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Give to the Red Cross and I'll send you a book

There will be plenty of time to talk about computers later. Right now this country is in a crisis that is getting worse daily. If I worked for a company that were being managed as poorly as the relief effort in New Orleans, I'd quit in disgust. Sadly, we can't...

I don't feel safer

A report from Think Progress points out that infants have been stopped from boarding planes at airports throughout the U.S. because their names are the same as or similar to those of possible terrorists on the government’s “no-fly list.” This can't be good news. Edited to fix broken link....

Proof that Ed Grimley is Lee Iacocca's illegitimate son

The "high pants award" can now be officially retired. (Fark, via Lost Remote)...

I choose science

My forehead is slightly flatter today than it was yesterday. That's because of the time I spent pounding it against my desktop last night when I learned that the President of the United States thinks that it makes perfect sense to combine science classes with folklore and mythology instead of...

A Bill of Rights is a terrible thing to waste

A little political humor, courtesy of skippy the bush kangaroo at The American Street: knock-knock. who’s there? under the patriot act, we don’t have to tell you that. Sorry, I guess that's not funny after all. I really think the Founding Fathers had some excellent ideas when they wrote the...

California says No to Diebold

Daily Review Online reports: After possibly the most extensive testing ever on a voting system, California has rejected Diebold's flagship electronic voting machine because of printer jams and screen freezes, sending local elections officials scrambling for other means of voting. "There was a failure rate of about 10 percent, and that's...

If the spirit moves you...

I have no reason to think that this story from Beliefnet.com is not the 100% gospel truth: Televangelist Benny Hinn is threatening to sue the religious satire magazine The Door for the video clip it is distributing that shows Hinn's wife, Suzanne, preaching at their former church in Orlando, Florida. She...

Fox News says: Be afraid. Oh, and carry a towel.

News Hounds (motto: We watch FOX so you don't have to) reports on the latest Fox News fear-mongering: Juval Aviv, counter terrorism expert, claims in an article for FoxNews.com,that Americans can expect a terrorist attack as soon as tommorrow or ninety days at the latest. Aviv is full of survival...

Our miserable media

I was up early yesterday morning, early enough to catch the half-hour live broadcast of the BBC News that airs on my local PBS channel every morning. After it ended, I switched over to CNN and watched it until I couldn't stand the babbling anymore. Which wasn't very long. It...