Science! I love this stuff!

Phil Plait over at Discover wrote an awesome post about Kepler's (an orbital telescope) discovery of almost 1200 potential planets found!

Just think of it... by the end of this century, and by the next, how far will we venture?

Get ready to hit the road.... It's time to cross that river.

(Do yourself a favor and watch it full screen in hi-def)

While we cheer for Egyptian's fighting for freedom....

... back home we're working to take it away from others.

This is important - you should watch it.
h/t to TheDailyWh.at


And while it passed the House it is not likely to be brought to the floor in the Senate. Kudos to Democratic Majority Leader Mike Gronstal who indicated "that he will not bring the legislation up before the Senate, as he does not believe that discrimination belongs in the Iowa Constitution."


Perhaps it's just me but I don't believe discrimination belongs in any Constitution.

We will not be silenced...

"We will not be silenced, whether you are Christian, whether you are Muslim, whether you are an atheist, YOU WILL DEMAND YOUR GODDAMNED RIGHTS, AND WE WILL HAVE OUR RIGHTS, ONE WAY OR THE OTHER. WE WILL NEVER BE SILENCED." - Egyptian revolutionary

You've got to be taught to hate...

Nicole Sandler over at Radio or Not has put together this very nice video...

You've got to be taught to hate.



Furthermore, she's put together a nice post entitled The Role of Hate Speak which details an interesting note: Immediately after the Tucson shooting, the Right went into defensive mode fairly quickly.  If what they are saying doesn't matter, why be defensive about it?

Prophets

"The words of the prophets are written on the subway walls
And tenement halls"

Race you to the top...

There have to be better ways. Unfortunately Congress seems hell bent on scapegoating migrants than solving problems.

You can watch Colbert's shout out in his clip Jesus is a Liberal Democrat.

Hope in a Hopeless World Part II

The world is a tough place.  Hundreds of thousands millions of people will go to bed hungry tonight.

But there is hope, and things seem to be converging in such a way it's tough to ignore.  Hans is telling us that the world is getting better.  And hey - that's cool.  And then Dave, over at Tea Party Jesus, writes this really cool blog launching Project Neighbor.  Basically that as tough as many of us may have it, we're still light years ahead of most of the world.

And then I stumbled upon the Killers new release Boots.  The Killers rock, and a powerful reminder that we still have struggles here at home, but we can overcome....  If you didn't click on the Project Neighbor link above, give it a go.

In the mean time... enjoy the Killers

Hope in a Hopeless World

Every now and then we need to step back from the crap of today and look back.  Where have we been?  Where are we going? Hans Rosling shares some information on global health that should give some hope.  



Hans has give several other great talks you can find at TED.

H/T to TheDailyWh.at

George calls a douchebag out!