Archive for June, 2008
Posted in June 20th, 2008
Google has launched an “X-Prize” like contest to reward the first private company that manages to land a mobile probe successfully on the moon with $20 million. Welcome to a new kind of space race, where the earthly guest will be a machine and the goal is as much exploration as seeking out new business [...]
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Posted in June 19th, 2008
Obama promised to participate in the public funding process for his campaign should he get the nomination. His purpose in making the promise was to lay claim to an “even playing field” where the campaigns would be limited to a maximum amount of spending. But now that he realizes that by breaking that promise he [...]
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Posted in June 19th, 2008
This was SO much better than the first attempt at making a “Hulk” movie. I enjoyed it. The movie stuck more or less to the old Hulk I knew from the old comic books, you know, the one who says things like “Hulk SMASH!” to demonstrate his subtlety. And then he does smash. And it’s [...]
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Posted in June 18th, 2008
Where is Laura Ingraham? | Redstate Where is Laura Ingraham? It should not go unnoticed that one of the nation’s most popular radio hosts is off the air. What happened? No one is talking. What I do know is that Laura wants to be back on the air. She does not want to be off [...]
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Posted in June 17th, 2008
Sure looks that way to me… Obama: Bin Laden still free because of GOP tactics WASHINGTON (AP) – Democrat Barack Obama says he’ll take no lectures from Republicans on who will keep America safer. GOP rival John McCain’s campaign criticized Obama Tuesday for speaking approvingly of the successful prosecution of terrorists. A McCain aide said, [...]
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Posted in June 17th, 2008
Yes, it must be close to the end of times. Mother Nature is clearly out to purify herself of her pestilence of people. The midwest is pretty much underwater right now. And that is going to be bad news for gas and food prices. The good news from all of this is the likely increased [...]
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Posted in June 16th, 2008
FT.com / World – US fears over A.Q. Khan nuclear ring The US is concerned that the illicit network set up by Pakistani scientist A.Q. Khan may have distributed designs for nuclear warheads as well as uranium enrichment technology. Stephen Hadley, US national security adviser, told reporters on Sunday: “We are very concerned about the [...]
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Posted in June 15th, 2008
Tiger Woods has the third round lead at the U.S. Open. He leads by one stroke at three under par. In Tiger terms, that would seem to be a disappointing performance, after all this is the man who won his first U.S. Open by lapping the field. But this is a different Tiger Woods. This [...]
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Posted in June 13th, 2008
Something to think about for Father’s Day… ChordStrike: Moog Introduces Revolutionary New Guitar I’m not one to typically lust after music gear, but this new guitar created by the geniuses over at Moog has me putting my credit card in a block of frozen ice to prevent me from pre-ordering it. Not only does this [...]
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Posted in June 13th, 2008
Just to keep you all up to speed in with my virtual adventuring… Things have slowed down rather dramatically in the past week or so. Where I had been moving multiple levels upward each day, now I’m more or less ignoring level entirely as I have focused on learning the more complex aspects of the [...]
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