Month December 2011

The day the constitution died

For expressions of outrage, it’s hard to beat Charley Pierce. Here he is talking about part of the $662 billion defense bill agreed to during Monday night’s House and Senate negotiations. The fact remains that the Congress of the United States has now…

Whee, I’m a Kobot

The prototype KOBOT is exactly what it looks like – a super-compact three-wheeled single-seat street-legal electric vehicle that can fit in the smallest of parking spaces. I want one.

The result when governments encourage extremism

Right-wing extremist settlers in Israel attack IDF soldiers Netanyahu says he will use “all of his power” to respond. But he’s been encouraging such extremism for decades, throwing them red meat, backing them politically. Now he’s shocked, just shocked at…