Yet another one of those news stories that makes me sick enough to think about that it's hard to bring myself to seek out information about it. Anyway, I did, and I learned something kind of fascinating: they're plopping a very fancy box on top of one of the two leaks to try to contain the leak and draw the leaking oil up into a tanker. The ( Read more... )

If you haven't already heard, NBC and CBS are refusing to run this ad (which is an ad by the United Church of Christ openly welcoming lowlifes such as homosexuals) because it is too tolerant: here's Josh Marshall's take. The press release is here, but if you can't connect, ( here's the text )

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Apparently, hundreds of gallons of heating oil were just spilled on Rte 128 right by my workplace. Bleaurgh.

In a completely unrelated turn of events, my legs actually feel like I used them yesterday. They should -- I squatted a mess o weight. It's just good to feel.