Foster Friess, Rick Santorum Super PAC Backer, Talks Contraception

Foster Friess, a top donor to a Rick Santorum-aligned super PAC, dismissed the importance of his
candidate's stances on social issues in an interview with MSNBC's Andrea Mitchell Thursday, adding a bizarre statement about birth control.
Friess was asked about Santorum's beliefs on social issues such as abortion and gay rights, which have led many to question his viability in a general election.
"I get such a chuckle when these things come out," he said. He added, "We have jihadist camps being set up in Latin America, which Rick has been warning about and people seem to be so preoccupied with sex -- I think it says something about our culture. We maybe need a massive therapy session so we can concentrate on what the real issues are."
Friess then turned to contraception. "This contraceptive thing, my gosh it's such [sic] inexpensive. Back in my days, they used Bayer Aspirin for contraception. The gals put it between their knees and it wasn't that costly," he said.

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Gideon's Fall: When You Don't Have a Prayer, Only a Miracle Will Do [Kindle Edition

4.0 out of 5 stars Action Packed Parable, February 7, 2012

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Helluva story! Sacred cows run screaming from every page of this action tale. Sci-Fi military gadgetry a-plenty and a black humor view of how our corporate-run world will evolve (with the Church as a major power) provides a schema for jaw-dropping adventure.
World-class manipulators and brutal fighters criss-cross the globe wringing profit from fighting 'contests' using million-dollar man technology gone wild.
A chess game scenario in which heads of state attempt world domination will cause the reader to question the motivations of current events.

World Record for Highest Shallow Dive

Daredevil Darren Taylor (aka Professor Splash) holds the world record for the highest shallow dive. He achieved the record by jumping from a height of 36 feet into less than 12 inches of water.

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Chicago Restaurant Serves Up An Edible Dessert Balloon

Chef and owner Grant Achatz and his team at Alinea Restaurant in Chicago, Illinois have recently been serving edible helium-filled balloons as dessert for their patrons. This video shows a bit of how they make it and how to eat it. It looks like you need to suck out the helium first and then eat the sugar-y balloon remains (which has a dehydrated apple string). Alternately, like the diner in the video, you can sing the Star Spangled Banner while high on the helium

Neal Stephenson on getting big stuff done

[Video Link] Neal Stephenson talks about "our society's inability to execute on big stuff, to get big stuff done. In the first two thirds of the 20th century we went from not believing that heavier-than-air-flight was possible to walking on the moon."