Archive | January 9, 2009

New Swiss Army gadget rules the world

I don’t normally get all giddy over gadgetry, but this, THIS is just ridiculous. Gloriously, fantabulously ridiculous.

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A second TVA containment pond breach (Update #3)

Updates will be in reverse chronological order below. Update: The Sierra Club has a press release on their site that says, among other things: According to media reports, the Alabama Department of Environmental Management inspected all of the coal ash facilities in the state after the Kingston spill last week and pronounced them safe. It’s […]

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Sunrise over Boomfield

I’m not a real photographer like Dawn, but I had to offer this one up.

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Secretary of. . . deterrence?

In an interview at Aviation Week (following a Danger Room link), Secretary of Defense Robert Gates reiterated his support for the reliable replacement warhead. On the other hand, he provides room for hope. . . . . . Gates will also be at the helm of the Pentagon during negotiations leading up to a renewal […]

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New tax kicks old habits—Smoking cessation in New York spares no expenses

The final installment in a five-part series examining the impacts of NY State’s recent tax hike on cigarettes by Alex Cole photo by Talbot Eckweiler Rick Johnson smoked a pack of Marlboro Menthol Lights each and every day for 30 years. He spent well over $40,000 on smoking in his lifetime. That’s not including the […]

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