Let the corrections begin: At least 15 or 20 people sent me the link to the letter written to the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette about Daylight Savings Time and Global Warming. However, none of you checked Snopes. The letter was real, but it was written by a troll, folks. Sorry to disappoint.

Reports of A Bee Rapture Were Greatly Exaggerated... ( Read more... )

Details on President Bush's interview with Katie Couric..
Quote from the interview, courtesy of Salon.com ... and yet another example of why the man's handlers hardly ever let him speak extemporaneously:
"George W. Bush, responding to Katie Couric's question on what the United States has learned from interrogating high-value terrorism suspects: " ( Read more... )

“President Bush today defended his administration’s decision to allow a company from an Arab country to operate six major U.S. ports, saying, “People don’t need to worry about security.””

Here’s the money quote: “This deal wouldn’t go forward if we were concerned about the security of the United States of America,” Bush told reporters during a ( Read more... )

Science and Technology
windswept: How to kill RFID tags with a cell phone.

When pills fail, electrical implants can mend brains damaged by Parkinson’s, stroke, and depression.

The Richard Dawkins Multimedia Archive. Dawkins, author of many books on Evolution, including The Blind Watchmaker, is an outspoken scientist and atheist.

14+ Money Saving ( Read more... )