Archive for the ‘Social Welfare’ Category
Inspiring video about the importance of educating girls
June 8th, 2008 | Social, Social Welfare | Comment »I think this video is getting attention online because of how effective it is at communicating its message, but what's really inspiring is the message itself. It sounds like it's in tune with a fundamental Baha'i teaching - that if a family can only afford to education some of their ... Read more »
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I can’t wait to get old.
Boycott Dunkin’ Donuts
May 30th, 2008 | Social, Social Welfare | Comment »Dunkin' Donuts has pulled an ad from the web after people complained that the scarf the model was wearing supported terrorism. ...seriously? OK, sure, maybe there are people stupid enough to think people would believe this nonsense, but the fact that Dunkin' Donuts heard the criticism and agreed with it is what ... Read more »
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Oddly enough…
That sound? 2 billion brown people simultaneously groaning.
May 28th, 2008 | Social, Social Welfare | 1 Comment »Sanjaya Malakar (yes, that Sanjaya) is going to appear in a national ad campaign for Nationwide Insurance. From the press release: Nationwide announced today that the next star of the Life Comes at You Fast advertising campaign is Sanjaya Malakar, former contestant on “American Idol.” Sanjaya will follow in the footsteps ... Read more »
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A $100 billion (with a ‘b’) deal for refueling air tankers.
I Love You, Man > Funny People
Pavarotti and James Brown
Vin Diesel vs The Rock? Yes.
I can’t wait to get old.
Your SUV is drowning seals. Is that what you want? To drown seals?
May 27th, 2008 | Social, Social Welfare | Comment »The gist, from a story at discovery.com: global warming warmed polar ice and caused an iceberg the size of Rhode Island to detach near Antarctica. This iceberg plowed into land nearby and made it impossible for seals to come up for air as they normally did. From the article: Filming both above ... Read more »
State government “pouring” money into researching mass honeybee deaths
May 7th, 2008 | Social, Social Welfare | Comment »CNN has a scary article reporting the loss of 36.1% of the American honeybee population in the last year, after last year's loss of 32%, a clearly unsustainable trend that could ravage the economy and the nation's food supplies even further (as we learned from Jerry Seinfeld's Bee Movie). Not ... Read more »
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Mateo’s Empire State of Mind remix, directed by Quddus
There are women who look to get pregnant to take your money
Jay-Z, Alicia Keys, Empire State of Mind, Live at the World Series
Wall Street 2: Money Never Sleeps looks pretty outstanding