Super Bowl Open Thread
—-Sounds like the Star-Spangled Banner is going to be a half-hour long. —– Carnival Cruise runs a Super Bowl commercial with a JFK voiceover from a speech he made where [Read More]
February 2015
What the Hell Did I Just Watch???
From the start I have to warn that this is NSFW. It’s a National Geographic type clip with an old Hindu looking dude doing something very squeam-inducing to his “deek.” [Read More]
Bibi Appears in Different Kind of Campaign Ad Than We’re Used To
See it at the Noisy Room (thanks to mindful webworker) ht/ C. Steven Tucker
All About That Race
Dan Joseph
These Cars Aren’t Illegal, They Are Undocumented
Daily Signal- Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free. But parking your tires, your Ford or your Honda with a Massachusetts license plate on [Read More]
Grade School Assignment On The Contributions of Islam in the Arabian Peninsula Doesn’t Go As Teacher Planned
This is from my 12 year-old nephew who was given an assignment on the contributions of Islam in the Arabian Peninsula. The writing that follows is from his heart and mind. [Read More]
Taxifornia
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=anHaIkZMtfU [yazchat] ‘Taxifornia’ author James Lacy weighs in on a California law that could drive up the prices of eggs and the state’s potential mileage fee for drivers. Fox Business: [Read More]
Don’t Let Robots Train Our Soldiers
Scooter Van Neuter reports: I saw this article that says the Pentagon is soon going to use robots to train Marines(!) Is it just me, or is this the stupidest thing [Read More]
In case you were still mulling it over
Click on the image to see it up close at Earl of Taint.
mechanical engineighing
The youtube description says that this Chinese man has made a “robotic horse.” No. It’s a mechanical pile of junk with a horse’s head stuck on it. I find this video hard [Read More]
Priorities
Image provided by C. Steven Tucker
Red Bull
More junk science from scientists paid to discover favored outcomes. NEWSER Reporting – Scientists have previously observed that girls are having their first periods earlier than they once did, and a [Read More]
… in a cross wind
ht/ sam s.