ODDS & ENDS: Ephemeral links by their common ancestry!

The CRIB's periodically fugacious concerning whatever won't fit elsewhere ...

• Warning: watch how you approach the guy in the corner, the drooler in the wheelchair, he's armed. [FOX News]


• Check out something called CD/DVD rot. [Wikipedia; h/t Maggie's Farm]
  


• Elephants live longer in wild than in zoos You think? [Yahoo! News]


• Great mashup of Hitler film clip [Sense; h/t Am Digest]
  


• That's sad ... no way to start a democracy! [FOX News]


• Ten months at sea, rowed over 9,500 nautical miles, Italian adventurer quits 65 miles from goal. [FOX News]


• This ain't right ... people change and jobs are tight! This kind of retribution is wrong! [FOXNews]
  

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SIGNS OF THE TIMES: Ephemeral links by their common ancestry!

The CRIB's periodically fugacious ...

• Speaking of Catholics, it seems they have a better grasp on the signs of the times ... and yet they are self-critical of their own voice in today's culture. [LifeSiteNews; h/t Black Kettle]
  

• "A Canadian student association has voted to drop cystic fibrosis research as a charity. On the grounds that the disease isn’t 'inclusive' enough, as it mainly affects whites, and men." [ACE]

• This will not be the problem; one day the Al Aqsa mosque will be. [Christian Post]

• This kind of behavior is bizarre in any era, but today it is a sign of the times. [FOX News]


• BREAKING NEWS: Terrorists take over Lego product facility ... demand release of Muhammad [FOX News]


• UPDATE: Forces (lawyers and the MSM) opposed to those behind the above rallied to take Muhammad by force if necessary. A full Lego Battalion has be formed to move on the rogue facility. [Money Times (In.); h/t Europe News]


• Hedonism in a culture of society has always spiked just before God's judgment; vanity surgeries are a sure sign of this godless, self-obsessed philosophy. [FOXNews]


• Here are 20 celebrity hedonists who went too far. [CG Blog]


• BREAKING: The United States of America started the Pacific part of WWII. [Maggies Farm via Dan Ford] tb = http://maggiesfarm.anotherdotcom.com/comment.php?type=trackback&entry_id=10051
  


• Christ must be cringing ...

  With sport-utility vehicles at the altar and auto workers in the pews, one of Detroit's largest churches on Sunday offered up prayers for Congress to bail out the struggling auto industry.

  [Reuters; h/t Brutally Honest]

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TECHNOLOGY: This post is kind of hard to see!

FOXNews.com - GM Working on 'Smart' Windshields to Guide Drivers - Science News | Science & Technology | Technology News

From the FoxNews.com feed I subscibe to ....

Computer will project lines onto windshield to help sight-impaired drivers see the edge of the road.

Hello, did I read that correctly?

When Coke-bottle glasses just won't cut it for safe driving, a futuristic windshield might do the trick.

Isn't this a violation of the Americans with Disabilities Act or something ... let alone a little scary? Shouldn't someone be suing? Where's an attorney when you need one?

General Motors Corp. researchers are working on a windshield that combines lasers, infrared sensors and a camera to take what's happening on the road and enhance it, so aging drivers with vision problems are able to see a little more clearly.

Okay, that's better. As an old you-know-what, I understand this. Lights at night (and that's when they're out) bother the eyes of the elderly. We can see but the glare is distracting.

Disabilities, Elderly, Technology