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Before I forget
Note to future self: When you become an evil overlord, do not choose a minion who looks exactly like one of the cast of Saturday Night Live, especially if that minion's role is to influence public opinion. -
John McCain, sans brain, re: Spain
John McCain recently demonstrated his "foreign policy experience" by either failing to recognize or deliberately insulting the Prime Minister of Spain ( Read more... ) -
No one is this stupid
Okay, not true, lots of people are This stupid. But I think it's possible Palin isn't one of them. I think it's worth at least considering the possibility that this was a deliberate leak of some sort.
Or maybe Palin really is that stupid.
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NEWS FLASH
A "rape kit" is a evidence collection kit used in rape cases. It contains things like sample collection bottles, envelopes, labels and so on ( Read more... ) -
Swords and Planets RPG
I've been working on a Sword and Planet table top RPG off and on for a long time. I didn't really realize how long until yesterday when I ran across a backup copy of a draft from 2002 ( Read more... ) -
Bacteria make major evolutionary shift in the lab
A species-defining trait has been observed to occur as the result of multiple mutations occurring over 10,000 generations apart.Twelve populations of E. coli bacteria were derived from a single bacterium then cultured for 44,000 generations (about 20 years), with samples of each generation frozen for later study ( Read more... ) -
We Don't Need Them
We Don't Need Them by Joe Carpenter.
I’ve never understood the idea of speaking truth to power. The truth, surely, is that in almost all countries of the world, political and economic systems are designed to benefit only the rich and powerful, at the expense of those with less money and power. This is how the world works, and I see no reason to ( Read more... ) -
Random Numbers
Some number that I stumbled on in the news yesterday ( Read more... ) -
Rise of the Silver Surfer
The special effects were adequate and there were a few decent action scenes. BUT the story and acting were horrible and the characters were utterly unlikable and unbelievable. By the end of the movie, the utter destruction of all life on Earth seemed like a small price to pay to keep Sue and Reed from reproducing ( Read more... ) -
There's another war brewing most of us know nothing about.
[skip these if animal on animal violence bothers you]
it started small, but is escalating rapidly.
(The cow in the second video has human accomplices, but supposedly started doing this on his own.)