Though speaking almost one year apart, King Abdullah II of Saudi Arabia Jordan and President Barack Obama seem to have a penchant for the concept of 57 states. In a TimesOnline article this morning about prospects of Middle East peace, Saudi Arabia Jordan’s king was quoted by writer Richard Beeston as saying, “This is not [...]
Entries from May 2009
King, American President Talk of 57 States (Corrected)
May 11th, 2009 · 3 Comments
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Ford Workers Not Afraid of a Little Competition
May 10th, 2009 · No Comments
Many Americans were surprised when Ford Motor Company turned down offers of federal bailout money at the same time General Motors and Chrysler accepted the strings-attached cash. As the parody video below demonstrates, the venerable automaker isn’t afraid of taking risks and doing things a bit different than its “Big Three” brethren. And it’s not [...]
Tags: · auto workers competition, automaker, bailout, bailout money, big three, chrysler, Ford, ford focus, ford motor company, ford plants, general motors, Parody, parody video, strings attached, the onion
Law Enforcement Salivating Over ‘Nanocopters’
May 9th, 2009 · No Comments
File this under “cool video.” On April 7, Prox Dynamics announced that it had flight-tested the latest PD-100 Black Hornet prototype, the Hornet-3a helicopter, outdoors for the first time. After watching the video above, I can’t help but think law enforcement officials must be salivating over the surveillance and crime-fighting potential the “nanocopter” offers. Believed [...]
Tags: · black hornet, crime-fighting, helicopter, hornet-3a, law enforcement, nanocopter, norway, pd-100, pd-100 black hornet, prox dynamics, surveillance, unmanned aircraft system
‘Rebranding’ Leaves Conservatives in Vacuum
May 9th, 2009 · 5 Comments
The long-exposure photo at right, captured by Signaltheorist, shows the 30-minutes-long path of a Roomba® robotic vacuum cleaner. Appearing to have chaos and disorganization at the core of its effort, it reminds this blogger of the recently-announced effort to rebrand the Republican Party. Unless those efforts are altered immediately, conservative-first party members — including yours [...]
Tags: · Bob McCarty, John McCain, Republican Party
John McCain Must Be Feeling Re-Election Pressure
May 8th, 2009 · No Comments
Challenged by Chris Simcox, co-founder of the Minuteman Civil Defense Corps in Arizona and a man with more statewide name recognition than most of the senator’s previous primary opponents, Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) must be feeling quite a bit of re-election pressure this time around. As a result, he’s advertising already. Today, I happened to [...]
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Senator John Kerry Wants U.S. to Get ‘L.O.S.T.’
May 8th, 2009 · 6 Comments
It appears Sen. John F. Kerry (D-Mass.) wants the United States to get “L.O.S.T.” Today, he’s pushing for quick passage of the controversial United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea Treaty. According to a report published yesterday in The New York Times, Senator Kerry — who, by the way, served in Vietnam — [...]
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NASA: Solar Storm Will Wipe Out Electric Grid
May 8th, 2009 · 1 Comment
The value of sunscreen stock is about to skyrocket! Fox News is reporting that NASA has released a study in which scientists conclude that the nation’s electric grid is at great risk of being wiped out by a “super solar storm” predicted to occur in 2012. The video below tells the story.
Tags: · 2012, Bob McCarty, electric grid, NASA, Natural Disaster, solar storm
