Oil stopped flowing in Gulf
I’m watching on CNN right now and for the first time in a long, long time, I feel good about American innovation.
Ship found buried at World Trade Center site
It was on CNN before, but the only thing I can immediately find is this link to the New York Post. Apparently, the ship is thought to be from the 18th century. The Post reports it was in the NY Times Wednesday, and that “On Tuesday morning, workers excavating the site of the underground vehicle [...]
World Cup Soccer: US Draws with England
So the World Cup is going on in South Africa this month, and honestly I can’t say I know much of what I’m talking about here. In fact, when I read about the US draw with England in the first round, I thought to myself “I have no idea what this writer is talking about, [...]
Why the oil spill is an economy killer
For more than 40 days now, BP – formerly British Petroleum but now just “BP” – has failed time after time to cap the steadily leaking oil well in the Gulf of Mexico. And from the looks of these two Newsweek articles on the political fallout and the fact that BP and the federal government [...]
Obama health care summit = epic fail
So, did anyone sit around and watch the Health Care Summit of 2010 at the White House? No? I thought not. I didn’t really get a chance to watch it either, but I think President Obama showed exactly what he’s trying to do versus exactly what everyone else is trying to do as seen in [...]
Obama Health Care Summit
It would be nice to see something happen today that matters, and not a lot of bi-partisan grandstanding. Unfortunately, at least according to this CNN article, that seems more likely to happen on television this morning than anything else. Seriously, we’ve been through a year of partisan bickering. I, like many Americans, am tired of [...]
Plane crashed into Austin IRS offices
According to CNN, a person intentionally crashed a plane into an IRS office in Austin, Texas today along with intentionally burning down his own house. The only reaction I have is “Oh my God.”
In a Winter Olympics mood
I wasn’t planning on watching the opening ceremonies for the Winter Olympics tonight, but I believe the snow has me in a winter sports mood. Starting on NBC tonight at 7:30 p.m. (Eastern) with the opening ceremonies. In other Olympics news, apparently a Georgian (country, not state) luger died after a crash today.
Space station construction timeline
I saw this on Kottke last night and meant to post it: an animated timeline of the construction of the International Space Station. Pretty neat! Speaking of the space station, the Discovery launch has been delayed until later today because of a problem with a sensor. It is delivering the Leonardo logistics module along with [...]
Barkley for Governor
If he does indeed run in the 2014 election, I’ll vote for him. My favorite quote from this Q&A session with Campbell Brown from CNN: Barkley: I am, I can’t screw up Alabama. Brown: There is no place to go but up in your view? Barkley: We are number 48 in everything and Arkansas and [...]
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