Even after forcing the government to back down, and guarantee them jobs for life (if they can get them), the students in France are still protesting. Give them a centimeter, and they’ll take a kilometer.
France–a country run by college students. All is now explained.
Senator Coburn has put up a government web site to track government waste and overspending.
What does Spiderman creator Stan Lee have to do with Hillary?
“Doug from Upland” has the answer:
Yesterday morning I had the pleasure of speaking on the phone with legendary superhero creator Stan Lee. The creator of Spiderman acknowledged to me information that could become a sticky situation for one Hillary Rodham Clinton, the smartest woman on the planet.
On the link above – 4th false FEC report – turn to page 34. You will see that a $225,000 in-kind contribution is attributed to Stan Lee personally.
Lee was very surpised when I told him that, on the 4th FEC report from the Hillary 2000 campaign, he is listed as the largest donor — $225,000. He could not understand how that could be. He has testified under oath that he never gave any money. He didn’t have any money to give. He told that to the FBI, to the FEC, and to the Justice Department.
Treasurer Andrew Grossman, Hillary, and, of course, David Kendall, know very well that this is the fourth fraudulent report. They know very well that Lee gave no money. This continuing crime is being pulled off in broad daylight, and the Justice Department does not seem to want to do anything about it.
That report is the 4th time that Andrew Grossman and Hillary Clinton have had the opportunity to tell the truth to the FEC. Four strikes and you’re out? Apparently, not in Hillary’s world.
As someone over there points out, if I were Stan Lee I’d sue her Highness for defamation of character, for accusing me of such a thing.
This is amusing as well:
Note: although Hillary has been removed as a defendant (it will be appealed) in the case Paul v. Clinton, she will be ordered to testify. She and her defendant husband are expected to be in Los Angeles for a sworn deposition in as soon as 60 days. Does anyone remember the last time William Jefferson Blythe Clinton testified under oath?
No, actually. I have no recollection of that…
Amidst the big anniversary tomorrow, it’s easy to forget that it’s been exactly thirty-six years since Apollo XIII headed off on its ill-fated voyage around the moon. It occurred at an inauspicious time, for those who are triskaidekaphobic.
[Update a few minutes later]
It’s also been five years since the X-33 died. That didn’t happen soon enough.
I disagree with this, though:
NASA was willing to take the risks inherent in the winged potato for one reason: LockMart was willing to put its money where its mouth was, to a degree that Rockwell, McDonnell Douglas, or Boeing weren’t. LockMart had even touted its orbital “VentureStar” as a replacement for the shuttle and Titan IV, ready for flight between 2004 and 2006.
This isn’t true, for two reasons. First, NASA picked it because they were enamored with the technology. Second, there’s no evidence that Lockheed was “willing to put its money where its mouth was,” and quite a bit to the contrary. Their business plan was a joke, and not a good one, but NASA was unable to distinguish between a good and a bad business plan. If Lockheed had really been willing to put its money where its mouth was, it would have made the investment to complete the program. I don’t believe for a minute that Lockheed-Martin management ever intended to develop Vstar with their own money. They just told NASA what it wanted to hear.
Don’t do these things in an interview.
[via Geek Press]
With continuing great reporting, Michael Yon provides a travelogue of Thailand and the unreported war there, and Dubai. Oh, and he says that Iraq is in a civil war.
And here’s a very long, but worthwhile essay on Iran by Mark Steyn.
Iowahawk has outsourced his blog to Bangalore.
PC Runnamok, that is. A discussion on a lost hat in Park Slope. It’s simultaneously hilarious, and sad.
Early exits indicated that Silvio Berlusconi was going to lose the elections in Italy, but now it’s looking like he’s pulled it out. If true, once again, so much for the hopes of the left that Iraq-war coalition leaders would pay for their decision to remove the dictator.
This could have huge implications for almost any viral-borne disease (including avian flu):
Aethlon Medical, a small San Diego biotech company, is developing a portable de-vice that removes viruses from blood. Known as the Hemopurifier, it filters not only smallpox but numerous other viruses, including Marburg and Ebola.
The Hemopurifier resembles a shrunken dialysis cartridge, the rolling-pin-size de-vice that purifies the blood of patients whose kidneys have failed. Both use a filter to remove toxins from blood. But unlike traditional dialysis, the Hemo-purifier also includes plant-derived antibodies, such as cyanovirin, that bind to a variety of viruses and eliminates them from the bloodstream. The plant solution can be modified to weed out even genetically engineered germs.