Amnesty International is actually accusing Hezbollah of war crimes. After all these years of bashing Israel and the US, and ignoring the other side, has it decided to finally do something to try to reestablish its credibility?
Race Heating Up
Leonard David has a story on progress in the X-Prize Cup and Rocket Racing League.
Gracious
Considering some of the things that she said about him, I thought that this was pretty classy:
The president said Richards “became a national role model, and her charm, wit and candor brought a refreshing vitality to public life.”
He concluded that “Texas has lost one of its great daughters.”
The Best Thing About The Air America Fiasco
Al Franken is finally getting paid close to what he’s worth:
…you know things must be bad when even your top star can’t get paid. “I don’t know if that’s true or not,” Al Franken told Radar late Wednesday, when asked about the bankruptcy report. “We do know that there have been cash-flow problems. I haven’t been paid in a while. Like, there’s no cash flowing to me.”
To really make it right, though, he’d have to send them big checks.
“Useless”
But pretty cool. Behold, metallic oxygen. It’s red.
And I wouldn’t bet against someone coming up with a use for it. Or something like it:
…high-pressure techniques have already been used to create ultrahard materials such as diamond. Other chemicals, such as nitrogen and carbon monoxide, form solid polymers under pressure that store a lot of energy. If similar structures could be retained at atmospheric pressure, they might make excellent rocket fuel, suggests McMahon.
[Via Geek Press]
“Useless”
But pretty cool. Behold, metallic oxygen. It’s red.
And I wouldn’t bet against someone coming up with a use for it. Or something like it:
…high-pressure techniques have already been used to create ultrahard materials such as diamond. Other chemicals, such as nitrogen and carbon monoxide, form solid polymers under pressure that store a lot of energy. If similar structures could be retained at atmospheric pressure, they might make excellent rocket fuel, suggests McMahon.
[Via Geek Press]
“Useless”
But pretty cool. Behold, metallic oxygen. It’s red.
And I wouldn’t bet against someone coming up with a use for it. Or something like it:
…high-pressure techniques have already been used to create ultrahard materials such as diamond. Other chemicals, such as nitrogen and carbon monoxide, form solid polymers under pressure that store a lot of energy. If similar structures could be retained at atmospheric pressure, they might make excellent rocket fuel, suggests McMahon.
[Via Geek Press]
Scenic
Just In Case You Weren’t Already Aware
Bruce Gagnon is nuts:
I am now convinced, more than ever, that the Bush pirate crew is going to pull another 9-11 before the November elections. I think they are going to declare martial law. Then when the public hits the streets in protest, they are going to trot out these “active denial” microwave weapons for crowd control. And if anyone stands around too long they will be killed, just like is happening today in Iraq.
They will use these weapons in order to “dissuade” the American people from thinking that we can non-violently protest to save our country from fascism. They are then hoping that activists will either give up and go home, or turn violent and then the military will be given the go-ahead to take people out – just like we see them doing in Iraq today.
The clamp down is coming. Folks had better come alive now before it is too late. The Bush team has decided that they do not intend to give up power. They are going to make a play for total control of the oil in the Middle East and Central Asia and will not be slowed down by elections.
[Via Thomas James, who reads sites like this so we don’t have to]
Just In Case You Weren’t Already Aware
Bruce Gagnon is nuts:
I am now convinced, more than ever, that the Bush pirate crew is going to pull another 9-11 before the November elections. I think they are going to declare martial law. Then when the public hits the streets in protest, they are going to trot out these “active denial” microwave weapons for crowd control. And if anyone stands around too long they will be killed, just like is happening today in Iraq.
They will use these weapons in order to “dissuade” the American people from thinking that we can non-violently protest to save our country from fascism. They are then hoping that activists will either give up and go home, or turn violent and then the military will be given the go-ahead to take people out – just like we see them doing in Iraq today.
The clamp down is coming. Folks had better come alive now before it is too late. The Bush team has decided that they do not intend to give up power. They are going to make a play for total control of the oil in the Middle East and Central Asia and will not be slowed down by elections.
[Via Thomas James, who reads sites like this so we don’t have to]