Wednesday, May 14, 2008
Coffin, Meet Nail.
A letter to be auctioned this month spells out the great 20th century scientist Albert Einstein's thoughts regarding religion in unequivocal terms. The letter written to friend and philosopher Eric Gutkind describes the bible as a childish superstition and the word god "nothing more than the expression and product of human weaknesses". The letter written one year before his death in 1955 details a clear and mature view regarding his personal feelings towards religion and god.
Comments (3)Sunday, April 06, 2008
The History of the American Empire
Howard Zinn, best known as the author of the bestseller A People's History of the United States has reshaped American history revealing a designed imperialism in his new book A People's History of American Empire. Zinn was a 2nd lieutenant bombardier during the second world war but became increasing disturbed by the killing of German and French civilian deaths and of course the Japanese deaths of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
Comments (1)Sunday, March 30, 2008
Violence Surges in Iraq
The nine-month ceasefire in Iraq has ended with the decision by Prime Minister at Nouri al-Maliki to send 15,000 troops and policemen into Basra. The violence which broke out when the troops clashed with Moqtada al-Sadr's Mahdi Army has spread to the "streets in Kut, Hilla, Amara, Kerbala, Nasiriyah, and Diwaniya, as well as into Sadr City in Baghdad, where militiamen have been raining rockets and mortars on the Green Zone".
Comments (0)Friday, March 21, 2008
Is The Surge Collapsing?
If we talk strictly numbers of casualties as a means to measure the success of the conflict in Iraq, according to the Iraq Coalition Casualty Count, the "Surge" is working. In fact, right now is the lowest U.S. casualty rate since the war started. The lowest ever. This fact does not mean that our citizens are not dying everyday. So far during the month of March, 20 soldiers have been killed, 29 in February and 40 in January. These statistical trend also fares well for the Iraqi Security Forces. They have been experiencing the same kind of gradual decline in causalities, down to 674 troops down from 1,674 last August. This is real progress, no one can deny the statistical weight these numbers bare on the debate.
Comments (0)Wednesday, March 12, 2008
The Hope of Emerging Green Technologies
When we begin to consider just how vast the problem of Global Warming is and how deeply it will effect us, it quickly becomes overwhelming and seemingly an impossible task to overcome. From the burning of the Rain Forests and wasteful energy policies, to water supply shortages and the melting of the poles, we find trillion dollar institutions set up which block any sort of progress to begin to solve this problem.
Comments (0)Wednesday, March 05, 2008
Coolest Physics Toy Ever
Phun is a desktop application for Windows meant as a playground and learning tool for users eager to be creative and learn physics concepts. Draw, paint, clone, erase, then set your scene against the forces of gravity, speed, "bounciness", density and air friction. Phun was created by Emil Ernerfeldt as his Masters Thesis at Umea University in 2007.
Comments (1)Friday, February 29, 2008
The Freedom To Be So Open Minded, Your Brains Fall Out
The Intelligent Design movement has popped up yet again, this time manifesting itself not as a religious or science issue, but rather a matter of the First Amendment. In this attempt to keep the movement afloat, Ben Stein is bringing his message of anti-Darwinism to the big screen with his new movie Expelled.
Comments (1)Thursday, February 28, 2008
God Hates Boy Scouts
The evidence is clear that God hates the Boy Scouts for its policy of discrimination against gays, and is smiting them for discriminating against his creation. The article is a heavily researched account of the events that prove beyond a shadow of a doubt, that God hates the Boy Scouts.
Comments (1)Sunday, February 24, 2008
The Unreal AA-12 Automatic Shotgun
As if from the Resident Evil or Halo series, the AA-12 automatic shotgun gives us a glimpse into the future of military ground force weaponry. It's easy to imagine, looking at these games, what the future will bring in terms of the wars of the 21st century and beyond. Will it be the Missile Pod, the hand-held rocket launch with homing capabilities, of Halo 3?
Comments (0)Thursday, February 21, 2008
Moveon.org Asks The Superdelegates To Step Aside
Moveon.org is asking it's members to sign a pledge to let the Democrat party decide between Obama and Clinton democratically. This means that the election would be decided only by the popular vote and that the Superdelegates should stay out it. With the race being as close as it is, it's likely that neither would have enough Delegates to decide the election.
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