links 6/19/08
Jun 19th, 2008 by jeremy
- A baby laughing in slow-motion (video)
- Florida analyzed 168,000 deaths statewide to see how drugs contributed. Cocaine, meth and heroin caused 989 deaths Legal painkillers like Vicodan caused 2,328. Legal depressents like Valium caused 743. Alcohol caused 466, but contributed to over 4,000. Marijuana caused 0. I’ve never understood why alcohol is legal but marijauna is not.
- Photographer Sam Taylor-Wood took photographs of famous actors crying, the results are here and here
- This couple that has been together for 51 years is one of the people that got married this week in California
- Cathedral of antlers
- Where do your taxes go?
- A scientist is offering $10,000 to anyone that can prove homeopathy outperforms placebos
- First ever video of human ovulation (video)
- A school has a child removed from a home because a psychic told them she was being abused
There’s an interesting series on YouTube where a group asks various candidates their feelings about weed. Some of the responses are pretty interesting. I don’t remember Obama or McCain’s responses, but I’m sure they’re in there.