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Loves me some Barry O, I do.
This is precisely the response everybody should have on any issue when presented with Sarah Palin's opinion.
(CNN) - President Obama on Friday brushed off criticism from Sarah Palin that his agreement with Russia to restrict the use of nuclear weapons amounts to a dangerous sign of weakness.
"I really have no response," the president said tersely in ( Read more... ) -
Knowledge = Criminality
At least it does if you're Scott Southworth - the evangelical Christian zealot who happens to be the district attorney for Juneau County Wisconsin.
GET THIS:
Apostle Southworth has interpreted the state's new Human Growth and Development (read: Sex Ed) curriculum as promoting the sexualization - and sexual assault (his words, not mine) - of children ( Read more... ) -
And the hits just keep on coming!
The new DSL at home is up and running.
Thank Science! I was going all twitchy without my intarwebs.
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Day two of no home intarwebs...
We made it through last night on nothing but air-broadcast television channels 4,5,11 and 30. No Hulu, no Netflix, no Comedy Central. Almost had to resort to reading a book. *shudder ( Read more... ) -
Corey Haim dies at 38
And then there was one. The Two Coreys are no more.
http://www.cnn.com/2010/SHOWBIZ/Movies/03/10/corey.haim.obit/index.html?hpt=T2
Poor guy had a bad case of Child Actor Syndrome... so this was not an unlikely end for him. It's looking like a drug overdose, and considering his past mental state, it could have been suicide. Bummer.
Perhaps he ( Read more... ) -
Yikes.
The chart below is from a TED talk by Dr. Paul MacCready, a few years ago. It really ought to be a wakeup call to anybody who looks at it.
I can't quote the data source(s) he used, but considering his pedigree and credentials, I feel fairly safe in assuming that he got the numbers right.
You see... Dr. MacCready had a PhD in Aeronautical ( Read more... ) -
First D.C. Same-Sex Marriages
You know, I've got my own take on the legal status and definition of "marriage"... frankly, I think the goverment should get the hell OUT of the marriage business alltogether.
But the fundies don't really care about the "marriage" argument so much. It happens to be the current "line in the sand" that they are trying to draw, but that's really about ( Read more... ) -
Pilot/ATC fun
Wanna see something fun? As a follow up to my little Air Traffic Controller rant last week, I give you this little gem. It will give you some idea of just what a good controller can do in a pinch.
First, you should know that pilots are *terrified* of thunderstorms. The biggest 747 stays the hell away from thunderstorms. Thunderstorms eat ( Read more... ) -
This is what's wrong...
...with letting appearances drive your decision processes about safety.
FAA: Child in air traffic tower talking to pilots 'not acceptable'
http://www.cnn.com/2010/TRAVEL/03/03/air.traffic.child/index.html?hpt=T2
Some tower controller brought his kid to work, and let him say over the radio, "Jet Blue 171, cleared for takeoff."
Now, that was probably not ( Read more... )