Fuck its silent in here.......

[CBStew]

That was a pretty good speech, but holding the service in a field house might not have been the best idea.

But on the whole, pretty moving.

I thought the actual words were great, but the entire setting seemed a bit too....celebratory?

You cheer like that at a campaign stop, not a memorial.

We all plan on cheering at yours.

I'm planning on having a table for my internet friends, can you guys all let me know if you're thinking of coming?

If it is going to be in Arizona we had better make sure that our passports are in order.

[Gilgamesh]

I don't know where to put this exactly (that's what she said), however, first they let cats poop in human toilets and not they're letting them serve on juries?

http://www1.whdh.com/news/articles/local/BO133130/

Come on!!

A family is trying to figure out how their pet cat was summonsed for jury duty.

“I said, Sal, what’s this? You know, I don’t believe it I was shocked,” said Guy Esposito, Sal’s owner.

Sal’s owners, Guy and Anna Esposito, think they may know the source of the mix up: Sal really is a member of the family, so on the last Census form, Anna Esposito listed him under “pets”.

Here's the kicker, the owners stated that they informed the court that Sal "couldn't speak English" as a justification for Sal's disqualification.

However...

Anna filed for Sal’s disqualification of service. However, the jury commissioner was unmoved and denied the request.

Sal’s service date at Suffolk Superior Court is set for March 23. Anna said that if the issue isn’t cleared up by then, she will simply have to bring the cat to court.

[Wheezer]

Sal’s owners, Guy and Anna Esposito, think they may know the source of the mix up: Sal really is a member of the family, so on the last Census form, Anna Esposito listed him under "pets".

There seems to be a rather serious problem with the copy desk here.

[J. Walter Weatherman]

This is worth a read...

"What we can learn from a nuclear reactor"

http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/cea7b256-1def-11e0-badd-00144feab49a.html

[Gilgamesh]

I don't know where to put this exactly (that's what she said), however, first they let cats poop in human toilets and not they're letting them serve on juries?

http://www1.whdh.com/news/articles/local/BO133130/

Come on!!

A family is trying to figure out how their pet cat was summonsed for jury duty.

“I said, Sal, what’s this? You know, I don’t believe it I was shocked,” said Guy Esposito, Sal’s owner.

Sal’s owners, Guy and Anna Esposito, think they may know the source of the mix up: Sal really is a member of the family, so on the last Census form, Anna Esposito listed him under “pets”.

Here's the kicker, the owners stated that they informed the court that Sal "couldn't speak English" as a justification for Sal's disqualification.

However...

Anna filed for Sal’s disqualification of service. However, the jury commissioner was unmoved and denied the request.

Sal’s service date at Suffolk Superior Court is set for March 23. Anna said that if the issue isn’t cleared up by then, she will simply have to bring the cat to court.

And now cats with glasses? Come on!

http://daintysquid.blogspot.com/2011/01/cats-in-glasses.html

[J. Walter Weatherman]

The more complete story of the computer worm that attacked Iran's uranium facilities...

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/16/world/middleeast/16stuxnet.html

Spoiler: The U.S. and Israel did it.

[J. Walter Weatherman]

The more complete story of the computer worm that attacked Iran's uranium facilities...

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/16/world/middleeast/16stuxnet.html

Spoiler: The U.S. and Israel did it.

Via Wheezer:

http://blogs.forbes.com/jeffreycarr/2011/01/17/the-new-york-times-fails-to-deliver-stuxnets-creators/

[Wheezer]

The more complete story of the computer worm that attacked Iran's uranium facilities...

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/16/world/middleeast/16stuxnet.html

Spoiler: The U.S. and Israel did it.

Via Wheezer:

http://blogs.forbes.com/jeffreycarr/2011/01/17/the-new-york-times-fails-to-deliver-stuxnets-creators/

I haven't been following this since last fall, and I recall that Langner's writings often struck me as cocksure, but Carr's China hypothesis and concomitant indignation at being completely ignored aren't coming off as particularly compelling upon a quick review. His "five pieces of verifiable evidence" aren't, really, and the whole thing hinges on this speculation to motive:

On April 13, 2010, Beijing reiterated its opposition to Iran's goal to develop nuclear weapons capabilities while stating that sanctions against Iran would be counter-productive. In other words, the PRC wanted to support its third largest supplier of oil (after Saudi Arabia and Angola) while at the same time seeking ways to get Iran to stop its uranium fuel enrichment program. What better way to accomplish that goal than by covertly creating a virus that will sabotage Natanz' centrifuges in a way that simulates mechanical failure while overtly supporting the Iranian government by opposing sanctions pushed by the U.S. It's both simple and elegant. Even if the worm was discovered before it accomplished its mission, who would blame China, Iran's strongest ally, when the most obvious culprits would be Israel and the U.S.?

Sure thing, man. Don't miss the orgonite booth while you're here.

[Before I forget, Natanz in the Speculoverse.]

[J. Walter Weatherman]

The more complete story of the computer worm that attacked Iran's uranium facilities...

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/16/world/middleeast/16stuxnet.html

Spoiler: The U.S. and Israel did it.

Via Wheezer:

http://blogs.forbes.com/jeffreycarr/2011/01/17/the-new-york-times-fails-to-deliver-stuxnets-creators/

I haven't been following this since last fall, and I recall that Langner's writings often struck me as cocksure, but Carr's China hypothesis and concomitant indignation at being completely ignored aren't coming off as particularly compelling upon a quick review. His "five pieces of verifiable evidence" aren't, really, and the whole thing hinges on this speculation to motive:

On April 13, 2010, Beijing reiterated its opposition to Iran's goal to develop nuclear weapons capabilities while stating that sanctions against Iran would be counter-productive. In other words, the PRC wanted to support its third largest supplier of oil (after Saudi Arabia and Angola) while at the same time seeking ways to get Iran to stop its uranium fuel enrichment program. What better way to accomplish that goal than by covertly creating a virus that will sabotage Natanz' centrifuges in a way that simulates mechanical failure while overtly supporting the Iranian government by opposing sanctions pushed by the U.S. It's both simple and elegant. Even if the worm was discovered before it accomplished its mission, who would blame China, Iran's strongest ally, when the most obvious culprits would be Israel and the U.S.?

Sure thing, man. Don't miss the orgonite booth while you're here.

Are you suggesting... cloudbusters?

[Wheezer]

Sure thing, man. Don't miss the orgonite booth while you're here.

Are you suggesting... cloudbusters?

BROMINE MISSLE INJECTORS, Kumpel.

[morpheus]

http://www.vancouversun.com/life/food/newsletter-signup/Confessions+Greenpeace+founder/4073767/story.html?id=4073767

The list at the end is excellent.

[Gilgamesh]

http://www.vancouversun.com/life/food/newsletter-signup/Confessions+Greenpeace+founder/4073767/story.html?id=4073767

The list at the end is excellent.

The article is fantastic.

This clown should be in Congress.

[flannj]

http://www.vancouversun.com/life/food/newsletter-signup/Confessions+Greenpeace+founder/4073767/story.html?id=4073767

The list at the end is excellent.

Great article Morph.
A well reasoned and rational approach to our environment.
How refreshing.

[morpheus]

Say it ain't so, JFK!

[Gilgamesh]

Say it ain't so, JFK!

Thank you for posting this, Morts.  Fucking JFK.  Everyone knows that Nixon actually won that election in his own right, but thought that the nastiness of a recall was beneathe him.

Fucking Kennedys.

I hope the Nixon Library puts on an exhibit concerning this travesty.