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Does anyone care? Geez what a bunch of useless babble on Fox News covering this “newsworthy” event.

a rotten finger! http://apnews.myway.com/article/20050409/D89BJV380.html

This guy wins the $27 million lottery and doesn’t have time to chat because he’s worried about being late for work. Unbelievable, yet his reaction probably bodes well for his financial future compared to the numerous lotto winners that have … Continue reading →

a former CU conservative, evangelical history Professor Phil Mitchell. Read the Denver Post story and blogger Betsy Newmarks comments as well. The incident below should be enough to arouse your curiosity (if not anger!)… Mitchell taught at the Hallett Diversity … Continue reading →

and talkative. Ron Stewart, Director of Boulder County Open Space, and former Boulder County Commissioner had this to say about the City of Lafayette’s potential plans to annex and devalue 40 acres of land owned for greater than 70 years … Continue reading →

The “old” Boulder County Commissioners were up to their standard tricks, preventing a landowner from rebuilding his house (read about it here). Yes the approximately 3300 sq ft house would be replaced with a monster sized 8679 sq ft, apparently … Continue reading →

Geez, British Airways likes to fly across the Atlantic and then the Pacific minus one engine. The first time was a non-stop from LA to London that landed in Manchester since they were running out of gas!!! BA “fixed/replaced” the … Continue reading →

Todays employment report from the Department of Labor has the following interesting statistics for February: Non-Farm payroll employment increased by 262,000 Total workforce is: 148.1 million (includes unemployed actively looking for jobs) Unemployment rate is: 5.4% (up 0.2% from January) … Continue reading →

in Germany that is. Socialism and labor unions at work. The number of unemployed workers in February is between 3.97 million to 5.2 million depending on how it is measured. Ya think they could have rounded up the 3.97 million … Continue reading →

This is a big deal… “It’s strange for me to say it, but this process of change has started because of the American invasion of Iraq,” explains Jumblatt. “I was cynical about Iraq. But when I saw the Iraqi people … Continue reading →

Barry Garelick captures my thoughts and experience perfectly regarding the sorry state of math educatation in todays school system. He hits the “nail on the head” so many times I don’t even know where to start. Here’s a small outake … Continue reading →

Global Warming that is. I’m not surprised that this showed up on CNN/Reuters first. Global warming is real and it’s our fault. Leaving no room for doubt, here’s the introduction… WASHINGTON (Reuters) — Studies looking at the oceans and melting … Continue reading →

a dream according to this Reuters article. I particularly like this dose of reality… “Virtually every candidate called for American energy independence — which is something that may sound good in a campaign, but has no grounding in reality,” Dave … Continue reading →

Todays Opinion Journal has an article titled “Hockey Stick on Ice: Politicizing the science of global warming” (registration required but OJ is free). The article is regarding the hockey stick shape of North American temperatures over the last 1000 years. … Continue reading →

A one paragraph blurb in the Feb 13th Parade magazine puts into focus China’s energy demands. In part it reads… This winter, residents of major Chinese cities have been sitting in the dark, shivering. The culprit: a massive coal shortage … Continue reading →

According to Parade Magazine (article not available yet): Dictator Country This Year Last YearOmar al-Bashir Sudan 1st 7thKim Jong Il North Korea 2nd 1stThan Shwe Burma 3rd 2ndHu Jintao China 4th 3rdCrown Prince Abdullah Saudi Arabia 5th 5thMuammar al-Quaddafi Libya … Continue reading →

If ever Boulder County gave itself an award, it would be for smart growth. Luckily for the majority of Americans this isn’t a contagious disease. What happens when an area has smart growth? According to the report titled “Smart Growth … Continue reading →

Unless you live in a cave, no doubt you’re familiar with the Ward Churchill saga. Today the Daily Camera editors have come to his defense, primarily under the freedom of speech theme and citing past incidents where the University of … Continue reading →

Well Minneapolis may not be stoopid, but the editors of the Minneapolis Star definitely are. Unlike most blog readers (and bloggers) in the world, Power Line has only recently gotten on my radar screen. They have some type of feud … Continue reading →

KBFR was Boulder’s pirate radio station. The equipment owners “jumped the gun” and purchased their low power broadcasting equipment before the final bill was passed. The final legislation, while not technically outlawing low power FM stations, basically did just that … Continue reading →