Between 5 and 9 inches of rain fell in some parts of Pennsylvania a little more than a week after the remnants of Hurricane Irene doused the East Coast. Governor Tom Corbett is urging people to stay inside and away from rushing waters. (Sept. 8)
Continue reading …Click here to view this media MSNBC’s Joe Scarborough, a former Republican congressman, has a new country song calling for the U.S. to bring home troops sent into war after the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001. “In an endless war / Tell me please how many more have to die / Before my sweet boy comes home,” Scarborough sings in “Reason to Believe.” The accompanying music video was created by JAM, a production company owned by Scarborough and Morning Joe co-host Mika Brzezinski. It was released by Sony Records. “It’s critical that we remember the heroes of 9/11 and those who are still fighting in an endless war,” Scarborough told The Huffington Post . “They need to come home. It’s time.” But Scarborough wasn’t always against the war effort. “I’m waiting to hear the words ‘I was wrong’ from some of the world’s most elite journalists, politicians and Hollywood types,” the MSNBC host said in April 2003 . “I just wonder, who’s going to be the first elitist to show the character to say: ‘Hey, America, guess what? I was wrong’? Maybe the White House will get an apology, first, from the New York Times’ Maureen Dowd. Now, Ms. Dowd mocked the morality of this war…” “Maybe disgraced commentators and politicians alike, like Daschle, Jimmy Carter, Dennis Kucinich, and all those others, will step forward tonight and show the content of their character by simply admitting what we know already: that their wartime predictions were arrogant, they were misguided and they were dead wrong. Maybe, just maybe, these self-anointed critics will learn from their mistakes. But I doubt it. After all, we don’t call them ‘elitists’ for nothing.”
Continue reading …Actors Ethan Hawke and Gillian Anderson recall their experiences on Sept. 11, 2001. (Sept. 8)
Continue reading …A certain type of “hairy” bacteria may just be the answer to cleaning up radioactive spills. Scientists at the University of Southern California found that under certain circumstances, Geobacter sulfurreducens could make metals like uranium less soluble — essentially turning the metal into hard droplets rather than being absorbed. Researchers discovered that by lowering the bacteria’s temperature, it caused hair-like pili to extend, which enveloped the poison uranium and ultimately reduced it through long-range electron transfer. The breakthrough could help deplete sources of uranium or other radioactive isotopes where bacteria normally can’t survive — like from the Fukushima nuclear plant that devastated Japan earlier this year. Scientists believe they’ve only scratched the surface with this development and are optimistic about the future of bacteria “electromicrobiology,” which we can only guess grew in popularity after this ’80s classic hit the airwaves (video after the break). Continue reading Electrified bacteria army kills uranium, gives Captain Planet a run for his money Electrified bacteria army kills uranium, gives Captain Planet a run for his money originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 08 Sep 2011 15:29:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
Continue reading …What if Beauty And The Beast had been slightly different? You know… like if Belle had been as pretty as the original… only… like… realllll gay? It might have been. A little something. Like this: Presenting “Bonjour, Girl!” a re-imagining of the classic Disney song “Bonjour” as if it was sung by the dude narrating the “Honeybadger” video. It is, in short, a must see. Dare I go there and say it has improved… Broadcasting platform : YouTube Source : VH1′s Today In Music Discovery Date : 08/09/2011 02:55 Number of articles : 4
Continue reading …What if Beauty And The Beast had been slightly different? You know… like if Belle had been as pretty as the original… only… like… realllll gay? It might have been. A little something. Like this: Presenting “Bonjour, Girl!” a re-imagining of the classic Disney song “Bonjour” as if it was sung by the dude narrating the “Honeybadger” video. It is, in short, a must see. Dare I go there and say it has improved… Broadcasting platform : YouTube Source : VH1′s Today In Music Discovery Date : 08/09/2011 02:55 Number of articles : 4
Continue reading …As the remnants of Tropical Storm Lee drop heavy rain across the Northeast, people from Maryland to Pennsylvania shake their heads at how much water is rushing by and how fast it has risen in some spots. (Sept. 8)
Continue reading …The Back To The Future series already correctly predicted that a team from Miami would get to the World Series four years before any Major League Baseball teams in Florida even existed, so why wouldn’t they also be right about the future of self-lacing shoes? From /Film: Yep, this is an announcement of Nike Air Mag shoes, aka the self-lacing sneakers seen in Back to the Future II. (Looks like we donât… Broadcasting platform : YouTube Source : VH1′s Today In Music Discovery Date : 08/09/2011 05:25 Number of articles : 5
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