Interesting Links for 11-1-2011

[andrewducker]

• 9-Year-Old Victim of Arizona Shooting's Funeral to Be Picketed by Westboro Baptist Church. My brain has exploded
  (tags: usa wtf religion)
• Confirmation for a theory I've held for a while - genetics gives you potential, environment dictates how much you fulfil.
  (tags: genetics intelligence)
• 55 Science Fiction/Fantasy Movies in 2011. Also, you have to see what the sequel to Piranha 3D is called...
  (tags: movies scifi cinema fantasy 2011)
• Some beautiful natural ice formations
  (tags: photos ice science)
• A brief history of mankind, from the invention of agriculture to now. The last two hundred years have been awesome.
  (tags: economics history humanity mankind)
• Thousands Of Egyptian Muslims Show Up As Human Shields To Defend Coptic Christians From Terrorism
  (tags: religion egypt islam christianity EpicWin)
• Online Game Teaches Citation Skills
  (tags: games research gaming education literacy citation)
• I'm curious as to why we have massive tarrifs on imported Chinese garlic...
  (tags: garlic eu taxes china)
• Employees to lose right to sue for unfair dismissal unless they've been employed for two years. I do not approve.
  (tags: politics business uk)
• Rare Backstage Star Trek: The Next Generation Pictures
  (tags: startrek photos tng tv)
• How the US caused a WHO investigation into drug harm reduction to be binned, because they didn't like the answers.
  (tags: cocaine health drugs un usa who)
• How AV shifts power from the parties to the voters. A fantastic article that's well worth reading. Oh, for an end to tribalism
  (tags: politics voting uk)

Comments

[khoth.livejournal.com]

I don't have a link handy, but I seem to remember reading somewhere that Westboro Baptist Church gets its funding by suing people who get angry enough at them to throw a punch or whatever. Picketing a 9-year-old's funeral would fit in with that plan.

[poisonduk.livejournal.com]

That's my understanding of their modus operandi too. It's their only form of income.

[a-pawson.livejournal.com]

Fred Phelps is a wealthy man having run his own law firm since the early 1960's. He is now disbarred, but 11 of his children still practice law, some for his law firm, others elsewhere.