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Republicans and Military Men on John McCain

fizziks says...

Bush/McCain joking about the war makes me sick...

"Those WMD's gotta be somewhere" *crowd laughs* "Nope..."

"Bomb Iran, Bomb Bomb Iran"

Geeeeezus... What the hell is wrong with these people? Since when did joking about the death of thousands of people become acceptable behavior for anyone let alone the LEADERS of America? How did/can anyone vote for them?

And THEY'RE the ones with "values"?!?!?

Hold on while I throw up...

What Happens To You When You Decide To Leave Islam?

'Tilted Twister': LEGO Mindstorm Rubik's Cube Solver

A Snuff FIlm

Fiat Panda 100HP vs Ferrari 360 Modena

fizziks says...

Wow?! The Ferrari beat the Fiat?!?! What a surprise!!

Balabing: this isn't meant to be personal, so I apologize in advance, but this show is a sad sad competitor to "Top Gear"... they don't even come close... and is she driving an Ferrari with an Automatic gear box?? You can hear her say "1st gear, into 2nd gear" while both hands remain on the wheel. Who goes the the expense of buying a Ferrari and gets a manual transmission? What a waste... If you can afford the car, I think you can afford some driving lessons...

Balloon launch failure

This is Your Banker Calling: Check the Family Jewls

Man pays for dinner in pennies... my hero.

fizziks says...

Hmmm, Office Max will take my pennies??? I smell a follow up vid....

"This wheelbarrow of pennies I've been carrying sure is burning a hole in my pocket and I have been wanting that color laser printer for some time now... off to Office Max with my pennies and my camera!"

Photoshopped Glamour Photo

Worst job interview ever (Human Giant)

Man Proves Existence of God by Electrocuting a Pickle

fizziks says...

What this video taught me about being a Christian:

1) You frequently get stabbed with sharp objects and hung out for public display

2) God electrocutes you, causing your insides to boil, steam to come out of your pores, and turning your internals into a black charred liquid that oozes out the stab wounds you suffered.

3) You should not practice Christianity at home because it's dangerous.

Send Karl Rove to Jail

Letter from God

Fox News Says Oil Drilling 'Good' For Environment

fizziks says...

First off, I'm not a Fox Fan, and while they didn't site the source of this 63% Natural Seepage figure, it appears to be a valid number from a National Academy of Science study called "Oil In the Sea III: Inputs and Effects". An excerpt of which can be found here:

http://www.noia.org/website/article.asp?id=129

However, from that same study:

"Recognized by geologists for decades as indicating the existence of potentially economic reserves of petroleum, these seeps release vast amounts of crude oil annually. Yet these large volumes are released at a rate low enough that the surrounding ecosystem can adapt and even thrive in their presence."

While offshore drilling technology continues to improve, and can be done somewhat "safely" when proper controls are in place (depends on your definition of safe), it is not going to solve any of the US's energy problems in the short or long term and therefore not worth the environmental risk. Here's why:

1) Even if new off shore drilling was approved, and even if companies found reserves worth tapping, it would take many years before even a drop was extracted (EPA approvals, building infrastructure etc)

2) Even with the extraction hurdles overcome, refining capacity is at roughly the same levels as in the 1980's, thus requiring additional infrastructure investments.

3) Massive economic growth in countries like India and China has caused DEMAND for oil to skyrocket while supplies have remained constant (or even declined depending on who you ask). This is the main reason oil prices continue to climb; the rest of the world wants to live like Americans too!

When you factor in that these two countries make up about 1/3 of the world's population (and are expanding quickly), the amount of NEW oil required to lower oil prices is STAGGERING.

Conclusion:

So even if Fox got the numbers right here, the REALITY is that it doesn't matter if offshore drilling is safe because it's won't help anyone in a pertinent time frame and is thus not worth risking further damage to already fragile ecosystems. The ONLY answer is 1) Conservation + 2) Innovation and for that we need to start pumping more money into R&D and stop dumping money into nation building.

Science, it works bitches!



(sorry, not sure where that came from, it started as innocent research and went terribly terribly astray!)

Sanford Draws Blank On Bush/McCain Economic Differences



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