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Date: July 6th, 2008

A Real Southern Gentleman

6 July, 2008 (16:21) | Humor | 1 comment

After having been served in a Las Vegas cocktail lounge, a real southern gentleman beckoned the waitress back and said quietly, ‘Miss, y’all sure are a luvly, luvly lady; can ah persuade y’all to give me a piece of ass?’
‘Lord, that’s the most direct proposition I’ve ever had!’ gasped the [...]

Living on the Ice Shelf

6 July, 2008 (16:15) | Environment | 1 comment

Today’s must read Living on the Ice Shelf - here’s a sample

By
1. Farewell to the
Our world, our old world that we have inhabited for the last 12,000 years, has ended, even if no newspaper in North America or Europe has yet printed its scientific obituary.
This February, while cranes were hoisting cladding to the [...]

Quote of the Day

6 July, 2008 (13:09) | Political | No comments

[tag]James Hansen[/tag] from his excellent essay “[tag]Twenty Years Later: Tipping Points Near on Global Warming[/tag]” - I couldn’t agree more and while we are at it how about adding [tag]Bush[/tag], [tag]Cheney[/tag] and all their top administration cronies to the list.
CEOs of fossil energy companies know what they are doing and are aware of long-term consequences [...]

Credit where credit is due

6 July, 2008 (08:23) | Religion | 1 comment

I can go on and on, and as many of you have noticed I have in the past, about the evils of , but the biggest evil of religion is its destruction of rational thought. Here is a prime example. It’s painful to watch.

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WaPo on the economy

6 July, 2008 (08:10) | Economics, Media, Political | No comments

on the recent press conference on the . Notice that the room was almost empty. Journalists don’t need a press conference to see how bad the economy is. Maybe they’re tired of triying to .
Think you’re worried about the economy? is a wreck.
The , Swagel came out for his monthly economic briefing yesterday, 90 [...]

Don’t Get Caught With Your Pants Down

6 July, 2008 (00:03) | Science, Sociology, Technology | No comments

Also see
[tags] Stephen Petranek,TED,2002,10 ways the world could end[/tags]
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