October 18, 2008 – 8:54 am
There is certainly some anxiety about Iran developing a nuclear bomb creation ability of their own. What would they do with it? Would they use it responsibly as a deterent, like France has always done with its tiny nuclear weapons stockpile? Or, will they use them against Israel? Or another Middle Eastern country? Europe? America? […]
October 2, 2008 – 6:38 pm
Yikes! From Violet Blue (NSFW) We just had our famous, huge leather pride festival Folsom Street Fair here in San Francisco (yesterday), and the above versions of lovely leather pride spinoff Obama / Shepard Fairey paste-ups started appearing… Fairey has a show in town right now, though no word yet if he’s behind the prank. […]
September 29, 2008 – 4:04 pm
Traffic Bait Sarah Palin has inspired editorials, blog posts, investigations and dispatches galore since her announcement as the Republican vice-presidential nominee four weeks ago. Now she’s the subject of a nude portrait, unveiled Thursday and drawing crowds to the Old Town Ale House on Chicago’s North Side. (Uncensored painting can be seen here. -Ed.) The […]
September 28, 2008 – 4:14 pm
Maybe something that only interests me, but, science is cool, and we all need a break from politics now and then The discovery of rocks as old as 4.28 billion years pushes back age of most ancient remnant of Earth’s crust by 300 million years. McGill University researchers have discovered the oldest rocks on Earth […]
September 26, 2008 – 6:59 pm
Video: Sarah Palin Bathing Suit Via the quite cool Andy Baio at Waxy.com, who saved a copy from Youtube, where every uploaded copy gets yanked. Go say thanks. Apparently, can’t really embed it. Working on getting a copy.
September 25, 2008 – 9:49 pm
Funny story of the day A West Virginia man who police said passed gas and fanned it toward a patrolman has been charged with battery on a police officer. Jose A. Cruz, 34, of Clarksburg, was pulled over early Tuesday for driving without headlights, police said. According to the criminal complaint, Cruz smelled of alcohol, […]
August 22, 2008 – 4:43 pm
So, I was over at the Chicago Tribune, asking the editor a question, namely, why is the Trib not out suing to get Obama’s records released from the University of Illinois regarding Barry’s time with a non-profit linked to William Ayers, when the Trib sued to get Jack Ryan’s divorce papers released. Both are private […]
August 9, 2008 – 4:10 pm
Bats, anyhow At least 38 Warao Indians have died in remote villages in Venezuela, and medical experts suspect an outbreak of rabies spread by bites from vampire bats. Laboratory investigations have yet to confirm the cause, but the symptoms point to rabies, according to two researchers from the University of California at Berkeley and other […]
August 6, 2008 – 10:18 am
Yes, you read that right Thousands of German policewomen will receive what media have labeled “bullet-proof bras.” Â Made of white cotton and featuring the word “Polizei” (Police) along the seam, the bras are meant to better protect police women who wear bullet-proof vests. What, no photos?
August 3, 2008 – 2:14 pm
Afternoon break from politics and such. Personally, I find this pretty cool Palaeontologists digging in a brickyard in southern Poland have discovered the fossilised remains of a dinosaur that they say is a previously unknown ancestor of the Tyrannosaurus Rex. The predator dinosaur, given the working name “Dragon”, lived around 200 million years ago, team […]
