THURSDAY #2069

uBeam Is Developing Wireless Charging Technology That Uses Ultrasound to Charge Devices.

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You can’t go to any site without finding something about Ebola…I guess it’s gone viral...

 And here it is...

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Gaza...before and after...

Head of Palestinian group said that none of the concrete and rebar that Israel donated to Gaza was used in the tunnels, ascerting that it had all been smuggled in from Egypt. Laughable.
(by the way, go back and look at the tank tracks in the brown field in the upper right)
(also, what happened to all the trees in the bottom left?)

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From an excellent article I read about groupthink...

"You’ve likely noticed over the years that people often tend to adhere to norms of behavior they internally don’t agree with. When you display an attitude that matches the attitude of the majority, even though you disagree with the implications of that attitude, you might be in what psychologists call a state of pluralistic ignorance - a state, by definition, shared by many others. Pluralistic ignorance is the erroneous belief that the majority is acting in a way that matches its internal philosophies, and that you are one of a small number of people who feel differently, when in reality the majority agrees with you on the inside but is afraid to admit it outright or imply such through its behavior."

And here is the link in case you pine to be less stupid...
http://boingboing.net/2014/08/05/how-groupthink-gets-reality-ba.html

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Colorado highway deaths near historic lows

After the legalization of marijuana, fatalities on the roads of Colorado dropped, contrary to the hysterical claims of anti-drug crusaders.

(maybe, just maybe, that's cause a third of the population just said "Fuck it!" and stayed home from work)

OU gave all of their football players iPads with their playbook in them. Here is the kicker's playbook

When I go to the beach, I don’t get sand in my vagina.

See anything odd about this image?

 I didn't either until this...

Getting no message is also a message.

How is not grooming be considered vain?

Saw an attractive woman eating a banana in the car next to me. Turns out car insurance doesn't cover that.

My wife does this shit all the time...

She also refuses to pull into the intersection when making a left turn in busy traffic....more or less fucking the driver behind her. But, hey, she's cute, so I'll keep her.

Oh, look, political humor from England...

Surveys show that Americans are getting tired of surveys.

How can I learn so much every day and still be so stupid?

That's Charon taking the soul across the River Styx...

 I wrote a book with a murder who named himself Charon.

We live in a society where we acknowledge that the people who make sandwiches are artists.

Never underestimate omnivores with a penchant for animal-based traditional “medicine”. At first glance, you might not peg the pangolin as the sort of animal that is being eaten by so many humans, at such a fast rate, that it could die out entirely — but its the most heavily trafficked species group in the world.

Just for a split second there are no feet on the ground...

Trotters always have a foot on the ground.

This is not funny, but I will post anything with my name on it...

My wife doesn’t need a personal trainer so much as a person to follow her around and slap about half the food out of her mouth.

I have come to accept my role as trophy husband.

Mars is populated entirely by robots.

29 sumo wrestlers on one plane…

"Me thinks me breathes me last me fear."

From The Grand Budapest Hotel...a great movie...plot, dialogue, settings, costumes, camera work, etc. I had to watch it twice...it was that good.

1899 golf ball dug up in the Bronx.

California needs rain, and they need it bad. How bad? Just have a look at the GIF above. The first image shows Folsom Lake near Sacramento on July 20, 2011. The second image shows Folsom Lake on January 16, 2014...

Wouldn’t you like to know EXACTLY what is being done to OUR aquifers?

Cheese is the most shoplifted food in the world.

From the Institute of Things I Can Not Do…

Writing is hard…very, very hard.

Why are bats dying by the millions?

With those it’s not motor boating, it’s called cruise lining.

Peaches done right...

I wonder how many days a new president waits before he asks if there are any aliens?

POW blinking in Morse code to spell T-O-R-T-U-R-E during a forced interview.

That's Jeremiah Denton. He was a POW in Vietnam for eight years. He died earlier this year.

(I really like making fun of the priveleged class)

Reminded me of my wife in last year's swimsuit...

Since 1978, the real value of the minimum wage has dropped 25%, while the cost of a college degree has risen 1120%. So quit telling those young folks to work their way through college like you did.

Try an arranged marriage they said...it will be fun, they said...

I think feminism should be called something different…like common sense.

Oh, my...

How far back in history do you have to go before it’s considered archaeology instead of grave robbing?

I'm thinking of getting this tattoo under my deaf ear. What do you think about that idea?

Seriously, I would love to hear pros and cons...but it's not like I'm ever going to get the hearing returned to that ear.

I'm thinking about putting something like this on my back door...

 What a wonderful idea...

In a job ad that says, “must be fluent in Spanish”, why don’t they just post it in Spanish?

Artists steal...

What is yellow and lives off dead beatles? Yoko Ono.

Linda Ronstadt...

Her part of Simon's Graceland was....angelic.

Remember my discussion about lawns? Think about a back yard that looked like this instead...

Life is not a fairy tale. If you lose your shoe at midnight you’re drunk.

Everyday is take your drugs to work day.

I think the girl in the top right corner just had an orgasm...

Canada has four seasons: Almost Winter, Winter, Still Winter, and Road Construction.

Getting your kids away from all the light pollution and seeing this would be a good thing...

 And they will never forget it...or you being there with them.

Your opinion of authority my differ from mine. But the only reason that authorities will abuse their power is if they can. The track record is pretty clear on this.