Sunday, June 14, 2009

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Quote of the Week: "I don't know anything about cars." - Edward Whitacre, Jr., who was appointed chairman of GM on June 9. TIME.com

Monday's 9:00 Treasury International Capital report could cause the markets to tumble if it shows weakness in Chinese or Japanese demand for Treasuries. And that could well be the case. It appears the Japanese were recently caught trying to sneak large amounts of US Treasury bonds into Switzerland to try to sell them discreetly.

Oil and Gas Drilling May Be Behind Recent Texas Earthquakes. At issue is a relatively new drilling practice called “fracking,” in which water is injected into the ground at high pressure to fracture the layers of shale and release natural gas trapped in the rock. Impact Lab

An Israeli teenager has invented a $200 add-on automotive device which is claimed to significantly increase gas mileage and power while reducing greenhouse gas emissions. ISRAEL21c

Digital textbooks are set to to replace printed textbooks in California schools, saving millions of dollars a year in textbook purchases but starting a trend which will further cripple the embattled publishing business. Impact Lab

Giant jellyfish are taking over parts of the world's oceans due to overfishing and other human activities. Discovery Channel

New research shows that couples who live together are more than twice as likely to become obese as those who live separately; and also, the longer couples live together, the greater the chance of obesity. Telegraph.co.uk

How to know if eggs are still good. Clipmarks

For Sale: Saliva From Pretty Girls Taken When They Were Sleeping. Neatorama

It took just 10 minutes for a dozen prairie dogs to outwit the creators of the Maryland Zoo's new $500,000 habitat. Baltimore Sun

The Mosuo Matriarchy: Men live better where women are in charge. A fascinating interview of Argentinian writer Ricardo Coler, who spent two months living among the Mosuo people in southern China. Spiegel Online

Family advocates and traditional values enthusiasts were outraged by a prom recently held at Boston City Hall, which was open to children as young as 12, featuring cross-dressers, transsexuals, homosexual heavy petting, suspected drug use, and a leather-clad doorman who teaches sexual bondage classes. WorldNetDaily

Waste Management (WMI) to Offer New Solar Powered Trash Compactor - Yahoo! Finance

$160,000 Missing After Armored Car Accident on I-75. WDIV Detroit

MANties - Panties made just for men. "For those nights and days, when you want to be and feel a little special, naughty, and very sexy, these Manties® are for you. Once you have them on, it will be "hard" to take them off."

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