It's official. The world is coming to an end. Seriously, I'm not kidding. How do I know this? One might think it may be due to the Wall Street meltdown. But that's not the reason I think the world is coming to an end. Could it be the Large Hadron Collider that is inspiring my prophecy of Armageddon? No, that's old news. Could it be turmoil of the ( Read more... )

One of the cornerstone bits of rhetoric for the Obama Presidential campaign is that if McCain is elected it would essentially mean four more years of Bush or Bush-like policies. But what if that were to be taken literally? What if electing McCain would really mean four more years of Bush? What if McCain is actually Bush?

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James Carville, a consultant for the Bill Clinton Presidential campaign was famous for saying “It’s the economy, stupid”. The current Presidential campaigns of John McCain and Barack Obama have been de-railed in the public view by the economic crisis on Wall Street. Both candidates made statements with regards to the situation and in doing so ( Read more... )

Today is shaping up to be a rotten day. It's Monday, the Dow has plummeted more than 500 points, and Rick Wright died. For those of you who may not know, Rick Wright was the keyboard player for my favorite band Pink Floyd. Rick brought a unique musical influence to the Pink Floyd sound rooted in the worlds of classical and jazz. His most memorable ( Read more... )

As many of you are obviously aware, yesterday was “Patriot Day” (A.K.A. the anniversary of the 9/11 attacks). This terrible day precipitated what is now known as the “War on Terror”. Last year I posted a blog regarding my rather hawkish views with regards to how this war should be prosecuted. This year however, my writing will be focused upon a ( Read more... )

At 3:00AM Eastern Standard Time the Large Hadron Collider was activated. So far there are no microscopic black holes tearing the Earth apart. So, I guess my original assumption was correct and the world is not in fact coming to an end. I woke up this morning, but I did not have a hangover or the clap. As it turns out, drinking a few beers is not ( Read more... )

For those of you who have been following the news, the world might come to an end tomorrow. Now, granted that outcome doesn't seem terribly likely. What I'm referring to of course is the experiment with the new super Large Hadron Collider at CERN. They purpose of this experiment is to see if they can create the theoretical Higgs Boson (also called ( Read more... )

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As those of you who read my blog (all three of you) may recall, in my last entry I pointed out how Paris Hilton was an evil genius. Her barbs against Senator John McCain as a crinkly old guy exposed the phenomenon of American politics for the vapid contest for popularity that it truely is. However, todays headlines may prove that John McCain may ( Read more... )