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POPSWeird water Discovery challenges long-held beliefs about water's special properties
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POPSPhysics of the Impossible 'If this all sounds like pie in the sky, think again. After all, how would physicists 200 years ago have reacted if you'd told them about the internet, the atomic bomb or the moon landings? What would they have made of Einstein's theory of relativity?"
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POPSThe incredible airbrush paintings of Dru Blair My nephew (who paints motorcycles for a living) just went to this guys class. To say he is a Jedi master is an understatement. The pics I have clipped here are REAL pictures of his paintings. DO your self a favor and goto his site to appreciate the true TALENT that this guys has, and teaches to others. Words alone cannot describe his gift.
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POPSThe Success of Savage Capitalism is the Failure of our Society
Consider these three articles puzzling over the US Economy. The dollar is in free-fall but the GDP is growing. The credit bubble is bursting, but production is up. American companies are making money hand over fist but the wealth gap is staggering. So the question is: has the Regan/Bush agenda of Savage Anything-Goes Global Capitalism worked? Is America a better nation because of it? The answer is no. We are not developing our economy, we are just generating wealth for the top 1%. We aren't improving our country so much as optimizing it for de facto feudalism. Some one needs to give a real good answer as to why this surreal economic nightmare is a success story, or we need to finally admit that Savage Capitalism is motivated by nothing more than greed and wistful thinking. It's time to get real about our country and our economy. Unless we can save the middle class, then we will be nothing but a crude fiefdom of modern Robber Barons.
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POPSTemple of the Dog "These habitats bark exclusivity, class, elegance and comfort. Consecrated, like an ancient times, when they were considered cult objects: the Assyrian and Egyptians embalmed them after death; and the Chinese, the Incas and Maya took special care of them. The symbol, DOG IS A GOD, underlines this rediscovered divinity, where man is no longer superior or equal..."
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POPSNo Such Thing as 'Cultural Elite' In the UK, 62.5 percent of survey respondents were univores when it came to taking in the theater, dance or movies, while 37.5 percent were omnivores. For music, 65.7 percent were univores, 34.3 percent were omnivores. For the visual arts, 58.6 percent were inactives, 34.4 percent were paucivores and just 7 percent were omnivores.