Japanese Gameshow Contestant (and 'Child-Bearing Machine')
-Japanese conservatives can be assholes, too-
"Japan’s health minister provoked fury when he referred to women as 'child-bearing machines' in a speech intended to address the country’s drastically declining birth rate." 100 yen says he doesn't understand what all the fuss is about. (The Times)
-#6 most common search query on Google is 'Google'-
Maybe they should rename the home page, 'You Are Here.' (top-searches.klikhir.com via franticindustries)
-Really not getting it-
Big oil thinks global warming and melting ice caps are a wonderful thing -- it makes arctic drilling so much easier. "'By 2040 or 2050, the Arctic Ocean will be navigable and that will mean significant developments very soon,' said ArcticNet research group head Martin Fortier." (Think Progress)
-Living under a rock-
An ACNielsen poll finds that 13% of americans "had never heard or read anything about global warming." No word on how many have never heard of Al Gore. (Reuters)
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