May 4th, 2011
Via BChatter Mike Shaw, The Blaze reports: Rowdy protesters in Tucson have struck again. And this time, it involves riot police. Those protesters are hell-bent on keeping the district’s shocking, and concerning, Mexican-American studies program as-is. And while they’re causing a ruckus to prove it, there could be a lot more behind the story — mainly, [...]
April 29th, 2011
Will the media take some cues from this recent polling data on who Americans trust more to deal with the budget (if you can call Obama’s budget plan an actual ‘budget’ plan…) and fiscal responsibility in DC? Stop laughing. OK, yeah, that was pretty funny. The question, I mean. They won’t. However … for your [...]
April 28th, 2011
From YouTube: “Fight of the Century” is the new economics hip-hop music video by John Papola and Russ Roberts at http://EconStories.tv. According to the National Bureau of Economic Research, the Great Recession ended almost two years ago, in the summer of 2009. Yet we’re all uneasy. Job growth has been disappointing. The recovery seems fragile. [...]
April 12th, 2011
From YouTube: See http://www.modernistcuisine.com for more info. High speed video shot with a phantom v.12 of popcorn popping. This video was shot for the much anticipated 2400 page cookbook cookbook: Modernist Cuisine: the Art and Science of Cooking.
April 11th, 2011
Thoughts and prayers have been answered. Last week, we let you know that the brother of one of our BChatters, VictorVictim/DailyRushbo, had gone missing. We are happy to report that he has been found — and better yet — healthy and safe. From VictorVictim: My Brother Tony has Been FOUND and Is Healthy And Safe. [...]
April 8th, 2011
Our thoughts and prayers go out to VictorVictim/DailyRushbo and his family. He informed Scott and me this morning that his brother has gone missing in Toronto. Please pass this information on to anyone you know in the Toronto area. Here’s the release from the Toronto Police Service: Missing man, Tony Ceniccola, 41, Update, Photograph released [...]
April 1st, 2011
There are currently over 74,000 people watching this livestream! (h/t Joyce) From Wired: Three bald eagles are expected to hatch in Decorah, Iowa, between March 30 and April 1 — and you can watch it happen. Two new cameras positioned above the eagles’ nest provide an unprecedentedly clear window into eagle domestic life. The expectant [...]
March 26th, 2011
If not, let you be ‘enlightened’ …
March 21st, 2011
OK, so as a very Type A person who hates a mess, I was probably a little too excited to come over the following at a restaurant in NYC over the weekend: In case you are having trouble reading the text, it’s a “Wet Umbrella Wrapper” — how about that?! Am I the only one [...]
March 21st, 2011
Well, in a B-Contest first, we have a TIE! So, the WINNERS are ……. Drumroll please … 13. From OneAmericanMom: The best online news show, The BCast, Offers commentary, entertainment and newscast. The hosts, Liz and Scott, Are the best to be got, But watch out, ’cause the BChat moves real fast! Jaws would fall [...]
