The Onion never fails us in times of need.

It's funny because it's so true and quite honestly if I don't laugh, I'll scream at the injustice of it all -

http://www.theonion.com/articles/police-officer-demonstrates-proper-technique-for-s,37595/

Common Core Math ....

I don't recall elementary school needing to be so complicated such I need to waste an hour trying to figure out how to add numbers by 6's and 7's.

Ah interesting stuff ... too bad they haven't won a Stanley Cup in over 20 years.

1909 – The Montreal Canadiens, the oldest professional ice hockey club in the world, was founded as a charter member of the National Hockey Association.

On this day in 1909.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_Montreal_Canadiens

Think Mike Brown was robbed of justice ... what about Eric Garner?

"Many believe NYPD conducted an unlawful stop of Eric Garner; witnesses say he was breaking up a fight, not selling untaxed cigarettes as the NYPD claims.⁴ And multiple NYPD officers can be seen on camera brutally slamming Garner to the ground and strangling him to death as he yells out in pain, "I can't breathe, I can't breathe." Other officers and EMS workers did nothing to intervene or revive him."

http://act.colorofchange.org/sign/justice_for_Eric_garner/?t=3&akid=3938.1200954.RAJpHH

RIP Le Gros Bill

Joseph Jean Arthur "Le Gros Bill" Béliveau, CC GOQ (August 31, 1931 – December 2, 2014) was a Canadian former professional ice hockey player who played parts of 20 seasons with the National Hockey League's Montreal Canadiens. As a player, he won the Stanley Cup 10 times, and as an executive he was part of another seven championship teams, the most Stanley Cup victories by an individual to date. He was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame in 1972.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean_B%C3%A9liveau

A class act from beginning to end.

Oxford-style debate on GMOs hosted by Intelligence Squared in NYC, December 3rd, 2014.

More below.

http://intelligencesquaredus.org/debates/upcoming-debates/item/1161-genetically-modify-food

• Reception: 5:45-6:30 PM
• Debate: 6:45-8:30 PM
• Kaufman Center
  129 West 67th Street
  (b/w Broadway and Amsterdam)
  NY, NY 10023 
  
  We'll see how objective the corporate media is. I'm not holding my breath that it'll be a fair debate, but we'll see.

The other horrible thing that happened in the US on this day in 2001

2001 – Less than two months after disclosing accounting violations, Texas-based energy firm Enron filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, evaporating nearly $11 billion in shareholder wealth.

Amazing to me how Ken Lay got away with never ever getting a conviction on his record.