Relaxing regulations on offshore drilling has become a major part of McCain’s campaign message. Two days ago he visited an offshore rig to prove his sincerity (last time he tried to visit, he had to cancel because of an oil spill, no joke). McCain says that offshore drilling now will help end our dependency on [...]
…this is not the middle east; this is not the middle ages. This is a free society. And in a free society, there exists no right to not be offended. If the Catholic church can get away with desecrating what others consider sacred (or, for those of us who have no concept of sacredness, at [...]
… but here’s more about Batman.
One of the facets of the Batman mythos (isn’t that word so pretentious sounding?) that appeals most to me is his normalness. Bruce Wayne doesn’t have superpowers. He just has money and physical prowess. A lot of what he does borders on possible.
Sure that sounds crazy, but here is [...]
I’m not sure what conclusion, if any, to draw from this juxtaposition of data (it’s just fun to make bar charts). But I think it just might be a sign of the apocalypse. Keep an eye out for the other two horsemen.
Count me among those who think that energy independence is a justified goal for the United States. After reading this article by Peter Kiernan I’m not so sure.
Kiernan tackles these myths of oil independence:
The United States is dependent on Middle Eastern oil.
The United States can eliminate the need to import oil soon.
The activities of terrorist [...]
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In case you were wondering, a “survey of sex therapists concluded the optimal amount of time for sexual intercourse was 3 to 13 minutes.”
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Don’t worry about the economy until fast food joints start losing money.
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It turns out the new Attorney General is as big a liar as the last one. Gee, who would have seen [...]
The NY Times recently published a story about U.S. plans to blow up a dead satellite. There are two hilarious snippets from the NYT article I’d like you to read:
President Bush ordered the action to prevent any possible contamination from the hazardous rocket fuel on board, and not out of any concern that parts of the spacecraft might survive and reveal its secrets, the officials said.
And:
The effort will be a real-world [...]