March 2009
99 posts
Only God can destroy the Earth? Phew! →
terryblakey:
retropolitics:
atheistramblings:
Illinois Congressman John Shimkus says we don’t need to worry about Global Warming as Man can’t hurt the Earth, only God can destroy it. How does he know? Because it says so in the Bible.
Read the rest of the article and see the video over at the Bad Astronomy blog
OK, so bear with me a moment here….. what if, and this is only a thought, what...
Anti-teenager pink lights highlight acne →
noraleah:
Considering that acne has been linked to clinical depression, this seems both cruel and counterproductive.
“Residents of a Nottinghamshire housing estate have installed pink lights which show up teenagers’ spots in a bid to stop them gathering in the area.
Members of Layton Burroughs Residents’ Association, Mansfield say they have bought the lights in a bid to curb anti-social...
Chinese 'find' radioactive ball →
terryblakey:
Chinese officials say that potentially deadly radioactive material lost in north-western Shaanxi province may have been found at a steel mill.
Officials told the BBC that they had detected what may be the missing Caesium-137, adding that it may have been melted down.
The Caesium-137, encased in lead, was lost this week when workers at a cement plant demolished an old factory.
The...
“There’s one more picture of a windmill than there are charts of numbers....”
– Robert Gibbs (Press Secretary) on the GOP Budget
“But never again let it be said that Republicans don’t know how to bind 18...”
– Todd Beeton
This Republican budget is comedy gold.
Bobcat walks into bar, attacks patrons →
That’s not much of a joke. Oh, wait…
MY FAVORITE BUDGET EVER →
If you’re having a bad day, I highly encourage you to spend some quality time with the Republican budget proposal. It’s reads like what would happen if The Onion put together a budget. “Area Man Releases Proposal for 2010 Federal Spending Priorities.” (Though, to paraphrase William F. Buckley, it turns out that I’d prefer a federal budget written by an area man than...
“Would every dipshit who is chastising Barack Obama for using teleprompters...”
– Kevin K.
Hit the Lights for Earth Hour →
Darkness will hang over about 1,000 cities this Saturday night. But it won’t be in a sinister, Gotham sort of way. Instead, a hoped-for 1 billion people across the globe will cut their lights at 8:30 local time to call attention to climate change. The event, called Earth Hour and staged by the WWF, calls for turning off all unnecessary lights for one hour. Monuments like the Empire State...
Mythbusters 'Big Bang' Shatters Windows | KCRA... →
vb:
The explosion was so big it shook the town of Esparto, knocking Stephens off her couch and breaking her front window.
I’m in the wrong line of work.
terryblakey:
Chris Huhne, Liberal Democrat MP for Eastliegh and Shadow Home Secretary made the following excellent speech on Human Rights recently.
It is also essential in my view that we don’t abolish the Human Rights Act. Both Labour and Conservative politicians are now talking about how we need a British Bill of Rights and Responsibilities and the Conservatives actually said they want to...
“Congresswoman Michele Bachmann is one of Minnesota’s most effective...”
– John Hinderaker
If that’s the case then conservatism in Minnesota is screwed.
Dear Jake DeSantis →
Dear Mr. DeSantis:
Thank you for your heartfelt resignation letter printed today in the New York Times.
I would be remiss if I did not reply with a few comments. Since your company is now effectively owned by the government to which I pay taxes, consider this a reply from one of your employers.
You concede that you and your colleagues may have been overcompensated overall for your work in the...
Cowen artist 'could be charged' →
The artist behind nude paintings of Irish Taoiseach Brian Cowen which were hung in two public galleries could face criminal charges, according to the Press Association.
It sounds like the law run amok. However, near the bottom of the article they let you know the art galleries had nothing to do with this and the artist came in, hammered a nail into the wall, and hung up his paintings. Seems...
Re: MacHeist
marco:
Phill Ryu wrote me a thoughtful response and counterargument with many valid points. It seems that I was wrong to assume that MacHeist’s deal was still a flat fee for developers. They offer percentages to some, especially for the larger apps. For that false assumption, I apologize, and I have edited the original post to remove the inaccurate statements in the second paragraph.
I’m not...
MacHeist and the ethics of software discounts
marco:
MacHeist is happening again. It’s the usual Phill Ryu publicity stunt that will result in a bunch of blog attention, a few developers selling licenses at very steep discounts, and a token charitable donation to downplay the hundreds of thousands of dollars that Ryu will likely walk away with.
Ryu’s pitch to developers is straightforward: agree to sell an unknown quantity of licenses at a...
heyjk:
Go Gators! Beat Penn State! (yeah, it’s the NIT, but atleast we’re a #1 seed.)
Boy did that suck. The Gators sure as hell need an inside game. Tyus does well, but he’s a forward playing center. Next year should be better.
“I want people in Minnesota armed and dangerous on this issue of the energy tax...”
– Michele Bachmann (R - Cuckoo)
Is she proposing an armed insurrection? Hopefully, she’ll volunteer to lead the charge. If she comes for you be sure to have holy water, silver bullets, and Stuart Smalley on hand to fight her off.
Semen acts as an anti-depressant →
mabelmoments:
Scientists are expecting us to swallow this story?
It’s nothing to spit at.
“I’m a foreign correspondent on enemy lines and I try to let everyone back here...”
– Michelle Bachmann (R - Schutzstaffel)
Tea Parties, Going Galt, Iraq, and Delicious Irony →
I’ve been following the growing “Tea Party” and “Going Galt” movements with no small amount of amusement, in part because there is really just too much sweet, delicious irony surrounding both of these groups of people (who, I might add, are largely the same people). Here’s a few observations:
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The folks in the blogosphere largely cheerleading the Tea Parties are the same folks in the...
South Carolina's Governor Explains Why He Doesn't... →
heyjk:
I think his point is good about how stimulus spending at the state level should go more toward state debt, rather than finite projects and short-term (24-month) programs.
I believe he is right that many of the ideas put forward for how the money is to be spent (as dictated by Washington), are only postponing the problem, “kicking the can down the road,” as he calls it.
I also found it...
“#3hotwords I Love Grand Prairie”
– Twitter / livingearth2012
Fail.
“I would like to take a moment and inform all of the people on this blog and...”
– John Cole
Why I Refuse To Support Barack Obama
terryblakey:
In reply to chvnx:
WOW! Some reply.
I disagree with almost everything you said, particularly with regard to ‘American technological achievements, which viewed through European eyes were simply theft, but hey, it’s a free country and you’re entitled to your views. I can only draw one of two conclusions though, either you’re an out and out Nazi (which I’m afraid you come over...
