“Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell,” might bring to mind men fighting in foxholes — but the plan is actually rooting out more foxes of the opposite gender. The US Army and Air Force discharged an hugely uneven ratio of women to men in 2007 under the “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” policy, which prohibits gay military personnel from disclosing their sexual orientation. The New York Times reports that even though women only make up 14 percent of Army personnel, 46 percent of those discharged under the policy in 2007 were female. Up in the air, women account for 20 percent of the Air Force and 49 percent of its discharges. (via “Don’t Ask” Hits Women Hardest, Ladies Shut Out of Service | Don’t Ask Don’t Tell, Homosexuality, Military | CitizenSugar - News and Politics )
JVC has his-and-hers iPod users in mind with this NX-PN7 Dual iPod Docking Station, accommodating two iPods or iPhones in this nice-looking 13-inch-wide dock. It also has features iPods leave out such as AM/FM radio and a remote control, along with some purdy illuminated strips under each receptacle that light up in nine colors.
We can’t stand the clutter of all those charging wires and docks everywhere, so this iPod clock radio/charging stand with its extra accoutrements might be a worthy and welcome addition to the abode. We especially like its ability to program two different wake up times, playing two different tunes. If its speakers sound good, this box just might be worth its $149.95 price.
Via JVC
WuTang Clan’s RZA, founder of WuChess.com
Peanut butter and jelly, ketchup and fries, hip-hop and chess: some combinations are made for each other. How’s that, you say? RZA, one of the founding members of the Wu-Tang Clan, also happens to be a world-class chess player. It’s more fitting than you might think: Chess is a game of battle, and Wu-Tang’s music is all about lyrical battles between members, RZA has said. He’s brought it all together at WuChess.com. The forum is open to anyone, so you can play with your friends, against people from around the world, and perhaps even challenge RZA himself. Best of all, part of the $48 yearly fee goes to RZA’s favorite cause, the Hip-Hop Chess Federation’s scholarship program. Checkmate.
If you find your dentist telling you to floss more, you may be interested in Bacon Floss. It’s like regular floss, only it tastes like bacon. I personally think it’s taking bacon a step too far, however if it gets you to floss, I suppose it can’t be that bad. They also have bacon pez, toothpicks, bubble gum and mints.
I’m all about Chuck Todd, he is my favorite!
My two favorite picks to replace Tim Russert on Meet the Press. I can’t decide who I love more!
PS: Too soon?
Sneaky Little Sluts
“The Scottish institution’s team concluded that female chimps sometimes keep quiet during sex so their female rivals do not find out what they have been up to.”
The tagline should read “finally…a mint just for you!” Love it.
Del Martin (seated) and Phyllis Lyon were the first couple to wed under California’s most recent same-sex marriage ruling, reports The San Francisco Chronicle. Martin, 87, and Lyon, 83, didn’t waste any time. They wed at 5:01 pm last night, the first moments that the Supreme Court ruling took effect. The brides wore matching pastel pantsuits. But more than a like-mindedness for fashion, these two also share a place in same-sex rights history. They founded the Daughters of Bilitis in 1955, the first national lesbian organization. Lyon and Martin continued to pioneer gay rights issues, all the while building a life together in San Francisco over the last 55 years. The culmination of which was finally formally recognized at City Hall last night in a private ceremony in front to 50 guests. Congratulations, Del and Phyllis! (via Senior Lesbian Couple Wed)
We’ve seen some creatively decorated and unusual cubicles before, and elaborate accessories to go with them, but this one beats all. Check out the fancy woodwork in Jared Nielsen’s cube, decked out with a dark cherry hardwood floor, and luxurious red mahogany paneling on all four walls. Notice the fluted end caps, smooth transition from hardwood floor to carpeted office, and the precise woodwork all around.
He tops it off with a carved desk and an oriental rug, plunking down in his soft-comfy leather-clad throne from which he can command his web marketing empire. Sure beats coffee-stained gray carpeting and the woolly cubicle walls that are so familiar to millions of worker bees the world over.
No wonder Jared Nelson has that grin on his face. Careful, there, guy, or the boss might give you a promotion to the corner office, and then that skilled handiwork on your uber-cube would be all for naught.
Via Nielsendata & DVICE
Belgian designer Vincent Callebaut, the Lilypad’s creator, describes the city as a “floating ecopolis for climate refugees,” but it looks more like a resort than a shelter. Inspired by nature, it’s designed to house 50,000 people displaced from the effects of global warming and other ecological disasters, and be entirely self-sufficient so it doesn’t contribute to the problem. As a floating city, it can really pick and choose how it gets its energy since wind, solar and hydropower are all easily accessible, and all food and water could be grown or processed. The artificial yet natural landscape won’t have climate refugees feeling like they live on a junker from Waterworld, either. It’s just about the most fashionable way to weather any ecological nightmare. While the Lilypad may never see the light of day, any zero-emission city design is certainly a step in the right direction.
Check out the gallery below for more views of the Lilypad floating metropolis via: DVICE
Obama launches online campaign against ‘smears’
The site at www.fightthesmears.com debunks false rumors doing the rounds of the Internet and right-wing media outlets — including one recent assertion that Obama’s wife Michelle has been caught on tape slurring white people.
I thought the Hillary Clinton Rap was bad, but this is much much worse.