ethanol shmethanol…

As usual… the “green” movement has some serious explaining to do: California regulators have apparently discovered it ain’t easy being green… “ethanol yields about 30% less energy per gallon of gasoline, so miles per gallon in internal combustion engines drop … Continue reading

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“objective” reality

I found this to be fascinating and quite funny: “The question whether things really exist outside of us and as we see them is absolutely meaningless. … The question is almost as absurd as wondering whether blue is really blue, … Continue reading

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Why not release ALL the memos?

I thought this was an interesting article discussing the recently-released interrogation memos by the Obama administration.  I personally think it was a mistake to release ANY of the memos; broadcasting to our enemies the limits of our interrogation tactics has … Continue reading

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about those “scheming republicans”

I occasionally read a blog one of my old law professors contributes to and, I must say, from time to time, articles posted on this site leave me quite well, incredulous.  The fact that they actually believe what they are … Continue reading

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new “slickr” project preview

Hey All! Just wanted to throw out some screencaps of my latest project… which is essentially my own FLICKR.  I am using jQuery to edit titles and comments inline (almost identical to Flickr’s ajax implementation)… and have also added a … Continue reading

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Netanyahu and American Interests

I don’t even know how I stumbled across this article but it is quite, illuminating, shall we say, regarding the state of denial regarding the Iranian Nuclear threat.  Take a recent article by M.J. Rosenberg in Talking Points Memo Cafe.  … Continue reading

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When in France…

President Obama held a much ballyhooed town hall in Strasbourg, France, on Friday, touted by the White House as an outreach to Europeans on the second leg of the president’s “listening” tour. But the first person he called on was … Continue reading

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Arms Control

I’m not going to provide too much commentary here; I’m sure you all are perfectly capable of deducting the various ironies, good points, and other pieces of worthwhile information yourselves (but I’ll help out a bit with some visual styles): … Continue reading

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