Thursday, January 31, 2008
Hillary is a Scientologist
Not My Idea of a Choice
Why Christianity Gets a Bad Rap
Things like this doesn’t help their image.
Improvisation
What to do when you’re short on money. People in poor countries use what they got. Like this family in Laos who used unexploded munitions for furniture.
Wednesday, January 30, 2008
Star Trek OrgasmsI didn’t know that show was that risque.
Top 10 Most Puzzling Ancient Artifacts
Reading about some of these things used to fascinate me as a kid. It appears out understanding of the past is very incomplete.
Mystery in Space
Something strange is happening to our probes as they reach the limits of our solar system.
Something strange is happening in the outer reaches of our solar system. The Pioneer 10 and 11 spacecraft are not where they are supposed to be. These missions, launched in 1972 and 1973, have covered hundreds of millions of kilometers, heading toward the edge of our solar system. But something is holding them back. Each year, they fall behind in their projected travel by about 5,000 kilometers (3,000 miles).
Jet Propulsion Laboratory scientist John Anderson and his colleagues have been searching for an explanation since 1980. But as of yet, they have found nothing conclusive; no spacecraft behavior or previously unknown property of the outer solar system can explain the deceleration of the Pioneer spacecraft. Scientists are being forced to consider the unthinkable: something may be wrong with our understanding of the laws of physics. An important line of inquiry will be to study mounds of Doppler (velocity) data and spacecraft status data (like temperatures) that have been unavailable to researchers—but that is about to change.
Bad Choices Once Again
It looks like this election is shaping up to be 2000 all over again. I didn’t vote in that election necause I disliked my choices. This time our choice seems to be a crazy old coot and a lying, shrill harpy.
I’ve been rooting for Obama to win the Democrat nomination, not just because I don’t like the Clintons, but because I think he actually has a few good ideas. He seems less compromised that Hillary who will be more of the same.
Hillary is leading in all the state polls, as is McCain. It’s possible there might be an upset, but at this point, it looks like we’re stuck between the two of them.
I give McCain credit for being a true fiscal conservative. But he’s a 70s Democrat for all intents and purposes. Hillary is an establishment candidate who will be the Democrat’s Bush. And four or eight more years of Bill Clinton on TV is going to be torture.
McCain might beat her, though. Especially if he gets someone like Thompson as VP. Thompson will help bring in the Southern vote which is needed to win the election. If McCain chooses Huckabee as VP, I don’t want to think about it.
All in all, I may sit this one out unless it looks close. Then I will vote for McCain. He is a lot more credible than Hillary. He has the experience she doesn’t and he would probably be a good Commander-in-Chief. But if you hate war, both McCain and Hillary are not your candidates. Bill Clinton sent our troops into more engagements than any president in history and McCain is a major saber rattler.
Tuesday, January 29, 2008
Priceless
Free Writing Classes from 10 Colleges
There’s plenty of good courses here and they’re all free. Even though I’ve been writing professionally for 20 years, I still check out books on writing and read courses in case there’s something new to be learned. You can never know everything.
