Ralph Nader's consumer advocacy group, Public Citizen, has another "victory" to tout. Public Citizen (now headed by Joan Claybrook, the Carter era NHTSA head who wanted roll cages and rear wheel steering for motorcycles) campaigned the FDA to remove Cylert from the market. Why? The drug causes an increased rate of liver failure ( Read more... )

NASA announced their new proposed launch vehicles to replace the Shuttle ( Read more... )

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Open source beer.

Courtesy of the US Government I now have one of the greatest battle implements ever devised. FedEx shipped it right to my door. What a great country ( Read more... )

Sandra Day O'Connor has announced that she will step down before the start of the Court's next session.

I still have four lizards stubbornly clinging to my ceiling.

Thanks to everyone who came over yesterday. It was good to see all the familiar faces and meet a couple of new ones.

I now have a little chunk of Berlin to call my own. Thanks to everyone who courted carpal tunnel to make this happen.

This Saturday my gun club is running a women-only introductory class on pistol, rifle, and shotgun shooting. This is a great way to try shooting in a safe, friendly environment. The class runs from 8:00 AM to 1:30 PM and costs $20. You can see some pictures from previous classes and the class flyer on the club's websiteWhy women-only? If you ( Read more... )

Bush gave a speech yesterday calling for more nuclear plants, hybrid cars, and oil refineries. This comes on the heels of murmurings of switching to a VAT. If he keeps this up he'll have my vote next time he runs for President.

Nukes are the only scalable, present-tech, carbon-neutral energy sources we've got. Let's build more of them!