Apparently, someone found some cached electronic documents that show the Chinese Gold-Medal Winning Women’s Gymnast ain’t quite 15 yet. Darn interwebs…
Category Archives: News
Coke Going Down?
Two volunteers at a British Alternative Film cinema are replacing the familiar taste of Coca Cola with a home-grown variety. They object to Coke’s business practices so they don’t serve the beverage, however people keep asking for it. They’ve spent two years trying to work out a substitute. Read all about it. Go them!
Still Being Nitpicky
While I’m on the topic of critiquing news reports, here’s one from the National Highway Transportation Safety Administration (NHTSA, pronounced “nitsa”). Secretary Peters said that in 2007, the overall number of traffic fatalities fell to 41,059, the lowest number since 1994. In addition, the fatality rate per 100 million vehicle miles traveled was 1.37, the …
Bigfoot! A.K.A. "Fleecing Gullible People"
Don’t forget that today is the Big Reveal™ of the big foot carcass that was found/shot/planted in the north Georgia mountains. I commented on this yesterday. Today, however, I clicked over to the alleged big foot finders’ scam artists’ website searchingforbigfoot.com. Alas, I was horribly disappointed. I was hoping that if you’re charging $1,000 a …
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Bullshitese
I was reading an article in the Atlanta Journal Constitution this morning concerning Georgia’s budget cutbacks. One statement in particular stood out: Sen. Kasim Reed (D-Atlanta), said those new jobs should be reconsidered. “I don’t know any organization that faces the kind of budget challenges we’re facing that doesn’t take a serious look at right-sizing …
Cool News Reports
This morning I awake to learn that Julia Child was not only a legendary cook, but also a spy with the OSS. Awesome! I also learned that there’s a hoaxer living in Georgia who claims to have found Bigfoot’s corpse. Stupid!
Google Streetview Captures Drunk
Thanks to Steph for pointing this out Google Streetview has captured a moment of drunken unconsciousness in Australia. My thoughts on this are: Public photography is legal (in the US) except for some very specific cases. If you’re drunk in a public space, or doing anything else, you’re available for photographic recording. If I, or …
Flat Earth
The Bad Astronomer posted about this BBC article, but I just need to chime in. According to the BBC, the idea that the Earth is flat, and not an oblate spheroid, is still alive and well amongst people who are obviously unsuitable for being around my children. Two of the interviewees said: Mr Davis now …
Russia + Georgia = ?
I’ve been paying attention to the Russia/Georgia/South Ossetia war that’s going on and I’m trying to figure out (from my Oh So Worldly knowledge) what Russia’s angle is here. Obviously you don’t go committing a division of troops without a good reason. I don’t know enough about the Republic of Georgia to understand what it …
JREF $1M Challenge
Phil Plait announced today that he is ascending the ranks of the skeptic community by accepting the Presidency of the James Randi Educational Foundation (JREF). But that’s not why I’m writing. After reading JREF’s press release, I went to the website and found their forums that include the list of people who have applied for …