Find out your state's laws on whether your employer is obligated to let you go vote AND pay you:

Voting laws

Scroll down to the long list of states.

I came across an article that had links to some really good sources on keeping up with politics. I think my favorite is the Truth-o-Meter (http://politifact.com/truth-o-meter/ ) because they have a "pants on fire" with animated flames pic next to items where someone was lying their ( Read more... )

Military considering new cremation policies
The Pentagon is recommending changes in the handling of troops' remains, after it was revealed that a crematorium contracted by the military handles both human and animal cremations ( Read more... )

Two people are shining on my f-list today:

rubygloomrox: Clinton vs Obama.

flyingblogspot: Lending Practices, or how most are too stupid to be lent money

The lab's tech was surfing online and he came across this really cool story of a guy that I have to pass on. This guy is an artist goes by the name Banksy and he's British. Apparently what he does is he creates these art pieces and then he goes to big museums (like the Met or the Brooklyn Museum, etc.) and sneaks in wearing a disguise of trenchcoat ( Read more... )