Here in Colorado, we’ve had on-going trials involving the Animal Liberation Front and the Earth Liberation Front (ALF and ELF — how cute!), a group that practices domestic terrorism in support of their environmental goals. The coverage of the trial reads as though it were taken from the plotline for a mediocre contemporary novel or […]
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Image from the SOHO spacecraft of the Sun – March 04, 2008 Our sun is a gigantic nuclear furnace that most people on Earth take for granted. It’s easy to assume that the sun is a constant, as we know it has been around longer than the planet Earth has, and has warmed the planet […]
Last night was another Tuesday primary swarm. Once again it was a parade of newsies working hard to create a story. Some of the specifics: John McCain completed his bid to be the Republican nominee for 2008. Congratulations to him. It is my honest opinion that he was the weakest contender for the GOP slot, […]
Once upon a time in the late 70’s, it seemed everything was Star Wars. To be honest Star Wars was (if I recall) the one that gave rise to merchandise tie ins to things like Happy Meals and action figures. But also big during the late 70’s was the evil form of dance culture known […]
Some of you may be aware of a sub-culture of nerds that like to “bend circuits”. That means taking perfectly usable electronic items and re-purposing them for other things. Sometimes bizare other things. One of the big realms of this is taking anything that makes noise and re-wiring it’s brains to make strange noises for […]
Yesterday (Saturday) was a pretty a spring day as you could ask for: clear blue skies, low humidity, temperature in the mid-70s. Right now, at 7 am on Sunday morning, it’s 25 degrees out with 30-40 MPH winds (wind chill is down around -6) and snow blowing — we’re expecting anywhere from 3″ to 8″ […]
My stalwart co-blogger, Bruce Henderson, has been waving his arms here on ASIP for roughly two years now about the coming financial crisis, with a particular focus on the subprime fiasco. Well, here’s a link to a funny, scathing, profane, yet quite accurate presentation (using stick figures) on how we got into the subprime mess […]
Stuff White People Like: a new blog
It’s not often that you see a blog hit it out of the park right form the start, but this one has: Stuff White People Like. It’s one of the few blogs where I went back through the archives and read every single entry. Most entries make me laugh; some make me wince (at myself). […]
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