At a campaign event in Georgia, Newt Gingrich told supporters that he would maaaaaagically lower gas prices because "you can't put a gun rack on a Volt." Shows what the hell he knows.
Sometimes it's nice to stop worrying about the fate of the planet and just appreciate it for its beauty -- and it doesn't hurt if its beauty is slightly enhanced by being part of a massive environmental art project. Sonja Hinrichsen's snow drawing looks like it could be a Marimekko fabric design, but it's actually a large-scale arrangement of snow crop circles that took five people three hours to complete.
Photo by cfdls.
Weird things available on Amazon.com in the U.S. include wolf urine, fresh rabbit, canned unicorn, deer butt, and (fake) horse heads. But until yesterday, the company's Japanese subsidiary was selling something a lot more grisly: whale bacon, whale stew, whale jerky, and canned whale meat. Now, only a day after the Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA) put out a call to action to boycott Amazon, whale meat products have disappeared from the site.
This combination bike and scooter is nominally the work of fancypants designer Philippe Starck, but that's partly because "everyone in Bordeaux, France" doesn't have as much label cachet. (More than "everyone in Normal, Illinois" or something, but still.) Before Starck got his hands on the brief for the bike, which will be part of Bordeaux's bikeshare system, the city government solicited comments from more than 300 citizens on how their ideal bike would look and function.
Man, I can barely raise a plant from a seedling without killing it, and scientists have managed to grow viable plants out of seeds from 29,000 B.C.? So unfair.
Photo by Neil Cooler.
DRUNK PEOPLE OF NEW ORLEANS! We know you need that plastic flotsam in order to see some boobs, because of I guess longstanding tradition dating back to before you could see boobs on the internet without even trying. But it's basically an ecological nightmare, so if you can't find some ladies who are willing to take their tops off in exchange for tofu or offset credits or something else environmentally responsible, at least be mindful about how you dispose of your extra beads.
Rick Santorum said this weekend that President Obama believed in a "phony theology," sparking concerns that he was publicly denying that the president is a Christian. Of course we're talking about the guy who thinks mainline Protestants aren't really Christian, so this would hardly be a surprise, but there's been so much ugliness surrounding the subject of Obama's religion that these would clearly be fightin' words. Which explains why Santorum press secretary Alice Stewart snapped into action, clarifying on MSNBC that Santorum was merely referring to the president's "radical Islamic policies." Oh, well. OK then.
An hour later she called back to say that she meant radical environmental policies. Man, I always get those two confused!
If there's anything the Tea Party hates, it's whatever the government is doing right now. Which means greens have picked up some unusual allies in the fight against the Keystone XL pipeline: Texas Tea Partiers who think the project violates property rights.
“Crippling someone’s water supply knows no party line,” said Rita Beving, consultant to the bipartisan East Texas Sub-Regional Planning Commission. A Republican mayor and a Democratic city secretary lead the group’s fight against the pipeline.
French centenarian Robert Marchand (that's not him above, we just didn't have permission to use the Reuters photo) has set a new cycling record: The furthest distance ridden in an hour in the 100-and-over category. Also, the smallest distance. Also, the first hour ride. There's not a lot of competition in this age bracket.
Photo by Niklas Morberg.
Here's a reason for Republicans to finally care about climate change: It threatens straight monogamous bird marriage. According to a new study, unpredictable climates cause birds to Gingrich it up, making them more likely to play the field rather than sticking with one partner.
