the fountains of MISinformation corrected the 'editorial'

they posted earlier. i guess investors business daily (whatever the eff THAT is) realized people who actually HAVE a brain may actually read their 'editorials' and may take UMBRAGE WITH THE PACK O' STEAMIN' SHITE they're trying to peddle. unfortunately, there is no place to leave a comment on THAT site. (damn. you KNOW i was dying to - so to speak)

anyway, here is a PRIME example of lies, misinformation, fear tactics and worse. steamin' pieces o' shite

i got the following story via cory at boing boing

Dumbass Quote of the Day

by Ed Brayton

From the Investor's Business Daily:

People such as scientist Stephen Hawking wouldn't have a chance in the U.K., where the National Health Service would say the life of this brilliant man, because of his physical handicaps, is essentially worthless.

There's just one tiny little problem with this: Stephen Hawking was born and raised in the UK and has lived there all his life. He teaches at Cambridge. That's in the UK. This ranks up there with the French not having a word for entrepreneur..................

wow wow and wow

Hawking unveils 'strangest clock'

A £1m clock called the "time eater" has been unveiled at Cambridge University by Professor Stephen Hawking.

The author of A Brief History of Time was guest of honour when the unique clock, which has no hands or numbers, was revealed at Corpus Christi College.

Dubbed the strangest clock in the world, it features a giant grasshopper and has 60 slits cut into its face which light up to show the time.

Its creator John Taylor said he "wanted to make timekeeping interesting".

The Corpus Clock will stand outside the college's library and will be on view to the public.

Tribute

Dr Taylor is an inventor and horologist - one who studies the measurement of time - and was a student at Corpus Christi in the 1950s.

He has given the clock as a gift to his former college...............