Monthly Archives: May 2011

Thank you for gracing our abbreviated day.  Your thoughts and concerns are always welcome. Please know that when we’re off the air for extended periods, without forewarning, it’s because something has come up.  Hopefully it will never be more serious than…(SOUR EXPRESSION)…Comcast. … Continue reading →

First time we’ve known for sure.  Because it’s finally turned up. Analysis:  110531e15 Over 3,000 Bq/kilogram combined Sr-89 and 90?  I don’t know the general residue due to bomb testing, but it’s not that high.  Not nearly. They announced today, … Continue reading →

Set economic engine set to “Sputter”. Germany’s policy reversal on nuclear has been completed with a new push to enter the ‘age of renewables’ Actually, losing seven plants now, and nine more by 2020, shouldn’t have a major effect on Germany’s economy.  … Continue reading →

Civil libertarians once looked to this president to right the constitutional balance. Thus sayeth Reason. Moron civil libertarians, maybe.  Oh, I know Healy means with respect to war powers and Gitmo, etc.  The changes Obama promised during the campaign.  Civil libertarians, if you can’t … Continue reading →

An Instapundit post about Belgium “protesters” destroying genetically modified, blight-resistant potatoes.  It’s not enough that they don’t eat them.  Starving people shouldn’t have the option either. Professor Reynolds calls them potential “mass murderers”.  And he should know, because he has … Continue reading →

MikeW brings attention to the insanity of Italy. Italian government officials have accused the country’s top seismologist of manslaughter, Fine.  But what about the error in judgement of his employer and bosses?  They’re also manslaughterers.  Also, of course, everyone in government … Continue reading →

Greetings from the Luddites. We chose this opening because our server has been down until now, and it suits our feelings.  Internet withdrawal can get ugly, fast.  We have no idea what’s going on in the world and by the … Continue reading →

Thank you for joining us, and for your excellent commentary.  We just bought MineCraft for a belated brotherly birthday present, and have been watching him scramble for survival for the last hour. Memorial Day is over, our gratitude remains. Goodnight … Continue reading →

Two workers have gotten very large uptakes of iodine. The inspection by the government agency found 9,760 and 7,690 becquerels of iodine-131 in the thyroid glands of the workers, 10 times higher than other workers at Fukushima, reports said. … … Continue reading →

Charlotte, which hosts the 2012 Democratic National Convention, just suffered gang-related violence, with fatalities. “I have a lot of confidence that over the course of the next year of preparations – between local, state and federal law enforcement – that … Continue reading →