The Asteroids Are Coming! The Asteroids Are Coming! (0)
Posted by gschneiders • 1/10/10
Not so long ago, the Russians’ biggest fear was that the United States might accidently or deliberately annihilate them with a shower of nuclear weapons. As evidence that some things have actually gotten better in the last couple decades, the Russians are now focused on a different kind of fear – that the Asteroid 99942 Apophis will smash into the earth sometime around the year 2032. And Russia, having more real estate than any other country, would naturally be the biggest target. So, what to …
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When Will They Ever Learn? When Will They Evvver Learn? (0)
Posted by gschneiders • 1/07/10
Former Bush Homeland Security Chief Michael Chertoff just loves those full-body scanners that allow Transportation Security personnel to look through passengers clothes at airport checkpoints. If you have any doubt of this, Google any of Chertoff’s media interviews since the attempted terrorist bombing of Northwest Airlines Flight 253 on Christmas Day.
For example, here is what he told NPR on December 29th:
“A couple of years ago we began the process of testing them to see, first of all, if they worked and second, if they could …
If a Terrorist Fails, Do We Win? (0)
Posted by gschneiders • 12/31/09
There’s a bit of doggerel poetry that has been taking up the increasingly limited space in my brain but which I seem unable to dislodge – “’There but for the grace of God Go I’ is one-way thinking on a two-way street.” It is almost always used in reference to someone down on their luck but why not say the same of fat cat bankers with billion dollar bonuses?
I was reminded of the “two-way street” concept when Umar Farouk Abdulmuttalab failed to bring down a Detroit-bound …
What would Joseph do? (0)
Posted by jjohnsondc • 12/30/09
We’re not necessarily taking any sides in the controversial census poster with the big JESUS label. We’re just wondering why anyone would be surprised at the controversy.
Exhibit A is a poster being distributed by the National Association of Latino Elected Officials (NALEO), that reads “This is how Jesus was Born: Joseph and Mary Participated in the Census.” NALEO is one of many partners to the U.S. Census helping them increase participation in 2010.
If the large font and “in your face” JESUS isn’t sufficient to get …
Danes and event planning, not (0)
Posted by jjohnsondc • 12/21/09
Say what you will about whether the earth is warming or cooling. Whether it is global warming or climate change. Whether a deal should have been had in Copenhagen or not. Forget for a moment about the issue of whether or not an agreement was reached and whether the agreement, accord, or whatever they called it at the end was good or bad.
What’s up with the Danes?
Here’s an historic climate gathering that has been planned for God knows how long. Something that you know is …
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