If you're pissed off about gas prices, here's some good news for the future: one day if you're pissed off it could run your car. The Guardian reports: The shower is well known as a source of good ideas. But the toilet? Equally promising, says Gerardine Botte, a professor of chemical and biomolecular engineering at Ohio University who has developed a technology to generate … [Read more...] about One Day Pee Could Run Your Car
Welcome Home Discovery !!
For the very last time, the Space Shuttle Discovery has landed at the Kennedy Space Center. During her lifetime she spent the equivalent of a full year in orbit around mother Earth. Godspeed Discovery ! … [Read more...] about Welcome Home Discovery !!
Bloomberg Poll: American Against GOP Attack On Unions
As I also asked HERE in reference to a Bloomberg poll that showed that most Americans are against a government shutdown, you have to now wonder whether the Republican party is in danger of doing to its political prospects what Charlie Sheen is doing to his career. Look at this Bloomberg poll on what most Americans think of the GOP's attack on unions: Americans reject … [Read more...] about Bloomberg Poll: American Against GOP Attack On Unions
Hope’s Last Chance?
Guest post by Ali Ezzatyar Ali Ezzatyar is a journalist and American attorney practising in Paris, France. On the situation in Egypt, he was recently quoted by Robert Fisk at The Independent. ********** Comparisons to Ceausescu, while initially pessimistic, could turn out to be understated. Qaddafi is digging in and Libya is moving closer to what may be a prolonged … [Read more...] about Hope’s Last Chance?
Free Speech
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Mr. President: Lead or Get out of the Way! (Guest Voice)
Mr. President: Lead or Get out of the Way! by Michael Reagan Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi is getting away with murder because the president of the United States refuses to take action when that’s exactly what is called for. Gadhafi is thumbing his nose at the alleged leader of the Free World, leaving the crazed dictator free to slaughter his own people in a frantic … [Read more...] about Mr. President: Lead or Get out of the Way! (Guest Voice)
Bloomberg Poll: Americans Oppose Government Shut Down
As in the case of Gov. Scott Walker's polls-number-killing confrontation with unions over the right for public unions to have collective bargaining, you have to wonder if this poll is yet more evident that Republicans riskover-reaching: Americans are sending a message to congressional Republicans: Don’t shut down the federal government or slash spending on popular … [Read more...] about Bloomberg Poll: Americans Oppose Government Shut Down
GOP Trophies
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Controversy Swirls Around NPR Again as Calls For Defunding Mount (UPDATED)
Is National Public Radio finally on the brink of losing its government funding? The firing of Juan Williams was the first bungle that indicated a surprising inability to grasp to the new ideological political dynamics of polarized America and the dangers it would mean to its funding. And now there's the case of a controversial conservative videographer activist who who has … [Read more...] about Controversy Swirls Around NPR Again as Calls For Defunding Mount (UPDATED)
King’s Personal Jihad Against American Muslims
Given the enormous problems besetting the U.S. these days and the need for Congress to address them, the hearings being convened by Representative Peter King tomorrow into the perceived threat of homegrown Muslim radicalism would seem to be an unwelcome distraction. Or are they? Becoming curious about what might lay behind the right-wing New York Republican's insistence … [Read more...] about King’s Personal Jihad Against American Muslims
Gas Prices, Huge Opportunity for Lamprey Eels Apparently
Where I grew up on the Great Lakes, lamprey eels attached themselves with rows of teeth angled backward toward their gullets... attached themselves to large fish, feeding off their innards for days or weeks until the fish died. Then on to the next big fish. Most of the world's four-wheeled and 6 and 8 and 10 and 18 wheels' nations are the big fish. The Lampreys? You … [Read more...] about Gas Prices, Huge Opportunity for Lamprey Eels Apparently
Whale Hunting Protects Marine Life – and Japanese Culture: Nishi Nippon, Japan
In an editorial that many will find ironic in the extreme, Japan's Nishi Nippon defends the practice of whaling by insisting that it actually contributes to the protection of other marine life. The newspaper goes on to criticize the U.S. group Sea Shepard for protecting whales from death by arguing that doing so endangers the lives of whale hunters - and that whaling must go on … [Read more...] about Whale Hunting Protects Marine Life – and Japanese Culture: Nishi Nippon, Japan
UPDATE: New ID Photo, Marizela “Mei” Perez Mtill Missing in Seattle: Police Say No Reason to Suspect Foul Play
Her name is Marizela “Mei” Perez. So young. Gone since Saturday, last seen on surveillance cameras in early afternoon. Numbers to contact directly with tips are below. As a PI, I hope the lead investigator does not rule out following leads for foul play even though Marizela has been on anti-depressants for a long time. Though the 'usual profile' for persons who go … [Read more...] about UPDATE: New ID Photo, Marizela “Mei” Perez Mtill Missing in Seattle: Police Say No Reason to Suspect Foul Play
International Women’s Day, No Female American President in Sight
WASHINGTON -- It's the 100th anniversary of International Women's Day. Ellen Johnson Sirleaf was elected the 24th President of Liberia, but we are still contemplating the all boys' club on the Left, while the Right ignites with an anti-feminist, anti-women agenda of people like Michele Bachmann and Sarah Palin. The topic wasn't even hitting the top ranks of Memeorandum … [Read more...] about International Women’s Day, No Female American President in Sight
Mike Huckabee’s Politically Fatal Week
Perhaps McDonald’s should offer a McHuckabee Burger: a little beef with lots of baloney and ham. Topped with nuts. Mark March 2011 as the date when former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee forfeited his emerging position as a more thoughtful conservative who had started to get the ear of many independents, moderate Republicans and centrist Democrats. By saying Barack Obama grew up … [Read more...] about Mike Huckabee’s Politically Fatal Week
Supreme Court Welfare Case
If Justices were paid by the word, Clarence Thomas would be eligible for those government assistance programs he hates, if it weren't for his family's right-wing welfare income, which Thomas' disclosure forms for 13 years "inadvertently omitted due to a misunderstanding of the filing instructions." In the five years since the Justice spoke in oral arguments carried on by … [Read more...] about Supreme Court Welfare Case
Numbers Lie
It's not so easy to evaluate teachers as you might think. Case on point. … [Read more...] about Numbers Lie
Gaddafi Reportedly Seeking a Deal to Step Down: Or Is He?
Libyan dictator Moammar Gaddafi -- the leader whose name is spelled a half dozen ways -- is reportedly looking for a deal that will allow him to step down alive and avoid legal consquences: Or is he? Moammar Gadhafi is trying to strike a deal with opposition leaders, saying he will step down as Libya's leader if they can guarantee him safe passage out of the country … [Read more...] about Gaddafi Reportedly Seeking a Deal to Step Down: Or Is He?
Warner Brothers’ Firing Letter to Charlie Sheen
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What Libya may look like after Qaddafi (Guest Voice)
What Libya may look like after Quaddafi by Prairie Weather In eastern Libya, where the protesters seem to have won the day and probably the future, the town of Bayda offers some clues as to what the future may look like once Muammar Quaddafi has disappeared. It's not Cairo, after all, where the bureaucracy is entrenched and a system of governance was already in … [Read more...] about What Libya may look like after Qaddafi (Guest Voice)