang the Commandments everywhere, as though…
Why the “War on Drugs” is a failure
According to this article at Alternet ("The War on Pot: America's $42 Billion Annual Boondoggle") we should "regulate marijuana just as we do beer, wine, and liquor." Why? Consider the human toll: The new FBI stats show an all-time record 829,627 marijuana arrests in 2006, 43,000 more than in 2005. That's like…
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