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Simon already covered this in his usual concise fashion, but I’d just like to add a few more verbose and wandering thoughts. The more I think about this sparse, even cryptic update, the better I feel about it.  the WB-8 device operates as designed and it is generating positive results Assuming “positive results” doesn’t just mean…

Althouse and a few others have taken over Instapundit for a week to give Glenn a rest. What is Ann linking to? An article on boob squeezing. Seriously. It can cause pleasant contractions according to the article. So, tell me: If you love breasts so much, why do you so often neglect or manhandle them…

Over a week has passed since the last update. A few things have happened since then. I posted this link about the Japanese Government upping the radiation safety limit for workers – Japan’s Ministry of Health to Get Rid of Annual Radiation Limit for Nuclear Plant Workers – in the last update. Now we know…

After much agonizing and stalling, I finally decided to switch to WordPress. This is the official unveiling! The old MovableType installation was left in place so that there won’t be any dead links, and all clicked links should work. Hope you enjoy it. The blog had to be dragged klcking and screaming into the modern…

Earlier I saw a car which had the back windshield emblazoned with a slogan that Coco takes as an insult. In case you can’t make it out easily, it says the following: O GOD WHAT SHOULD I DO THERE’S A DOG CHASING ME While I would like to tell Coco that some people think in…

I may be slow on the uptake, but I am genuinely having trouble processing all of the anger that the killing of Osama bin Laden seems to have generated on the right. And I do mean anger; in certain teeth-gnashing right wing circles, people seem actually angrier over the death of bin Laden than they…

Since 1994, I have been resolutely, unalterably, vehemently, opposed to the left. No matter what the right wing does, I will always vote for them over the left, even if I have to hold my nose. Even if I have to throw up.  But seeing a comment like the second one to this post by…

At PJM, Michael Ledeen consults the spirit of James Jesus Angleton and asks a good question: “What if the Killing of Bin Laden Is the Beginning of The Great American Retreat?” Interesting theory and speculation, and if the killing turns out to be an excuse for retreat, I will oppose the retreat. However, the possibility…

It will be done by optimizing siting. Evolution is providing the inspiration for University of Adelaide computer science research to find the best placement of turbines to increase wind farm productivity. Senior Lecturer Dr Frank Neumann, from the School of Computer Science, is using a “selection of the fittest” step-by-step approach called “evolutionary algorithms” to…

Rarely have I seen the blogosphere so alive with commentary as it is right now about the killing of Osama Bin Laden. Just to make my position clear, I don’t care what anyone thinks of President Obama’s overall performance, but it is undeniable that this is a decided plus. M. Simon and I both said…

There’s a blog for greedy lawyers, which is nice to see, because I believe that deviants and other misfits need to stick together. Hey, maybe I misspoke. I mean, is it really fair of me to describe greedy lawyers as “deviants” and “misfits”? To most people, “greedy lawyers” is a redundancy. Still, even if they…

Here’s a very San Francisco story about the problems which can be posed by carpet removal: When Jack Hagerty closed on his new condo three weeks ago, he thought it had everything he wanted: a quiet, safe Glen Park location, easy access to BART and a backyard for his 10-year-old son. Turns out it came…

In a Washington Examiner piece about Washington’s job killing machine, Hugh Hewitt gives an example of how the Endangered Species Act is being manipulated to thwart oil exploration: …in Texas, the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service presides over the dunes sagebrush lizard’s crawl toward protected status under the Endangered Species Act, which will quickly affect…

I know a lot of folks like to compare Obama to Jimmy Carter these days. But compare Jimmy Carter’s failed hostage rescue attempt Operation Eagle Claw with Obama’s successful killing of Osama. Of course in these matters one must not only be good but also lucky. Now if only economics worked that way as well.…

Last night I was furious about noisy fireworks (which included visible mortars) which erupted in the neighborhood at midnight. Coco is extremely sensitive to that noise and it is one of the few things that gets her really freaked out. What irritated me to no end was that there was absolutely no occasion which might…

No. No one has dropped a bomb on Fukushima. Not a Big One (nuclear). Not even a big Small One. What we have (and it is devastating) is an Information Bomb. And it is wrecking Japanese complacency about ongoing efforts at Fukushima. I’m going to quote excerpts from the report. But you should read the…

This morning I saw a tantalizing bit of news that does not fit any of the convenient political narratives. If the allegations here are true, then Barack Obama’s birth was illegitimate: Concerns about Obama’s [Barack Obama, Sr.] personal life while he had been studying in the U.S. had been raised previously, according to the INS…

Finally there is some news about Polywell Fusion progress. From recovery.gov here is the essential news. Projects and Jobs Information Project Title Federal Contract Project Status More than 50% Completed Final Project Report Submitted No Project Activities Description Other Scientific and Technical Consulting Services Quarterly Activities/Project Description As of 1Q/2011, the WB-8 device operates as…

Earlier Glenn linked an article titled “You’re not as kinky as you think” (with the equally reassuring subtitle “Massive Internet study finds that we’re all sexual deviants”) which didn’t so much remind me that I wasn’t as kinky as I thought, so much as it served as a reminder that if we stopped being so…

A Facebook “dislike” button is being called the most wanted product in 2011: Recently Facebook added “Questions” to their impressive list of features for the popular social networking website, today we thought we would look at other features which could be added, it seems to us as though a dislike button is what people really…