(via What’s new by Bob Park – Friday, October 13, 2006) 1. FIZZLE? SOMETHING EXPLODED, BUT NOBODY SEEMS TO KNOW WHAT. There was a seismic event near Kilju, North Korea. The signature was characteristic of an explosion: a sharp leading edge, unlike the release of elastic energy in a tectonic movement. But so far there … Continue reading “North Korean Dud?”
Category: Politics
I sense a pattern here…
(via Blah3) Democrat? I don’t thinks so. This isn’t the first time something like this has happened. Coincidence?
Scientists and Engineers for America
(via the Bad Astronomy Blog) SEFORA Check out the Bill of Rights for Scientists and Engineers: Effective government depends on accurate, honest and timely advice from scientists and engineers. Science demands an open, transparent process of review and access to the best scholars from around the nation and the world. Mistakes dangerous to the nation’s … Continue reading “Scientists and Engineers for America”
Is he still surprised?
A year from now I’d be surprised if there’s not some grand square in Baghdad that is named after President Bush. — Richard Perle (September 22, 2003) (more…)
Insane Idiocy from Bill O’Reilly
(from the delusions of grandeur adequacy dept.) Bill O’Reilly’s Death Wish …the FBI came in and warned me and a few other people at Fox News that Al Qaeda had us on a death list. — Bill O’Reilly Like there’s anyone in Al Qaeda who cares enough about Bill O’Reilly to put him on any … Continue reading “Insane Idiocy from Bill O’Reilly”
Jim Talent Stands for Spammers
Now Jim Talent is sharing his ill-gotten email list… Subject: Jim Talent Stands for Small Business From: “Lisa Goeas, Vice President, Political” <politicalemails@NFIB.org> To: me Dear James, The stakes have never been higher for small business. That’s why the National Federation of Independent Business – the nation’s leading small-business advocacy association – wants you to … Continue reading “Jim Talent Stands for Spammers”
Jim Talent: Keeping America Safe for Spammers
And yet again… Subject: Keeping America Safe From: “Talent for Senate” <info@talentforsenate.com> To: me Dear James, Labor Day is behind us and kids are returning to school, which means the election is just around the corner. I have been working hard for Missourians over the last four years in the United States Senate and I … Continue reading “Jim Talent: Keeping America Safe for Spammers”
Joe Lieberman has been assimilated
Here the webserver information for Joe Lieberman’s campaign web site from way back in 2003, when he was still a Democrat: Server: Apache/1.3.12 (Unix) mod_ssl/2.6.5 OpenSSL/0.9.6e ApacheJServ/1.1.2 mod_fastcgi/2.2.10 Here’s the same information for his current web site: Server: Microsoft-IIS/6.0 X-Powered-By: ASP.NET (expect many outages during the campaign ) This is the same kind of … Continue reading “Joe Lieberman has been assimilated”
The Future of Education in America?
(via Pharyngula)
Happy Labor Day
(via Eschaton) Here’s a map showing the change median incomes over the past six years.