Bag of Randomness

  • I’ve been proud of the folks in the DFW area that volunteered their time to welcome home the troops.  It’s especially touching when you see a Vietnam Vet, soldiers that didn’t’ get a welcome home, give what they deserved but never received.
  • Former Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich is about to start serving a 14-year sentence for corruption.  If their’s anyone I have any sympathy for regarding that whole mess, it’s his two young children.
  • I recently discovered that Claire Shipman of ABC News’ Good Morning America is married to the current White House Press Secretary.  And here’s another ABC News’ connection with the White House – UT grad Bianna Golodryga is married to Peter R. Orszag, the former budget director for the Obama Administration.  Yup, ABC News has some connections alright.
  • I think I like this counter space saving idea for a set of knives.
  • Britain’s worst photographer
  • With the signing of Kyle Orton, I guess that means the drafting of Stephen McGee was another wasted draft choice.
  • Somehow the state of Texas was able to find an extra $2 billion for road construction.
  • Applications to full-time MBA programs nationwide dropped by one-fifth, from 48,515 to 38,630, in the 2010-11 academic year. Source
  • Those SnorgTees ads on various webpages sure do catch my attention quite easily.
  • Fascinating – Microscopic Video Footage of a T Cell Attacking a Cancer Cell
  • The subwing [YouTube] seems like a fun thing to do in the water.
  • 10 Hours of Darth Vader Breathing [YouTube] – I think this can help me sleep at night, and that has to be one of the longest YouTube videos out there.  But this is still my favorite Darth Vader commercial.
  • If you put your finger in your ear and scratch, it sounds like Pac-Man.
  • Beware the Ides of March
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Extract Your Own DNA

Ever wish you could see the strands of genetic material that make you…you? You can, and there’s no fancy lab equipment required. In this NOVA video short, learn how to extract your own DNA using just a few common household items.

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Wyoming tribe gets rare permit to kill bald eagles

CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has taken the unusual step of issuing a permit allowing an American Indian tribe to kill two bald eagles for religious purposes.

The agency’s decision comes after the Northern Arapaho Tribe in Wyoming filed a federal lawsuit last year contending the refusal to issue such permits violates tribal members’ religious freedom. Although thousands of American Indians apply for eagle feathers and carcasses from a federal repository, permits allowing the killing of bald eagles are exceedingly rare, according to both tribal and legal experts on the matter.

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OK, things are just getting out of hand.  If those Indians want to come over and live in OUR country, they need to follow OUR rules.*

 

 

*Yes, I know they were here first.

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