Entries from April 2008 ↓

Obama wants Gore on his team

” I will make a commitment that Al Gore will be at the table and play a central part in us figuring out how we solve this [climate change] problem,” Obama said.

Obama also said he talks with the former vice president on a “regular basis,” and often consults with him on climate change issues.

That’s one heckuva “stick it in your ear Hillary” statement from the Obama team. Al Gore has been the big unknown in the Democratic race the entire time.

If you haven’t noticed, today is the day where you can’t trust anyone. You can’t trust the news, you can’t trusty anything your friends email you, and you certainly can’t trust Digg (which you rarely can anyway).In honor of April Fool’s Day, I thought I would pass around a few of my favorite classic pranks.

6 - Planetary alignment decreases gravity
“In 1976 the British astronomer Patrick Moore announced on BBC Radio 2 that at 9:47 AM a once-in-a-lifetime astronomical event was going to occur that listeners could experience in their very own homes. The planet Pluto would pass behind Jupiter, temporarily causing a gravitational alignment that would counteract and lessen the Earth’s own gravity”

5 - The Sydney Iceberg
“Only when the berg was well into the harbor was its secret revealed. It started to rain, and the firefighting foam and shaving cream that the berg was really made of washed away, uncovering the white plastic sheets beneath.”
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