Category: CURRENT EVENTS
‘Let It Dough!’ A Christmas Tale by Christoph Niemann
LET IT DOUGH! BY CHRISTOPH NIEMANN If you enjoyed this post, the Sifter highly recommends: 20 BURNING QUESTIONS WITH THE FAMOUS PHILOSORAPTOR
Picture of the Day: This Infamous Day in History | Dec. 7, 2010
THIS INFAMOUS DAY IN HISTORY Photograph from a Japanese plane at the beginning of the attack. The explosion in the center is a torpedo strike on the USS Oklahoma via Naval History & Heritage Command The attack on Pearl Harbor (called the Hawaii Operation or Operation Z by the Japanese Imperial General Headquarters) was a…
350 Earth: World’s First Art Exhibit Visible from Space
Photograph by DDancer/artforthesky.com From November 20-28, 350 EARTH launched the world’s first ever global climate art project. In over a dozen places across the globe, citizens and artists created massive public art installations to show how climate change is already impacting our world as well as offer visions of how we can solve the crisis.…
Picture of the Day – Burn Baby Burn | Nov 1, 2010
BURN BABY BURN Photograph by REUTERS/Jorge Duenes Photograph by REUTERS/Jorge Duenes Blocks of marijuana, weighing a total of 46 tons, are incinerated at a military base in the border city of Tijuana May 11, 2010. Proposition 19, also known as the Regulate, Control and Tax Cannabis Act of 2010, is a California ballot proposition which…
Picture of the Day – Rally Cries | Oct 31, 2010
RALLY CRIES Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert’s ‘Rally to Restore Sanity and/or Fear’ Glenn Beck’s ‘Restoring Honor’ rally An estimated 215,000 people attended a rally organized by Comedy Central talk show hosts Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert Saturday in Washington, according to a crowd estimate commissioned by CBS News. The company AirPhotosLive.com based the attendance…
Two Sides to Every Story? 8 Controversial News Ads
Russia Today tells us to, ‘Question More’. Fox News claims they are, ‘Fair and Balanced’. The New York Times simply publishes, ‘All the News That’s Fit to Print’. And, The Guardian makes you, ‘Think…’. It seems there’s always an ulterior motive, a deeper agenda and complicated back story to every headline. Any news outlet can…
Picture of the Day – Red With Anger
RED WITH ANGER Photograph by AP Photos/MTI, Gyoergy Varga On Monday, October 4th, a large reservoir filled with toxic red sludge in western Hungary ruptured, releasing approximately 700,000 cubic meters (185 million gallons) of stinking caustic mud, which killed many animals, at least four people, and injured over 120 – many with chemical burns. The…
