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| Ron Paul Questions Chairman Bernanke on Bailout Plan Posted: 24 Sep 2008 09:30 PM CDT Ron Paul lectures Bernanke on the flaws of the bailout plan and the hazard of the attempt to fix prices versus letting them correct naturally in the free market at the Congressional Hearing today (9/24/08). Ron also questions Bernanke's authority and constitutionality of using the printing press to generate all this extra money. |
| WSJ.com - It's Judgment Day for McCain Posted: 24 Sep 2008 09:30 PM CDT His campaign bus is full of the people who caused the meltdown. |
| Chinese Say They're Building 'Impossible' Space Drive Posted: 24 Sep 2008 09:30 PM CDT To say that the "Emdrive" (short for "electromagnetic drive") concept is controversial would be an understatement. According to Roger Shawyer, the British scientist who developed the concept, the drive converts electrical energy into thrust via microwaves, without violating any laws of physics. Many other researchers believe otherwise. |
| Halo Energy Sword Replica with Steel Color-Shifting Blades Posted: 24 Sep 2008 09:20 PM CDT Now you can go after your friends with your own Covenant Energy Sword and hopefully they will pull a "Bull True" and not get sliced in half. Sound effects will still need to be homemade. |
| Facebook Drunks Start Group, Raise Career Questions (PICS) Posted: 24 Sep 2008 09:10 PM CDT A Facebook group that appears to glamorize excess drinking among young ladies is growing in popularity but could spell disaster for members' career hopes. |
| David Letterman Reacts to John McCain Suspending Campaign Posted: 24 Sep 2008 09:00 PM CDT On the "Late Show," David Letterman talks about John McCain suspending his campaign in order to solve the economic problems. |
| The List of Foreign Leaders Joe Biden has Met Posted: 24 Sep 2008 08:50 PM CDT Today, as Sarah Palin met her first foreign leaders, the Obama campaign released a list of the foreign leaders his running mate Joe Biden has met with. Needless to say, it is pretty extensive. |
| McCain Cancels Letterman Appearance, Olbermann Replaces Him Posted: 24 Sep 2008 08:30 PM CDT Letterman noted, "What are you going to do if you're elected and things get tough? Suspend being president? We've got a guy like that now!" and added that if McCain insisted, "Fine, put in your second string quarterback, Sara Palin. Where is she?" |
| "American Psycho" — the musical? Posted: 24 Sep 2008 08:30 PM CDT Remember the film American Psycho based on the Brett Easton Ellis novel? Yeah, apparently there are talks to bring it to Broadway. As a musical. You can't make this stuff up. Well, you can, but when you do, no one believes you. |
| Posted: 24 Sep 2008 08:20 PM CDT W. takes viewers through Bush's eventful life — his struggles and triumphs, how he found both his wife and his faith, and of course the critical days leading up to Bush's decision to invade Iraq. |
| Ten Ways To Get Out Of A Speeding Ticket Posted: 24 Sep 2008 08:10 PM CDT Whether you get a ticket, a warning or a pass is completely at the discretion of the officer that pulls you over. For this reason, we've surveyed your experiences and identified ten strategies that seem to have worked the best. |
| McCain Camp Whacks And Misses In Latest NYT Attac Posted: 24 Sep 2008 08:00 PM CDT The McCain campaign on Wednesday ramped up its displays of venomous disdain for the New York Times, responding to a critical story this morning by accusing the paper of being a "partisan" outlet hiding under the veneer of "objectivity." |
| Run Virtual Machines With VirtualBox 2.0 On A Ubuntu Server Posted: 24 Sep 2008 07:50 PM CDT This guide explains how you can run virtual machines with Sun xVM VirtualBox 2.0 on a headless Ubuntu 8.04 server. Normally you use the VirtualBox GUI to manage your virtual machines, but a server does not have a desktop environment. Fortunately, VirtualBox comes with a tool called VBoxHeadless that allows you to connect to the virtual machines |
| Posted: 24 Sep 2008 07:40 PM CDT Lindsay Lohan is just as important as those other topics? |
| Fast Food Hits Mediterranean; a Diet Succumbs Posted: 24 Sep 2008 07:30 PM CDT The usual sniffles and stomachaches of childhood are now interspersed with far more serious conditions: diabetes, high blood pressure, high cholesterol. A changing diet, he says, has produced an epidemic of obesity and related maladies. |
| The 5 Manliest Jobs In History (And Why You Don't Want Them) Posted: 24 Sep 2008 07:20 PM CDT Whatever happened to the real men? The gunslingers and swordsmen guys who charged into adventure on horseback? Well, it turns out they all quit, because being a real man kind of sucks. All of those badass jobs they made movies about were all pretty much worse than the job you have now. Such as... |
| Nico Pitney: McCain Wants A Time Out -- But Why? Posted: 24 Sep 2008 07:10 PM CDT Hmm, someone seems a little scared of Friday's debate. |
| Posted: 24 Sep 2008 07:00 PM CDT You have five minutes and ten sentences to explain Linux to a complete newbie, without the geekery mumbo jumbo. What would you say? |
| Ron Paul on Fox Business News 9/24/08 Posted: 24 Sep 2008 06:50 PM CDT Ron Paul gives his take on the bailout to rescue the collapsing global financial markets. |
| World’s First Commercial Wave Energy Farm Goes Live Posted: 24 Sep 2008 06:40 PM CDT The devices will generate 2.25 MW of electricity— enough to power 1,500 homes. Ultimately, the wave power station will expand to produce up to 21 MW of power. |
| Posted: 24 Sep 2008 06:30 PM CDT Ricky Gervais is the first to admit that his teeth are neither white nor straight - and Americans mistakenly think he wears bad false teeth for comedic purposes. Why the dental divide? |
| Blu-ray stutters in face of tough economy, HD downloads Posted: 24 Sep 2008 06:20 PM CDT Now that HD DVD is out of the picture, Blu-ray should be soaring, right? Wrong. The high-def format's market share has dropped in recent weeks, with regular old DVD taking the very large majority of the market. |
| Sir Ian McKellen Takes Gay Tolerance Message To Schools Posted: 24 Sep 2008 06:00 PM CDT Sir Ian McKellen has taken on a new role, giving talks to schoolchildren about homosexuality. The actor, best known to youngsters as Gandalf in The Lord of the Rings trilogy, hopes to encourage tolerance and end the bullying of gay pupils. |
| Digg Battle Royale [Multiplayer Browser Game] Posted: 24 Sep 2008 05:50 PM CDT Jump into this multi-player browser game and kill other fellow diggers who join! Play as hamsters and shoot acorns to kill! |
| Posted: 24 Sep 2008 05:50 PM CDT This dude builds a go-cart using a 1340cc DOHC liquid-cooled engine. I'm not sure what that means except that the go-cart can go really fast. |
| Obama Made First Gesture Towards Joint Action On Crisis Posted: 24 Sep 2008 05:40 PM CDT At 8:30 this morning, Senator Obama called Senator McCain to ask him if he would join in issuing a joint statement outlining their shared principles and conditions for the Treasury proposal and urging Congress and the White House to act in a bipartisan manner to pass such a proposal... |
| Max Payne (Origins of the Story) - The Beginning (Video) Posted: 24 Sep 2008 05:40 PM CDT A special featurette that looks at the origin of the story for Max Payne entitled "The Beginning Live-Action Comic". |
| 15 of The Hottest Wearable Gadgets Posted: 24 Sep 2008 05:30 PM CDT Okay, we'll admit it. We have an unnatural love for gadgets and all things computer-related. If this makes us geeks, than so be it! Of course, for better or for worse, there are some of use who like to wear their pride on their sleeve (literally) and proudly display their inner geek for all to see. |
| Posted: 24 Sep 2008 05:20 PM CDT So it was customary to use a RAM-ROD while fighting in the naval during the 18th century? |
| Your Weekly Music Lesson with Walt! on Rev 3 Posted: 24 Sep 2008 05:10 PM CDT Your Weekly Music Lesson with Walt! Class #1: 'Notes' Wanna learn Guitar, Piano, etc? This primer will EXCITE you and INFORM you on the basics of Music Notes. Rip out that instrument, turn up the volume, skip dinner, and GET READY! It all starts here. Next week: 'Chords' 1.) Be passionate 2.) Be patient 3.) Do it EVERYDAY Any music questions let me |
| Washington Post ABC Poll Obama Leads McCain by 9! 52% - 43% Posted: 24 Sep 2008 05:00 PM CDT Turmoil in the financial industry and growing pessimism about the economy have altered the shape of the presidential race, giving Democratic nominee Barack Obama the first clear lead of the general-election campaign over Republican John McCain, according to the latest Washington Post-ABC News national poll. |
| Yahoo board approves the purchase of AOL? Posted: 24 Sep 2008 04:50 PM CDT Yahoo's shiny new board has decided to move forward with talks with Time Warner about the future of its AOL division, according to the Financial Times. |
| Comcast Admits Error In Requiring SSN Under "Patriot Act" Posted: 24 Sep 2008 04:30 PM CDT Comcast's customer service czar Frank responded to our post "Comcast: "The Patriot Act" Mandates We Need Your SSN" by saying it was an error on part of the agent. |
| 13 Wordpress Plugins You Probably Don’t Use But Should Posted: 24 Sep 2008 04:20 PM CDT Some of them are very useful and some of them are only for sake of existence. But it's totally up to you that how you can make your wordpress blog more strong and power using different plugins to give your blog readers an amazing and wonderful experience. |
| Joe Biden Obliterates McCain Over National Security Posted: 24 Sep 2008 04:00 PM CDT "This week, John talked about the judgment required to be Commander in Chief. He's right: nothing is more important than judgment. But time and again, on the most critical national security issues of our time, John McCain's judgment was wrong," Biden will say according to excerpts of the speech released by the campaign. |
| 34 Skydivers to Make Record Jump 465 ft. ABOVE Everest Posted: 24 Sep 2008 03:50 PM CDT Dozens of skydivers will attempt the first parachute jumps over Mount Everest next week, organizers said on Tuesday. At least 34 skydivers from 14 countries, including Britain, the United States, Canada, Denmark and New Zealand plan to jump from an aircraft flying 465 feet above the Everest summit on October 2 |
| A breakthrough for open source in the UK Posted: 24 Sep 2008 03:41 PM CDT As The Inquirer reports, two open-source companies, Novell UK and Sirius, have been granted access to the UK's £80 million ($149 million) Software for Educational Institutions Framework, which enables them to supply software to the UK public sector. There may be additional open-source vendors chosen but the official list won't be released until Wed |
| 6 Awesome TV Shows That Should Never Have Been Canceled Posted: 24 Sep 2008 03:32 PM CDT It's weird to think that a show can have millions of avid fans and still be seen as a loser to the TV execs. While things that make our eyes bleed like "What I Like About You" or that Dawson's River show (river, stream, creek, whatever) seemed to run on forever, here's our countdown of shows that should still be on the air today... |
| Yankees to miss playoffs for 1st time since 1995 Posted: 24 Sep 2008 03:20 PM CDT The New York Yankees will miss the postseason for the first time since starting their run in 1995. Mike Mussina pitched five shutout innings to earn his 19th win, Jason Giambi homered and the Yankees beat the Toronto Blue Jays 3-1 on Tuesday night... |
| Posted: 24 Sep 2008 03:20 PM CDT A slightly crude but accurate depiction of how business works |
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