General
Here are posts of general interest to me.
Amazingly Dirty Pictures
“At the junction of Ningxia province and Inner Mongolia province,
I saw a tall chimney puffing out golden smoke covering the blue sky,
large tracts of the grassland have become industrial waste dumps;
unbearable foul smell made people want to cough;
Surging industrial sewage flowed into the Yellow River…”- Lu Guang Link
Kelly McKernan: Delicate Metaphors
“In conjunction with the titles of these paintings, delicate metaphors are created with a purpose to be interpreted on an individual basis by the viewer.”- Kelly McKernan
Thousands of Idle Ships
“The bottom line: world trade has collapsed, shipping lines, once flourishing,
have become graveyard archipelagos populated by rusting ship skeletons.”
Read the article here… Ghost Fleet
Here is another marine tracking site…Marine Traffic
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- The Creation and Afterlife of the King James Bible"The words of the 1611 King James Bible ring out today in books, poems, popular songs, speeches, and sermons. But who translated it, and what made this particular translation so influential? Inspired by the 400th anniversary of the King James Bible, Manifold Greatness tells the story of one of the most widely read books in the English language, through […]
- Take Your Parent To Work Day"Four percent of respondents reported that a parent actually showed up for the candidate's job interview" […]
- Jobless claims fall to a 4 year low on news that Obama will soon begin pelting the unemployed with marshmallows [Cool]
- The reason behind Planned Parenthood's counterattack against the Komen Foundation [Followup]
- Party City isn't supposed to be about a party in your pants but surveillance video shows that's what it's become for shoplifters [Dumbass]