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Archive for September, 2011
OMG! Adorbz of the Day
Sep. 30, 2011
OMG! Adorbz of the Day: Baby Bab Babblin — er, Led Zeppelin — fan Federico reacts to “Whole Lotta Love” the same way adult Zepp fans do, except cuter.
He apparently dislikes pop music as much as most adult Zepp fans, too.
[reddit]
Kickass Kid of the Day
Sep. 30, 2011
Kickass Kid of the Day: 11-year-old football player Dumias Jimerson is so good at scoring touchdowns that the Wilson Intermediate League of Malvern, AR has banned him from the endzone using an obscure league rule.
According to the Madre Hill rule — named after a former NFL player who also dominated the Wilson Intermediate League as a kid — if Jimerson makes 3 touchdowns in a game and his team is ahead by 14 or more, he’s not allowed to score again. That’s a bit of a handicap for a kid who’s already scored 7 TDs in a game this season.
The rule only applies to fifth and sixth graders, though, so Jimerson will be free to score as often as he wants when he hits seventh grade next year.
[guyism]
Role Model of the Day
Sep. 30, 2011
Role Model of the Day: A teacher shuts down a classroom fight using his don’t-test-me voice, because life is too short for that kind of nonsense.
He would have taken it to the ground if he had to, though. Trust him.
[reddit.]
Targeted Killing of the Day
Sep. 30, 2011
Targeted Killing of the Day: American-born al Qaeda cleric Anwar al-Awlaki was killed today in Yemen by U.S. drones in a targeted missile strike on his convoy, government sources have confirmed.
Al-Awlaki, born in New Mexico, was a major figure in one of al Qaeda’s largest branches, Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula. He has been described as one of the organization’s most successful recruiters and is believed to have inspired the Fort Hood shootings and failed underwear bomber Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab. He was also the first American citizen ever placed on the United States “kill or capture” list.
The Obama administration defended the killing as “a major blow” to al Qaeda, but it’s causing some controversy as the first authorized killing of an American terrorist suspect abroad.
“As we’ve seen today, this is a program under which American citizens far from any battlefield can be executed by their own government without judicial process, and on the basis of standards and evidence that are kept secret not just from the public but from the courts,” ACLU Deputy Legal Director Jameel Jaffer said in a statement.
[cnn / mediaite / gawker / dailybeast.]
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Miracle Of Science of the Day
Sep. 30, 2011
Miracle Of Science of the Day: 29-year-old Sloan Churman was born deaf. She has worn hearing aids since she was two, “but hearing aids only help so much.”
Eight weeks ago, she was fitted with an Esteem “hearing implant.” Here she is turning it on for the first time.
[thanks nchammer326!]
Musical Medley of the Day
Sep. 30, 2011
Musical Medley of the Day: An oral history of non-lexical vocables in music, 1964-2008.
Featuring Jane Lui (http://youtube.com/luieland). Michael T. on bass (http://www.michaelt.org) and Jonathan Batiste on piano (http://www.jonathanbatiste.com). Directed by Joe Sabia (http://www.joesabia.co).
[thanks joe!]
Early Bird Special
Sep. 30, 2011
Early Bird Special: Luna the Orca tries to converse with a motorboat in its native tongue.
[reddit.]
