October news links

Project uploads insect brain into robot
Government letting drug companies cherry pick data
Government orders college to start women's ice hockey program
School pays employee $55/hr to open envelope
405 tolls cost more money and create more traffic
425 lbs man tries to grab child and run away
Animal doctors concerned about spike in pets getting high
12yo girl has higher IQ than most famous scientists
Police send dent repair bill to mother who son was killed by police car
FEMA pays twice the homes value to elevate home above flood zone
Mystery giant eyeball I.d'd
Christians protest anti-bullying program because it supports gay kids
Florida law outlaws couples from living together while unmarried
School Librarian has awesome giant tattoo
CNN article written by "Richard Pound"
Teacher tells entire class to spit on student
Teacher sends class nude photo of herself; students, not teacher suspended

10 newspapers rec McKenna over Inslee

This sorta suprised me. Maybe they are all owned by conglomerates of Fox..but still..well I guess the people of Washington want a major change..cant say I blame them but I wish they would pick someone from a 3rd party. Or at least a non-lawyer..

Slideshow of Gov' waste

Nice little visual showing off the the various questionable projects our Gov has invested tons of money in. 

Detriot Police hand out flier threatening visitors

In an effort to get locals to vote for stronger union powers, police had out threatening letters to baseball fans. The letter warned readers that they shouldnt be in Detroit because Detroit is Americas most dangerous city.

Canada defunds its own evironmental testing

Environmental regulation getting in the way of your pet project?? Defund the testing and research so no one can say what is going to happen! This seems to be the maneuver of choice for political types who's pet project will do bad things. In this case, even though the shipping route is extremely hazardous and the Native peoples living there dont want it,  Prime Minister Harper is going to build his oil dock regardless. There should be a law against tinkering with research.

Zeppelin Comeback

Interesting story about a boom in airship construction. I hope these people realize that Helium on Earth is produced as byproduct of petroleum drilling..If the return to airships is an effort to escape oil dependance we need to look somewhere else.
A blimp is shaped by the gas inside of it, whereas a zeppelin has a rigid skeleton inside. The helium-filled sky balloons, or aerostats, used over Afghanistan are neither blimps nor zeppelins. But they all fall under the term “airship.”

How starfish Tube feet work

Interesting science blog here about starfish fish. FYI:: Not 100s of tiny plungers!

3 sponsors drop out of presidential debates

Apparently in order to debate in a presidential debate you have to be approved by the "Commission on Presidental debates" ...which is shockingly funded by a bunch of large corporations. 3 of which dropped their funding of the CPD over the complete exclusion of 3rd party candidates. Some would say they arnt "popular" enough..but its a chicken and egg problem..how do you get nationally popular without any media coverage? Without being invited to debate? Its a rigged system.

Mostly Northwest News Links!@

World of Warcraft barcodes your screenshots
Ratpocalypes
Malaysian schools on the hunt for gay kids
Pro-Life Christian start adopting embro cells..instead of real kids
Cell phones in India but no toilets
Wa state pays doctor 600k for vendetta, conspiracy against him
Russian sub caught in Gulf of Mexico
new theory reopens closed case on FTL travel
6 kids escape Wa states largest kiddie prison
Undead Zombie bees invade Wa
Man arrested for complaining about Seattle PD released
Police officer gets 3 years PAID leave for use of excessive force
Facepage page outs Tacoma residents who talk to police
Iran news agency prints Onion fake story as real
Newest in Japanese women's Fashion? underskin Bagel implants
9yo executes 9yo with gun