Monthly Archives: July 2008

Another law for them.

A quick roundup. The reverse Canute effect. Or should that be Cnut? Imposing piety. Sea ice – does this really show less than last year, as Richard Black of the BBC claims? Should we have Nuremberg-style trials for Riemann deniers? … Continue reading →

… to use spelling like “dey” and “dis”, but it helps. The one and only comment, found in a piece of source code: // 8/26/96 – dey told me to document dis//// 8/28/96 – i did

How did the BBC first report the terrorist attack in Jerusalem during which a Palestinian used a bulldozer as a weapon and killed 3 Israeli civilians, wounding many more? Israel bulldozer driver shot dead

From a strange site. Try this, Organic Trade: Towards a Global Green Currency? The idea of LETS [Local Exchange Trading System] is to foster exchange within local communities. Conventional money is issued by an authority in limited supply to assure … Continue reading →

Norm ain’t: This, for me, is the decisive point. To be a Jew in UCU today is to be, in some sort, a supplicant, pleading with the would-be boycotters and those unmoved to oppose them and deliver them a decisive … Continue reading →

If you enjoyed the Penn and Teller video, you might enjoy the website that started it all, and the reprint (username “press”, password “press”) of the Guardian article about a town in California that decided to ban this pernicious substance. … Continue reading →

Via.

From the comments here – a classic right/left attack politics dustup.

This is the common name for a condition (torsion, Gastric dilatation-volvulus) large dogs, especially Mastiffs, are prone to. The stomach swells and can get out of position, it puts pressure on blood vessels, the heart starts labouring, symptoms of shock … Continue reading →