October 11, 2008
A robotic suit named "HAL" (will they never learn???) will become available for 2,200 monthly rental in Japan. It is actually a brain-directed mobility assistance device.
The 22-pound (10-kilogram) battery-operated computer system is belted to the waist. It captures the brain signals and relays…
October 11, 2008
Karl Bremer at the Minnesota Independent has obtained a copy of the Michele Bachmann Vennes Pardon Letter. Hat tip to Eve for alterting me to this.
In the letter to Pardon Attorney Roger Adams, Bachmann makes clear that Ex-Con Frank Vennes (who had by this time insinuated himself into the regional…
October 11, 2008
Minnesota Atheists' "Atheists Talk" radio show.
Sunday, October 12, 2008, 9-10 a.m. Central Time
Hector Avalos will discuss "How to Fight Intelligent Design and Win."
Also, an interview with Scott Lohman, president of the Humanists of Minnesota.
"Atheists Talk" airs live on AM 950 KTNF in the…
October 11, 2008
A woman should not show BOTH of her eyes through her veil. This may encourage her to use eye make up. Two made up eyes peering out of the black veil is just too much to take.
A Muslim cleric in Saudi Arabia has called on women to wear a full veil, or niqab, that reveals only one eye....
Sheikh…
October 11, 2008
... is in the news again today. This is part of the widening Petters scandal in Minnesota. Have a look:
October 11, 2008
Really? Maybe. Listen:
Funny. I was expecting a Jesus Message.
October 10, 2008
"Gov. Palin knowingly permitted a situation to continue where impermissible pressure was placed on several subordinates in order to advance a personal agenda,"
This according to an official Alaska state investigator's report.
Public Safety Commissioner Walt Monegan's refusal to fire State Trooper…
October 10, 2008
Consider this question from a recent poll:
"Should topics such as creationism or intelligent design be taught in public schools alongside the theory of evolution?"
The correct answer is, of course, no. And the poll results support this:
This may not seem remarkable, until you learn where the…
October 10, 2008
Thank you thank you thank you all Americans from the Atlantic to the Pacific, from the Great White North to the Rio Grande. We accept your adoration, we revel in your awe. We, the Minnesotan. Yes. Sometimes we mess up. Like when we sent Norm Coleman instead of Walter Mondale to the Senate in a…
October 10, 2008
Scientists have confirmed the second case of a "virgin birth" in a shark. In a study reported Friday in the Journal of Fish Biology, scientists said DNA testing proved that a pup carried by a female Atlantic blacktip shark in the Virginia Aquarium & Marine Science Center contained no genetic…
October 10, 2008
After both the state and federal courts rejected the attempts of Yoko Ono Lennon and EMI Records to enjoin the showing of Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed on the ground it used a 15-second fragment of John Lennon's Imagine, all of the plaintiffs in both cases have now withdrawn their claims and…
October 10, 2008
I'll post the rest of these when they exist.
October 10, 2008
In case you have not heard, there is a stock market crash happening as we speak. Today, Friday October 10 2008 is going to be known as Black Friday, or something. I'm not sure if it is possible to put this into perspective in any sensible way, but I have two graphs to show you.
The first is a…
October 10, 2008
Norm Coleman has taken $2 million from Wall Street and financial interests -- more than any other Senate candidate in the country. He's not on our side.
October 9, 2008
I'm still not doing much with this blog as the back end is still in shambles. With my schedule this week, I have minutes-long blocks of time to blog, and the back end takes minutes-long to do little beyond producing error messages. I've been putting some items on my old site, and I may switch to…
October 9, 2008
After the Star Tribune and KSTP-TV blasted ads from the Coleman campaign and the National Republican Senatorial Committee as false and misleading, the Al Franken for Senate campaign today released a new television ad featuring Minnesota women expressing their disgust and outrage at the depths to…
October 8, 2008
It is well known that the Space Industry fuels innovation in the wrist watch industry, Porn industry funds and fuels the internet, and the Gaming industry drives all important hardware and software innovations.
So let's look at one of these relationships more closely:
October 8, 2008
... break. Minnesota has the hottest Senate race in the US (more money is being spent on this race than any other). In the Greater Twin Cities are one or two of the hottest congressional races. Then there's the presidential campaign. And this business about how unions vote. And all the special…
October 7, 2008
Harry Truman drove around the country in his Dodge to root out war profiteering.
Norm Coleman compared his oversight record to Harry Truman's, but didn't hold a single hearing into war profiteering in Iraq.
Norm dodged his responsibility -- and now he's desperate to dodge blame.
October 7, 2008
The Great Schlep from The Great Schlep on Vimeo.
October 7, 2008
This is Obama after the debate:
And this is McCain:
But don't worry, Jonny, you can still get your hug....
When someone keeps calling me "his friend" again and again and again, I tend to reach for my wallet.
In both of the last two debates, polls of independent and/or undecided voters…
October 7, 2008
They are now inciting threats of terroristic acts. I want them locked up in Gitmo now. I am not fucking joking. We are starting to hear people yelling "Terrorist, Kill Him" or just "Kill Him" at rallies. Few good examples have been trapped on tape yet, but there are at least two different ones…
October 7, 2008
The Science Museum of Minnesota recently developed an exhibit called "Race: Are we so different?" This exhibit is now at the Cleveland Museum of Natural History, and will be in Cincinnati, Philadelphia, Los Angeles, St. Louis, New Orleans, Kalamazoo, Boston and Washington DC between now and June…
October 7, 2008
The Replace Michele Bachmann Carnival #2 is up at Tangled Up in Blue Guy.
October 6, 2008
Iraq War vet Sam Scott calls Norm Coleman's attacks "the same old shameful Washington politics" and tells Minnesotans why he's proud to stand with Al Franken.
October 6, 2008
But is it fair? Normally, I enjoy seeing Starbucks get slammed by pretty much anybody, for the usual reasons. But this time I'm wondering if we have a case of environmentalists being narrow minded, near sighted, and dumb.
A group identified by the BBC as an "environmental group" called "Water UK…
October 6, 2008
But it will take some practice.
