Maybe they should put this in Burt Rutan and Richard Branson’s hands instead….might take a few years less…. cd From Scotsman.com Welcome to Mars express: only a three hour trip IAN JOHNSTON SCIENCE CORRESPONDENT AN EXTRAORDINARY “hyperspace” engine that could make interstellar space travel a reality by flying into other dimensions is being investigated by…
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Wal Mart Apologizes for Racism
the thing is, SOMEONE, did this….it wasn’t just a computer error… cd Wal-Mart monkey biz Site ties ‘Apes’ flick to films about blacks By TRACY CONNOR Wal-Mart stirred outrage yesterday when its Web site suggested that shoppers who wanted to buy a “Planet of the Apes” DVD would be interested in biopics of famous black…
Skunk on Bellingham airport runway diverts planes
This story made me laugh…cd The Seattle Times: Local News: Skunk on Bellingham airport runway diverts planes Skunk on Bellingham airport runway diverts planes The Associated Press BELLINGHAM — This wasn’t your typical airport security threat. An exhausted skunk, its head stuck in a plastic rat bait box, was parked on the taxiway at Bellingham…
Fukn.us is seeking an illustrator for a childrens book
If you are an illustrator willing to do 8-10 simple illustrations let me know….email me at chris@fukn.us Thanks…. chris damitio chairman of the fukn bored
Anarchocapitalism
I definitely enjoyed the lively debate over whether I am in fact an anarchist or a libertarian. I resist the word libertarian because there is a certain conservative asshole fascist amount of baggage attached to it by both the left and the right. I think I should be allowed to earn as much money as…
Cool China Housing
This makes me want to return to China. Beijing is an incredible city. Amazing. Astounding…..wow…. cd Mass housing in China has historically been standardized and repetitive. Steven Holl Architects’ Linked Hybrid project in Beijing should break the pattern. The complex will house 2,500 people in 700 apartments and feature one of the world’s largest geothermal…
Chomsky on the War in Iraq
I found this a few minutes ago….Enjoy….cd âIRAQ is the first time in hundreds of years of European and American history that a war was massively protested before it was launched. There was huge protest in February 2003. It had never happened in the history of the West,â? Noam Chomsky, MIT professor and one of…
Israeli links to 9/11? – from Al Jazeera….
I’ve heard these allegations before…the problem with any fingerpointing of this kind is that it is now far too late to come to any solid conclusions….the evidence if it ever existed has been swept away. Still, interesting to have a different perspective than the Bush sanctioned and controlled media…. I especially found interesting the involvement…
Isreal in political turmoil
Ariel Sharon, the hawkish Prime Minister of Isreal has suffered a major stroke and will most likely not return to power. Some of you may remember that it was Isreal and Sharon that began the modern policy of preemptively attacking potential terrorists and terror centers. This policy was first condemned by the world and then…
Letterman to O'Reilly: "I have the feeling about 60% of what you say is crap"
Bill O’Reilly appeared with an uncharacteristically serious David Letterman last evening. Letterman does not possess the debating skills of Jon Stewart, but he does display genuine passion and dismay. Letterman: âHow can you possibly take exception with the motivation and the position of someone like Cindy Sheehan?â? OâReilly: âBecause I think sheâs run by far-left…