Humble Hubble Pie In The Sky
“And the patch of sky was no bigger than a grain of sand held out at arm’s length.”
BP’s Bleeding Assholes
Ordinary citizens mobilize in response to Gulf tragedy Despite the best efforts of the BP/US government duopoly to minimize the sheer magnitude of the unfolding disaster in the Gulf of Mexico, scientists, reporters, politicians, community leaders, and activists of all stripes are saying enough is enough, and are taking the initiative to deal with it. In previous weeks, much of …
Jindal Makes It Legal To Bring A Gun To Worship
The Sisters of Mercy preparing for their annual communion host skeet shot competition Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal just made it legal for individuals in his state to come to their local house of worship packin’ heat: Gov. Bobby Jindal signs bills allowing guns in church Gov. Bobby Jindal has signed into law one of the more controversial bills from the …
Colbert Schools The Economist On Using Photoshop
The Colbert Report Mon – Thurs 11:30pm / 10:30c The Economist Photoshops Obama’s Picture www.colbertnation.com Colbert Report Full Episodes 2010 Election Fox News Not that we here at US would ever stoop to using Photoshop to message a particular political POV (alright, MAYBE on a rare occasion, or whenever). But in the interest of furthering mature and reflective discussion on …
Nuke It Closed? (III)
Discussion of nuking the well shut begins at the 2:00 minute mark. The additional development that Matt Simmons uses to bolster his argument was the discovery by the US Navy of a second pipe inside the Blowout Preventer that shouldn’t be there. He speculates that it’s a piece of the well casing that was thrust upwards from the tremendous force …
Drilling Your Own
BP board game foreshadows Gulf disaster LONDON — An obscure BP-themed board game in which players aim to avoid rig disasters has become an unexpected hit at a British toy museum. BP Offshore Oil Strike was released in the early 1970s and allows up to four players to explore for oil, build platforms and construct pipelines. The first player to …
Hubbling With The Moody Blues
Your Cosmos brought to you by The Hubble Telescope & The Moody Blues I don’t think I would have survived high school (late ‘sixties) without The Moody Blues. Their symphonic collaboration with the London Symphony Orchestra resulted in perhaps their greatest album, Days of Future Passed, which I played whenever life seemed overwhelming. Laying on my bedroom floor, lights out …
