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Happy 90th birthday, John Glenn! From 1964, NASA’s biopic “The John Glenn Story” – Boing Boing

Happy 90th birthday, John Glenn! From 1964, NASA’s biopic “The John Glenn Story”

Xeni Jardin at 11:14 AM Monday, Jul 18, 2011

Astronaut John Glenn turns 90 today. He was the first American to orbit Earth. When he launched on the space shuttle in 1998, he became the oldest person to fly to space. From NASA:

After a distinguished flying career with the Marines in World War II and Korea, Glenn joined NASA in 1959 as one of the country’s first astronauts in Project Mercury. On Feb. 20, 1962, Glenn piloted the Mercury-Atlas 6 “Friendship 7″ spacecraft on the first U.S. manned orbital mission. He launched from NASA’s Kennedy Space Centerin Florida to successfully complete three orbits of the Earth.

Glenn flew to space again on the the STS-95 mission in 1998 aboard the space shuttle Discovery. As a mission specialist, Glenn supported deployment of a variety of research payloads and participated in investigations about spaceflight and the aging process.

[Video Link: NASA’s “The John Glenn Story,” a film biography of the first American to orbit the Earth in 1962. From the National Archives, this 30-minute feature explores Glenn’s youth in New Concord, Ohio, his service as a combat pilot in World War II and the Korean War, and highlights of his momentous adventure as the pilot of Friendship 7.

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Kids’ lemonade stand shuttered by police chief – Boing Boing

It is a sad state of affairs when the local police have nothing better to do that shut down a kid’s lemonade stand. Correct me if I am wrong here but isn’t the “lemonade Stand” part of your and everyone’s childhood?

How far are we going to let the government get involved in our everyday lives? How many freedoms are we going to give up?

What the hell is wrong with all of you bloody sheeple that you actually let this shit happen. It is truly getting to the point where I am ashamed to be an American.

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Dragon

Kids’ lemonade stand shuttered by police chief

Cory Doctorow at 5:05 PM Monday, Jul 18, 2011

The police chief of Midway, Georgia, has shut down a kids’ lemonade stand because the girls (10 and 14) who were operating it didn’t have $180 worth of permits. The proprietors were saving up for a visit to a water-park.

By a city ordinance, the girls must have a business license, peddler’s permit, and food permit to set up shop, even on residential property. The permits cost $50 a day and a total of $180 per year. City officials said it’s their job to keep everyone safe and healthy, and there can be no exceptions to the rules.

“We were not aware of how the lemonade was made, who made the lemonade, of what the lemonade was made with, so we acted accordingly by city ordinance,” Chief Morningstar said.

Midway Police Shut Down Girls’ Lemonade Stand for not having a Business License (via Consumerist)

via Kids’ lemonade stand shuttered by police chief – Boing Boing.

Georgia Police Bust Girls’ Lemonade Stand In Midway (huffingtonpost.com)

Make Quick and Dirty Fire Starters Out of Egg Cartons, Drier Lint, and Candle Stubs

Need to start a quick fire? If you’ve got an empty egg carton, some drier lint (who doesn’t), and candle stubs you can make a fire starter they’ll burn for a long while. DIY living blog Root Simple outlines the process:

To make a wax and lint fire starter, save up the ends of a few candles and a bunch of lint from the dryer. Take a paper egg carton and put a big wad of dryer lint into each cup of the carton. Melt the candle wax in a double boiler. The easiest way to do this is to put the stubs in a clean tin can, and put that can in a saucepan about halfway full of water. When the wax is melted, fill each cup of the carton up to the top with wax, soaking the lint. When the wax solidifies tear the carton apart, but keep the wax and lint in the individual paper carton sections. Light the torn edges of the cup to start the fire starter burning. The paper of the carton helps to get the wax and dryer lint burning.

Pretty cool, but if you don’t like this method, you can always grab some Vaseline and cotton balls as they’ll also do the trick.

Make Quick and Dirty Fire Starters Out of Egg Cartons, Drier Lint, and Candle Stubs Quick and Easy Fire Starters | Root Simple

via Make Quick and Dirty Fire Starters Out of Egg Cartons, Drier Lint, and Candle Stubs.

By Adam Dachis of Lifehacker.com

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Ethan Nadelmann responds to DEA claim that marijuana has no accepted medical use – Boing Boing

Ethan Nadelmann responds to DEA claim that marijuana has no accepted medical use – Boing Boing.

Tony Papa of the Drug Policy Alliance says: “Ethan Nadelmann, executive director of the Drug Policy Alliance, responds to the recent decree by the Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) that marijuana has no accepted medical use. The decision by the DEA comes almost nine years after medical marijuana supporters asked the government to reclassify cannabis to take into account a growing body of research that shows its effectiveness in treating certain diseases. For more on this subject please go the July 14 LA Timespiece titled ‘Medical marijuana: A science-free zone at the White House’ by DPA’s Bill Piper and Stephen Gutwillig.

LA Times: Medical marijuana: A science-free zone at the White House

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