Sidewalk existentialism (or nihilism? or optimism?) from the great Ashevegas blog.
Socrates would be in Asheville if he were still around.
Ashvegas – Journal – Good question
Category: Technology
Chupacabra Found??
Chupacabras are a popular part of the (fascinating) cryptozoology scene. This looks more like a coyote or feral dog to me, but I’m no expert…
But the roadkill she found last month outside her ranch was a new one even for her, worth putting in a freezer hidden from curious onlookers: Canion believes she may have the head of the mythical, bloodsucking chupacabra.
Money Means More than Our Nation’s Health to Some Republicans
Thanks, Bush…
In an attempt to raise the nation’s historically low rate of breast-feeding, federal health officials commissioned an attention-grabbing advertising campaign a few years ago to convince mothers that their babies faced real health risks if they did not breast-feed. It featured striking photos of insulin syringes and asthma inhalers topped with rubber nipples.
Plans to run these blunt ads infuriated the politically powerful infant formula industry, which hired a former chairman of the Republican National Committee and a former top regulatory official to lobby the Health and Human Services Department. Not long afterward, department political appointees toned down the campaign.
The formula industry’s intervention — which did not block the ads but helped change their content — is being scrutinized by Congress in the wake of last month’s testimony by former surgeon general Richard H. Carmona that the Bush administration repeatedly allowed political considerations to interfere with his efforts to promote public health.
New ReveNews
The new ReveNews site is slowly resolving across the interwebs.
You can even email me at my new (mostly) default email addy: sam@revenews.com
Official re-launch of ReveNews on Monday.
Assyrian, Babylonian, Sumerian Translator Created
Wow… great news:
“A new online translator that can translate Assyrian, Babylonian, Sumerian and Egyptian hieroglyphics (1 of the 3 types anyway) has been developed. This is the first time I ever saw a translator for cuneiform. Something like this would be great for translating interesting historical records like the Amarna Letters.”
Slashdot | Assyrian, Babylonian, Sumerian Translator Created
Feist
If you like good music, watch this.