massivegrab.com: The Best of Friday: Beer, Global Warming Debunked, Lunch in the Cemetery...

It is Memorial Day weekend. If you aren't gone from your computer yet then thanks for joining us.

How did our nation decide to celebrate Memorial Day? By continuing to fund our troops in Iraq. Like it or not ,we will continue to send and support troops to Iraq . Anyone who didn't see this cooperation between the Democratic Congress and the Republican Administration coming can get some insights into the possible reasoning in this interesting article: http://www.antiwar.com/pat/?articleid=11021

Beware though, as you can see the article is posted on an antiwar website. So they probably have an agenda.

Pedal to the Metal!

If you are travelling this weekend then you will most likely be burning fossil fuels during those travels. If you are worried about contributing to Global Warming then have no fear. Fire up that Hummer, break out the Aqua-Net, and throw another tire on the fire. The following article from FoxNews.com points out that the rate of carbon dioxide emmisions is increasing much faster than the global temperature readings. So no matter what we release into the atmosphere the temperature isn't affected as much as we think:

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,275267,00.html

Well thats it for the serious news. Cue the hilarity.

We have a new world record: A man in Scotland has set the record for staying awake the longest. This individual was awake for 11 days straight. He says tea, playing pool, posting on his blog and a "stone-age diet" helped to keep him awake. Too bad they don't have Memorial Day in the UK, I bet he could use the extra day of rest.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/cornwall/6689999.stm

A bar owner in Wisconsin was fined this week for selling his patrons Coors light out of a Miller Lite tap. He apparently told them it was Coors upfront, but that wasn't good enough for the inspectors. They have a law in Wisconsin that you can't commercially distribute beer out of a tap that isn't the correct brand. That is a state that is vigilant about its beer drinking.

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,275353,00.html

This next article is both astounding and quite intuitive on an evolutionary basis. I can't really describe it at all since I am squeemish. Just suffice it to say: Scientific research indicates semen is addictive.

http://psychologytoday.com/articles/pto-20021002-000009.html

Yes!!!!!!!

Also on the front of gender differences.

A straight man, a gay man, a lesbian and a straight woman are all traveling together this weekend. Who should be the navigator? This isn't a joke. Scientific research also indicates that both gender and sexual orientation can separate peoples inherent abilities towards spacial recognition (ie. reading a map):

http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_2347538.html

For everyone who was dissapointed by the lack of the punchline in that last blurb here:

Why do they have fences around cemeteries?

Because people are dying to get in.....

Actually if certain upscale cemeteries have their way this may not be far from the truth in the near future. This interesting article explains steps cemeteries are taking to keep funding coming in without actually haveing to bury more bodies:

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/25/us/25cemetery.html?_r=1&oref=slogin

Personally, I'd have a hard time eating in a cemetery, but I'd love to see a rock concert in a cemetery, or attend a Halloween Party there.

One last item: To help you eliminate solicitors. Here is a great little tidbit that will teach you how to permanently keep Jehovah's Witnesses away from your door forever!

http://www.creatrixblog.com/?p=274

Thats it.