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NASA can be cool
…. And not just because some of a geek with a mohawk. It turns out that in addition to putting robots on Mars, they’re responsible for a lot of things that are making life better right here on Earth. Just keep clicking for more great tidbits. Welcome to yet another internet rabbit-hole. In closing: brains and [...]
Compare and Contrast
Alright. I’ve been trying real hard to stay away from talking about Paul Ryan. Every newsman, blogger, and their dog have been on about Paul Ryan for the last 36 hours. That being said, I would like to point something out. One of the core things that Mr. Ryan wants to do is replace Medicare with [...]
Music Monday: Romneybots
I suspect that this item from Comic-Con is inspired by this little song: In Closing: oh Tyler; how ethical failures happen; what?; and who would define “exotic“?
Get the popcorn…
Somebody once said that all politics is local. Local meets nationwide today in a city called Sparks. So the Nevada GOP and the National GOP are having a little disagreement. The RNC has threatened not to seat Nevada’s delegates to the national convention if there are “too many Ron Paul supporters.” The Nevada party, on [...]
Two and a Half Men
Thank heaven for Alan Grayson and — still! — Howard Dean. Harry Reid? Not so much. If you don’t read Toothpaste for Dinner, you should! In closing: 10 ways to get fat; pretty pictures; revisionist “history” (go ahead and read the Constitution, Newt); fearmongering; reality check. Sorry, I’m just not feeling like a long post [...]
A Plea for Civility
Can we please all stop with the name-calling? Seriously, I don’t care if you’re liberal or conservative, we need to stop hurling around insulting names. It doesn’t do a bit of good, certainly doesn’t persuade anyone to your way of thinking, and it makes everyone who agrees with you look like an asshole. I’m tired [...]
Happy Solstice
And first day of Summer. Does anything say summer quite like fresh fruit? In closing: glitch, or back door to true universal health care?; digital destruction; good luck with that first line; trickle down; enough war; Science American Style; it’s the jobs, stupid; tied; origins of the Japanese; explains the evening “news“; and 747-8.
The Recovery
I was reading along, minding my own business, when I came across this USAToday item about how Americans have come to expect that they won’t be in any better financial situation next year. Near the bottom is buried this little gem, emphasis mine: A typical recovery pattern goes like this: stock market bottoms, economic growth [...]
I Saw the Shorties
I have got to get into the habit of little posts throughout the week. Today’s items are a little mind-blowing. On Taxes and Debt: Two graphs. On Inflation: Core rate is crazy. Explains the Popularity of Certain People: Most people just don’t read books. I wonder if they’ll remember this come fall: Americans want to [...]
International No Diet Day
International No Diet Day is May 6. I know some of my readers practice “No Diet Day” every day, and I mean them no offense by this post. I recognize that there is a small minority of people — mostly people with a decades long history of dieting and failing and/or people recovering from eating [...]
