May 052013
 

Interesting news:

A ‘Fifth Force’ May Alter Gravity at Cosmic Scales

Seems a bit like Q adjusting the universal constant of gravitation…

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And truly sad, awful, head-shaking news out of Louisiana:

Senators again reject repeal of Louisiana Science Education Act

In short, this was a bill supported by Republicans that served as a back-door for pseudo-science to be taught in science classrooms. But Republicans pushing Christian Creationism aren’t the only ones. There are Democrats…

Sen. Elbert Guillory, D-Opelousas, said he had reservations with repealing the act after a spiritual healer correctly diagnosed a specific medical ailment he had. He said he thought repealing the act could “lock the door on being able to view ideas from many places, concepts from many cultures.”

“Yet if I closed my mind when I saw this man — in the dust, throwing some bones on the ground, semi-clothed — if I had closed him off and just said, ‘That’s not science. I’m not going to see this doctor,’ I would have shut off a very good experience for myself,” Guillory said.

Just… gah. Fricken’ voodoo??? Well, if there’s anything that will cause conservative Christian Republicans to vote to repeal the law, finding that the law supports the teaching of voodoo aughtta do it.

 Posted by at 10:30 pm
May 052013
 

In their zeal to violate the second Amendment, some New York lawmakers are rushing headlong into violating the first Amendment.

Schumer: U.S. needs to block 3D plastic guns like ‘The Liberator’ from Defense Distributed 

DD is planning on releasing plans for a 3D printable all-plastic (except for a firing pin made from a nail) within a week. Senator Schumer is having a conniption that people might be able to make their very own terribly crappy .22 caliber pistols, and thus wants new laws to tell people what ideas they can have and what data they can posses.

 Posted by at 4:18 pm
May 042013
 

Despite sequester, DOD signs contract for $59/gallon green jet fuel

Yeah, that’s $59/gallon for politically correct “green” fuel. Oddly, the order is for only 3,650 gallons; the order might be increased by 12,500 gallons. As far as the Army goes, that’s a drop in the bucket. Still, the article ends with the note that JP-8 av gas is $3.73 gallon.

I suppose there’s a place for funding alternate fuels, but fuels that cost more than 15 times normal fuel? Back to the drawing board.

 Posted by at 6:56 pm
May 032013
 

Remember the Chinese NASA spy? The one whose arrest caused the NASA Tech Report Server to go belly up? The one with all the classified data he was trying to sneak out? Yeah… not so much.

Bo Jiang Had Porn – Not Secrets – on His Laptop

Remember, kids, this is the same Federal Government that wants to not only register all firearms transfers, it also wants to control healthcare. And they can’t tell the difference between classified spy satellite design drawings and nekkid chix.

 Posted by at 11:51 am
May 012013
 

It was brought to my attention that many of my posts have, say, 1 comment… and one and a quarter billion reactions. Unless all of China has suddenly taken an interest in my little blog, I have doubts that there are really that many reactions on Twitter and the like. Anybody got an explanation?

 Posted by at 11:24 pm