“After the tragedy in Newtown, Hinna, age 8, wrote President Obama a letter asking him to take action on gun violence. Today, she joined the President at the White House as he announced his plan.”
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Half of the World’s Food Is Trashed
The bulk of the problems are due to poor infrastructure and the facilities storing the food, problems that generally occur in developing countries. They don’t have the proper trucks to ship the crops, or the refrigeration facilities are poorly maintained, leading to the spoiling of the aforementioned billion upon billion. But no, normal consumer not connected to the food industry or living in a developing country, this does not let you off the hook. The report also contains the phrase:
half of the food that is bought in Europe and the United States is thrown away by consumersWhich means it’s time to find ways we can personally cut down on our own personal food-tossing-away. Here’s a few tips:
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Since fans hearts sank at the news of a Michael Bay produced Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles film, not to mention the subsequent renaming to Ninja Turtles and the changing of the origins -– the characters will be an alien race –- there’s been little to no news on the project.
Fear not, true believers, for the guys over at Production Weekly have taken to Twitter to give a brief update on where the film is currently at.
Prepare for more fart jokes, pee jokes, racial stereotypes, homophobic jokes, the man characters not being the main characters, A LOT OF EXPLOSIONS, yeah pretty much that.
But making them aliens? I can list so many things wrong with that and we would be here all day. Oh gawd I just hope it’s not crazy successful and that they don’t dare try to cancel the current Nick cartoon to try and make a new one with Alien Turtles just so it is more in line with the movie *barfs* (Hasbro didn’t do that with Transformers cartoons and I am guessing Nick is not stupid enough to pull a stunt like that so don’t panic).
I am also raging at the fact that Bay hasn’t let go of the Transformers franchise, mainly because people like seeing it for some reason and it brings in the cash.
Today’s headlines:
The president prevails over Republican Mitt Romney by piecing together a diverse coalition reflecting the nation’s changing electorate.
News Analysis: Maybe stalemate’s latest victory means voters will finally win
With Republicans and Democrats again denied the mandate they seek, party leaders may decide their strategies have hit a wall and turn to compromise.
Democrats gain big in Legislature
The party could get a two-thirds majority in Assembly and Senate.
Voters’ reactions mixed on raft of ballot measures
A bid to soften the three-strikes law and an effort to toughen penalties for human trafficking lead in early returns. The electorate is divided on Gov. Jerry Brown’s tax hike.
A 12-year-old schoolgirl has been accepted into Mensa after discovering she is brainier than both Albert Einstein and Stephen Hawking.
Olivia Manning, from Liverpool, managed to get a whopping score in an IQ test of 162 - well above the 100 average.
Her score is not only two points better than genius German physicist Einstein and Professor Stephen Hawking, but puts her in the top one per cent of intelligent people in the world.
Wow, that’s awesome. :o You go gurl!
daymn
(via themightynor)
Jon Stewart Blasts Fox News Over Romney Video: “Chaos On Bullshit Mountain”
“This is the core of bullshit mountain,” Stewart said. “The 49 percent entitlement society Obama enables — that is the core of the bullshit nation fiction. That somehow, only since Obama, the half of Americans who love this country and work hard and are good have had the fruits of their labor seized and handed over to the half of this nation that is lazy and dependent and the opposite of good. Now in that 49 percent, Hannity is including those on Social Security and Medicare, or as I like to call them, his audience.”
Raw Story (http://s.tt/1nSkw)The last minute conclusion is absolutely crushing.
“When they succeed, they built it. When they lose, the government ruined it. When they get a helping hand, they deserve it. When you get a helping hand, you’re a freeloading moocher”
Fantastic
As panda cam watchers may have noticed around midnight on September 16, 2012: there is a new giant panda cub at the National Zoo!
Mei Xiang and Tian Tian have been waiting for 6 years after the birth of their first son Tai Shan. Mei Xiang was successfully inseminated in April, a good collaboration of National Zoo Scientists and CCRCGP Panda Experts.
More info coming soon…
Via Giant Panda Zoo / Video.
(Source: giantpandaphotos)
Soledad O’Brien To Tea Party’s Amy Kremer: Questioning Obama’s Love Of America Is ‘Code Word For Something Else’ (VIDEO)
Soledad O’Brien and the panelists on Tuesday’s “Starting Point” got into a testy exchange with Tea Party activist Amy Kremer over her allegation that President Obama doesn’t “love America the way we do.”
Last week, Kremer — the chairperson of the Tea Party Express group — tweeted that the difference between Obama and Mitt Romney was that Mitt loves America. When asked to explain what she meant, Kremer had some trouble expressing herself. She said that Obama was “more about being one world” and “not about the shining city on the hill.”
The panel remained skeptical. O’Brien suggested that her statement was “code word for something else,” while Philadelphia mayor Michael Nutter wanted to know what Kremer’s talking points about Romney’s record had to do with Obama’s patriotism.
When pressed further, Kremer responded, “I don’t believe that [Obama] loves America the way that we do.”
“We who?” Nutter asked. Kremer repeated her claim that Obama was “more about one world.”
“What does that mean?” Nutter asked. “I just explained it to you,” she responded testily. “I don’t know how else to explain it.”
(via huffpostpol)
Second exam of San Diego Zoo’s giant panda cub.
Animal care staff was able to take longer with the exam this morning as both cub and mother remained calm throughout the brief separation. Veterinarians noted a full belly on the cub, who had just finished nursing before the exam. The cub weighs more than a kilogram (2.2 pounds) and seems to be developing normally.
© Official San Diego Zoo, via fictionspulp.
(via giantpandaphotos)
Sixth panda born at the San Diego Zoo.
21-year-old female giant panda, Bai Yun, gave birth to her 6th cub on July 30, 2012 at 2:10pm. This makes us the most successful panda breeding facility outside of China, and it makes our mama bear one of the oldest pandas to give birth. Congrats to our world-class team and thanks to all of you for your support!
Watch the San Diego Zoo’s pandacam.
SDZ site: 6th cub was born Sunday, July 29, at 2:10 p.m., to mother Bai Yun.
Congrats Bai Yun!
(Source: giantpandaphotos)
Maybe some vampires really can live in the shadows.
Apparently, Tom Hiddleston recently told a reporter he was set to arrive in Detroit this week to begin filming Only Lovers Left Alive, a new movie about two vampires who have been in love for centuries. But there’s just one problem, there doesn’t seem to be any other evidence the movie has actually started shooting.
In the past few days we’ve have dozens of readers contact us demanding to know where exactly the movie is filming in Detroit, only we can’t any proof the movie is even filming yet, let alone where.
OMG! NOT FAIR! I go to Morocco every summer, except this for year…Just my luck… ;___;
Frontpage: Wednesday, June 6th
- Walker Wins Recall in WI: As numbers continue to be tallied, Gov. Scott Walker has been declared the projected winner in the Wisconsin recall election Tuesday night, beating out Democratic challenger Tom Barrett, whom he had defeated in the 2010 race.
- Greece: We’re Almost Broke: Greek officials said on Wednesday that despite the most recent bailout, they could run out of money as soon as July—shortly after the country’s pivotal elections.
- NATO Strike Kills Afghan Civilians: A local Afghan official said Wednesday that 17 civilians were killed in a NATO airstrike, although NATO officials said there were only two light injuries to civilians. The airstrike also reportedly killed six Taliban fighters.
- Clinton Backs Bush Tax-Cut Expansion: As if Democrats didn’t have a bad enough night, Bill Clinton gave the party some more headaches. The former president said on Tuesday he supports the extension of his successor’s tax cuts—a major break from President Obama’s position.
- Egyptian Protestors Return: Egyptian protesters returned to Tahrir Square on Tuesday night to protest the presidential candidacy of Ahmed Shafiq, former president Hosni Mubarak’s appointed prime minister during last year’s military crackdown.
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R.I.P. Ray Bradbury: The “Fahrenheit 451” author, who wrote numerous other literary classics in his day, died Wednesday at 91. ”If I had to make any statement, it would be how much I love and miss him, and I look forward to hearing everyone’s memories about him,” Danny Karapetian, Bradbury’s son, said to io9. Sad news.
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WE FINALLY SEE OUT MOCHI IN THE CAST LIST <3
Source: Michelle Yeoh Web Theatre
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