An engineer’s guide to cat yodeling
An evening pause:
Year: 2011
DNA from Madagascar coconuts has revealed two separate waves of settlement, several ancient trade routes, and the source of the coconuts in the New World.
DNA from Madagascar coconuts has revealed two separate waves of settlement, several ancient trade routes, and the source of the coconuts in the New World.
“Unable to pass its immigration agenda through legislation, the Administration is now implementing it through agency policy.”
From the head of union representing agents of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE): “Unable to pass its immigration agenda through legislation, the Administration is now implementing it through agency policy.” And if you still have doubts about the unwillingness of the Obama administration to enforce the law, there’s also this quote:
Our officers are already under orders not to make arrests or even talk to foreign nationals in most cases unless another agency has already arrested them; you won’t find that written in any public ICE policy.
Fermilab confirms Japanese particle physics results that could explain lack of antimatter in the universe
Fermilab has confirmed the Japanese particle physics experiment from two weeks ago suggesting that muon neutrinos can morph into electron neutrinos.
The results of these two experiments could have implications for our understanding of the role that neutrinos may have played in the evolution of the universe. If muon neutrinos transform into electron neutrinos, neutrinos could be the reason that the big bang produced more matter than antimatter, leading to the universe as it exists today
Supreme skeptics
Reporters arrested by Park Police for taking photos at public Taxicab Commission meeting
Two reporters were arrested yesterday by police for simply taking photos at a public taxicab commission meeting in DC.
I guess the first amendment means something different inside the Beltway.
Obama to directly intervene in the debt limit negotiations
Finally: The White House announced today that Obama will now directly involve himself in the debt limit negotiations.
How to watch a shuttle launch
Some advice on how to watch the last shuttle launch.
It’s worth it, believe me.
NASA planes to fly low over the Baltimore/Washington region to monitor air quality
NASA research planes to fly very low over Baltimore/Washington roadways over the next month to study air quality.
As valuable as this research might be, what the hell does it have to do with the exploration of space, and why is NASA doing it? Shouldn’t this be the work of NOAA?
Global Bankruptcy Months Away?
The day of reckoning beckons: Global bankruptcy months away? Key quote:
“Based upon world liquidity, the amount of money available to fund sovereign debt in 2011 is between $6-9 trillion,” Marc Nuttle told Townhall Finance. Nuttle runs the site DebtWall.org. “The world’s government projections for deficit financing in 2011 is $8-10 trillion. We are bumping into the ceiling of the world’s ability to fund ongoing sovereign deficits and debt on an annual basis.”
We hated Reagan
New Mexico judge orders man to take down abortion billboard
Freedom of speech alert: A New Mexico judge has ordered an Alamogordo man to take down his anti-abortion billboard.