And then go YouTube it … smh
Home Equity Hydroplaning
Number of ‘underwater’ homes declines slightly
Something is way better than nothing, but mad homeowners are definitely not outta the woods. The home equity market is showing signs of a little recovery from what was the worst subprime catastrophe ever. The reason being, banks are getting a few of those foreclosures back on the market.
That doesn’t necessarily mean that it’s the perfect time to buy a home, it just means a few people are taking advantage of someone’s loss. The dark days are still apparent in states like Nevada, Arizona, and California, where in some neighborhoods about 80% of homeowners owe more than their property’s value.
Who really knows when it’ll be safe to buy a home for middle-income Americans again. An even more specific question is where will it be safe? For the time being, the leasing market is the best option for a tight budgeted American economy.
Don’t Barbie-Que All The Trees
Greenpeace protests at Mattel’s El Segundo headquarters
Mattel’s headquarters got wrapped with a message from Greenpeace today pressing them about their packaging of Barbie dolls. Apparently Mattel has a contract with a company that’s tearing the forests of Indonesia all the way up. Barbie better go green, quick!
Iran Could Build ‘Da Bomb’
Iran Is Two Months Away From Building A Bomb
If you ever thought Iran was enriching uranium for peaceful purposes, or for domestic energy alone, then you were probably one of those kids that believed in Santa Claus all the way to junior high.
According to this guy, Gregory S. Jones of RAND, they’re already ready to build nukes already. He said they already have 230 pounds of enriched uranium circulating between all of their nuclear facilities, and it only takes 44 pounds to make the big one.
He blamed the U.S. and Israel for not pressing the issue of sanctions on Iran’s nuclear program.
Well, we’re just not the only guys in the neighborhood with big guns anymore. This was all bound to happen.
And The Olympics Should Stay On NBC
NBC got the rights to show the Olympics from 2014 to 2020, and it might have cost them 4 billion dollars. It’s all good though, NBC got good credit. I think it’s a win for traditional American television. If FOX or ESPN would have won, the Olympic theme music wouldn’t be the same!
Why Does Antimatter Matter?
Scientists Create Antimatter They Can Actually Study
Some scientists at CERN, the European Organization for Nuclear Research, found a way to trap antimatter for an astounding 1,000 seconds. That’s the longest antimatter has ever been sustained in human history! What the fuck is antimatter!?
For everything in existence there is an equal amount of nonexistence to account for it. Think of a simple action you do in a moment of time, now remember that other opposite idea to that action you decided against doing. Well, somewhere in the other side of the universe you did that opposite action. That is essentially what antimatter is.
We’ve always known that antimatter is real, the only thing is we never knew how to obtain it. Now we have the ability to use some really big magnets to suspend antimatter in time, after an atom of hydrogen has been blasted with a laser.
How does this matter to us? It does not matter, and that’s exactly what scientists at CERN are trying to study; why exactly does this matter not matter? This study will help us solve the conundrum of where the other side of our existence is, and how can we use it. Hopefully we find practical uses before we turn this phenomena into another weapon against ourselves.
Lebanon Wants Nada With Gaga
LEBANON: Lady Gaga’s newest album seized as potentially offensive to Christians
Lebanese police got a whole bunch of boxes filled with Born This Way CDs chilling at the precinct, and they’re not going anywhere anytime soon. Lebanon don’t play when it comes to religion, and Lady Gaga is not exempt. But what about all the craving Lebanese Gaga fans!?
I assume Lebanon will likely ban the entire album and call it a day. That’s not gonna stop the raging teens in that nation from getting their hands and ears on the most widely selling album of this summer. They’re already finding was to download it and burn copies from friends.
This is another example of how church and state are not a good mix. Not only is this issue superfluous to the real issues in Lebanon, but it shows how theocracy can turn very insignificant subject matter into the forefront of policy in order to maintain power and control in government.
BCS Strips USC’s 04-05 Title
BCS strips Southern California of 2004 national championship
And what’s messed up is, Reggie Bush been gone for over half a decade and has a NFL title under his belt already. I think this measure is too late to even matter, and should have never went through. No money is expected to be returned, and the student body are the only losers from this.
USC has gone through a lot the past few years. They got their football scholarships lowered, and got banned from bowl games for a couple of years. The new recruits are suffering from what some awarded alumni have long forgotten about. The punishment is simply not fair.
Hopefully Los Angeles can get the Raiders back like they have been rumored to be talking about doing, because I think this USC debacle will have some lasting effects on football in the L.A. metro area.
Vermont Approves Weed Dispensaries
NORML: Vermont Approves Dispensaries
Vermont approved marijuana dispensaries last week, allowing for state licensed administrators to serve a maximum of 1,000 clients for medical marijuana use. This is the fourth state besides CO, ME, and NM that will have dispensaries operating and serving potheads around America.
California, New Jersey, and Rhode Island, although they already passed laws to allow dispensaries, have since been in limbo on how to regulate the phenomena. The big Boom in California is being thwarted by the feds and the confusion on laws regarding cultivation of the marijuana plant.
Washington D.C. and Delaware are next in line to sign up for the weed dispensary craze, hopefully they’ll get everything up and running smoothly. The time has definitely come when our nation is realizing that criminalizing marijuana users and growers is causing more trouble than helping or society.
Both Magic And Timothy Got The Cure!
HIV patient Timothy Brown is the boy who lived
If you ain’t know already, yes, there is a cure for HIV. First, ask Magic Johnson, then go ask Timothy Brown, the guy whose bone marrow transplant to battle his fight with leukemia killed his HIV infliction as well.
Timothy, now 45, had been battling HIV for 20 years. One day he got mad tired and went to the doctor to find out he then had leukemia. I know, fucked up right? Well apparently there are a small percentage of Europeans that are immune to HIV, so his Dr. chose one of their bone marrow samples and voilà, two birds in one stone!
And to think, that simple, why haven’t we been using this procedure on all HIV patients? We could have saved 30 million lives already. Psych your mind niggas! You know industry profit always comes first. If everybody with HIV got cured, whose gonna come up with the next indestructible disease? Huh?
I thought so.
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