Ruminations
Being a time-traveling robot, one doesn’t always think linearly so I have a couple thoughts that have been bouncing around the ol’ neural net and I figured I’d do a quick dump on each. ‘Puter would counsel me to say … Continue reading →
Monthly Archives: October 2011
Tell me about the waters of your homeworld, Usul…
“You shall be known as Usul, which is the strength at the base of the pillar,” Stilgar, Dune by Frank Herbert.” Dr. J. wanted to get this in before the iPhone 5 announcement, so as not to embarrass Tim Cook … Continue reading →
It’s the cost of energy, stupid!
“There is a great big beautiful tomorrow, shining at the end of every day,” The Carousel of Progress, Walt Disney World. About 22 years ago, (to the month, in fact), Dr. J. awoke in a cold sweat at about 3 … Continue reading →
Maureen Dowd Is An Anti-Catholic Bigot, Part Deux
In the first part of our serial drama, we learned that Ms. Dowd can’t complete a thought. Let’s see where the second part of our analysis of this column leads, shall we? Now we get to the meat of Ms. … Continue reading →
Nonsense
GorT and at least one other Gormogon are fans of the Josh Whedon’s canceled-too-early Sci-Fi series, Firefly. So when it is part of a PC-gone-crazy scheme, I had to alert our readers. Courtesy of a number of sites, including the … Continue reading →
Maureen Dowd Is An Anti-Catholic Bigot, Part The First
Or Ms. Dowd fails to understand basic tenets of the Roman Catholic faith she claims to follow. Most likely, Ms. Dowd is both ignorant and malicious. Ms. Dowd’s columns are always a target-rich environment. However, this one is exceptional for … Continue reading →
The Old Fart toots for the last time…
When Dr. J. and Mrs. Dr. J. finish up our morning chores, we often have time for a cup of coffee and get caught up on something we’ve DVR’d. One of our favorite shows is The Amazing Race, mostly because … Continue reading →
Why Christie Must Not Run
Since none of you are evidently able to respond to Jedmo1996 on his questions regarding racial hypocrisy, we should like to bring up another valuable contribution of his. You do not want Chris Christie as your next president. No, not … Continue reading →
On General Principles
There has been a lot of wondering all across America what the hell the Wall Street protests are actually about. What, really, is their beef? The question has already been answered by the ever-prescient Professor Quincy Adams Wagstaff, who gave … Continue reading →
I Say Tomato, You Say Assassination…
Everyone’s favorite libertarian loon Congressman Ron Paul has has chimed in on the death of senior al-Qaida operative Anwar al-Awalki. Mr. Paul you see is very concerned and troubled that the government would in his words, “assassinate an American citizen … Continue reading →
UPDATED: More Picking Winners and Losers?
Where there’s smoke there’s fire. After this Solyndra mess started, people started looking around at Solar Energy companies and the guaranteed loans that the Obama Administration is giving them. The Daily Caller writes: A Daily Caller investigation has found that … Continue reading →
Bad Science News: Now With More NPR
More science news. Which is good news, because ‘Puter can sleep a little later knowing he can skip anything with learnin’ in it. This NPR headline caught our eye: Messenger Reveals Mercury Is Not What Scientists Theorized. It’s not a … Continue reading →