January 13, 2014

NFL Pot Bowl 2014

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January 13, 2014

Is it too early to hope...? NFL Pot Bowl 2014

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January 10, 2014

Apparently, DU's Shankapotomus isn't the only one who wants to know who "Charlie" is (bridge emails)

Yesterday, Shankapotomus asked: Who is "Charlie" in the bridge scandal emails?

The Mother Jones link Shankapotomus provided contains 22 pages of emails. I looked at page 20 yesterday, and saw the Charlie reference. Page 20 was black print on white background, as with all the other pages.

Today I went back again, because I was developing a possible Charlie* connection. This time, the section with the Charlie reference has been highlighted in yellow. It appears someone at Mother Jones is interested in Charlie, too.

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*My possible "Charlie connection" was Charles "Ken" Zisa, who years ago lost a bitter recount battle by one vote to Loretta Weinberg. Yesterday, Rachel Maddow suggested a possible Weinberg connection to the bridge closures, asking whether she might have been the target instead of Ft. Lee's Mayor. But it's a long shot, and someone who knows a lot more about New Jersey politics is going to figure this out much faster than I ever could.

EDITED TO ADD: I didn't know so many were already focusing on the Charlie connection when I first posted this. For example: Please proceed, governor.

January 8, 2014

This Brilliant Anti-Speeding Ad Will Give You The Chills

This Brilliant Anti-Speeding Ad Will Give You The Chills (VIDEO)
January 8, 2014
Posted by: Samuel Warde
http://samuel-warde.com/2014/01/brilliant-anti-speeding-ad-from-new-zealand/



The New Zealand Transport Agency has released this brilliant anti-speeding public service announcement for television that takes a spine-tingling approach to the subject.

After citing fatality statistics for speed-related crashes, the agency notes that "Most road users recognize the risks of driving at speed and support police enforcement of the speed limit. But these statistics show that drivers don't always practice this when driving: speed is still a contributing factor in 20% of all fatal and serious injury crashes on New Zealand roads."

The agency goes on to write about their approach stating, in part:

"This campaign aims to re-frame the way that people look at their speed when they're driving. A person may be a good driver but they can't deny that people do make mistakes – after all, to err is only human. And in life, mistakes are made often. We usually get to learn from our mistakes; but not when driving – the road is an exception. Even the smallest of mistakes on the road can cost us our life, or someone else's."