Category Archives: Commentary

Posts related to editorial opinions, commentary, and political analysis

Asteroid discoveries – 1980 to 2010

Posted on 30 August 2010 by Becca

By the way, I think the soundtrack is what really makes this video work.  The music is 'Transgenic' by the group Trifonic, from their album Emergence.  (There's another version with a Philip Glass track…but I don't think it's as evocative.)

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Welcome to the big leagues, Apple

Posted on 3 August 2010 by Becca

Right now, if you visit a web page and load a simple PDF file, you may give total control of your iPhone, iPod Touch or iPad to a hacker. The security bug affects all iOS4 devices and the iPad. via … Continue reading →

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Official Brain-Hamster Position Statement

Posted on 1 August 2010 by Becca

The Brain-Hamster does not give a rat's patootie about Chelsea Clinton's marriage. That is all. (On edit: I have included a helpful diagram of the hardware architecture operating the 'Terrible Thing' and its resident rabid Brain Hamster.)

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The Circle of Bigotry is Complete

Posted on 25 July 2010 by Becca

I've been following the Shirley Sherrod case with interest, including the latest developments.  My stab at a sequence of events, as interpreted through my own particular brand of snark: Breitbart: This woman is a racist!  See!  I have a heavily … Continue reading →

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Weird News

Posted on 24 July 2010 by Becca

The strongest and most expensive beer ever created sold out within hours Friday, a Scottish brewery said, as they courted controversy by packaging the bottles inside the bodies of stuffed animals. BrewDog, the self-described maverick brewery, presented the beer — … Continue reading →

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Eww.

Posted on 13 July 2010 by Becca

A team of workers sporting breathing apparatus and carrying shovels has started clearing around 1,000 tonnes of fat from sewers around London’s Leicester Square, a water company said Tuesday. Cooking fat being poured down drains under one of the city’s … Continue reading →

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BP PR

Posted on 5 July 2010 by Becca

BP’s new slogan: “Put a Turtle* in Your Tank!” (* = Turtle may be covered in oil and tar, on fire, and/or toxically poisoned into sterility. BP makes no claims, implied or otherwise, that oily flaming turtles will actually ‘clean … Continue reading →

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Appropriate Imagery

Posted on 21 June 2010 by Becca

Courtesy Attaturk on Firedoglake: As the oil gusher that began in early Spring continues to spew into the start of Summer I suppose I could come up with something creative and novel. But instead I’ll just note yet another lie … Continue reading →

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“Unsurprising”

Posted on 20 June 2010 by Becca

BP CEO Tony Hayward has faced fresh criticism for taking time off to go sailing with his son instead of dealing with the Gulf of Mexico oil spill. The White House said the move was one of a “long line … Continue reading →

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Moving soon…

Posted on 18 May 2010 by Becca

At some point over the next week or so, I’m moving this site and blog over to LaughingSquid’s cloud-hosting system.  Rather than just try for a wholesale move and hope the links don’t all break, I’ve decided to do something … Continue reading →

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