Friday morning reading materials
Feb. 17th, 2006 11:24 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
harmlessincAs usual we have our normal collection of news, politics, a game buried in the middle, some random oddities, and today a small bit of American History Triva. Enjoy.
Last efforts to block Patriot Act fail
http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/P/PATRIOT_ACT?SITE=TXHOU&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT
"But Feingold said the new deal makes only one modest improvement over the defeated House-Senate compromise and current law: It makes clear that there would be judicial review of "gag orders" issued with court-ordered subpoenas for information, but sets several conditions. Under one, the review can only take place after a year and requires the recipient of the order to prove the government has acted in bad faith, Feingold said.
"That is a virtually impossible standard to meet," he said."
The Man Who Said No to Wal-Mart
http://www.fastcompany.com/magazine/102/open_snapper.html
"Every year, thousands of executives venture to Bentonville, Arkansas, hoping to get their products onto the shelves of the world's biggest retailer. But Jim Wier wanted Wal-Mart to stop selling his Snapper mowers."
1975 Standard Operating Proceedure for Disneyland's Haunted Mansion
http://tinselman.typepad.com/tinselman/2005/08/_latest_populat.html
• Page 1: Table of Contents
• Page 2: The Story Behind the Story
• Page 3: Fact Sheet
• Page 4: Rooms and Areas"
24 scanned pages of fun.
Group Classification on National ID Cards as a Factor in Genocide and Ethnic Cleansing
http://www.preventgenocide.org/prevent/removing-facilitating-factors/IDcards/samples/
Your papers please. Have a look at the future in the past.
Blair wins vote on UK identity cards
http://www.theage.com.au/news/World/Britain-votes-for-national-ID-cards/2006/02/14/1139679557811.html
"Britain moved a step closer towards introducing compulsory identity cards when the government cleared its first hurdle in a crucial round of votes in parliament."
What? You didn't think I'd post a historical view of ID cards without a reason did you?
Einstein's Theory 'Improved'?
http://www.pparc.ac.uk/Nw/EinsteinTheory.asp
"The 'problem' with the golden laws of Newton and Einstein is whilst they work very well on earth, they do not explain the motion of stars in galaxies and the bending of light accurately."
From the folks as Metafilter:
Zen and the art of Presidential usurpation
http://www.metafilter.com/mefi/49253
"Since March 9, 1933, the United States has been in a state of declared national emergency."
Link heavy post, a trademark of good Metafilter posts. Have a scroll through the material and chew on the material for a bit.
Oh come on, it's Friday... play a game.
Blueprint
http://www.teagames.com/games/blueprint/play.php
"The blue brainteaser.. Guide the ball to the target by making a path for it to follow. Fourteen levels of perplexity!"
Ok, I've given you links on transporting brains, defending yourself with a walking stick, and lots and lots of zombie links. All in good fun from some entertaining sources right?
This is from the news wire service Reuters.
How to bury your dead.... go ahead, take a minute to reread that one.
http://go.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=healthNews&storyID=11229138&src=rss/healthNews
"When burying a body in the backyard, don't put it too close to the septic system. That was one piece of advice offered on Wednesday to a business conference on preparing for a potentially lethal bird flu andemic."
Ready for this?
"We talk about how people should bury their dead in their backyards, how far from the septic systems," said Dorothy Teeter, director of the King County public health department in Seattle. "In case you're wondering, it's $20 apiece for high-quality body bags. In New Orleans (after Hurricane Katrina) they had to double-bag bodies."
So who here knew that Brigadier General Montgomery C. Meigs founded Arlington National Cemetary in Robert E. Lee's front yard so Lee wouldn't ever be able to use the house again.
(I do now thanks to metafilter member kirkaracha)
Last efforts to block Patriot Act fail
http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/P/PATRIOT_ACT?SITE=TXHOU&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT
"But Feingold said the new deal makes only one modest improvement over the defeated House-Senate compromise and current law: It makes clear that there would be judicial review of "gag orders" issued with court-ordered subpoenas for information, but sets several conditions. Under one, the review can only take place after a year and requires the recipient of the order to prove the government has acted in bad faith, Feingold said.
"That is a virtually impossible standard to meet," he said."
The Man Who Said No to Wal-Mart
http://www.fastcompany.com/magazine/102/open_snapper.html
"Every year, thousands of executives venture to Bentonville, Arkansas, hoping to get their products onto the shelves of the world's biggest retailer. But Jim Wier wanted Wal-Mart to stop selling his Snapper mowers."
1975 Standard Operating Proceedure for Disneyland's Haunted Mansion
http://tinselman.typepad.com/tinselman/2005/08/_latest_populat.html
• Page 1: Table of Contents
• Page 2: The Story Behind the Story
• Page 3: Fact Sheet
• Page 4: Rooms and Areas"
24 scanned pages of fun.
Group Classification on National ID Cards as a Factor in Genocide and Ethnic Cleansing
http://www.preventgenocide.org/prevent/removing-facilitating-factors/IDcards/samples/
Your papers please. Have a look at the future in the past.
Blair wins vote on UK identity cards
http://www.theage.com.au/news/World/Britain-votes-for-national-ID-cards/2006/02/14/1139679557811.html
"Britain moved a step closer towards introducing compulsory identity cards when the government cleared its first hurdle in a crucial round of votes in parliament."
What? You didn't think I'd post a historical view of ID cards without a reason did you?
Einstein's Theory 'Improved'?
http://www.pparc.ac.uk/Nw/EinsteinTheory.asp
"The 'problem' with the golden laws of Newton and Einstein is whilst they work very well on earth, they do not explain the motion of stars in galaxies and the bending of light accurately."
From the folks as Metafilter:
Zen and the art of Presidential usurpation
http://www.metafilter.com/mefi/49253
"Since March 9, 1933, the United States has been in a state of declared national emergency."
Link heavy post, a trademark of good Metafilter posts. Have a scroll through the material and chew on the material for a bit.
Oh come on, it's Friday... play a game.
Blueprint
http://www.teagames.com/games/blueprint/play.php
"The blue brainteaser.. Guide the ball to the target by making a path for it to follow. Fourteen levels of perplexity!"
Ok, I've given you links on transporting brains, defending yourself with a walking stick, and lots and lots of zombie links. All in good fun from some entertaining sources right?
This is from the news wire service Reuters.
How to bury your dead.... go ahead, take a minute to reread that one.
http://go.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=healthNews&storyID=11229138&src=rss/healthNews
"When burying a body in the backyard, don't put it too close to the septic system. That was one piece of advice offered on Wednesday to a business conference on preparing for a potentially lethal bird flu andemic."
Ready for this?
"We talk about how people should bury their dead in their backyards, how far from the septic systems," said Dorothy Teeter, director of the King County public health department in Seattle. "In case you're wondering, it's $20 apiece for high-quality body bags. In New Orleans (after Hurricane Katrina) they had to double-bag bodies."
So who here knew that Brigadier General Montgomery C. Meigs founded Arlington National Cemetary in Robert E. Lee's front yard so Lee wouldn't ever be able to use the house again.
(I do now thanks to metafilter member kirkaracha)
