Saturday, September 15, 2012

FIPID - 9/15/12

Fun Interesting Pertinent Information Dissemination


Top Picks
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AIG Stock Sale Repays Bailout as U.S. Government Profits

"According to some estimates we cannot track $2.3 trillion in transactions," Rumsfeld admitted.
(Oldie but a good reminder.)

“The French Will Never Forget” Looks Back at its Newsmaking, Award-Winning Commemoration Of 9/11



Live Air Traffic Map of the World

South Park Zen: Alan Watts, Trey Parker, Matt Stone

Star Trek's Uhura Reflects On MLK Encounter

She talks to host Michel Martin about her character's importance during the civil rights movement, and how Martin Luther King Junior convinced her to stay on "Star Trek".

Are you an Eagle Scout? Would you like a letter from Mike Rowe?

 
Glow Stones mixed into concrete for a glow in the dark driveway.





Jimmy Kimmel - First Look: iPhone 5

Campers, backpackers and anyone else: Make Your Own Single-Use Antibiotic Ointment Packets

In Google Chrome after you enter a website address in the address bar and you put a space and then a search term, Google will search within a website for your search terms.  EXAMPLE



Politics and Business
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Photos of Libyans showing support for the US after the embassy attack.

US drug addiction impedes Mexican growth – President Calderon
If the demand for drugs were to decrease in the US, we would indeed have fewer problems to deal with, Mexican President Felipe Calderon told RT. He stated that the US was the root cause of the drugs war that has claimed over 50,000 lives in Mexico.

Jihadists join Aleppo fight, eye Islamic state, surgeon says

Respected Federal Judge Calls for Legalizing Marijuana


If Alcohol Were Discovered Today, Would it be Legal?

Apple turns legal guns on Polish retailer A.pl


Science and Technology
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Lit Motors Will Shake Up The Electric Vehicle Market With Its Two-Wheeled, Untippable C-1 (video)

How encryption works (video)

How Arousal Overrides Disgust During Sex: Study

Cannabis anti-convulsant shakes up epilepsy treatment

iPhone 5 Compared With Competitors [CHART]


Fun, Interesting, Disturbing and Offbeat
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'Children Succeed' With Character, Not Test Scores

Dalai Lama: Beyond Religion

Ahmadinejad says enemies destroy Iran's rain clouds -reports
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has accused his country's enemies of enacting a sinister plan to create a drought by somehow destroying the rain clouds before they reach Iran, several Iranian websites reported on Tuesday.

TIL during the Chernobyl, three engineers volunteered to dive into a pool of radioactive hydrogen peroxide with no working flashlights and open a pipe to stop the reactor from exploding. They succeeded.


Food
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Salted Nutella Cookies

White Pizza Grilled Cheese

Chocolate Peanut Butter Pretzel Bars

Oatmeal Whoopie Pies with Brown Butter-Maple Frosting


Videos
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Cat just chillin'.


Paul Daniels - The Chop Cup


It wants out.


Tom Hanks cracks up memorial service for Michael Duncan Clark.


People are awesome






Pics
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(Rt-mouse click the link or pic and choose Open Link in New Tab to see a full size pic.)
Secret Room
Secret Room #2
How does this happen? At least we know the key is well made.
Luna Moth from Spain
Bilateral family photos



Long Exposure with Fireflies



Sea Pig

Seattle


Hey, look what I found.
 

Cat Beard
 




Lavendar plants in France




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