Iran: headed for meltdown or can technology save the day?

Watching the daily events unfold in Iran is rather like that slow-motion scene in a movie of a horrible car crash. It drags you along to the final chilling and inescapable conclusion. Or is the conclusion inescapable?

I keep remembering the words from a dear Persian friend over in Salt Lake City a few weeks ago.

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'D' for Duh: Bill O'Reilly predicts Titanic's sinking

Updated on Monday, January 26, 2009 at 20:45 by mavenandmeddler

Updated on Tuesday, January 27, 2009 at 10:39 by mavenandmeddler

“There is much irony in the fact that while liberals have won power in Washington big time, the left-wing media is collapsing all over the place. In the past couple of weeks, the Seattle Post-Intelligencer, the Minneapolis Star Tribune and the mother of all liberal publications, the New York Times, all have issued SOS announcements.” Today’s column by Bill O’Reilly.

Wow, that’s astounding Bill - you’ve managed to connect the long standing financial crisis facing newspapers across the United States with ‘liberalism’ and the election of Obama. How do you ever find shirts and jackets with sleeveslong enough to accomodate that stretch?

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Theo Jansen creates new life forms

Artist Theo Jansen demonstrates the amazingly lifelike kinetic sculptures he builds from plastic tubes and lemonade bottles. His creatures are designed to move — and even survive — on their own.

This jaw dropping work in kinetic sculpture is an amazing fusion of art and technology - perhaps unlike anything you have ever seen before. Prepare to be amazed, as this could redefine what you consider to be alive.

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