Herman Cain 999 Plan: Did It Come From SimCity?

Seeded on Thu Oct 13, 2011 1:55 PM EDT (The Huffington Post)

In Herman Cain's America, the tax code would be very, very simple: The corporate income tax rate would be 9 percent, the personal income tax rate would be 9 percent and the national sales tax rate would be 9 percent. But there's already a 999 plan out there, in a land called S …

Apple Founder Steve Jobs Dead at 56 | TPM Idea Lab

Seeded on Wed Oct 5, 2011 8:41 PM EDT (Talking Points Memo)

Apple Founder Steve Jobs has died. The company notified the world on Wednesday evening with a landing page saying: “Apple has lost a visionary and a creative genius, and the world has last an amazing human being.

technology

In Rick Perry's Texas, Most New Jobs Have Gone To Immigrants: Study

Seeded on Thu Sep 22, 2011 2:46 PM EDT (The Huffington Post)

As the 2012 presidential campaign has started to take shape, Texas governor and Republican presidential candidate Rick Perry has made much of the Lone Star state's job-creation numbers during his time in office.

politics

Kepler 16b: A Planet with Two Suns

Seeded on Tue Sep 20, 2011 6:45 AM EDT (nasa.gov)

If you stay up long enough, you can watch both suns set. Such might be a common adage from beings floating in the atmosphere of Kepler 16b, a planet recently discovered by the space-based Kepler satellite.

science

Daily Kos: Rick Perry is for sale, but he's not cheap

Seeded on Sun Sep 18, 2011 9:39 AM EDT (Daily Kos)

Money! It is money! Money! Money! Not ideas, nor principles, but money that reigns supreme in American politics. -- Sen. Robert C. Byrd

NASA makes first discovery of a planet orbiting two stars

Seeded on Fri Sep 16, 2011 6:40 AM EDT (Daily Kos)

The European Southern Observatory dazzled the world on Monday with news it had discovered only the second, and smallest ever, planet orbiting within the habitable zone of a star other than our own.

science

Henry Waxman: 'The Most Anti-Environment House In History'

Seeded on Thu Sep 15, 2011 2:06 PM EDT (The Huffington Post)

During the 112th Congress, the Republican House majority has taken aim at issues ranging from labor protections to women's right to choose. But it may be the environment that’s hardest hit by Republican efforts to reshape the federal government.

environment

NGC 3521: Galaxy in a Bubble

Seeded on Thu Sep 15, 2011 10:47 AM EDT (nasa.gov)

Gorgeous spiral galaxy NGC 3521 is a mere 35 million light-years away, toward the constellation Leo.

science

Texas cut wildfire-battling agency budget this year

Seeded on Wed Sep 7, 2011 1:51 PM EDT (Politico)

Texas lawmakers are set to slash funding for the agency responsible for fighting wildfires in the midst of a historic wildfire season in which some 2.5 million acres have burned.

politics

Cantor Spox: If There's Hurricane Damage, Costs Will Have To Be Paid For With Spending Cuts | TPMDC

Seeded on Thu Aug 25, 2011 2:29 PM EDT (Talking Points Memo)

Looks like House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-VA) will extend his requirement that federal disaster relief be paid for by cutting spending elsewhere in the budget to Hurricane Irene.

politics

Aurora Over Greenland

Seeded on Tue Aug 23, 2011 10:54 AM EDT (nasa.gov)

This aurora arched from horizon to horizon. During the current Shelios expedition to observe and learn about the northern lights, the sky last weekend did not disappoint.

science

A Sun Pillar Over Ontario

Seeded on Thu Aug 18, 2011 8:13 AM EDT (nasa.gov)

What is that on the horizon? No, it's not an alien starship battling distant Earthlings, but rather a sun pillar. When driving across Ontario, Canada in early June, the photographer was surprised to encounter such an "eerie and beautiful" vista, and immediately took pictures.

science

Tornado and Rainbow Over Kansas

Seeded on Sun Aug 14, 2011 8:31 AM EDT (nasa.gov)

The scene might have been considered serene if it weren't for the tornado. During 2005 in Kansas, storm chaser Eric Nguyen photographed this budding twister in a different light -- the light of a rainbow. Pictured above, a white tornado cloud descends from a dark storm cloud.

science

A Summer Night s Dream

Seeded on Fri Aug 5, 2011 9:15 AM EDT (nasa.gov)

Fix your digital camera to a tripod, start a long series of exposures, and you too can record star trails. The concentric arcs traced by the stars as planet Earth rotates on its axis often produce dreamlike scenes in otherwise familiar situations.

science

Wisconsin: Walker Shuts Down DMV Offices in Democratic Areas After Passing Voter ID Law | FDL News Desk

Seeded on Tue Jul 26, 2011 8:35 AM EDT (Firedoglake)

Gov. Scott Walker’s administration is working on finalizing a plan to close as many as 10 offices where people can obtain driver’s licenses in order to expand hours elsewhere and come into compliance with new requirements that voters show photo IDs at the polls.

politics

Bachmann skips 40 percent of votes since launching bid

Seeded on Tue Jul 26, 2011 8:15 AM EDT (TheHill.com)

Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.) has missed nearly 40 percent of votes in the House since she formally launched her presidential campaign.

politics

A Flight of Helios

Seeded on Sun Jul 24, 2011 8:19 AM EDT (nasa.gov)

An example of solar-powered flight, NASA's Helios aircraft flew almost one hundred years after the Wright brothers' historic flight on December 17, 1903.

science

Congress, FCC hit brakes on T-Mobile, AT&T merger

Seeded on Fri Jul 22, 2011 8:36 AM EDT (TheHill.com)

“Approval of this acquisition would also reverse the historic triumph of competition policy of three decades ago — the breaking up of the AT&T phone monopoly into numerous competitors, unleashing an explosion of innovation that led to such technologies as cell ph …

business

Autos Insider | GM expected to announce $300M Flint investment | The Detroit News

Seeded on Mon Jul 18, 2011 4:09 PM EDT ()

General Motors Co. is expected to announce Monday it will invest about $300 million to build a new full-size truck at its Flint Assembly plant, according to sources familiar with the plans. The investment will create or retain hundreds of jobs, the sources said.

business

360 Degree Star Trails

Seeded on Sun Jul 17, 2011 8:26 AM EDT (nasa.gov)

You could be the first person ever to take a real single-exposure image like this. The above image from Vienna, Austria is not real in the sense that the 360 degree star trails in the sky appear only because of a digital trick.

science

Atlantis Last Approach

Seeded on Wed Jul 13, 2011 8:36 AM EDT (nasa.gov)

For the last time, the US Space Shuttle has approached the International Space Station (ISS).

science

The only crisis here is the one the Republicans are making

Seeded on Sun Jul 10, 2011 9:09 AM EDT (Daily Kos)

There is no fiscal crisis. Everyone should be clear on that. The United States is not bankrupt. Social Security is not about to founder. Wall Street is not on a precipice, the IMF is not standing by demanding massive shifts in our government, and U.S.

politics

Atlantis Reflection

Seeded on Sat Jul 9, 2011 8:09 AM EDT (nasa.gov)

Space shuttle orbiter Atlantis left planet Earth on Friday, July 8, embarking on the STS-135 mission to the International Space Station.

science

A Triangular Shadow of a Large Volcano

Seeded on Tue Jul 5, 2011 7:43 AM EDT (nasa.gov)

Why does the shadow of this volcano look like a triangle? The Mount Teide volcano itself does not have the strictly pyramidal shape that its geometric shadow might suggest. The triangle shadow phenomena is not unique to the Mt.

science

Jimmy Kimmel unveils 'Michele Bachmann's story of America' | Video Cafe

Seeded on Mon Jul 4, 2011 9:15 AM EDT (Crooks and Liars)

"In 1775, Thomas Jefferson and John Quincy Adams set sail across the Delaware River to tell the King of England they had enough of his liberal agenda," an actor posing as Bachmann explained in the film. "King James called Napoleon and together they decided to kill America."

entertainment

– Show More