Daily Blend: Monday, August 30, 2010

What Earth would look like if it stopped rotating (artist’s depiction) [source: Big Think]

• Amusing satire piece on Intelligent Design: Intelligent Gestation Theory. … It is satire, right?
  (via Pharyngula)

• The day the Earth stood still: What would happen to our planet if it suddenly stopped rotating? Hint: We’d probably be nicknamed by passing aliens as “Ringworld”.
  (via @jennifurret)

• Interesting yet sad: Journalist Jim Rankin of Toronto, Canada’s The Star gives several panhandlers prepaid credit cards, then reveals himself and documents the results. More optimistic about the poor folks’ behavior than you might think.
  (via The Agitator)

• Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-MN) encourages attendees of her pathetic, 1,000-strong rally to claim that 1 million people were there. Once again confusing patriotism and bullshitting – it’s the wingnut way.
  (via @todayspolitics)

• This may explain why homophobes in the US are so active these days.
  (via @todayspolitics)

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Tags: Intelligent Gestation Theory • Earth • Jim Rankin • panhandlers • homelessness • poverty • Michele Bachmann • conservatives • right-wingers • USA • America • Canada • gay • funny • cartoons