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Brazil’s Blackout - Rio, Sao Paulo and others in the dark, problem not close to being solved
MINAS GERAIS, Brazil - For those seeing the news about Brazil’s blackout, here’s what I can report: Itaipu Dam, which creates power for much of Brazil’s south, has 18 generators down, with just two working - and those two send energy to Paragu...
Why Obama Won the Nobel, Part I
So, have you heard about President Obama winning the Nobel Prize? If you'd suggested this to me yesterday, I wouldn't have believed it, let alone been able to put forth an argument for it, so I won't pretend it made intuitive sense when I woke up thi...
Barack Obama wins Nobel Peace Prize - Conservatives explode like Agent Smith at the end of Matrix
UNITED STATES - In a stunning announcement today, U.S. President Barack Obama was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for his diplomatic efforts. Immediately following the announcements, Conservatives throughout the United States lost cohesion and exploded...
We'll Meet Again
I can say unequivocally that I love Dr. Strangelove. Kubrick is almost universally renowned as an auteur, but Dr. Strangelove stands out for many reasons, not the least of which were the fantastic contributions of George C. Scott and the multiple p...
Iran's nukes: it's not just the centrifuges that are spinning
One of Drudge Report's headlines today is "Sarkozy first to admit: Iran working on nukes." (The original was, of course, all-caps; I'll spare you.) It links to a Jerusalem Post article that reads in part: French President Nicolas Sarkozy maintained ...
Lockerbie Release a Sick Parody of Humanitarianism
On December 21, 1988, in a mass murder essentially confessed to by the Libyan government, 270 persons lost their lives when Libyan intelligence services participated in the bombing of Pan Am Flight 103, which crashed over Lockerbie, Scotland. After...
Showdown in Iran: Ahmadinejad Defies Khamenei
As the post-election protests by reformists simmers in the background, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has openly defied Iran's supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, setting the stage for a major political battle among the conservatives who h...
True North, strong and free: a quiz
Happy Canada Day, everyone. Snap quiz, if you're up to it:1. Exactly what are we celebrating the anniversary of?2. Who gets top billing as "Father of Confederation?"3. Name one other.4. Where exactly is the Canada-U.S. border (I mean the long straigh...
North Korean Threat Generator ™
BREAKING: Having issued a number of bellicose threats in recent weeks, the government of North Korea has run dangerously low on epithets and histrionic adjectives. Though North Korea is the world's leading producer of hyperbole, the prolific output o...
North Korea threatens to "wipe out the aggressors once and for all"
From the official Korean Central News Agency: "If the U.S. imperialists start another war, the army and people of Korea will ... wipe out the aggressors on the globe once and for all." A week ago, in response to U.S. threats to inspect cargo coming...
