I'm Back

I'm coming back. I just have way too much to say, and no way to say it. You know - other than liking and sharing crap on Facebook.

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

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Approximate location of the camera that took this image is probably from a helicopter or plane very near, and above, this location, looking south. You can see the Christ the Redeemer statue in the very center, but way in the background. Beautiful!!

Hypocrisy

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Conspiracy Theory with Jesse Ventura

"9/11"


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Only in America

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We Have a Lot of Guns!

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Americans have a lot of guns. There are a lot of data showing that Americans have a lot of guns. The Guardian put together some such data – on world firearms murders and ownership. USA is #1 when it comes to gun ownership. America is also near the top when it comes to percentage of homicides by firearm, though not so far out in the lead as with average ownership. (Source)

Clicking on the image above takes you to the interactive map reported by the above article from Forbes. Here is the original Guardian post of the interactive map, and here is the article from Forbes, which also contains a link to go directly to the data.

US Government Considering Using Super-Scanners

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Apparently these new scanners are able to instantly discover everything there is to know about you - from 164 feet away - without your knowledge, and it does it all in real time! These are new laser-based molecular scanners, called Picosecond Programmable Lasers, that our government is considering placing in our airports to replace the TSA's current methods of body-frisking and -scanning.

Here is the full story at Gizmodo, and here is the product's website.

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Monte Fitz Roy, near El Chalten, Argentina

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Monte Fitz Roy taken at a distance from El Chalten, Argentina, or thereabouts, en route to Laguna de los Tres.

He Has a Point

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56 Years of Tornado Tracks

CTE!                                                                                   Via / Source: John Nelson

Please do go visit Mr. Nelson's site - there's a lot of good stuff there!

What is Traditional?

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One can't even use the word "traditional" in the same context with "government" anyway.

Beautiful Downtown San Antonio at Sunset

My wife took these from the north entrance area of the Alamodome last night at dusk.. with her phone.

These are mine.. Click 'em to enlarge!

Wind Map

(Screen-capped from hint.fm/wind)

"An invisible, ancient source of energy surrounds us — energy that powered the first explorations of the world, and that may be a key to the future. This map shows you the delicate tracery of wind flowing over the US.

Read more about wind and about wind power." (Source)

Click the banner image to go see your Wind Map.

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Losing the War on Drugs - Infographic

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If You See it, Film it

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A Young Bill Clinton Meets JFK

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Incarceration in America

Hello? America is not winning this drug war. The drugs are still around as much as ever, the only differences are now the prisons are extremely overcrowded, and thousands of people are being killed everyday just because of this war on drugs.

The graph above shows the total prison population. The graph below shows the prison population relative to our entire population as a whole, so it's a percentage.



Source for both graphs. (Click each to enlarge..)

Blackout Tomorrow

In protest of recent proposed legislation (SOPA/PIPA), tomorrow you may be directed to a site with the following image, and other pertinent information on it.


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See you tomorrow night! Yeah it's gonna suck. But I already have some great posts lined up for you.

Here's Another Presidential Candidate Match Quiz

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Kill SOPA

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