interesting things
Our roving diarist takes a family trip to a grim, terrorist-themed “amusement†park and faces head on the prospect of one of the world’s most famous guerilla groups turning bourgeois.
via Vanity Fair | VF.com http://www.vanityfair.com/politics/on-the-road/2012/09/freston-hezbollahland-lebanon-tourist-landmark
via Yahoo! News – Latest News & Headlines http://news.yahoo.com/famous-begging-dolphin-found-dead-214315961.html
Seeking to retake the offensive in the campaign, Mitt Romney and Representative Paul D. Ryan criticized President Obama’s handling of recent events in the Middle East and North Africa.
via NYT > Most Recent Headlines http://www.nytimes.com/2012/09/25/us/politics/romney-and-ryan-attack-obama-on-foreign-policy.html
Counts of absentee ballots in tight New York races showed that one incumbent challenged by a social conservative, Stephen Saland, won, but another, Roy McDonald, seemingly lost.
via NYT > Most Recent Headlines http://www.nytimes.com/2012/09/25/nyregion/gop-state-senator-who-backed-same-sex-marriage-is-apparently-defeated.html
Humanity. It had a good run, wouldn’t you say? Now it’s over. According to the UK’s National Pig Association, pig farms will be unable to keep up with production necessary to feed the world population the pork-based nutrients necessary to live:
New data shows the European Union pig herd is declining at a significant rate, and this is a trend that is being mirrored around the world. Pig farmers have been plunged into loss by high pig-feed costs, caused by the global failure of maize and soya harvests. All main European pig-producing countries report shrinking sow herds.
Link -via Dave Barry | Photo: ClaraDon
Do you love bacon? Enjoy it while it lasts at our Bacon Store!
I was petrified. They had my address. I reported it to the authorities and hoped for the best. Two days later I opened my front door and there was a bunch of dead flowers with my wife’s old Twitter username on it. Meeting A Troll.
via MetaFilter http://www.metafilter.com/120239/Meeting-A-Troll
Adobe is getting in on Google’s act, offering 500 font familes of Typekit fonts for you to use for free on your website.
via MetaFilter http://www.metafilter.com/120233/Adobe-Edge-Web-Fonts
TV star Stephen Colbert for a rare interview with the man behind the alter ego
Two fashion tycoons are the first known billionaire buyers at the Midtown tower that will be New York’s tallest building with residences, according to people familiar with the matter.
via NYT > Most Recent Headlines http://www.nytimes.com/2012/09/24/realestate/two-billionaire-buyers-revealed-at-one57.html
This year, in a tight race that leaves very little room for error, the independent political groups working to defeat President Obama have reached a consensus: Going off message is simply too risky.
via NYT > Most Recent Headlines http://www.nytimes.com/2012/09/25/us/politics/conservative-super-pacs-sharpen-their-synchronized-message.html