Month: April 2007
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Stephen Hawking's Zero-Gravity Flight
This really makes me smile. (article)
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Iraq Blogger Leaves Baghdad
Riverbend, author of Baghdad Burning: The Wall is the latest effort to further break Iraqi society apart. Promoting and supporting civil war isn’t enough, apparently- Iraqis have generally proven to be more tenacious and tolerant than their mullahs, ayatollahs, and Vichy leaders. It’s time for America to physically divide and conquer– like Berlin before the […]
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Fox News Reports Parody as News
A satire rag featured a fake news story about a student intimidating Muslim students with a ham sandwich in a paper bag. Fox picked it up as real news and ran with it.
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Barbara Ann Was Written By an Iranian
Fred Fassert wrote the Beach Boys hit and is of Iranian heritage.
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Dial 1-866-445-6580
(from liner notes of NIN’s newest album)
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Senate Backs Iraq Withdrawal: McCain Doesn't Vote
McCain has demanded we withdraw… from Haiti! From Somalia! Let’s just have the world’s only reluctant superpower of benevolent fluffernutter militarism declare victory and runaway.
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Idol Gives Back: Wasting a Phone Call
Can you imagine if after people voted on Idol last night if they were connected to the office of their reps in Congress to leave a voicemail to aid Africa or get NOLA moving? Not once did they mention any of the political implications of any of these problems either in Africa or the US. […]
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China Discovers 2.2 Billion Barrels of Oil
Now that’s leverage: China became a net oil importer in the late 1990s and now is the world’s No. 2 consumer after the United States, and consumption last year rose another 9.3 percent to 2.4 billion barrels. Imports in 2006 surged by 16.9 percent and accounted for 47 percent of consumption, while domestic production edged […]
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Bush Approval Rating New Low: 28%
And Congress not much better: Those polled gave Congress an approval rating of 27%, with the Democrats as a group pulling in 35% approval, compared with 22% for Republicans.
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Teri Hatcher Looks Like Michael Jackson
Was anyone amazed at how bad Teri Hatcher looked last night on American Idol?