Bag of Randomness

  • If the government shuts down, I don’t have to go to work.  If this happens, I think I may just plan a last minute mini-vacation.
  • Or maybe I’ll build a retaining wall.
  • But if I have to go to work on Monday, I’ll certainly be happy because that means a lot of much needed funding and paychecks will be flowing as usual.
  • I’m all for cutting spending, but I don’t understand why it hasn’t been cut over the past ten years.
  • I like the idea of unions, I don’t like the idea of tenure.
  • Diane Sawyer really likes to emotionalize the news, I may have to defect to another channel.
  • Matt on Survivor sure does annoy me, he’s like a turd that won’t flush.
  • I giggled when I saw the name of Obama’s friend that was arrested for allegedly soliciting a prostitute.  And yes, I have the maturity of a 12-year-old.
  • I wonder what’s the latest with Ted Williams.  Not the frozen baseball great, but the former homeless man with a great voice.
  • At one time Julianne Moore was set to play Hillary Clinton in the HBO movie The Special Relationship. Here’s a picture of her in Clinton’s likeness.
  • For Parents of Doubting Children
  • An interesting interactive map with a timeline about war conflicts
  • Note to self: Don’t bark at a police dog
  • Genetically modified cows produce ‘human’ milk
  • 50 Dogs At 50 Miles Per Hour
  • German mayor invents park bench for teen etiquette
  • Pi Is (still) Wrong
  • A Rangers fan, a Yankees fan & a Red Sox fan are climbing a mountain & arguing about who loves his team more. The Red Sox fan insists he is the most loyal. “This is for the Sox!”, he yells, & jumps off the mountain. Not to be outdone, the Rangers fan is next to profess his love for his team. He yells “This is for Texas!” & pushes the Yankee fan off the mountain. GO RANGERS!!
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United States Peace Index

The inaugural United States Peace Index, created by the international think tank, Institute for Economics and Peace is the first-ever ranking of the fifty U.S. states based on their levels of peace. The U.S. Peace Index (USPI) shows Maine is the most peaceful U.S. state, while Louisiana is ranked the least peaceful.

The USPI report reveals that peace in the United States has improved since 1995 primarily driven by a substantial decrease in homicide and violent crime.

Details

The most peaceful states:

1. Maine
2. New Hampshire
3. Vermont
4. Minnesota
5. North Dakota

The least peaceful states:

1. Louisiana
2. Tennessee
3. Nevada
4. Florida
5. Alabama
6. Texas

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