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Calling all science guys and gals! I came across this piece in The London Telegraph on how thorium is the “magic bullet” — or may be — that renders oil and uranium obsolete. There is no certain bet in nuclear physics but work by Nobel laureate Carlo Rubbia at CERN (European Organization for Nuclear Research) [...] Colondra Hamilton (above) eschews driving automatic — dare I say it? For stick: A Cincinnati woman was simultaneously masturbating with a sex toy and watching a pornographic video while driving last week, according to cops who arrested her on assorted criminal charges. Colondra Hamilton, 36, was pulled over last Tuesday evening in a traffic stop triggered [...] Glidrock: Nothing is worse than sitting in traffic, right? How about sitting in traffic for nine days? A 100-kilometer-long traffic jam in China’s Heibei Province has left thousands of truck drivers stuck on the interstate heading towards Beijing since August 14. What’s worse, officials are saying that the jam could continue for up to a month! The original [...] Spring 2011, Ford re-introduces the Boss 302 Mustang 2012 Ford Mustang Boss 302 For more on this go HERE Best of all it isn’t government subsidised and it burns gasoline. Worst of all it’s missing the Yellow/Orange paint scheme of my youth…boo. Share on Facebook Share on Facebook All this time, I thought Muslims were wanting to restore a Chrysler Cordoba. In the name of Allah, hold out for a Challenger or a Dart. Share on Facebook Share on Facebook The Atlantic has the newly-released price for the government-backed Chevy Volt. Chevy’s new plug-in hybrid Volt is a pretty cool concept, but it will cost you. After nearly a year of price speculation, GM announced today that the vehicle will start at $41,000. If you take the $7,500 credit paid by Uncle Sam on plug-in vehicles [...] And Mom, each Hot Wheels set comes with a special discipline feature that allows you to take a piece of un-used track to whip your kids butt! Share on Facebook Happy Birthday to the Corvette! This day in 1953 the first Corvette rolled off the line. Share on Facebook The Great Race (1965) I’m a sucker for a huge race movie… It’s a Mad Mad Mad Mad World, Death Race 2000, Cannonball Run (both), Smokey and the [...] Share on Facebook (ed. — Proud husband prerogative bump…) It’s amazing what one sees in SoCal on our wide wonderful freeways. We saw this this morning (5/28)… happily there were no fatalities and we drove by before the fire department got there in force so we were mere minutes behind it. I could feel the heat on [...] This is kind of cool… Formula 1 racing will return to the USA in 2012. Location: Austin, TX Downside: As if some people in that city weren’t pretentious enough, import the Euro-trash that an F-1 race is sure to attract and Austin will be the Paris France of Texas…yeah I know there already is a [...] While I am a libertarian leaning conservative, I saw enough one-vehicle rollovers and head-ons in my days working with the Texas Highway Patrol to convince me that seat belt laws — as originally intended — are probably necessary. In any case… I’ve never had a problem wearing seat belts — it seems good common [...] Share on Facebook The ultimate impetus for our impending national bankruptcy won’t be any single bill of legislation, it will be because politicians won’t and can’t say no. Arguments for TARP were prevalent on both sides, especially the threat of a wicked tide of financial collapses that would take down the whole system, so whether or not that [...] California emissions laws meet economic reality. Four years ago, California earned accolades for adopting a law that would slash its greenhouse gas emissions and serve as a model for national climate change legislation. With the state mired in a crippling recession, the law that once looked like a landmark achievement is coming under assault. The regulatory [...] Stangnet has an extraordinary set of reviews of the 2011 Mustang GT, the first with the new 5.0 liter (302 c.i.) powerplant. Here’s an excerpt from Autoblog, which rates the car at 412 horsepower, 30 under actual output. The bottom line is this: Ford is done messing around. With the release of the 2011 Mustang [...] Kingdom of the Spiders (1977) A swarm of huge tarantulas, enraged by the misuse of pesticides, try to take over their part of the world. Dr. Robert Hansen (William Shatner), a local Arizona veterinarian joins forces with entomologist Diane Ashley (Tiffany Bolling) to keep the spider population under control. 9:35 PM PDT. Independent [...] Go here for the article, http://www.motorauthority.com/blog/1043265_paper-challenge-2011-ford-mustang-v-6-vs-2010-chevrolet-camaro-v-6/ Some excerpts: Verdict: It would have been a tie, but the convertible factor tips things in favor of the Mustang. Both cars look great in the flesh, though they do so in remarkably different ways. Round 1 score: 10-9 for the Mustang. Verdict: A close round, with the Camaro’s more advanced rear [...] Go here for the article, http://www.sportscarmonitor.com/pictures/1043258_photo-history-47-years-of-fords-mustang_gallery-1#100307890 Share on Facebook (click to enlarge) Floyd left the latest edition of Inside Higher Ed in the Executive Washroom at Threedonia World Headquarters and as I was leafing through it while otherwise occupied I stumbled onto this article. It’s the results of this year’s NCAA tournament if the teams performed on the court as they do in the classroom. [...] The Grim Reaper's favorite ride, before the Prius. In the late 1980s and early 1990s, Audi was gripped with a crisis. It’s car, the Audi-5000, was linked with SAIs – Sudden Acceleration Incidents. The vehicle would allegedly speed off while the helpless driver gripped the wheel in sheer terror while unavailingly mashing one’s foot through [...] It seems they are the scourge of Western Civilization. Theodore Dalrymple, one of my favorite writers, recently got a parking ticket over in the UK and he blogged about it at his blog (group blog) The Social Affairs Unit: The alacrity, efficiency and speed with which monies are collected from certain members of the public [...] Share on Facebook Share on Facebook The Magnificent Seven (1960) I don’t care if the theme is a cliche — I still get chills when the music plays dammit. Better [...]
It’s the first practical flying car, courtesy of bunch of MIT propeller-heads who got together to form Terrafugia and produce the Transition aircraft/automobile. No trailers to haul the wings about – just land, hit a button: the wings fold up and you drive away. Anticipated price? A shade under $200,000. If Rufus ever [...] Share on Facebook A while back, Lars Walker described Sheriff Andy Taylor’s first appearance on the tube: I saw the episode and remember it. It was the Danny Thomas Show. Danny blew into Mayberry and got a ticket for speeding, or illegal parking, or something. Andy arrested him, and then arraigned him (being both local cop and justice of [...] Like Bullitt and the French Connection meets Spy vs. Spy — except tinier. Turn up the sound. h/t: JJ Share on Facebook I get this from a college buddy who is now a financial guy… It’s funny cuz it’s true — the older I get the riskier they both seem. And the joke came with it: Dan was a single guy living at home with his father and working in the family business. When he found out he [...] We all have things we “don’t get,” be it television, automobiles or any of the latest fads permeating our pop culture. With Hollywood more and more ensnared by its own cranium-rectum-inversion, more people feel the town is out of touch. Regardless, here are things I “just don’t get.” 1. The Eagles: For those who considered Creedance [...] UPDATE FROM Floyd — Apparently Scozzafava has suspended her campaign in NY-23. Score one for the conservatives! From Iowahawk – and for good reason. Canuck reader Maryann Crabtree forwards this photo of the candidate posing proudly in front of his Two Lane Blacktop – worthy 1955 Chevy 210 2-door sedan. Note missing rear bumper. Note radiused [...] To be honest, I’m less than impressed. GOSSAU, Switzerland – Authorities say an Italian man took reckless driving to new heights in 11 frantic minutes of traffic violations in eastern Switzerland.They say they first spotted the 47-year-old driver as he sped his jeep past an unmarked police car at 100 miles per hour in a rainstorm [...] Dogs are worse for the environment than Land Cruisers. Science tells me so. The eco-pawprint of a pet dog is twice that of a 4.6-litre Land Cruiser driven 10,000 kilometres a year, researchers have found. Victoria University professors Brenda and Robert Vale, architects who specialise in sustainable living, say pet owners should swap cats and dogs [...] Next up! The Chevy Shitation. But for now you’ll have to settle for this. Mazda’s latest four-wheel-drive likes a wee drink. The Mazda CX-7 uses a special man-made liquid similar to human urine to reduce emissions of oxides of nitrogen (NOx). The compound, called AdBlue, is a mixture of roughly one-third pure urea and two-thirds [...] Tom Veal at Stromata revisits the Cash for Clunkers program and its current impact on the automotive industry: It turns out, though, that the net effect was merely to shift sales from one month to another. Henry Payne reports what happened after the golden shower came to an end: Edmunds.com [the link is behind a subscription wall] [...] From John Stossel’s Take: The Detroit News points out that tucked into the health care bill passed by the House is a provision to give $10 billion to the United Auto Workers’ retiree health insurance program. In effect, it would ask every taxpayer, regardless of whether they’ll have health insurance coverage themselves after they retire — and most [...] This is all kinds of awesome. The best thing about being a lawyer with a police agency was watching videos like this — and working with cops. Watch it all. h/t: cop friend of mine (not involved) Share on Facebook Over at Stromata Blog (which I’ve just blog-rolled), the mighty Tom Veal gives an interesting analogy to the “Cash for Clunkers” program: Seeing that a careless lad has broken a shopkeeper’s window, spectators offer the consolation that the six francs spent for a new pane of glass will provide business for the glazier. Generalizing, they conclude [...] |
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