Monthly Archives: January 2006

The Sky Isn’t Falling. Maybe. Is It?

Interesting editorial from the Bangkok Post News Regrettably, there is a great deal of nonsense talked about global warming and the causes and effects of climate change. Much of it comes from proponents of the merited belief that humankind is poisoning the only planet it has. A typical example of this ”foot in mouth” disease […]

Girls Gone Wild: Baghdad

Shake it baby, shake it! Show me some wrist! !vb:gv,1759234856608167677,1!

Dem Obstruction: Case 1,253,456 If Implemented

You know, because a week will make a big difference Senate Democrats are considering a plan that could delay a committee vote on Samuel Alito’s Supreme Court nomination for at least a week, slowing what could have been a quick confirmation for President Bush’s pick to replace retiring Justice Sandra Day O’Connor. Senate leadership aides […]

Recess Appointments, Oh My!

Actually a rather balanced, non BDS story from the AP. Editors must be on vacation WASHINGTON – President Bush’s decision to bypass the Senate in filling posts at the State Department, Federal Election Commission and National Labor Relations Board drew protests Thursday from lawmakers and advocacy groups. Under the Constitution, the president may avoid the […]

Ocean Currents Shifted 55 Million Years Ago

Interesting PARIS (AFP) – An extraordinary burst of global warming that occurred around 55 million years ago dramatically reversed Earth’s pattern of ocean currents, a finding that strengthens modern-day concern about climate change, a study says. The big event, the Palaeocene/Eocene Thermal Maximum (PETM), saw the planet’s surface temperature rise by between five and eight […]

Stop The ACLU!

I do not see anything of interest in the news about the ACLU today, maybe they have been taking the time to actually read the US Constitution. Na. Meanwhile, go to Stop The ACLU for today’s blogburst.

Triangle Rail System: Just Say No, Part II

Back on October 3, 2005, I wrote a post Triangle Rail System: Just Say No. Recently, Elizabeth, a local resident, had this to say: If you think that the rail system does nothing then what do you think is the solution to traffic on I-40 and the continuing misuse of resources to sprawl. Many a […]

13 Billion Years Old

How cool is that? Was kinda playing around, looking at some of the Hubble photo’s, and ran across this one: The scientists are unsure of the exact distance to the galaxy but know it is near the limit of what can be found with current telescopes. It is estimated to be 13 billion light-years away, […]

WTW: Fix Your Damm HDTV!

Hey, y’all, Jebediah here with a little helper. Now, for those of you who gots themselves a brand spankin new HDTV set and a high definition setup, is it working right? You sure? Positive? OK, let me share a few secrets with y’all that will make ya happy with your HDTV experience. I do believe […]

WTW: 10 Days Of Global Warming

Hey, y’all, Jebediah here. I want to talk about a serious subject-global warming. Or, like folks are starting to call it, climate change. Slowly, the lexicon is being changed, due to the fact(s) about Global Warming being, oh, bullshat.  Kinda like how Liberals refer to themselves as Progressives, and refer to abortion as choice or […]

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