Sports Buzz You don't play sports if you don't wanna sweat, but everyone can agree that badminton and rugby are two different…ballgames. Extreme sports up the ante, and if you're gonna suit up, you better know what you're getting yourself into.
Politics Buzz Oops. Intrade is the online prediction market that follows everything from stocks to box office openings to presidential candidate prospects (it's basically online gambling). Here's a snapshot of Rick Perry's standing immediately after his debate meltdown.
Politics Buzz Rick Perry at the GOP debate can't remember his own talking points when coming up with the third department of government he would eliminate. “Oops.”—Former Presidential Candidate Rick Perry
Tech Buzz The X-35 Basset-Matic will revolutionize the world. Skip ahead to 1:05 to see Petunia demonstrate the solution to the global energy crisis.
Energy is super hot on the BuzzFeed Network right now. Here's all the best viral buzz on Energy.
Okay, now, stop saying Obama isn't doing ANYTHING for our country.
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The road to clean energy is full of enticing opportunities—and perilous pitfalls. Picking the best path requires avoiding both starry-eyed hype and cynical fatalism. In this special report, PM debunks 10 of the most pernicious myths that could derail our progress.
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Seizing on a disastrous oil spill to advance his agenda, President Barack Obama on Wednesday called on Congress to roll back billions of dollars in tax breaks for oil and send him a clean-energy bill that would help the nation end its “fossil fuel addiction” for good.
Movie Buzz Frankly, he's not much worse than Pierce Brosnan, and I do appreciate his energy (drug problem). This video is also probably the nail in Katie Holmes' Professional Beard coffin. (Standard “Very Likely Fake, But Still Amusing” Internet rules apply.)
Up front: if you're not into charming actors or performance-enhanced show tunes, this is probably not the video for you. The rest of you should probably see this, both for the back flips and the “What was he on?” debate.
Trash your hybrid, the real future of green transportation is more simple than you think. It's a horse! On a treadmill! Imagine driving one of these things around town. Aside from the manure, this thing is a girl magnet.
Politics Buzz President-Elect Obama has announced his intention to nominate physicist Steven Chu as his Energy Secretary. He won a Nobel Prize in 1997 and is currently the director of the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory.
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Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin called on Wednesday for a “clean break” from the Bush administration’s energy policies, which she says rely too much on importing foreign oil. Really? Good idea.
Politics Buzz Gov. Sarah Palin had a tanning bed installed inside the Alaskan Governor’s Mansion, which is nearly 100 years old. To be fair, it’s the only oven big enough to cook the caribou in.
Canada is the United States’ #1 source of foreign oil. Does this mean we can finally send troops across the Canadian border? A few Mounties are the only thing preventing America’s energy independence.