i mean, wow...
$16 billion
The amount the US spends on the monthly running costs of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan - on top of regular defence spending
$138
The amount paid by every US household every month towards the current operating costs of the war
$19.3 billion
The amount Halliburton has received in single-source contracts for work in Iraq
$25 billion
The annual cost to the US of the rising price of oil, itself a consequence of the war
$3 trillion
A conservative estimate of the true cost - to America alone - of Bush's Iraq adventure. The rest of the world, including Britain, will shoulder about the same amount again
Thursday, February 28, 2008
Wednesday, February 27, 2008
Tuesday, February 26, 2008
Monday, February 25, 2008
Friday, February 22, 2008
$21 for 1oz of beer?
Yup, it's called Utopias, brewed by Sam Adams. You can get a 1 oz serving in a brandy snifter at Monk's Kettle
Wednesday, February 20, 2008
green graff in broooklyn!
Eco-minded street artist Edina Tokodi is putting a new spin on green guerilla tactics in the trendy art enclave of Williamsburg, Brooklyn. Tokodi’s site-specific moss installations of prancing animal figures and camouflage outgrowths are the talk of a local urban neighborhood typically accustomed to gallery hype and commercial real estate take-overs. Unlike the market-driven art featured in sterile, white box galleries, the work of Tokodi is meant to be touched, felt, and in turn touch you in the playful ways that her animated installations call to mind a more familiar, environmentally friendly state in the barren patches of urban existence.
Tuesday, February 19, 2008
the evolution of "sloppy seconds"
"...researchers speculated that when a man has sex with a woman who has recently slept with another man, the first man's semen is pulled out with the second man's penis (because it gets caught behind the second man's coronal ridge, which separates the head of the penis from the shaft). This lends meaning to the term "sloppy seconds": Sex the second time around is sloppy, because the semen that is removed ends up, well, making a mess."
this study may also explain the male refractory period
this study may also explain the male refractory period
Sunday, February 17, 2008
Friday, February 15, 2008
Thursday, February 14, 2008
Wednesday, February 13, 2008
is biofuel more harmful than gasoline?
from the freakonomics blog...
"[t]he clearance of grassland releases 93 times the amount of greenhouse gas that would be saved by the fuel made annually on that land,"
"[t]he clearance of grassland releases 93 times the amount of greenhouse gas that would be saved by the fuel made annually on that land,"
Tuesday, February 12, 2008
Monday, February 11, 2008
Saturday, February 9, 2008
Thursday, February 7, 2008
Wednesday, February 6, 2008
tired of waiting in lines?
QLess could be the answer
instead of using those square electronic beepers that some restaurants hand out, this just uses your cell phone.
instead of using those square electronic beepers that some restaurants hand out, this just uses your cell phone.
Tuesday, February 5, 2008
conan vs. colbert vs. stewart
i guess this is what happens when writers go on strike...
look for the "turkish dance" at about 1:30 left in the video
look for the "turkish dance" at about 1:30 left in the video
Monday, February 4, 2008
Friday, February 1, 2008
sarah silvermand is F***ing matt damon on the jimmy kimmel show
pretty funny lil music video that sarah silverman made with matt damon. funnier than her show at least.. warning - bleeped out swear: f***ing commonly used as main song lyric
to see some of the history between kimmel and damon click here
to see some of the history between kimmel and damon click here
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