That was a doozy

[ganked from fayr]

NASA sci­ent­ists study­ing the Indone­sian earth­quake of Dec. 26, 2004, have cal­cu­lated that it slightly changed our plan­et’s shape and also reduced the length of the day by 3 micro­seconds and shif­ted the North Pole by sev­eral centimeters.

http://​sci​ence​.nasa​.gov/​h​e​a​d​l​i​n​e​s​/​y​2​0​0​5​/​1​0​j​a​n​_​e​a​r​t​h​q​u​a​k​e​.​h​t​m​?​l​i​s​t​958565

[ganked from the_christian]

“Rage and fury has gripped this tsunami-hit tiny Hindu vil­lage in Indi­a’s south­ern Tamil Nadu after a group of Chris­tian mis­sion­ar­ies allegedly refused them aid for not agree­ing to follow their religion” 

http://​in​.news​.yahoo​.com/​0​5​0​1​1​6​/​1​3​9​/​2​j​1​r​p.html

The power of nature is majestic and ter­ri­fy­ing. The offens­ive­ness of prose­letys­ing evan­gel­ists is beneath contempt.

(oh, and I’m not saying any­thing about Lath­am’s resig­na­tion because art­broken and zara­bee have said it all. I’m ashamed to be a member of the media right now. Per­haps I can teach a new gen­er­a­tion a few ethics, but I think the prob­lem is now endemic…)