Defiantone.com

Carl Rove is hated by University of Iowa students - wait a minute - isn’t he universally loathed? Check out this story about his recent lecture - I think the crowd could have been considered “hostile.” - CNN picked up the story too

What do you know about the NSA? I’m guessing that you’re aware that they are a domestic security agency but thats probably about it. What do they know about us? Quite a bit more than I would have imagined. Check out the article at the Wall Street Journal.

A NY charter school is going to do the unimaginable - they are going to pay teachers 125K/yr - far more than the administrators in charge. Competition for the jobs is fierce but this could change the way we think about paying our educators. Lets hope that they are on the right path - read on at the NY Times.

Here is an unofficial list of the top ten Hubble images - cool stuff

Here are some great pictures from Russia - they still have a little catching up to do after the fall of communism - then again, we have quite of bit of catching up to do in any area where there are trailer parks and white trash.

Improv Everywhere does some amazing things in places you wouldn’t imagine. This time, they started a musical in the middle of a food court without the knowledge the consumers seated around them. There is a video of the performance - unfortunately, I can’t watch it but its gotta be great. In the past they sent 200 people in blue shirts and khakis into a best buy - needless to say, security flipped out. Check it out!

This entry was posted on Tuesday, March 11th, 2008 at 6:26 am and is filed under ahh the news, links!. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.