December 2010
22 posts
Kindle book lending quietly goes live |... →
Glen Canyon Dam
Justin: Wow, look at that Annie! That big concrete wall is holding back that whole lake! Isn't that neat!?
Anne: Is that the end of the earth?
Justin: ...No, the earth is round, like a soccer ball. So you can't ever get to the end of the earth.
Anne: Oh.
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Central Provision of Health Care Law Is Ruled... →
“In a 42-page opinion, Judge Hudson wrote: “Neither the Supreme Court nor any federal circuit court of appeals has extended Commerce Clause powers to compel an individual to involuntarily enter the stream of commerce by purchasing a commodity in the private market.” Allowing Congress to exert such authority, he said, “would invite unbridled exercise of federal police powers.””
Makes...
Beijing Egg House - Beijing architect lives in... →
MPM Liquid Demo →
“You can’t very well reason with someone when their whole argument is that...”
– Isaac Asimov
“A witty saying proves nothing.”
– Voltaire
QWOP →
My best distance is 2.6 meters. BEAT THAT!
From WikiChina - NYTimes.com →
“While secrets from WikiLeaks were splashed all over the American newspapers, I couldn’t help but wonder: What if China had a WikiLeaker and we could see what its embassy in Washington was reporting about America? I suspect the cable would read like this:”
I am not nearly as pessimistic as Friedman, but it is an interesting twist on the Wikileaks story.
Twitter / Ron Paul: →
Re: Wikileaks- In a free society, we are supposed to know the truth. In a society where truth becomes treason, we are in big trouble.
ThinkGeek :: H2Goo - Bathtime Fun →
Top secret US space plane X-37B completes 8-month... →