On the Rally to Restore Sanity / Fear

Marc Cooper

This is not a light-hearted moment. This is a not a moment that allows smug moral superiority about being “sane” in a chaotic era of political craziness.

This is a time of national emergency. This is a weekend that demands the firm leadership and vision of a commander-in-chief who can calm some [...]

Avoid ‘free public WiFi’ network at all costs

It’s a rogue network and could open you up to attack.

Make it stop. California GHG plan gives free permits to polluters

The state will give away 100 percent of permits through 2020 to oil drilling, cement and other industries that otherwise might shut down if forced to pay for permits. Sawmills, food manufacturing and others will get shorter-term aid. Within an industry, more efficient firms will get more allowances, which less efficient companies may need [...]

Driverless vans complete 8,000 mile trip

Using a system called the Generic Obstacle and Lane Detector, or GOLD, these two vans were able to pretty much guide themselves across the two continents. Lasers scanners and video cameras worked together to ensure the vans didn’t cause any accidents (and it is pretty remarkable they made it that far unscathed.) The researchers [...]

Facebook buys Drop.io, kills it

No word yet on whether drop.io technology will make it into Facebook, which may have wanted the developers not the software.

Mercedes Hexawheel concept. Drive like an insect

The premise is simple: ants (along with various other insects) benefit from an articulated design, meaning their various body sections can move independently of one another. Compare ants to say, a tortoise, which has a fixed body and moving legs (i.e, the same design as a traditional car/SUV), and it’s clear that the ant [...]

Welcome to Crazytown. Vote Sanity against the nutcases

The Rally to Restore Sanity says “Vote Sanity. Because you might be mad. But they’re crazy.” All true, and the video is fun and humorous so you should definitely watch it.

And sure, if wack-a-doodles are running in your area, absolutely, vote against them. But when it comes to the primary problem in the [...]

The blogger meeting with Obama. Questions too easy?

Ian Welch

What Sean-Paul said, pretty much. Overall the questions were less hard hitting than I would have liked, but I can understand why folks might be intimidated by the President of the US. I expected nothing of Oliver Willis, and like Sean-Paul, I don’t read Kos.

However, I’ll say publicly what I’ve said [...]

PIIGS financial crisis is back. Ireland wobbling, in denial

Frankly, we blame all the other PIIGS for this

Irish bond yields just hit an all-time high, a sure sign that the financial crisis in the EU is back. In classic denial, they are blaming the other PIIGS (Portugal, Ireland, Italy,Spain, Greece) for making things bad for them.

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Tea Party leader booted for anti-gay comments, heads another group

From an email conversation with reader Craig Woodward.

Not sure you heard yet, but the guy that got booted from the “Big Sky Tea Party” for asking for and “instruction manual” on how to lynch gay people, just got picked up by the Montana Tea Party as their new president. So much for not being [...]