Iran has apparently launched a small satellite. No word on whether or not it’s to get better reception for Two and a Half Men.Much of the country is watching California today, as the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals rules on Prop. 8.Pardon the swearing, but this is fucked: After repeated denials from the city that 9/11 first responders are collectively no worse off than their brethren, the NY Post has a report that shows “nearly a tripling in the number of cops applying for cancer-related disability pensions post-9/11.”McDonald’s blows it again: A recent ad has pit bull owners pissed off.Quantum-computing proponent Scott Aaronson has posted a “US$100,000 award for a demonstration, convincing to me, that scalable quantum computing is impossible in the physical world.”Here’s how NASA creates those bad-ass hi-res photos they’ve been getting love for as of late.Every single staff member is getting the boot from the L.A. school that’s recently been rocked with two arrests for sexual abuse.We’ll be patrolling the homeland with robots soon, since the Senate just sent a bill to the White House that would require the FAA to set up regulations for flying drones in U.S. airspace.Sure, it’s balmy in the U.S. (nearly tank top weather, really), but it’s fucking freezing everywhere else. France 24 has some goofball videos of Europeans frolicking/suffering in the nasty weather.Shaking my damn head: A Washington Post investigation finds that not only are congressmen still using earmarks, some are using them for projects that boost property values of ares where they own property.Are colleges’ balance sheets really looking this shitty? Some are now selling naming rights for bathrooms.Hooray for turtles: Scientists have found new feeding hotspots for the shelled creatures.
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