Saturday, July 4, 2009

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Bombs bursting in air: If North Korea nuked Hawaii, the thermal, shockwave and radioactive fallout would look something like this. (3 images) Gizmodo

Defensive rotations during June. "Three of June's best performers are defensive staples (XLP), healthcare (XLV), and utilities (XLU). All of those rotation shifts are consistent with a much-needed correction in a market that's risen too far too fast." John Murphy, ChartWatchers

India Joins Russia, China in Questioning U.S. Dollar Dominance - Bloomberg

A sexist suffers the consequences of hateful speech.

O.K., Thursday’s jobs report settles it. We’re going to need a bigger stimulus. But does the president know that? Paul Krugman, NYTimes

Beware: Microsoft is Changing Users' Default Search Engine without permission. Slashdot Technology

Stock market investors keen to make the worst of the bad news: "Investors are no longer ignoring sell signals; they are seeking them out." Telegraph.co.uk

Ann Coulter - a real woman: smart, cute, articulate, and iconoclastic. 2007 photo

"If we took away women's right to vote, we'd never have to worry about another Democrat president. It's kind of a pipe dream, it's a personal fantasy of mine, but I don't think it's going to happen. And it is a good way of making the point that women are voting so stupidly, at least single women. It also makes the point, it is kind of embarrassing, the Democratic Party ought to be hanging its head in shame, that it has so much difficulty getting men to vote for it. I mean, you do see it's the party of women and 'We'll pay for health care and tuition and day care -- and here, what else can we give you, soccer moms?'" - Ann Coulter

Staff of design and marketing firm work naked on Fridays to improve morale. Telegraph.co.uk

Obama: A Profile in Cowardice. Daniel Greenfield for Canada Free Press

Queen asks Britain for a pay raise. The Royal Family is a very expensive habit! smh.com.au

A worker at the National Library of Scotland has been reprimanded for displaying the Scottish national flag on his desk on the basis that the display may be considered "racist". TransCosmic

Scottish driver spends 2 days in jail and pays £150 fine for "revving engine in a racist manner'. The Sunday Mail

Racist doll pricing. FAIL Blog

Nigaz name sparks racism debate. Russia's Gazprom and Nigeria's state-operated NNPC formed a new company, Nigaz, last week. "Nigerians No Nigaz", a group formed on the social networking site Facebook, says the name could be pronounced in a way offensive to black people. BBC News

Photo: Specimens of "watermelon tourmaline" from Nigeria.

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