TSA: Protecting you from Teh Scum of the Universe
And now we come to yet another chapter of the Struggle of Our Glorious Comrades, the People's Transportation Security Agency against Osama bin Laden and the other Scum of the Universe. Over at...
View ArticleDADT Not Dead: The Persecution of Derek Morado
I just got a disturbing email from GetEQUAL. The Don't Ask, Don't Tell discharges haven't ended. And tomorrow, Derek Morado faces a discharge hearing from Navy because he is gay.
View ArticleFukushima Status Update 3/30 (another quickie)
There have been a number of developments I want to mention. Again I need to make this a quick rundown as I need to work on projects I've been neglecting. Units 2 and 3 are no longer able to hold...
View Articlea TARP for the people: underwater rescue
Today's new york times op-ed damning Geither for a pathetic, inadequate home mortgage rescue program is right on the mark. But it begs the question - if not that, then what? there has been...
View ArticleTaking Sides in the Palin-Maher Squirmish
From taxes and the First Amendment to Reagan's Iran/Contra scandal, how much energy her home state of Alaska produces and so much more, Sarah Palin doesn't know what she doesn't know. Regardless, the...
View ArticleGovernment Shutdown: A Spark in a Room Full of Gas
Cross-posted @ sfruzzetti.weebly.com It appears to be becoming increasingly likely that the US government is going to shut down amid budget negotiations. The exact specifics of this process are not...
View ArticlePres. Obama & us w/action & poll
The Daily Show Tags: Daily Show Full Episodes,Political Humor & Satire Blog,The Daily Show on Facebook Pie wars recently include whether to criticize or not to criticize President Obama. I think...
View ArticleObama, the LGBT community & Immigration
Today we go an update on some major LGBT news that broke yesterday regarding immigration. On Tuesday, it looked like the LGBT community was getting it own version of this. As Clarknt67 diaried, “DOJ’s...
View ArticleEgyptian On Trial for Insulting Military: Needs Support
An Egyptian pacifist, political prisoner, and survivor of torture, Maikel Nabil Sanad, is scheduled to go on trial tomorrow, March 31, 2011, at 10 am Cairo time. What's his alleged crime? He's accused...
View ArticlePolitical Enemy No.#1
The difference between public and political enemies depends greatly on whether or not “We The People” have the fortitude to admit that an enemy has been placed in a position of power. A position many...
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First picture of Mercury from Orbit and first picture EVER of previously...
NASA's Messenger spacecraft has sent back the first picture of Mercury taken from orbit of Mercury. Messenger was launched Tuesday, August 3rd, 2004 and has been cruising through space ever since. The...
View ArticleThe oil well and the carob tree
Two news stories today together illustrate the problem. One is from the NY Times' Green blog: Less than 50 Years of Oil Left, HSBC Warns The second is President Obama's speech today about energy....
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Dear Markos: Are We 'The Left' Or Are We Big D Democrats?
This is the screen that prospective KOSsacks see:
View ArticleTeabaggers, Rep. Weiner, Obama: Fear ye not the Plants
"All plants should be legal. Strychnine is legal." -Joe Rogan [youtube video, and the hemp Decorticator that is referenced is one that I have a photograph from via the Hemp Museum in Berlin] Those...
View ArticleJobs, Start-ups & Cheap Patents: 'America's Next Top Energy Innovator'
Been lusting after one of those gold-plated energy patents from the National Laboratories? But you just couldn't come up with the tens of thousands of dollars required to get your foot in the door. Or...
View ArticleIs the Labor Party in Israel doomed?
Can the Labor Party in Israel be revived? Can the party that helped found the country and led the government for decades be brought back to political prominence? In an interview with the LA Times one...
View ArticleBoykin Hails Bachmann & Anti-Islamic Church
Outside an Islamic charitable event in Orange County CA., many of you will recall, some local Republicans railed against the threat of Islamic radicalism. A large group split off from the rest, stood...
View ArticleYou’ve Got to be Carefully Taught
In this year’s sixth-grade tolerance education class here in rural red-state Nebraska, I took a bold new step: I invited a Muslim-American in to speak. His goal was not to give dawah but to educate....
View ArticleRecruiting drives for US jobs, but you gotta go to India to apply! (video)
We will never put Americans back to work when we must fly to India to apply for a job that's right in our own home town. Newt Global, headquarted outside Dallas, Texas hosted a job fair in India on...
View ArticleFitzwalkerstan - How stupid are they?
I normally do not curse in my diaries - however, there is a first time for everything. I just received a "Breaking News" update from Madison.com that, well - is a true what the fuck moment. I have not...
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