14 points of fascism – Project for the OLD American Century
George W Bush and the 14 points of fascism – Project for the OLD American Century
American History has an interesting past as well.
Grouchogandhi – A Punch-Drunk Filter of FACTs
Grouchogandhi – A Punch-Drunk Filter of FACTs I found this to be a strange site indeed.
Especially, This!
Try some of the other links as well.
Redefining Planets
I have been hearing about this redefinition process going on with the IAU and the basic definition of planet sounds good to me.
“A planet is a celestial body that (a) has sufficient mass for its self-gravity to overcome rigid body forces so that it assumes a hydrostatic equilibrium (nearly round) shape, and (b) is in orbit around a star, and is neither a star nor a satellite of a planet.”
Not that I get a vote on it. But, I would suggest one additional qualification. That the celestial body have a mean radius greater than 2000 km. Eventually, gravity will let all aggregates form into spherical shapes. For a planet, size matters as well.
For those bodies that have a mean radius of 500-2000 km, let them be called plutons, or minor planets, or something similar.
Let bodies with a mean radius of less than 500 km be asteroids or space junk or dark matter. Things to blow up as you are escaping the Empire’s Star Cruisers.
The Jerry Lewis Public Speaking Course
I misheard an ad on the local collage radio station. But it sounds so promising.
To idly dream
I found this commentary very apt. (via)
I was just thinking
about Mark Twain. Halley’s Comet is coming in just a few years. 2060 or thereabouts. I wonder if I will see it?
SSA Budget Accounting
A question arose last Tuesday on how the SSA funds are accounted for in calculating the Federal deficit. So I started looking around and was surprised how long it took me to find an answer. If the SSA is off-budget, then its monies don’t count to the deficit/surplus figures (if I have that right)
Stabbed in the Back
I found this to be an interesting article on how the current state of our politics arose. History can be a useful tool.
Reminder
This is an interesting looking link from Making Light. This is just a reminder for me to come back and read it when I have soem time.