the headline over at the Guardian screams “Terror law puts Britons at risk of surveillance by US agents”!
Archive for August, 2007
every parent want’s their kids to stay kids forever, but this is ridiculous
Poison in children’s clothing is emerging as the latest health risk from China.
TV3’s Target programme will this week detail how scientists found formaldehyde in woollen and cotton clothes at levels 500 times higher than is safe.
It questions why there are no New Zealand safety standards for clothes.
National Poisons Centre spokesman Dr John Fountain told the Sunday Star-Times the testing had highlighted an area where little was known in New Zealand about the effects tainted clothing would have on people.
However, international research supported by the World Health Organisation shows exposure to formaldehyde in concentrations of 20 parts per million (ppm) can cause eye, skin and nasal irritations, respiratory problems, asthma and cancer.
Kim du Toit has got it
Our current ethanol production represents only 3.5 percent of our gasoline consumption—yet it consumes 20 percent of the entire U.S. corn crop
Out of an estimated 2007 crop of 13.054 billion bushels.
THAT IS A LOT OF CORN
There’s no wonder that steak houses are facing a shortage.
on a Jetpack?
it’s only $155,000
The Virgins
Beware the sound is absolute sh*t on this video
Marginally better audio here
and sometimes the bear gets you…
(may be a bit slow to load, but it’s worth it)
today marks the sixth month of me not smoking
i deserve a cake or something…
Insty linked to this guy’s machinegun purse (is that a PPSH?)
But, as cool as that is, I kind of think thatThe Dead Dog Purse is where it’s truly at;
