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Heavy Weapons, Armor, Aircraft, And Revolution

Successful Revolutions and Unsuccessful rebellions follow a common pattern: those who hold the heavy armored weapons and aircraft usually win in the street.  This is one major reason why the participation of elements of the military are very often critica ...

Blog Post - Ed Chen - Mar 26 2011 - 2:40pm

The End of Everything?

I say: O my God, take me not away in the midst of my days, Thou whose years endure throughout all generations. Of old Thou didst lay the foundation of the earth; and the heavens are the work of Thy hands. They shall perish, but Thou shalt endure; yea, all ...

Blog Post - Robert H Olley - Apr 5 2011 - 12:48pm

C.S.I. Gloucestershire County

C.S.I. Gloucestershire County In today's thrilling episode, our intrepid police officers detect a serious crime and respond with eight officers and a helicopter.  Yes, friends.  Gloucestershire County Police are doing their bit to keep this world fre ...

Blog Post - Patrick Lockerby - Apr 5 2011 - 9:42pm

"Paul McCartney is Dead?"

Actually Paul died in November of 1966 due to a fatal car accident after leaving the Abbey Road recording studios. The evidence for this claim are clues that exist throughout the songs recorded by the Beatles.  However, a brief synopsis of the events indic ...

Blog Post - Gerhard Adam - Apr 7 2011 - 2:21pm

The National Debt: Digging Deeper Into Why We’re Digging Deeper

The US national debt is now at 100% of Gross National Product, in other words equal to what we produce in a year. Forty cents of every dollar the US government spends is borrowed. Horrible, cry the pundits! The government should behave more like a family w ...

Article - Fred Phillips - Apr 11 2011 - 9:43am

Save Our Skiing- Protect Snow In Bubble Wrap, Says Climatologist

You may not know this, but the fourth most popular sport in Scotland, behind head-butting people and kicking them when they are on the ground, golf and caber-tossing, is skiing. Skiing is so popular in Scotland a University of the Highlands and Islands (UH ...

Blog Post - Hank Campbell - Apr 18 2011 - 6:31pm

A Little Beauty

In Texas, you've no doubt heard, wildfires rage, and hundreds of thousands of acres have been burned. The smoke from nearby fires leave the sky hazy and the smell of it invades lungs and causes coughing. We've been lucky where I live with fires i ...

Blog Post - Kim Wombles - Apr 21 2011 - 6:07am

Open Letter To Crackpots

Dear earnest wingnut, Thank you for sending me a copy of your 20-page monograph containing your brilliant new paradigm which The Physics Establishment are seeking to squelch,  Having been squashed at times by the T.P.E., I can heartily sympathize. I am wri ...

Article - Alex "Sandy" Antunes - Apr 22 2011 - 5:28pm

And Then There Was One- The Consolidation Of Science Blogging?

Rumor has it that Scienceblogs.com, the blogging network owned by SEED Media, has finally been sold.   I told people here in 2009 that it was in play and anyone would want to acquire Prof. P.Z. Myers on their network so certainly people would have talked t ...

Blog Post - Hank Campbell - Apr 25 2011 - 10:35pm

MacNeil's Downfall: PBS's Autism Now Closes On Just As Sour A Note

Last night on PBS's NewsHour, Robert MacNeil answered viewers' questions. ROBERT MACNEIL:  Well, perhaps he's right. We tried to concentrate on what we thought were urgent issues, urgent problems. And a lot of adults with autism, particular ...

Article - Kim Wombles - Apr 27 2011 - 6:33am