Random Facts: xkcd

Someone showed a very interesting xkcd webcomic about Wikipedia, around August (2008). Fast forward to the present, I had a conversation over the phone and realized that I know too many random facts. I believe Wikipedia is a black hole of information and you might get sucked into it. So be aware Wikipedia prowlers, you might end up filling your brain with many useless ( sometimes helpful) random facts. ( Wikipedia links are so addictive!)

With no job, and 5 kids "better to end our lives"

(CNN news)
http://www.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/01/28/family.dead.california/index.html

LOS ANGELES, California (CNN) -- It was described as one of the most grisly scenes Los Angeles police had ever encountered: the bodies of five small children and their parents, all shot to death, in two upstairs rooms of the family's home.

No matter how bad the situation is in live, everything passes. There is little that is constant in our lives. Loosing a job and even dying is just an instant in time and will be forgotten. If you want to blame your economic situation for your depression it is alright, but you should never decide for those you love. Suicide should not be an option, but if you insist in continuing with your decision, it should be for yourself alone. The children had a grandmother and the state to take care of them. More than act of desperation, it sounds like an act of selfishness. One should take responsibility in hard times and modify our lifestyles to our new conditions. There are always solutions to problems. If you cannot find them by yourself, then seek help.

93-year-old froze to death

( yahoo news, CNN)
BAY CITY, Mich. – A 93-year-old man froze to death inside his home just days after the municipal power company restricted his use of electricity because of unpaid bills, officials said.

"Hypothermia shuts the whole system down, slowly," Virani said. "It's not easy to die from hypothermia without first realizing your fingers and toes feel like they're burning."
Schur had no children and his wife had died several years ago.

We need to ensure that tragedies don't occur simply because we live in a capitalist world. The power company blames neighbors for not realizing earlier that Schur had no power. Measures should be implemented in special cases ( winter anyone?). It is obvious that policies such as this should be revised. Why should a lonely 93 year old have to die because the state is not competent enough to be unselfish? As one of the richest nations in the world, we should not be pursuing blind capitalist ideals.

Steelers, Here we go!

Sunday is a big day for Pittsburgh, apparently there is this little thing called the Super Bowl. I must admit I'm no football fan ( barely know the rules), but it seems kind of infectious and unavoidable to support the Steelers if you live in Pittsburgh. My first Pittsburgh Super Bowl experience should be an interesting one. ( Free food everywhere!!!!) So stay at home on Sunday and support your team.

Song on mind:

Here we go
Here we go
Here we go
Steelers, Here we go
Pittsburgh's going to the Super Bowl
Here we go

Cheer the Steelers, Black and the Gold
Here we go
Town of Pittsburgh's, Heart and Soul
Here we go
With Cowher power, will get the job done
This is the year will get that one for the thumb

Vatican angry at Obama's funding of abortion programs

And that is why Obama is probably not Catholic. Ha:) The pope is hilarious, like someone would care. Maybe he can try to excommunicate Obama; or perhaps he should do that with all those Boston priests. Who is he kidding? Like a park can erase years of sanctioned abuse. Better fork some more money before starting the battle against contraception, and the persecution of free thinking people.

Last whale in Australia dies!

Noooo! It's so sad. I don't understand why they don't use a forklift to raise them from the sea coast; and a tug boat to take them back to the ocean. They only pour water over their backs, and watch them die. Too morbid for my taste.

Grey's Anatomy

Izzy is going to die!!!!!

Finally, it's about time. Grey was so pathetic in this episode. She should kill herself already. Since we all know that this is how it's going to end.

Castro Font Guilty

"Former Sen. Jorge de Castro Font entered the plea Wednesday after prosecutors agreed to drop 10 of the 31 charges he faced for allegedly trading political favors for cash and services."

Puerto Rico:

From 9 to 11 years, probably will not even serve 4. Every now and then they get caught. Unfortunately for every few they get many more are free to steal from the people. After months of declaring his innocence, the evidence was just too strong and he had to confess. Hopefully this will help scare others from corruption. ( next up Anibal Acevedo Vila)

atirakih

Clinton confirmed as secretary of state

(Clinton at Wellesley Graduation)

It was clear ever since her nomination last year that she wouldn't go down quietly. She is a Wellesley and Yale graduate. Those Wellesley girls are a bit power hungry but overall competent. Hope she does a great job.


atirakih

Is Castro still alive?

Currently listening to : Flobots-Handelbars
"I can ride my bike with no handelbars...I can lead a nation with a microphone...I can end the planet in a holocaust"

"HAVANA -- Argentine President Cristina Fernandez met with Cuba's ailing former leader Fidel Castro on Wednesday, easing rumors that his health had badly deteriorated"

The big question on everybody's mind: Is Fidel Castro still alive? Can we trust the Argentine President with knowing the truth. Picking a woman president for the meeting is an obvious choice. (Women are more trustworthy and believable). Do we care if he is alive or not?
Fidel Castro is more than a man, he is a name and an image. His health is important because it claims the end of an ideal. As an influential political image, his name is associated with an ideology. His death means the culmination of that ideology and the beginning of a new ideology for Cuba.Even if he is very sick and probably not able to carry any decision, In Cuba there will no change until his death can be proclaimed officially. Although Raul Castro can be seen by many as the next Castro, it's very unlikely He is yet to show any unique opinion on any subject.

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Note:
Check out Flobots ( Handel bars). We humans are capable of anything. Like in Spiderman "With great power, comes great responsibility". Check out the song on the side bar.

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