Archive for May, 2007
Mad Cow Policy
Here’s a positive sign:
The Agriculture Department tests fewer than 1 percent of slaughtered cows for the disease, which can be fatal to humans who eat tainted beef. A beef producer in the western state of Kansas, Creekstone Farms Premium Beef, wants to test all of its cows.
Excellent. One meat producer wants to step up to [...]
NASA: 10 Years to Climate ‘Tipping Point’
ABC News: NASA: 10 Years to Climate ‘Tipping Point’
Obviously, NASA is just saying this because they want more money from Uncle Sam. I mean, if they convince us we’ve almost screwed up our planet beyond repair, then we’ll be forced to fund them to find a new one for us to live on, right?
In [...]
The Conspiracy “Entropy” Scale
People talk a lot about conspiracy theories and so-called "nutjobs" who will believe just about anything about 9/11. But the reality is, regardless of what you believe, the official 9/11 explanation is a conspiracy theory, albeit involving 19 lone hijackers and who knows how many terrorists overseas supporting them. That’s a conspiracy.
So when talking about [...]
McCain Talks Tough to Obama on War Planning, Spelling, Drug Paraphenalia
Updated:
Since Sen. McCain actually broached a serious topic for once, and since I’d like to pay homage to the fallen soldiers in the best way I can (by bringing the live ones home), I’d like to update this formerly non-serious post. Sorry if the URL changes. Here’s an article about McCain pleading, for [...]
New museum says dinosaurs were on Noah’s Ark
New museum says dinosaurs were on Noah’s Ark | U.S. | Reuters
Well, that certainly simplifies the debate. Here’s my version of what really happened:
“And two by two, the animals boarded the wooden ark, until the pair of velociraptors… And thus, the story of Noah, and all of civilization, came to an abrupt and bloody end.”
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MORE BABIES! WE LOVE BABIES!
YouTube - Fox Guest: "I want more babies…We love babies"
It’s amusing to see the religious right turn itself into a klein bottle over the issue of non-abortive contraception.
Do we want less abortion? Do we less teen sex? We can’t decide. So we’ll attack contraception and those who promote it and we’ll also make [...]
Byrd Shits on Bush During Press Conference
Octogenarian Senator Robert Byrd, in what can only be called an act of extreme rhetorical force, took a giant dump on George Bush during a press conference today. Spokesperson Dana…
Oh, wait… I’m hearing now that it wasn’t the Senior Senator from West Virginia. It was typo. I mean, it was an actual bird. A sparrow. [...]
Olbermann Special Comment
YouTube - Olbermann Special Comment
Read More..>>Open Letter to Nancy Pelosi on Iran and Impeachment
Some background: Think Progress » ABC News: Bush Authorizes New Covert Action Against Iran
Summary: BushCo is likely engaged in new covert ops inside Iran — claimed to be non-lethal. But this reportedly includes economic subversion, which is technically an act of war, at least when it’s done to us. Regardless, covert action is illegal without [...]
TSA Confiscates Congressman’s Last Meal During Food Stamp Challenge
Think Progress » TSA Confiscates Congressman’s Last Meal During Food Stamp Challenge
So a Congressman, trying to voluntarily live on food stamps (basically, $3/day) to see what it was like, took a flight home and had his peanut butter and jelly sandwiches confiscated by the TSA.
Digg users, of course, were all up in arms over [...]