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Political Brutality

There’s been much said about John McCain’s running mate Sarah Palin, with how that complicates attack strong advertisements from the Democrats, as nobody wants to be mean to a girl, do they?
Let’s begin with how people were mean to Hillary Clinton. Perhaps because she’s already been in politics in one way or another for [...]

Dear Michigan and Florida voters…

…if you’re going to cry and hate on people for the DNC choosing to count your states as half, please cry to and hate on the duly-elected state-level Democratic Party officials, who decided to hold your primaries early in blatant disregard of party rules.
The Democratic Party is not the government; it doesn’t have to count [...]

Del Musicas

Yes, I know that the title to this post has no relation to a language, real or imagined. It’s about Music, and Purchasing Music.
As a person much less well-off than I am now (not saying I’m well off now, just I was worse then), I justified piracy by saying “I wasn’t going to buy [...]

Happy Birthday!

Sixty years ago today, the world’s first atomic bomb exploded in New Mexico to see if the durned things actually worked. In the spirit of the First Amendment, here’s a link to Wikipedia’s article on nuclear weapon design.

Idiocy of the Copyright

So, for those who don’t follow Slashdot, British classical record companies are pissed at the BBC for “unfair government competition” by using the BBC Symphony Orchestra to record all nine of Beethoven’s symphonies, and then release them for free from their website. Apparently it “devalues” music or something. So, if I were to make my [...]

Space Shuttle Madness!

As of late, there’s been talk about killing the Space Shuttle program. You know what? I agree. The Space Shuttle has never lived up to its promise of a low-cost reusable launch vehicle. Even before the Columbia disaster, the shuttle has required an almost complete rebuild between missions, that some say are due to initial [...]