The Noble Experiment That Was Newsbreaks

Newsbreaks 9.21.07 (2001)

Saturday, September 22, 2007

9101 CommentNewsbreaks+9.21.07+%282001%292007-09-22+03%3A55%3A00Michael

For best viewing, allow the video to load completely. Audio version is here. So I saw 2001: A Space Odyssey last night. On the big screen. In 70mm. Totally sober. And I didn’t fall asleep. This is newsworthy. 2001 was one of my favorite movies when I was a kid. I was born a year [...]

Newsbreaks 9.17.07 (Greenspan’s book)

Monday, September 17, 2007

9083 Comments2007-09-17+23%3A55%3A00Michael

For best viewing, allow the video to load completely. Audio version is here. Alan Greenspan is a lot like Henry Kissinger; both men got famous while in jobs that, if you’re doing them right, shouldn’t make you famous. But among a certain crowd—old white guys—the cult of Greenspan is second only to the cult of [...]

Newsbreaks 9.12.07 (birth control)

Thursday, September 13, 2007

9060 CommentsNewsbreaks+9.12.07+%28birth+control%292007-09-13+00%3A35%3A00Michael

For best viewing, allow the video to load completely. Audio version is here. Researchers at Aberdeen University in Britain have determined that oral contraceptives—commonly known as “Man’s best friend”—do not increase a woman’s risk of cancer. In fact, the researchers say, the pill actually reduces the risk of some cancers. Specifically, the sentient, inter-uterine kind. [...]

Newsbreaks 9.07.07 (Doris Anderson)

Friday, September 7, 2007

9031 CommentNewsbreaks+9.07.07+%28Doris+Anderson%292007-09-07+20%3A38%3A00Michael

For best viewing, allow the video to load completely. Audio version is here. Two weeks ago, a 76-year-old woman disappeared during a hunting trip with her husband. This is called “a backwoods divorce.” Amazingly, the woman has been found, and it looks like she’s going to make it. Grizzly Adams, meet Grizzly Eves. Authorities found [...]

Newsbreaks 9.05.07 (Bush expose)

Thursday, September 6, 2007

9022 CommentsNewsbreaks+9.05.07+%28Bush+expose%292007-09-06+03%3A32%3A00Michael

For best viewing, allow the video to load completely. Audio version is here. As you may have heard, there’s a new book out that goes inside the Bush Presidency. It’s called “Colonscopy.” No, actually, it’s called, “Dead Certain,” which is inspired. Everybody will think it’s half-right. The President granted the author unprecedented access to himself [...]

Newsbreaks 8.29.07 (2nd Anniversary of Katrina)

Wednesday, August 29, 2007

8980 Comments2007-08-29+20%3A50%3A00Michael

For best viewing, allow the video to load completely. Audio version is here. In New Orleans today for the second anniversary of Hurricane Katrina, President Bush marked the occasion with a moment of silence. In other words, he just stood there. “And…scene. That was me during Katrina. Wanna see me during 9/11?” After six or [...]

Newsbreaks 8.28.07 (Potty-training)

Wednesday, August 29, 2007

8971 CommentNewsbreaks+8.28.07+%28Potty-training%292007-08-29+02%3A16%3A00Michael

For best viewing, allow the video to load completely. Audio version is here. According to the AP, more and more parents are attempting to toilet-train their children from birth. Actually, from the article, I can’t tell how many people are doing it. Maybe the writer just has freaky friends. That’s how freelancing gets done—trust me, [...]

Newsbreaks 8.27.07 (Gonzales’ departure)

Monday, August 27, 2007

8961 Comment2007-08-27+21%3A33%3A00Michael

For best viewing, allow the video to load completely. Audio version is here. Attorney General Alberto Gonzales announced today that he’s resigning, effective September 17th. Mr. Gonzales said, quote, “I want to spend more time wiretapping my family.” It’s not clear who will be the next Attorney General. I say it should be a computer. [...]

Newsbreaks for Friday (Princeton’s #1)

Friday, August 17, 2007

8901 Comment2007-08-17+20%3A57%3A00Michael

For best viewing, allow the video to load completely. Audio version is here. Princeton has been awarded the top spot in the US News rankings of America’s finest colleges. That sound you hear is thousands of bowties being loosened in celebration. And that other sound you hear is thousands of “Future Princeton Alum” t-shirts being [...]

Newsbreaks 8.16.07 (Life as simulation)

Thursday, August 16, 2007

8880 Comments2007-08-16+16%3A30%3A00Michael

For best viewing, allow the video to load completely. Audio version is here. An Oxford professor named Nick Bostrom believes that it’s “almost certain” that what we experience as reality is merely a computer simulation, controlled by an advanced intelligence. It is also “almost certain” that this dude was at ComiCon last month. The ramifications [...]

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Posts Tagged with "The noble experiment that was Newsbreaks"

Newsbreaks 9.21.07 (2001)

Newsbreaks 9.17.07 (Greenspan’s book)

Newsbreaks 9.12.07 (birth control)

Newsbreaks 9.07.07 (Doris Anderson)

Newsbreaks 9.05.07 (Bush expose)

Newsbreaks 8.29.07 (2nd Anniversary of Katrina)

Newsbreaks 8.28.07 (Potty-training)

Newsbreaks 8.27.07 (Gonzales’ departure)

Newsbreaks for Friday (Princeton’s #1)

Newsbreaks 8.16.07 (Life as simulation)

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