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What McCain campaign wants you to think

2008-09-14T13:58:00.001-06:00

What McCain campaign wants you to think about:PalinLipstick on a pigFearTerrorWarCulture warsObama's funny nameBridges to nowhere (supported or otherwise)Airplanes on ebay (not personally places there or otherwise)What they don't want you to think about:The economy

Insight

2008-08-15T06:26:00.001-06:00

There was some great insight I had on waking up this morning that I cannot recall at all. It is quite funny how that happens. I am having a brilliant insight and then like it never happened - poof. Reminds me of smoking pot. Great insights - all meaningless. I know... I'm getting older (that is of course humordamnit) It's funny, I just read that the American women took the gold and silver in

Recent climate articles - may (never) read

2008-06-07T05:32:00.001-06:00

Here are a couple of potentially interesting articles. Not sure if I'll get a chance to read them anytime soon though.GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS, VOL. 35, L11701, doi:10.1029/2008GL033273, 2008 http://www.agu.org/pubs/crossref/2008/2008GL033273.shtmlIs the observed NAO variability during the instrumental

20 Things The Millionaire Next Door Does NOT Do

2008-04-23T20:16:00.001-06:00

Stop thinking of money as stuff, as friends, as escape. Start thinking of it as storage for your future needs especially as a buffer in emergencies. clipped from www.marcandangel.comPay for Lawn ServiceGo to a Hair StylistUse Time as a Measurement for SuccessBuy Brand New CarsCarry a Monthly Credit Card

Program Yourself

2008-01-27T15:16:00.001-07:00

this is cRaZy! (in chris tucker's voice) clipped from www.youtube.com

its like a hard drive

2007-11-02T09:41:00.001-06:00

Joe: They can fail catastrophically. Bob: What can? Joe: Hard drives. Bob: Funny that. Joe: What’s that? Bob: That something called a hard drive can fail catastrophically. I mean if it’s so hard... Joe: Not surprising to me. Bob: Why is that? Joe: Well if you look in nature you will find that the more rigid something is the more likely it will fail

Subprime Meltdown

2007-10-19T15:03:00.001-06:00

Gretchen Morgenson has some interesting things to say about Greenspan. clipped from www.npr.orgFresh Air from WHYY, October 10, 2007 · Pulitzer Prize-winning business columnist Gretchen Morgenson talks about the subprime mortgage crisis and its effects on the markets and on the economy. Morgenson, an assistant

What Killed the Mammoth

2007-10-19T14:59:00.001-06:00

What led to the late Pleistocene extinction of North American Megafauna? The old theory was hunting by the newly arrived human population. But now... clipped from www.sciencefriday.comOne team of scientists thinks it knows what killed the woolly mammoth and other ice-age creatures. In a paper published this week

Winning the Cancer War

2007-10-19T14:54:00.001-06:00

clipped from www.sciencefriday.comIn this segment, Ira talks with cancer researcher Robert Weinberg about what he calls the last frontier of cancer research. Weinberg has been instrumental in studies of oncogenes, genes that can spark the rapid cell multiplication associated with cancerous tumors. Now, in two

Biotech: Printing Living Cells

2007-10-19T14:52:00.001-06:00

clipped from www.sciencefriday.comIn this segment, we'll look at new research into using inkjet technology to build artificial tissues. Writing in the journal Science, Paul Calvert describes efforts to convert the common home office technology of inkjet printing to manipulate living cells. Using printing

"God has something to say to you!"

2007-10-04T19:33:00.001-06:00

clipped from scienceblogs.comGod has something to say to you!

Health: Reduce High-glycaemic food intake

2007-09-21T05:31:00.001-06:00

clipped from news.bbc.co.ukA diet rich in potatoes, white bread and white rice may be contributing to a "silent epidemic" of a dangerous liver condition."High-glycaemic" foods - rapidly digested by the body - could be causing "fatty liver", increasing the risk of serious illness.The study, carried out at Boston

NASA: Near Earth Object Program

2007-09-15T14:42:00.001-06:00

clipped from neo.jpl.nasa.govThe following table lists potential future Earth impact events thatthe JPL Sentry System has detected based on currently availableobservations. Click on the object designation to go to apage with full details on that object.Recently Observed Objects(within past 60 days)Object

Greenspan: Clinton Good, Bush Bad

2007-09-15T06:49:00.001-06:00

clipped from www.washingtonpost.comAlan Greenspan, who served as Federal Reserve chairman for 18 years and was the leading Republican economist for the past three decades, levels unusually harsh criticism at President Bush and the Republican Party in his new book, arguing that Bush abandoned the central

NYC: Scooters a congestion solution?

2007-08-26T04:40:00.001-06:00

clipped from news.bbc.co.uk Scooter riders say the small but sometimes noisy vehicles are the best answer to a dreary subway commute or, even better, to the traffic congestion that chokes New York streets."But it's fun, I'm outside, it's great and quicker than being stuck in a traffic jam.""Think of the money I'm

China: Environmental Cost of Rapid Growth

2007-08-26T04:27:00.001-06:00

Grim.Pollution has made cancer China’s leading cause of death, the Ministry of Health says. Ambient air pollution alone is blamed for hundreds of thousands of deaths each year. Nearly 500 million people lack access to safe drinking water.Environmental woes that might be considered catastrophic in some countries can seem commonplace in China: industrial cities where people rarely see the sun;

Drop Foreseen in Median Price of U.S. Homes

2007-08-26T04:15:00.001-06:00

clipped from www.nytimes.comThe median price of American homes is expected to fall this year for the first time since federal housing agencies began keeping statistics in 1950.

Getting Shrill?

2007-08-05T15:01:00.001-06:00

Clinton? Obama? Edwards?Nope, Newt Gingrich clipped from talkingpointsmemo.com"We're about to enter the seventh year of this phony war...and we're losing.""How can we tolerate systems more likely to send young Americans to prison than college?""Republicans have this maniacally dumb idea of Red versus Blue. They

Failed Bridges & Failed Presidents

2007-08-03T10:54:00.001-06:00

What link is there between the two bridges in the pictures above? The one on the top is the bridge that crosses the Mississippi in Minneapolis that suddenly collapsed, the other is a bridge that crosses the Tigris in Baghdad. What is the link you ask? Failure of leadership is the link. Our government is going heavily into debt yet that debt isn't even being spent on "capital", on the

Raw Material

2007-07-18T11:37:00.000-06:00

Ah the raw material. The blank page. I can create a universe here! One where I get to be king (if I were so ego inclined that is.) But what is wrong with the ego? One issue with the ego-centric world is the approach to nature and the environment. With ego-centrism one builds an internal me versus the world structure of thinking. From that structure follows an “us versus nature” battle.

Taking sides as a team

2007-06-08T15:57:00.000-06:00

I remember walking down the curved street DC on my way to work. I remember during the election of 1984 how I used to put up Reagan stickers and some other person kept replacing them with Mondale stickers. I would in turn replace them with Reagan stickers. I also remember how I used to think it was funny the way that the Mondale stickers, when exposed to sunlight, would turn red. But what I

WikiMindMap

2007-06-05T12:59:00.001-06:00

An actual, useful web2.0 tool. Imagine that. clipped from communicationnation.blogspot.com WikiMindMap 1. It's a mind map program2. It's 100% online3. It searches any term on Wikipedia and automatically creates a mindmapYes it's true and it's very cool. Check it out. clipped from www.wikimindmap.orgclipped from www.edge.orgSATURN BACKLIT BY THE SUNSteven Pinker One of these days, Edge may want to run this photo, which planetary scientist Carolyn Porco, leader of the Imaging Team for the Cassini mission to Saturn, showed us

Criminal Animal-Rights Activists: Terrorists?

2007-05-23T12:25:00.001-06:00

If the action of the person was driven by the desire to intimidate others with the threat of physical harm, is that not terrorism? Yet, not one of these actions have resulted in the physical harm of anybody. Yet. clipped from www.nature.comEquating animal-rights activism with terrorism increases the penalties for

Darwin Sceptic: 'views cost tenure'

2007-05-23T12:17:00.001-06:00

clipped from www.nature.comHe's a young astronomer with dozens of articles in top journals; he has made an important discovery in the field of extrasolar planets; and he is a proponent of intelligent design, the idea that an intelligent force has shaped the Universe. It's that last fact that Guillermo Gonzalez

If I Had My Life to Live Over

2007-05-22T10:02:00.001-06:00

by Erma Bombeck clipped from www.ookingdom.comI would have talked less and listened more.I would have taken the time to listen to mygrandfather ramble about his youth.I would have sat on the lawn with my childrenand not worried about grass stains.I would have cried and laughed less whilewatching television, and

'Childhood Origins of Adult Resistance to Science'

2007-05-18T15:58:00.001-06:00

clipped from www.sciencemag.orgResistance to certain scientific ideas derives in large part from assumptions and biases that can be demonstrated experimentally in young children and that may persist into adulthood. In particular, both adults and children resist acquiring scientific information that clashes with

'The New Synthesis in Moral Psychology'

2007-05-18T15:57:00.001-06:00

... clipped from www.sciencemag.orgPeople are selfish, yet morally motivated. Morality is universal, yet culturally variable. Such apparent contradictions are dissolving as research from many disciplines converges on a few shared principles, including the importance of moral intuitions, the socially functional (

Marijuana: Where there is no smoke...

2007-05-11T11:16:00.001-06:00

clipped from www.nature.comVaporizing cannabis leaves instead of burning them can release the drug's active ingredient just as effectively — while avoiding the harmful toxins inhaled through smoking the drug, according to a pilot study. The active ingredient in cannabis leaves is in oils on the surface of leaf '

MS Font maker

2007-05-04T16:40:00.001-06:00

clipped from www.metacafe.com Hidden Program In Windows XP Go to Start > Run > and type in eudcedit - this willopen up a font editor - allowing you to design your own custom fonts and characters to be used in things like MS Word.

The World without America

2007-05-02T06:31:00.001-06:00

I found this paragraph of particular interest: The United States created an environment in which inventive minds had access to easy credit, a willing market and the freedom to dream and create without fear of prosecution or recrimination. Is this still true? And what s missing form this description? The openness to outsiders that also made America attractive. This, we know has changed. clipped from news.bbc.co.ukThe pace of life for city dwellers is literally getting faster, a new British-led study suggests.People are walking 10% more quickly than a decade ago, according to research in 32 cities across the globe.Thousands of pedestrians were secretly timed in city centres with Singapore's

What is Denialism?

2007-04-30T13:54:00.001-06:00

Here is a take on a politically charged word, "denialism". I have coem out against using the word before due to its charged nature. I'm still not using it but maybe I'll put myself a little closer to the fence than I used to be. clipped from scienceblogs.comDenialism is the employment of rhetorical tactics to

Loosing the War

2007-04-28T06:37:00.001-06:00

“Fighting Al Qaeda involves a security side and an ideological side. The security side is successful, but the other side of combating Al Qaeda is ideological and it is not successful.”al Qaeda's goal here is fairly clear. The present world power structure is largely built on the backs of a U.S./Saudi agreement of sorts wrt oil and investments. The weakest link is in Saudi Arabia (closer to the

Verizon Deals

2007-04-04T15:24:00.001-06:00

Deals you might pull off when working with Verizon sales reps. clipped from www.lifehack.orgA former sales rep for phone compaby, Verizon, got in touch with The Consumerist to help deal shoppers get the edge whilst in the store. It’s a handy 8 stepper just to make sure you’re on the same playing field as the reps

The Job Interview: Questions to ask

2007-03-26T17:13:00.000-06:00

One of the things you should expect in a job interview is the question, "Do you have any questions?" The wrong answer is, no. Think about a time when you were truly interested in a subject or person. Someone tells you about themselves or the subject and that naturally leads to you to more questions. Usually those questions are answered by further information but not always. Within the

Job Interview Question of the Week

2007-03-26T10:36:00.000-06:00

Job Interview Question of the Week: “Tell me about a time when you prioritized the elements of a complicated project.”

Book Review: Driven - On Human Nature

2007-03-24T07:06:00.001-06:00

clipped from human-nature.comDriven: How Human Nature Shapes Our ChoicesFrom these assumptions, Lawrence and Nohria extract fourbasic drives that can be used to explain almost all of human behavior. As uniqueand individual as we each feel ourselves to be, we are also arguably moresimilar to all other humans than

2007-03-24T05:52:00.000-06:00

Health and the Built EnvironmentFrom Science Magazine The second example is more contemporary. Public health leaders are asserting--as had leaders 150 years earlier--that the built environment profoundly influences health. The focus this time is not urban tenements, but rather the fragmented and sprawling communities that foster car dependency, inactivity, obesity, loneliness, fossil fuel and

Sleep & Memory: When & What Type

2007-03-23T20:08:00.001-06:00

Factual and experiential memory is reinforced during "slow-wave sleep".http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Declarative_memoryhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slow_wave_sleep clipped from www.sciencemag.orgSleep facilitates memory consolidation. A widely held model assumes that this is because newly encoded memories undergo

More Pollution Less Rain for the Hills

2007-03-23T05:01:00.001-06:00

As air moves over mountains it cools which can lead to rain or snow. With polluted air this tendency is decreased by up to 50%. As to why... ? clipped from www.sciencemag.orgParticulate air pollution has been suggested as the cause of the recently observed decreasing trends of 10 to 25% in the ratio between hilly

2007-03-21T10:38:00.000-06:00

Determine the molar mass of an unknown compound by making asolution in which lauric acid is the solvent and the unknown is the solute.After you determine the freezing point of this solution, you’ll be able to applythe following equation: D T = i x m x Kf , where i = the number of solute particles (in this case i= 1; for molecular, nonionizing

Job Interview Question of the Week

2007-03-19T12:04:00.000-06:00

INTERVIEW QUESTION OF THE WEEK: “Tell me about a time when you were creative in solving a problem.”

Library of Freeware

2007-03-16T05:59:00.001-06:00

I'll have to check this out and see if it has any value. clipped from www.giveawayoftheday.comFreeware libraryLooking for quality free software? Go no further! Freeware Library is the perfect place for you to download free software from. Here you can find and enjoy free programs from virtually any category. We

Job Interview Question of the Week

2007-03-14T16:51:00.000-06:00

INTERVIEW QUESTION OF THE WEEK: “Tell me about a time when you were forced to make an unpopular decision.”

Brzezinski: Presidents & U.S. Foreign Policy

2007-03-13T06:01:00.001-06:00

"...the next 20 months will be crucial"I'm not a praying man, but I might start. clipped from www.npr.org Washington has squandered its first chance at global leadership, says Brzezinski, who was national security adviser under President Jimmy Carter.Brzezinski tells Robert Siegel that George H.W. Bush merits a B,

To Dragon or Not to Dragon...

2007-03-11T14:34:00.000-06:00

SO the question is, do I get voice recognition software (which no doubt would be much quicker than my typing) or not.The real draw back is that I have begun to really enjoy typing. It is sort of like playing a piano in a way in that you can feel the flow of the words sort of magically go through your hands and finger tips. And to have really just begun to do so without looking at the keyboard

Amazing OlD Color Photos

2007-03-11T13:37:00.001-06:00

These are remarkable. Imagine a color photo before radio, and even the telephone. clipped from www.2spare.comThe oldest known color photograph: 1872Before the Autochrome process was perfected in France, this photograph of a landscape in Southern France was taken. No, it is not hand-tinted. This is a

Do something bold everyday

2007-03-11T09:13:00.001-06:00

clipped from marcusvorwaller.com3. Make it a point to do something bold every day. Step out of your comfort zone, leave the routine even if for only a second. This might mean talking to someone that you generally wouldn’t talk to or starting a project that you feel intimidated by. There is no need to plan it in

The importance of valid disagreement

2007-03-10T20:27:00.001-07:00

This is a great clip and certainly one that needs to be shared. clipped from ravimohan.blogspot.comPaul Graham says, in one of his essays (emphasis mine)"....Why do you need other people? Can't you just think of new ideas yourself? The empirical answer is: no. Even Einstein needed people to bounce ideas off. Ideas

D.C.'s Ban On Handguns In Homes Is Thrown Out

2007-03-10T10:21:00.001-07:00

This should be an interesting experiment (that is if the ruling isn't reversed). Will having guns be legal decrease or increase gun violence? (Or maybe no change) There are lots of variables to account for such as the current prevalence of handguns (will changing the law increase the number of handguns?) etc.

Grasslands as Alternative Energy

2007-03-09T05:55:00.001-07:00

Alternative energy can be made from grasslands with yields up to 238% higher than using farmed biofuels (e.g. corn). Grasslands are "carbon negative" meaning that, considering the full cycle of growth and burning, they remove carbon dioxide form the atmosphere. Lastly grasslands can be grown on marginal and degraded lands and thus do not need to displace food production. clipped from sciencenow.sciencemag.orgDouble benefit.Earth has experienced far less radiative forcing, or atmospheric warming, thanks to a ban on CFCs, which so far has prevented the release of far more greenhouse gases (green and blue

Video: Fighting Global Warming...

2007-03-06T09:09:00.001-07:00

Here is a link to a video on Washingtonpost.com about how to reduce one's carbon footprint. clipped from www.washingtonpost.com'Fighting Global Warming One House at a Time'March 2, 2007 washingtonpost.com Video by: Chesapeake Climate Action Network Chesapeake Climate Action Network's Mike Tidwell describes how he

Sports Injuries: The Ankle

2007-03-06T08:57:00.001-07:00

Ankle injuries are the second most common sports injuries worldwide (after knee injuries.) (Tangent: Have you noticed how funny a word 'ankle' is? It sounds and looks funny) clipped from pt.wkhealth.com Abstract:Results show that the ankle was the most common injured body site in 24 of 70 included sports,

Funniest Videos: The Atheist's Nightmare

2007-03-06T08:38:00.000-07:00

Really, you just can't make this stuff up. This is hands down the winner of the funniest video of the week.The Atheist's nightmare is....a banana!

Dollar Crisis?

2007-03-05T05:38:00.001-07:00

How will the enormous indebtedness of not only the U.S. government (Thanks Bush) but the American people start to be addressed? People do not change their habits/addictions with ease. Sadly, it is usually through some crisis that people come to terms with reality, then they get down to business. May we have a real president when/if the crisis hits. clipped from www.washingtonpost.comThe Washington Redskins introduced newly signed middle linebacker London Fletcher yesterday and agreed to a contract with cornerback Fred Smoot, securing their two top free agent targets. But

Putin is a thug?

2007-03-04T05:04:00.001-07:00

Maybe I should be afraid that I might get shot or something for saying this but Putin is a major thug. clipped from www.washingtonpost.comIn some ways, the shooting of Paul Joyal last week in a quiet, middle-class enclave of Prince George's County would seem like nothing more than a random act of violence.But

FDA to Ignore Cow Drug Warnings

2007-03-04T04:51:00.001-07:00

This is a serious breach of the public good, all for short term profit.This drug is one of the last lines of defense against antibiotic resistant bacteria (super-bugs). It is the overuse of antibiotics that has led to the evolution of super-bugs and the largest abuse of these drugs is in the livestock industry. Thisapproval process should be put to a halt as soon as possible.At a minimum,

Afghanistan: Bomber Attack

2007-03-04T04:37:00.001-07:00

It is odd that photos and video shot at the scene were deleted. The statement that special forces might have been involved brings these actions into some clarity since they likely would have not wanted evidence of their being there.The caption for the above photo underlies the problems we face, even when being an invading force for good. That man, after a suicide bomber attacked a us convoy,

Of Cherokees & Former Slaves: Other reactions

2007-03-03T16:39:00.001-07:00

Here are some links to some interesting reactions in the blogosphere to the story that the Cherokee Nation may expel its former slaves. clipped from africanamericanopinion.comCherokee voters may remove descendents of freed slaves off of their blue Cherokee citizenship cardsWhat we’re gonna do right here is go back

RIAA wanted to shut down the Internet back in 1994

2007-03-03T08:42:00.001-07:00

Telling. This organization is truly dinosaur-ish. Their tactics are detrimental not only to the innovative power of the United States but I would argue detrimental to their own future. I think history has shown us over and over again that attempts to stop the impact technical evolution on one's industry backfire and lead to industry decline. clipped from www.marginalrevolution.com"New Zealanders who emigrate to Australia raise the IQ of both countries." - Sir Robert Muldoon, former Prime Minister of New Zealand.

Job Interview Question of the week

2007-03-03T07:04:00.000-07:00

INTERVIEW QUESTION OF THE WEEK 03/03/2007 “Would you rather be in charge of a project or work as part of the team?”

Stretching

2007-03-03T06:58:00.001-07:00

Interesting clipped from pt.wkhealth.comTwo randomized studies[2,3] investigating the effect of stretching before the main exercise session concluded that this did not decrease injury risks. Regarding the reduction of delayed onset muscular soreness (DOMS), only one study observed reduction in soreness;[4] however

2002 Barack Obama Interview: Against Iraq

2007-03-03T06:38:00.001-07:00

Obama in an 2002 interview comes out against the Iraq war.Though I would say his thinking is not exceptional (no insult, just that any educated person can think on the fly and sound cogent) he stands in such contrast to the current resident of the White House as to sound like a savior. clipped from www.youtube.com

Cherokee Nation to Vote on Cherokeeness of their former slaves descendants

2007-03-03T05:28:00.000-07:00

I didn't realize that any Native American's had slaves. Sad to see that racism is alive and well in the Cherokee nation.From the Washington Post: VINITA, Okla. -- J.D. Baldridge, 73, has official government documents showing him to be a descendant of a full-blood Cherokee. He has memories of a youth spent among Cherokee neighbors and kin, at tribal stomp dances and hog fries. He holds on to a

Former Trotskyists within Neoconservativism

2007-03-02T15:59:00.001-07:00

Some of the founders of the neocon movement were 'former' Trotsky communists. Considering the state that they have left the nation in one wonders about the 'former' part. clipped from en.wikipedia.orgThe neoconservative or "neocon" movement has been associated with Trotskyism by independent Australian Internet

The Bush administration's plan to support alternative energy

2007-03-02T10:48:00.001-07:00

My take on the clipped article:A mandated cut in gasoline consumption is a mistake. What should be policy is implementation of a carbon tax. That way, the more fossil carbon you release the more you pay (pay as you go). The income can be earmarked for research/development/ and subsidy of alternative fuels. The higher cost coupled with the reduced out of pocket cost of the alternatives will

Antioxidants Kill?

2007-03-02T10:35:00.001-07:00

I'd be wary of drawing major conclusions from one or even a few studies. Probably the best recommendation for health is to have a balanced diet, try to get all your vitamins and minerals from your diet (there is some evidence that you cannot always do that), avoid eating out (do you know what they put in that food?), and get plenty of rest. Not that I follow that last recommendation all that

Wow, cool video of desktop of the future?

2007-03-01T15:25:00.001-07:00

Let the OS wars 2.0 begin. This is a really cool video of yet another OS GUI that must have helped Bill Gates to his retirement. clipped from www.youtube.com

Data sharing: the next generation

2007-03-01T10:18:00.001-07:00

This is what I love about science and what, I feel, many of the anti-science people don't like about it. It is at its core, fundamentally democratic and non-hierarchical. Now I know that sounds funny to some (in fact it is hard for me to believe sometimes) since science is associated almost in lockstep with academe which is (at it core) hierarchical in nature (and thus suffers from lack of

New Holiday Scam: Gift Cardjacking

2006-12-13T09:16:00.000-07:00

I got an email from the University of Colorado police department this morning with a warning of a new scam. It appears that criminals are writing down gift card serial numbers, leaving the card on the hook to be purchased, then watching the gift card website to see when the card has been activated. Wow, if only these scum would put their innovative minds to good purpose. The police memo

Saudi Arabia: Street Cred

2006-12-13T04:32:00.000-07:00

From Informed CommentThe New Middle East Cold War: Saudi/Israel/Lebanon versus Iran/Syria/Iraq/HizbullahHelene Cooper with Hassan Fattah of the NYT has the scoop that Saudi King Abdullah told US VP Dick Cheney two weeks ago that if the US withdrew precipitately from Iraq, the kingdom would have little choice but to support the Sunni Arab guerrillas. The Saudi government had pledged to the US not

Climate Change Denier?

2006-12-12T13:02:00.000-07:00

From Global warming: the chilling effect on free speech Whatever the truth about our warming planet, it is clear there is a tidal wave of intolerance in the debate about climate change which is eroding free speech and melting rational debate. There has been no decree from on high or piece of legislation outlawing climate change denial, and indeed there is no need to criminalise it, as the

2006-08-30T13:40:00.001-06:00

Homeland Security - Coast Guard IssuesWhistleblower Uses YouTube To Accuse Lockheed Martin Of Jeopardizing Natl. Security.

2006-08-30T13:40:00.000-06:00

Homeland Security - Coast Guard IssuesWhistleblower Uses YouTube To Accuse Lockheed Martin Of Jeopardizing Natl. Security.

Structure

2006-06-09T05:33:00.000-06:00

Structure is good. Procedures are good in that they create structure for structure. Of course we are all well versed in how procedure is bad. It is bad in the same vein that structure is bad. Hence the phrase thinking out side the box. A box is a structure. So structure can be bad. This reminds

Why I turned off the Super Bowl after 10 minutes

2006-02-06T10:26:00.000-07:00

Two years ago there was outrage (by whom? Who is orchestrating this?) over the exposing of a nipple during the Super Bowl half time. Oh my god, there was a portion of a woman’s anatomy on television! After that low point in Western Civilization there was talk of bringing the family atmosphere back to football and the Super Bowl. (Family atmosphere? Football?) But OK, let’s sit down and

Hoshi Motors Honda Acura and Volvo Repair Boulder Colorado

2006-01-27T21:47:00.000-07:00

***** (5 stars) The best place in Boulder CO hands down to bring your Honda. Read more at www.hoshimotors.net/

Coyote Motors (*****)

2006-01-27T21:45:00.000-07:00

***** (5 stars) The best place to take your Subaru in Boulder (the second best place being Hoshi Motors) Avoid Suparupair. And Independent Motors I'm not a big fan of either. Read more at www.coyotemotors.biz/

AxisofLogic/ United States

2006-01-26T14:53:00.000-07:00

Right on! A must read this one. Read more at www.axisoflogic.com/art...

Stanford on iTunes

2006-01-25T14:22:00.000-07:00

The future of education Read more at itunes.stanford.edu/

I'm Chinian, not Chinese

2006-01-19T09:26:00.000-07:00

What a load of crap. Do you know ANYONE who thinks that the "ese" ending with regard to Chinese, Japanese, etc. is derogatory? Of course not. This sort of blatant victimhood stoking is sadly not uncommon in the PRC. Read more at news.xinhuanet.com/engl...

BBC NEWS | Asia-Pacific | China map lays claim to Americas

2006-01-13T21:11:00.000-07:00

Hate to break this to you guys but it wasn't Columbus, the Chinese, or Eriksson that "discovered" American. There were about 80 million or so people living on the two continents in 1492 whose ancestors had been here for about 12,000 years. Read more at news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asi...

Good News--and Bad -- Kennedy 311 (5758): 145 -- Science

2006-01-13T12:22:00.000-07:00

Sorry Donald,In reference to the Hwang affair. I agree that this was not a rebuke of the peer review system. I agree that the system is basically sound. But you toss off the damage this has done to the basic trust the public and many scientist have in your journal. Just last week I was reading an interesting article in your journal about depression. I found the article to be very

Hitler's prediction

2005-08-23T10:45:00.000-06:00

Hitler's prediction, that "Even though the facts ... may be brought clearly to their minds, they [the public] will continue to think that there may be some other explanation." As Joseph Goebbels, Hitler's propaganda minister, is reported to have proposed, "If you tell a lie big enough and keep repeating it, people will eventually believe it."

2005-08-22T15:04:00.000-06:00

Why is it that all Republican critics of the administration are pariahs?