I have used Mandrake/Mandriva since around ’97 and despite the upsurge in popularity of Ubuntu and its derivatives I’ve found no compelling reason to switch distributions. Linux.com has review of Mandriva Linux 2008 Spring which is one of the better reviews Mandriva has received during occasionally the bumpy ride homogenizing Mandrake and Connectiva into a [...]
Be ready June 12th for the first annual Global Warming Skeptics ‘Carbon Belch Day’ (the comments after the article are worth your attention as well). Maybe I’ll mow the grass needlessly since that open exhaust 14hp Briggs & Stratton puts out more carbon than driving to work for a couple of weeks.
“[L]et us make a vow to our dead. Let us show them by our actions that we understand what they died for… Strengthened by their courage, heartened by their valor, and borne by their memory, let us continue to stand for the ideals for which they lived and died.” -Ronald Reagan
I find it very interesting that the AP article about the effort of a Conservative Group to kill Lieberman-Warner doesn’t mention anywhere that the original bill name was McCain-Lieberman. Are they holding that as an ace to use against McCain later? Or hoping that if McCain does win they’ll still get the bill they’re actually [...]
A good article on Oil’s perfect storm covers most of the bases. I’d love to see more on the currency manipulation and where who the largest commodities speculators are. Especially in light of this having become the single largest issue in the fall elections I’d like to know who it is manipulating those elections through [...]
So the House blocks any bill offered to help expand domestic supply plus they spend money faster than it comes off the printing press and as results of these actions we get a double whammy. The value of the dollar has dramatically declined which means oil and everything associated with it goes up. At the [...]
At least that’s the headline but how factual is it? Was Ald. Richard Mell merely trying to cover himself? And so what if he was if it makes good policy sense. Reading the comments in the article already shows a list of people pointing out they hypocrisies of the alderman but what I see is [...]
Frequently I read a story and wonder how much of an idiot the author is to have written such an article. A great case in point: You are a small police department and have ordered AR15 rifles for all of your officers. The rifles come in on time, but the locking devices that go into [...]
If there are 31,000 scientists who don’t agree global warming exists or is caused by man how big would the pool of scientists have to be to make the word “consensus” applicable?
So while Obama pooh-poohs the danger from ‘tiny’ Iran Iran’s own neighbors are escalating their own nuclear projects in response. How much does this reinforce McCain’s view that Obama is recklessly inexperienced?
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The masthead graphic "Road to Oakalla" was taken during a motorcycle ride to the Oakalla covered bridge on 23 May, 2007 with a Canon A85 digital camera (F5.6, 1/125 sec exposure). Additional images from the visit are in the Oakalla bridge gallery.
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