Super Bowl Security – Snipers?

Is this for real?  If so, I have exactly no idea how to feel about this.

Snipers watching over Super Bowl – Real?

Why would you want to paddle standing up?

What is the allure of stand-up paddle boarding?  I just don’t understand why I’m seeing this sport all over the place now.  Seems like a marketing gimmick milking the “new and different” angle.  As a kayaker, it just doesn’t make any sense to me.  Why would you want to stand-up while paddling to go [...]

Awesome Homeopathic Satire Sketch

Where has this show been all my life?  That Mitchell and Webb Look has produced a ton of amazing satirical videos that address general quackery, pseudo-science, and conspiracy theorists.

In this video they explore what a typical Emergency Room might be like if the world subscribed to Homeopathy and “alternative medicine”.  And in doing [...]

Technology will save us from bed bugs, right?

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At least that’s what we hope around here.  Well, technology and the free market.  There’s too much potential money to be made to have this problem go unsolved.  Just imagine the chemical company that develops a safe, effective bed bug treatment.  Holy crap they would be rolling.

Although… there’s always the [...]

RyanAir CEO Suggests Cutting out the Co-Pilot

"Let the bloddy computer fly it"

Direct from the “Oh My Goodness” files:

Ryanair CEO Michael O’Leary suggests getting rid of the co-pilot to cut air travel costs. O’Leary suggests that a flight attendant on each flight could be trained to help land a plane if something goes wrong.

“If the pilot has [...]

U.S. Mint has 1 billion dollar coins that nobody wants

More than 1 billion coins sit in storage

The U.S. Mint claims that the American public is resistant to dollar coins and refuses to use them.  While in general I understand that comment, from a practical perspective I’m not resistant at all.  I just never get them as change.  What am I supposed [...]

Aussie just wanted to play with the crocodile

As someone commented on the The West’s comment section, “This is exactly the sort of guy who should be eaten by a crocodile…sometimes you need to thin the herd a little.”  I agree!  The guy is the perfect candidate for pruning via natural selection.

From FLIP PRIOR at The West Australian:

A man who [...]

Religion Continues to Drag Down Modern Society

Fear of the devil is holding up the census in India as groups of religious believers refuse to participate for fear of being associated with an imaginary evil force.

The fear of the ‘Beast’ or the Devil in the Christian-dominated state of Mizoram has caused almost 1,000 families to refuse to enroll their names [...]

Chatroulette.com Scares the Heck Out of Me

I have a hard enough time talking to a real person on the phone. Imagine a stream of “face-to-face” video chats with complete strangers!

That’s what you get with the hottest new web toy.  Simply plug in your web cam and go to chatroulette.com.  Click the Play button and you will be connected a [...]

UFO Reports Spike After Media Events

You just watched Aliens, what are those lights in the sky?

It turns out that when you take 15 years of UFO and alien reports and stick them on a chronological timeline, the number of reports spike after major media events prominently featuring aliens and UFOs.  1978 was a big year because that’s [...]