Humanity: Good News, Bad News

[Daniel Krispin]

Well, that whole 'Jesus Camp' thing was bloody weird anyway.

[Radical_Dreamer]

Well, that whole 'Jesus Camp' thing was bloody weird anyway.

Bloody terrifying. Good ridance to bad rubbish.

[Lord J Esq]

Good News: My own University of Washington set to conduct experiment for "retrocausality"

Scientists at the Greatest University Since Sliced Bread State (aka, UW) are poised to explore the quantum phenomenon known as "entanglement," which may make it possible for them to experiment with sending information back in time. Can information travel back in time? Perhaps it depends on what your conception of "time" is.

Bad News: More Afghan women commit suicide by setting themselves on fire

In Afghanistan, about 60 to 80 percent of marriages are forced upon women, often at a young age. Many of them are abused, and, with no other recourse, are committing suicide--often by setting themselves on fire. The photograph in this story is gruesome. This is what happens where powerful religions hold sway over everyday life.

WTF News: "Nah, he's dead."

In Seattle this week a police officer was killed when her car war rammed by a guy driving a stolen car with the headlights off. Both the crook and the cop were killed, setting off a local uproar. The only person to survive was the crook's fiancee, who has since been charged with car theft. Witnesses say that, at the scene of the crash, after surviving the gruesome wreck with only minor injuries while the other two people involved were killed, she pulled off the engagement ring from the dead man's finger and, when told to be careful by a bystander, she grabbed her fiance's head and said "Nah, he's dead."

Mixed News: Secret Santa Has Cancer

He would go around the country handing out $100 bills.

[Burning Zeppelin]

Sending information back in time!? That's funtastic!

[Radical_Dreamer]

Yeah, I read the article on retrocausality. I can't wait to see the results of that experiment. I had to work very hard to not incorporate a time travel joke into this post.

[ZeaLitY]

Supreme Court Global Warming Edition

Good News

"Isn't it intuitively reasonable to suppose that with some reduction of the greenhouse gases, there will be some reduction of the ensuing damage or the ensuing climate change which causes the damage?" asked Justice David Souter. "Isn't that fair?"

Bad News

"There's something of a consensus on warming, but not a consensus on how much is attributable to human activity," countered Justice Antonin Scalia.

Here's your sign, Justice:

[ZeaLitY]

White Christmas Global Warming Edition

Good News: India and China are getting involved: http://www.cnn.com/2006/TECH/science/12/22/melting.glaciers.ap/index.html

Bad News: A giant ice shelf gave up the fight: http://www.cnn.com/2006/TECH/science/12/29/canada.arctic.ap/index.html

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Really Bad News: Global warming is hitting hard: http://www.cnn.com/2006/TECH/science/12/18/african.glaciers.ap/index.html

Good News Counterbalance: For New Year's, buy your grandparents a Nintendo DS and a copy of Brain Age: http://www.cnn.com/2006/HEALTH/12/19/brain.training.ap/index.html

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ZeaLitY's Exercise Corner:

Want to lose the holiday pounds? Plan on making a resolution to join the gym? Then you'd better not fall into the new gym member "all or nothing" mentality. Too often do exercise newbies believe they have to absolutely kill themselves in the gym. They bite off more they can chew and sacrifice more than they have, leading to burnout and health problems like shin splints. Read this for more:

http://www.cnn.com/2006/HEALTH/diet.fitness/12/22/fitness.overtraining.ap/index.html

Take it slow and build up. Bruce Lee could sustain exercise for hours at a time, but he got there by climbing the mountain like everyone else and slowly changing his lifestyle.

[Ramsus]

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ZeaLitY's Exercise Corner:

Want to lose the holiday pounds? Plan on making a resolution to join the gym? Then you'd better not fall into the new gym member "all or nothing" mentality. Too often do exercise newbies believe they have to absolutely kill themselves in the gym. They bite off more they can chew and sacrifice more than they have, leading to burnout and health problems like shin splints. Read this for more:

http://www.cnn.com/2006/HEALTH/diet.fitness/12/22/fitness.overtraining.ap/index.html

Take it slow and build up. Bruce Lee could sustain exercise for hours at a time, but he got there by climbing the mountain like everyone else and slowly changing his lifestyle.

Or join the military.

[ZeaLitY]

Weird Edition[/b

Good News...Maybe: http://www.cnn.com/2007/HEALTH/02/21/tiny.baby.ap/index.html

Well, we proved we can make a baby the size of a pen survive and have a chance at this life, though I'm sure she'll be pretty short as an adult.

Bad News: http://www.cnn.com/2007/EDUCATION/02/21/downloading.music.ap/index.html

The ol' RIAA is continuing to handle things the wrong way. When musicians are paid more than 50 cents per CD sold for $15, I'll care.

Wait, modern music sucks. Nevermind.

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Every piece of news today is negative. It's depressing. I had to really search to find the baby thing.

[Radical_Dreamer]

The baby thing wasn't hard for me to find at all. Then again, I regularly check CNN and the BBC online. And the RIAA lost one of it's cases, and are being sued for attorneys fees. If they have to pay attorney fees, that'll take the wind out of their sales in a major way.

[Lord J Esq]

Good News: English, Irish, Scots: They’re All One, Genes Suggest
Too bad it won’t help the reconciliation process.

Bad News: Josh Does Not Win $390 Million Mega Millions Super Jackpot Like He Was Supposed To
Nobody knows the trouble I’ve seen…
Nobody knows the sorrow…

Gray Hat News: Not Quite Good, Not Quite Evil, He’s a Pirate in the most Modern Maritime Sense
Just read the story.

WTF News: LAVOS!!
Scientists are planning to use a submerged vessel to explore a stretch of the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean where the Earth’s crust, instead of being four miles thick, is completely missing. In its place is the green rock of our planet’s upper mantle. BUT WAIT!! Mantle…or LAVOS?!

[ZeaLitY]

Boy, what a guy! Taught history and English, captained freighters, passed the bar on his first try, and now goes for a dose of adventure.

[ZeaLitY]

Good News

A district court has allowed some kind of group or another to continue pursuing some kind of abortion rights or another. It was in yesterday's paper, and I can't find it online.

Bad News

A Chinese village, after suffering 3 cases of rabies, is decreeing that all pets be rounded up and killed. Got a beloved dog who's helped you through times of tribulation and has always provided a furry shoulder for you to lean on? Oops,



Please direct complaints for the way things are handled to the nearest educational realignment chamber.

Perfect News

http://www.azcentral.com/offbeat/articles/0309DogGone09-ON.html

After 17 months of adventure, Ruthie the dachshund was spotted in the Bronx and delivered to an animal shelter where her original owners picked her up. This is the kind of story that puts me on the verge of tears.

[ZeaLitY]

Good News

Researcher Jordan Tang is making a stride in understanding and combating Alzheimer's.

http://www.redorbit.com/news/health/784773/people_to_watch_in_2007_jordan_tang/index.html

A method of deflecting cosmic radiation is being explored with comparisons to Star Trek in plenty. Hell, they used the original Enterprise in the illustrative graphic!

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/6567709.stm

Bad News

The Partial-Birth Abortion Act has been upheld. My main man JP Stevens and his dissenting friends were sadly edged out.

http://www.cnn.com/2007/LAW/04/18/scotus.abortion/index.html

Well, there's a lot of news stories to cover this, but Robert Mugabe is really letting Zimbabwe go to hell. The country is Africa's worst financial performer as rated April 5, 2007. This sucks! Africa is an interesting place and Zimbabwe has an awesome historical and legendary heritage (see here) to capitalize on.

http://www.fingaz.co.zw/story.aspx?stid=2785

Cool News

Lupin the III escaped prison with the aid of Jigen and Goemon XIII, though the job was a little sloppy.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/18126046/

Postscript:

Okay, JP Stevens isn't my main man on all subjects. But he's got some flair.

[Kyronea]

Good News

Researcher Jordan Tang is making a stride in understanding and combating Alzheimer's.

http://www.redorbit.com/news/health/784773/people_to_watch_in_2007_jordan_tang/index.html

A method of deflecting cosmic radiation is being explored with comparisons to Star Trek in plenty. Hell, they used the original Enterprise in the illustrative graphic!

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/6567709.stm[/b]

Wonderful news, these two bits are. My dad's greatest fear--and one of mine as well--is contracting Alzheimer's...he's sworn he wishes to be euthanized if he ever contracted the disease. The sooner this awful illness is finally cured the better.

As for the deflector shield...I'm always amused by the way Star Trek manages to influance science and culture..

Bad News

The Partial-Birth Abortion Act has been upheld. My main man JP Stevens and his dissenting friends were sadly edged out.

http://www.cnn.com/2007/LAW/04/18/scotus.abortion/index.html

Well, there's a lot of news stories to cover this, but Robert Mugabe is really letting Zimbabwe go to hell. The country is Africa's worst financial performer as rated April 5, 2007. This sucks! Africa is an interesting place and Zimbabwe has an awesome historical and legendary heritage (see here) to capitalize on.

http://www.fingaz.co.zw/story.aspx?stid=2785

At first I wasn't about to complain about the Partial-Birth Abortion Act...while I am firmly in favour of women's reproductive rights, I do personally feel that by the third trimester a fetus has developed sufficiently to live outside the womb, and as such we may actually be killing a sentient being at this point, which I never believe is acceptable.

That said, this act also takes away one of the key exceptions to third-trimester abortion banning: threatening the health of the mother. It only allows for such an abortion if there is direct, immediate danger to the mother's life, and usually by that point it is too late to undo the damage. Pregnancy is not the safest thing in the world, even with our current medicine.

As for Zimbabwe...it's not surprising. African nations have routinely screwed themselves time and again, though this is mostly the fault of imperialism. I often wonder what Africa would be like today were we not foolish enough to draw boundries at our whim across that continent...it is definitely a subject worth exploring, for academic purposes.

Cool News

Lupin the III escaped prison with the aid of Jigen and Goemon XIII, though the job was a little sloppy.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/18126046/

That's not a good thing, Zeality...though an admittedly interesting escape method, the escape of such criminals is not something to relish(unless of course they were wrongfuly convicted, but even in such a case by escaping they are committing a criminal act and thus are guilty of at least that and thus deserving of imprisonment.)

I do wish we rehabilitated criminals instead of imprisoning them...with our current system we do nothing to stop crime...instead we merely foster harsh feelings and harmed psyches, which only go about committing more crimes. Rehabilitation would be expensive, but would be worth it long-term.