Most ridiculous CNBC poll ever?

I can't say I follow these very often, so maybe they're all this bad.

Which is the best way to keep America great?

More taxpayer funded education

Allow more foreigners to work in the US

 

Really?  Those are the choices?

Best comment thread ever

Starts with blog entry on a restaurant refusing to serve TSA employees, and goes on from there...

via GeekPress.

If your name is Sarah Connor, it's time to change it

Darpa’s Cheetah-Bot Designed to Chase Human Prey

Oh, To Be a Teacher in Wisconsin

The Wall Street Journal:  The showdown in Wisconsin over fringe benefits for public employees boils down to one number: 74.2. That's how many cents the public pays Milwaukee public-school teachers and other employees for retirement and health benefits for every dollar they receive in salary. The corresponding rate for employees of private firms is 24.3 cents.

Is this the start of the second dotcom bubble?

Guardian: Loss-making Twitter has been valued at $10bn. Facebook is said to be worth more than Ford. Now, for some investors, the alarm bells are starting to ring.

via @SteveCase

Fear of ‘Catastrophic’ Crash Rising Despite Bull Market.

Fear of ‘Catastrophic’ Crash Rising Despite Bull Market.

Decline in real estate sales greater than stated?

Decline in real estate sales greater than stated? “Statistics published by the National Association of Realtors appear to overstate sales of existing home by 15 to 20 percent, mortgage and property data aggregator CoreLogic says in a new report that concludes home sales fell more sharply last year than previously thought.”

Great headline

Woman beats off tiger with ladle.

Interesting selection of items to smuggle into jail

in one's anus:  "Upon removing the condom, they discovered many more items: 17 blue pills, 1 cigarette, 6 matches, a flint, a syringe, lip balm, a CVS receipt and a coupon."

Jonah Goldberg's brother has died

Best to the family.

Friday stuff

Why everything tastes better when it’s beer battered: A Scientific Explanation.

Bird poop facials.

Flamethrower gloves.

Japanese nose lift.

The greatest trick shot quarterback of all time?

Beer marshmallows.

Crabzilla.

Ghostbusters, 1954.

Great (and cheap) Valentine's Day gift.

The science of why cats roll.

Man, 75, jailed for assaulting ex-wife with grape.

84-year-old cat burglar caught again.

Catholic Confession app. launched for iPhone.

Prime Healthcare accuses SEIU of Extortion

Global Economic Trend Analysis: "In a meticulously detailed press release issued on February 2nd, Prime Healthcare Services (PHS), the largest for-profit hospital system in California, announced they are victim of an extortion campaign by the Service Employees International Union – United Healthcare Workers West (SEIU) over the past year."

Must-Read Takedown Of Bernanke's Cringeworthy National Press Club Speech

He's singing the praises of QE2.

Friday stuff

Hugs Follow a 3-Second Rule.

How your last name influences how fast you buy stuff.

The United States of Beer.

Belly-buttons key to success in sport.

Making zombies is against the law in Haiti.

Firemen called to rescue beer.

The Biggest Ships in the World.

Ultraviolet light reveals How ancient Greek statues really looked.

Extreme Birdhouses.

Infographic: The history of bacon and the history of bacon websites.  Also, Why Bacon Is A Gateway To Meat For Vegetarians.

Grilled Cheese and Tomato Soup Martini.

Cars vs. Snow.

Florida invaded by potatoes.

Statistician Cracks the Scratch Lottery Code.

Man claims Glaxo drug made him 'gay sex addict'.

Bill seeks to allow one-armed people carry switchblades.

How to get internet access When Your Government Shuts It Down.

It's been a year since Treacher was run down

And he still can't walk.

Best of luck with the recovery.

Obama waivers spreading - now EPA waivers

To Obama friends and supporters, of course.

According to a declaration by air chief Gina McCarthy, officials reviewed EPA policies and decided it was appropriate to “grandfather” projects such as the Avenal Power Center, a proposed 600-megawatt power plant in the San Joaquin Valley, so they are exempted from rules such as new air quality standards for smog-forming nitrogen dioxide (NO2).

Hey, you know what else Barack Obama did in January?  He picked GE CEO Jeffrey Immelt to lead his new jobs commission.  Does that sound like a non-sequitur to you?  Let Timothy Carney explain the details of the Avenal Power Center:

The proposed Avenal Energy project will be a combined-cycle generating plant consisting of two natural gas-fired General Electric 7FA Gas Turbines with Heat Recovery Steam Generators (HRSG) and one General Electric Steam Turbine.

Here's something to do in your parents' back yard

Teenager from Indiana makes homemade 'death-ray' with 5,800 tiny mirrors.  Watch the video at the bottom of the article.

The sloppy Roethlisberger

Epic Superbowl meal.

And dessert.

Letter to Egyptian Demonstrators

Dear Egyptian demonstrators,

Please do not damage the pyramids. We will not rebuild them.

Sincerely,

The Jews

Spengler: Food and failed Arab states

 The effect of doubling wheat prices:

"Egypt is the world's largest wheat importer, beholden to foreign providers for nearly half its total food consumption.  Half of Egyptians live on less than $2 a day. Food comprises almost half the country's consumer price index, and much more than half of spending for the poorer half of the country. This will get worse, not better."