Some nerds at MIT have been hard at work finding a solution to one of life’s persistent problems: getting the last of the ketchup out of the bottle with ease. They developed a substance that can be applied to the insides of glass and plastic bottles. One student described it as “kind of a structured liquid [...]
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Recent reports on witness testimony in the Trayvon Martin-George Zimmerman case are disturbing. Four witnesses . . . have changed their stories . . . Is this witness tampering by the prosecution? Intimidation? Have witnesses been threatened? Peer pressure? Going against the community is often a difficult and thankless task, even if it is the truth. Another witness, [...]
DNA test results show that four mountain lions seen in Missouri last year had traveled east from the West. One was from central Montana, two from the Black Hills of South Dakota, and another from Colorado. Fourteen reports of mountain lions were made in 2011, a sharp increase. There were only 12 documented cougar encounters during the previous 16 years. There have been [...]
A 25-inch baseball bat from a bygone era is for sale. It is engraved with the name R. Huff of Fulton, Missouri, the year 1936, Ku Klux Klan, and KKK. No one knows much about the item nor its original owner, Mr. Huff, presumably a racist. The bat is considered to be in excellent condition. ajh
A forgery? Doctored? A mistake by the writer? Deliberate fabrication? Or actual fact?1 The story of President Obama’s birthplace refuses to die, for a myriad of reasons. What lends credence to Hawaii rather than Kenya is the newspaper announcement, and vice versa for this short bio. I suspect that he was born in Hawaii. Regardless of his [...]
Oops. It’s been described as “a remarkable case of family history.” Golfer Caroline Inglis, a student at Churchill High School in Eugene, Oregon, “was en route to a fourth consecutive state 5A golf title, something no boy or girl has done in Oregon, when she was disqualified . . . ” Inglis signed an inaccurate scorecard. Her father, Bill [...]
Before today I’d never heard of James Abdnor. He passed away today at the age of 89. From South Dakota, he knocked off George McGovern in 1980. Tom Daschle then ousted him, and John Thune, once a member of Abdnor’s staff, did the same to Daschle. Abdnor’s biography on Wikipedia might be indicative of a [...]
An ABC News blog reports on a Pentagon study of previous studies. This was followed up by a Government Accountability Office study that argued the study on studies wasn’t good. The study of a study of studies began in 2010 when Defense Secretary Robert Gates complained that his department was “awash in taskings for reports and studies.” [...]
An underwater camera attached to a drilling rig has captured images of a giant sea creature, likely a very large deepstaria enigmatica jellyfish. ajh
I am shocked, utterly shocked, that violence and property damage ain’t helpin’ the Leftist cause. Anarchists ruin message, useful discourse Violence and destruction tears down more than buildings or signs, it destroys dialogue ajh
