World View of US Continues Slide
The NYT is reporting that the latest Pew Research Center survey of international opinion found that America's standing is in free fall again after a brief upturn following the tsunami aid. US...
View ArticleNo CT necessary. Osama will campaign for Reps.
(This began as a never-posted comment in response to part of this good comment by Catrina):I am listening to the news now. Osama has obliged the Republicans with a few more videos, to add to the impact...
View ArticleHow far can the popular vote diverge from the electoral victor?
How far, under ideal circumstances, can the popular vote diverge from the electoral college victor? Or loser?Under actual circumstances:Gore won by 500,000 votes nationwide. What is the largest popular...
View ArticleAthens is burning. Updated
Following the murder of a 15 year by a policeman Saturday night, the entire country has plunged into chaos.You can watch the ongoing riots, which seem about to enter their fourth day here. The...
View ArticleGaza incursion: intended (?) and unintended consequences
I just watched the nine o'clock news here in Athens. More than half the newscast was focused on the events in Gaza, despite a recent terrorist attack on Greek police which resulted in near fatal...
View ArticleGreece mugged by economic hitmen, you're next...
Was Greece profligate? Yes. At the same time Saint Ronnie was 'proving' that deficits don't matter, Andreas Papandreou, the Prime Minister of Greece for the same period was doing the same in the...
View ArticleIsrael own goal, any way you cut it
Imagine that the flotilla heading for Gaza was full of armed terrorists.Imagine that they were laying in wait for the Israeli commandos to drop from the skies from the "black and silent...
View ArticleA dawn of a new era. Falcon 9 success
Just a couple of days ago one of our favorite comedians was bemoaning the end of manned spaceflight and he broke a lot of hearts. Colbert Nation June 1 (link is currently broken on the site, redirects...
View ArticleHigh levels of radiation across the DMZ
A real quickie here. The Associated Press is reporting abnormally high levels of radiation coming across the DMZ into South Korea from the North. A nuclear test does not seem to be the cause but the...
View ArticleSelf-fulfilling prophecies
Among the things I did tonight (it is late where I am won't be able to stay around for long) were to check the prediction of the psychic octopus for tomorrow's exciting match between Germany and Spain...
View ArticleMessage from a BattleStar
The vast starship was many years away when the transmissions began. Some of the scouts and weapons platforms were already in system, though.The People of Earth speech was aimed at Athens, Alexandria...
View ArticleWhereas
Whereas I know that herding cats during an earthquake in the rain through LA is easy compared to keeping Democrats together,(even if they control three branches of government and have a shot at...
View ArticleSomething wonderful this way comes
A famous curse supposedly says "may you live in interesting times." I suppose we are all cursed as these are the most interesting times that I would like to live through over the past several thousand...
View Article1821 meet 2011
1821, the year of the Greek Revolution and a new Greek relatively high-production-values documentary, can teach us much.The Greek doc and HBO's John Adams are similar in teaching sometimes...
View ArticleHave they just invented the Ansible?
When I first saw this article the thought came that this would be just what the invention of the ansible would look like.An ansible is a hypothetical machine capable of instantaneous or superluminal...
View ArticleAverting catastrophe: the ways and means coming together
Global warming and climate change. Peak oil. Corporate dominance. Rising food prices. Exploding populations. Unsustainable economies. Environmental degradation. Water scarcities and droughts. Peak...
View ArticleHighest pay counterproductive. Please spread meme for free.
There's a video I want you to see. Actually there are two or three, at least. If you don't have the time right now, save them for later but if you can, watch the first one now.Everything that...
View ArticleMisuratah, updated
Update:Spelling error in the title fixed : (Minor other edits.The tale of Misuratah or Misrata or however you want to spell it, is a tale full of woe, blood and heroism, along with an incredible dose...
View ArticleThe one place where folks happily rush to the balcony when bombs fall
Tripoli, Libya. The sound of jets flying high above comes through the open window. Boom, boom, boom. Everyone rushes to their balconies, trying to pinpoint the impact zone. Tracer fire laces the sky....
View ArticleBenghazi Broadcasts with a British Accent
A bunch of Anglo-Libyans have launched a radio station, TributeFM (also available on-line). They just had a live caller on from Tripoli. Some quotes culled from the ChangeInLibya twitter stream:Tripoli...
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