Monthly Archives: August 2005
FX Movie Predicted Katrina with Uncanny Eye
Check out this synopis for a second-tier cable movie which appeared two months ago (how did we miss it!). Does anyone out there happen to have a copy? Oil Storm examines what happens when a Category 6 hurricane in the … Continue reading
Taking Hart to Heart
History will deal with George W. Bush and the neoconservatives who misled a mighty nation into a flawed war that is draining the finest military in the world, diverting Guard and reserve forces that should be on the front … Continue reading
Really Tough Grader
A 16-year-old boy invented a hamster-powered mobile phone charger as part of his GCSE science project. Peter Ash, of Lawford, Somerset, attached a generator to his hamster’s exercise wheel and connected it to his phone charger. Elvis does the legwork … Continue reading
Fuck Natalie Holloway
Great essay on what’s wrong with Blondie journalism… Does it make me a bad American if I just don’t care about Natalee Holloway (above and beyond the general concern expressed at the beginning of this story?) Is the life and … Continue reading
It’s Simply Incredible
Those of us who fancy ourselves part-time pundits can sometimes become so downcast and upset over the senseless violence, moral bankruptcy, blatant lies, cruel hypocrisy and doomed hedonism of our times, that we are blinded to the truly miraculous stories … Continue reading
Was Julia Child Really French?
PARIS (Reuters) – Americans seem to be schizophrenic when it comes to their opinion of France. Arrogant is the best way to describe the French, according to nearly three out of every 10 Americans, but almost as many would call … Continue reading
Acrophobiac’s Perch
An American Indian tribe with land along the Grand Canyon is planning to build a glass-bottomed walkway that will jut out 70 feet from the canyon’s edge. The horseshoe-shaped skywalk, expected to open in January, is part of the Hualapai … Continue reading
Humans on View at London Zoo
LONDON (AFP) – London Zoo unveiled a new exhibition — eight humans prowling around wearing little more than fig leaves to cover their modesty. The "Human Zoo" is intended to show the basic nature of human beings as they frolick … Continue reading
Oxycontin Doc on Staggering Scale
A Cape Cod doctor who prescribed nearly one-third of the painkiller OxyContin in all of Massachusetts in 2004 lost his license to practice medicine yesterday as state regulators declared him ”an immediate and serious threat to the public safety and … Continue reading
Can a Really Big Journalist Be a Blogger?
He was the first anchor to take over a network evening newscast in the 21st century, so it was probably inevitable that Brian Williams would begin channeling his inner Gawker by getting his own daily blog. "There is no better … Continue reading
Tales From the Crypt
NEWBURYPORT — A 19-year-old man from Salisbury was supposed to be cleaning up a cemetery last week as part of court-ordered community work after he broke into an apartment building last fall. Instead, officials said, Neil J. Goodwin Jr. invaded … Continue reading
Philistine French Use Puppies as Shark Bait Sez Bardot
Brigitte Bardot, the 1950s and 1960s film star turned animal rights campaigner, has called on the French government to halt the reported use by fishermen on the island of Reunion of live puppies and kittens as shark bait. "It is … Continue reading