“The gavel of the speaker of the House is in the hands of special interests, and now it will be in the hands of America’s children.” Nancy Pelosi on being elected House Speaker after Democrats take the House in 2006
I’ve been building computers well over a decade but the whole “casemod” thing has never really done it for me. I’ve always built to get more bang for my buck or to help other do the same. But I think I’ve finally found a casemod that would be really cool to do… the retro casemod. [...]
I have never questioned the validity of Heinlein’s TANSTAAFL. That is until now. Anyone else notice that asian news stories read like comic books?
I’ve read about these problems before (and others not mentioned in this article) and noted even then no one is taking it seriously, that soy is causing long term problem serious enough countries are starting to crack down. Except in America where even what little bit of masculinity is feared. A feminine population is also [...]
Imagine what would happen in the media were a judge to cut and paste parts of an Exxon prepared brief into a ruling that benefited energy companies in general? The content or accuracy of the content doesn’t matter since it is the source that counts, and that has been the position of the Left energy [...]
The Democrats that opposed Republican proposed rule changes to end budget ear marks, or just to require putting names on them, have decided they should trim the ear marks in the budgets Republicans “dumped on them” when they left. They’ll only delete the ones they don’t like, naturally… like those remaining in the bills from [...]
So, can’t get tighter CAFE standards passed to force auto makers to produce more efficient cars? Then rewrite the rating system to force another 8%-12% out of the 2008 models. There is a link to more info as these changes seem to have the support of the auto industry but I cannot read the additional [...]
Yes, good old free market Putin… certainly that was his grade school nickname, no? No. Seems Comrade Putin has now seized a $20bn Shell liquified gas project after Shell believed the “former” KGB tough. But that wasn’t enough, Putin has also declared no more foreign ownership of Russian energy. I can’t say that’s a bad [...]
It seems that Indianapolis Mayor Bart Peterson has been elected president of some association of mayors with membership including the mayors of some 500 towns and cities in the United States. I must at this point apologize to the United Nations, whom I’ve previously deemed the most worthless, self righteous, anti-American, 2 bit dictators organization [...]
If you’re in a really up beat mood and just can’t stand it anymore I suggest you click on over and read Lost in the Heart of Darkness: America.
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