January 2012
55 posts
Google's Best Benefits: The Top 7 Perks Google...
Via Scoop.it - Convincingly Contrarian Crumbs How important are free haircuts to your work life? What about free food? Via huffingtonpost.com
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Can men compete in the Social Media gender stakes? →
Regan Reaney Arrested: Owner Of World's Largest...
Via Scoop.it - Convincingly Contrarian Crumbs When it was unveiled a few weeks ago, the world’s largest emerald was heralded as an 11.5-kg behemoth that would could fetch as much as $1.15 million. Via huffingtonpost.ca
If FREE = green light to pig out, read this and reconsider (via @menshealthmag): http://bit.ly/uzKP7C
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The single most important thing you can do for... →
Nightclub in a bus busted by police | Sympatico.ca...
Via Scoop.it - Convincingly Contrarian Crumbs Kelowna, B.C., has a unique new nightclub: on a bus. A local man had the bus customized and offers entertainment on wheels. Via news.sympatico.ca
World's most expensive hot dog on sale in...
Via Scoop.it - Convincingly Contrarian Crumbs Vancouver’s dougieDog Hot Dogs infuses $2,000 cognac into hot dog, raising it from street food to haute cuisine. Via lifestyle.sympatico.ca
World's Most Expensive Tea: Panda Poop
Via Scoop.it - Convincingly Contrarian Crumbs Just as the world’s fanciest coffee is made from the partially digested coffee beans plucked from a Filipino tree rodent’s poop, the world’s fanciest tea will soon be created from the dung of panda bears. Via gawker.com
Pentagon Cuts Would Affect Raises, Insurance and...
Via Scoop.it - Convincingly Contrarian Crumbs The Pentagon took the first major step toward shrinking after a decade of war, announcing a proposal for budget cuts that is fraught with political risk. Via nytimes.com
Now that’s a nasty breakup - Mental Floss →
Now that’s a nasty breakup - Mental Floss
Via Scoop.it - Convincingly Contrarian Crumbs Now that’s a nasty breakup… Via mentalfloss.com
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Scoop.it! - Selective Social Media Curation →
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Scoop.it - Selective Social Media Curation →
Nope, independent work isn't behind rising...
Via Scoop.it - Convincingly Contrarian Crumbs Is the rise in independent work contributing to the rise in inequality? We asked this question last week. Via gigaom.com
Are we becoming more dishonest?
Via Scoop.it - Convincingly Contrarian Crumbs People in Britain are becoming more dishonest and also more tolerant of bad behaviour, a survey by the University of Essex suggests. Via bbc.co.uk
Dissent from Iranian Revolutionary Guard emeritus...
Via Scoop.it - Convincingly Contrarian Crumbs Dissent from Iranian Revolutionary Guard emeritusMacleans.ca (blog)by Michael Petrou on Tuesday, January 24, 2012 2:40pm - 0 Comments The only Iranian ever to have led his country in battle against the United States has sparked uproar in Iran by… Via www2.macleans.ca
Videos Of Rednecks And Guns – Holytaco
Via Scoop.it - Convincingly Contrarian Crumbs Hey y’all, we decided to get American on your ass today, for no particular reason. You’re allowed to do that in an election year. In fact, you’re supposed to get as American as y… Via holytaco.com
10 (More!) Eccentric Genetically Modified Fruits &...
Via Scoop.it - Convincingly Contrarian Crumbs Scientists, agronomists and geneticists are taking the next step in food modification: improving our food from the inside out. Here are 10 more of the most intriguing GM fruits & vegetables ever to drop off the vine. Via webecoist.momtastic.com
Anonymous for the Good: Glenn Beck exploits...
Via Scoop.it - Convincingly Contrarian Crumbs Anonymous for the Good: Glenn Beck exploits hacktivists in right wing parodyExaminer.comGlenn Beck promotes right wing Christian values in a strange parody of the international Internet hacktivst collective known as Anonymous. Via examiner.com
Disorientated pilots thought plane was upside down...
Via Scoop.it - Convincingly Contrarian Crumbs TWO Air Corps pilots became so disorientated that they may have thought they were flying upside down before a fatal crash. Via independent.ie
This Is What Actually Happened When The SEALs...
Via Scoop.it - Convincingly Contrarian Crumbs This was no Black Hawk Down…. They got this one right! Via businessinsider.com
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How To Monetize Your Blog: On and Off the Page →
Purported Bonnie and Clyde Guns Sell For $210K «...
Via Scoop.it - Convincingly Contrarian Crumbs The weapons are believed to have been seized from the outlaw couple’s Joplin hideout in 1933. Via stlouis.cbslocal.com
Some Bar Owners in Ohio Ban Guns, Despite New Law
Via Scoop.it - Convincingly Contrarian Crumbs Bar and restaurant owners in Columbus, Ohio, are refusing to allow people to carry their guns into their businesses, despite a new state law that allows gun owners to carry their weapons as long as they don’t drink alcohol. Via newsmax.com
Blog: The statute of limitations has run out on...
Via Scoop.it - Convincingly Contrarian Crumbs RT @KOSMOSNET: The statute of limitations has run out on political correctness http://t.co/iBZPz4TM #tcot #tlot… Via americanthinker.com
Gun Rights and Mitt Romney - Gun Owners Of America
Via Scoop.it - Convincingly Contrarian Crumbs In the recent Presidential debate, Congresswoman Michelle Bachmann said America ’s voters did not need to “settle” for the moderat (RT @CSteven: Gun Owners of America give #Romney D- http://t.co/RhpoWBXl… Via gunowners.org
Hunting in the UK
Via Scoop.it - Convincingly Contrarian Crumbs Hunting comes in a variety of forms and a number of different species are hunted here within the UK. Remote locations? Take a Satellite Phone from Mobell. Via mobell.co.uk
Turkey warns of reprisals over French genocide...
Via Scoop.it - Convincingly Contrarian Crumbs Turkey warned yesterday that it would impose permanent sanctions on France if the French Senate passed a Bill which would punish with prison and a fine anyone denying that the killing of more than one million Armenians by Ottoman Turks in 1915 was… Via independent.co.uk
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Pinterest, Is Social Media's online scrapbook good... →
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Pinterest, Is Social Media's online scrapbook good... →
U.S. economy may never fully recover: Carney |...
Via Scoop.it - Convincingly Contrarian Crumbs OTTAWA - Bank of Canada governor Mark Carney says the U.S. economy could take years to recover from its current weak state _ and may never return to its glory days. Via finance.sympatico.ca
Balsillie, Lazaridis out as co-CEOs at RIM |...
Via Scoop.it - Convincingly Contrarian Crumbs The founders of Research in Motion, Jim Balsillie and Mike Lazaridis, are stepping down as co-CEOs and chairmen of the embattled company. Via news.sympatico.ctv.ca
Newt Gingrich wins South Carolina primary |...
Via Scoop.it - Convincingly Contrarian Crumbs Former House speaker Newt Gingrich has won the South Carolina primary in a come-from-behind victory over former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney. Via news.sympatico.ctv.ca
Gingrich Wins South Carolina Primary
Via Scoop.it - Convincingly Contrarian Crumbs Newt Gingrich’s showing brought to the fore questions about whether Mitt Romney, presumed the front-runner, could win over conservatives, Tea Party supporters and evangelical Christians. Via nytimes.com
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Boomers hilarious search for a Bathing Suit →
Boomers hilarious search for a Bathing Suit
Via Scoop.it - Convincingly Contrarian Crumbs The difficulty in finding a bathing suit for the mature figure… Via boomerprosperity.com
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Social Media - Boomers can get comfortable with... →
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Social Media - Boomers can get comfortable with... →
9 Small Business Social Media Success Stories
Via Scoop.it - Social Media That Works Are you curious what small businesses are doing to achieve success with social media marketing? Via socialmediaexaminer.com
Wife Of Russell Williams Files Defence In Victim's...
Absolutely correct and it is a travesty of justice that our system can allow a case like this to proceed. The criminal has been found guilty and is behind bars, he has been punished, why create more victims in this sad affair. I have the greatest sympathy for the victims and do not have a problem with them taking action against the OPP if they feel there was negligence.
The tendency to sue for...
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The thin end of the wedge for a free Internet →
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Sopa : A sledgehammer to crush a flea →
The only letter not used in a U.S. state name is “q.”
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http://onlywire.com/r/67146409 →
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Has Social Media Destroyed Loyalty? →
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The Power of Social Media Friends →
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Two successful entrepreneurs turn hobbies into... →
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Deadline missed but goal still achieved →
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3 Journalling secrets NOT found in a schoolgirl's... →
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Kleenex Facebook promotion converts sniffling... →
