Archive
August 9, 2011
Photographic Evidence Of Chewbacca's Affair With Leia
Guys, how could you? Based on the sheer number of photographs, you weren't even trying to hide your love.
Religious People Are Nerds
CollegeHumor has a very un-CollegeHumor-y video about how extremely religious people are the same as nerds because nerds are essentially people who are extremely into stuff.
16 Stock Exchanges Around The World
The many coffins of the DOW. When the economy gives its dying gasp or receives the kiss of life, it'll be in these noisy halls.
Stock Market Rallies, Dow Closes Above 11,000
In a remarkable rebound after yesterday's Downgrademageddon, the Dow Jones gained 430 points today and finished above the 11,000 benchmark. After the Federal Reserve announced they would keep interest rates unchanged, the markets initially shriveled, then ate an invincibility star and went hog wild.
Epic Al Gore Rant
Al Gore completely lost it at the Aspen Institute last week and unloaded on climate change skeptics in a righteous, flame-throwing rant. Except for Marie Curie's infamous stand up routine "Seven Words You Can Never Say On Stage In Oslo" (that never happened), how often do you get to hear a Nobel Prize Winner repeatedly scream "bulls**t"?
Remembering Hiroshima And Nagasaki
Sixty-six years ago today, at 11:02 am local time, the world changed forever. The U.S. military dropped an atomic bomb the equivalent of 22,000 tons of TNT on Nagasaki, Japan...three days after dropping a slightly smaller nuke onto Hiroshima. It is estimated that somewhere between 60k-80k people lost their lives in the attack.
25 More Photos From The London Riots
Rioting continued unabated for a third night in London neighborhoods. With arrests reaching over 500 and one death reported, police are considering distribution of rubber bullets to the 16,000 officers that will be out trying to quell the riots tonight. First round of photos here.
The Strangest Photo From The London Riots
Is that Li'l Sebastian? Get Li'l Sebastian out of there! Update: Shopped! I was so worried about my favorite miniature horse that I forgot to use my CSI "Enhance!" technology to analyze it.
What Your World Looks Like To Wall Street
That's a lot of red. How exciting.
