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POPSLomography De l'art de prendre des photos "artistiques" avec des appareils ultra bas de gamme...
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POPSResearch: Stereotypes Loom Larger As Our Brains Age
More: The second paper… contains a way around this problem.… "with explicit labeling, older adults were able to discount their stereotypes and avoid processing difficulties when subsequent stereotype-inconsistent information was encountered… when counter-stereotypical information is explicitly provided at encoding (that is, the first stage of the memory process, in which stimuli are initially registered), older adults are no more likely than younger adults to rely on stereotypes, and are similarly capable of altering their interpretation of a situation when information suggests that information is incorrect." In real life, of course, no one is pointing out biased statements as they emerge from the mouths or friends, family members or talk-show hosts. So for older adults, the best advice might be to avoid acquaintances who speak in stereotypes. This research suggests prejudice can be contagious, and we become more susceptible as our brains age.
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POPSObama comes across as a gullible sap Not since Carter have I been so embarrassed by our elected president. But of course many of the fools who voted for this Kenyan-born muslim trojan horse aren't old enough to remember Carter, and his hand wringing in the rose garden, his battle with the killer rabbit, and 24% interest rates coupled with hyper inflation and gas lines.
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POPSCold War mythology made new by hope n'change
Oleg Atbashian is some kind of genius. Born in the ex USSR, he's impossible to fool with leftist propaganda. His sense of humor leaves one defenseless. Read the whole series. This article concludes, Evidently, if President Obama didn’t share these received views, he wouldn’t have felt the need to apologize before the world for America’s alleged wrongdoings " a gesture that could only reinforce such stereotypes. If his policies weren’t driven by these tenets, he wouldn’t be using the powers of the U.S. president to prop up the forces that oppose America’s founding principles of liberty while denying support to those who want to live by such principles. The reason many Americans haven’t realized it yet is that most media coverage is also born of the same old yellowed clichés. And yet no media bias can obfuscate the fact, clearly demonstrated by events in Iran and Honduras, that even in the absence of U.S.-led conspiracies, anti-American tyrants are still not welco
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POPSAnatomy of a bad science story More: 8. Seek balance, particularly where none is warranted…It is therefore important to present "both sides" of every story, even if one side lacks any empirical support and is populated only by a tiny minority of scientists (or better yet, denialists and cranks).… 9. Obscure the methods and conclusions of the study as much as possible. Try not to give many details about the study. A simplistic analogy is much better than actually describing the methodology. Better yet, don't discuss the methods at all and simply focus on your own interpretation of the conclusions.… 10. Don't provide any links to the original paper. If possible, avoid providing any easy way for readers (in particular, scientists) to access the original peer-reviewed article on which your story is based. Some techniques to delay reading of the primary paper are to not provide the title or to have your press release come out months before the article is set to appear.
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POPSHate Crime @ Holocaust Museum
This is an interesting cross-section of responses to yesterday's shooting at the Holocaust Museum. There were also comments asking what it was okay to propose 'hateful' policies against Hispanic illegal aliens or why it was okay for Israel to hate and make war in Gaza and the West Bank. What struck me? -- Well, more and more Big Lie cliches are being shouted around: the shooter was instantly perverted, for example, because he was a 'Holocaust Denier,' when (like Ahmadinejad of Iran) - they are not Denying the Holocaust they say it gets too much attention and is being used to cover up the crimes of Israel today. That's a big difference but the Big Lie quickly wants to shout that idea down. I, myself, wonder: Why do we have a Holocaust Museum? I mean, if you like that theme of museum focusing on human suffering and abuse why not a Native American Indian Genocide Museum? -- at least that would be part of American History. Or maybe a Gitmo Torture Museum? Or a Potato Fami
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POPSA THINKING MIND WOULD LIKE TO KNOW! 
WHY ARE RELIGIONS SO HELL BENT ON FORCING OTHERS TO OBEY THEIR MYTHICAL LAWS AND DOGMA? Especially, on the right to choose to have a legal (or illegal if some religions were to have their way) abortion? I don't even want to think about the RELIGIOUS STANCE against medical or any other scientific research that would better educate us on understanding our existence. Why do religions want to keep the intelligent and inquisitive human brain in the dark? Are they afraid that enlightenment would cause their numbers to shrink? If that's the case then they are fighting a losing battle. Because no matter how hard, this one track mindset, will try to keep knowledge under wraps; it WILL escape and wrap its beautiful arms around all. Then, all mankind will be awarded the magnificent beauty to “THINK” to Infinity and Beyond! ATTENTION ALL RELIGIONS: THIS IS ONE THINKING MIND WHO WOULD LIKE TO KNOW! Sorry for all the clichés and the buoyant language. :-D http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8MQnjebDlZk
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POPSUnbelievably British This hysterical short depicts all the common cliches of modern British Cinema. Loaded with gangsters, drug addicts, comedy, and romance, you will be wanting more.
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POPS(Equation) Money= Work Over Knowledge Tongue-in-cheek proof yields the following results: #1. The More You Know, the More Work You Do, and # 2. The More You Know, the Less Money You Make. I would have to extrapolate that whoever worked this is overworked and underpaid...
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POPSman-boys from Hymowitz' article in WSJ, Man and Sillyman, Sept. 20, 2008
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POPSThe Buzzwords of 2008 Politics without buzzwords is like sports without clichés, math without numbers or Blago without bleeps. Tough to imagine, in other words, especially in such a game-changer of a campaign year in which buzzwords were flying like shoes.
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POPSOut Of Great Suffering Comes Beauty 'll tell you one thing. I wish I'd written "when small birds sighed she would sigh back at them" -- such a fine thought, and what did Alan Greenspan ever say in 10 words that moves you so much as those, assuming you have known a gentle woman with lovely bones who is so attuned to the world that she can hear the sighing of birds."
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POPSThe Big Three Bailout and Health Care Wondering how much the Big Three are paying in health care costs? This post by a blogger at the think tank New America Foundation has some details, and a link to a CNN video on the subject. Bottom line? GM pays about $1,500 for health care per vehicle.
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