http://www.speedkill.org Radioactive Toy Fri, 16 May 2008 00:53:43 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I haven't been paying much attention to Montana's AG race. I probably should. I missed this, from around a week ago. One of the Republican candidates runs SETI@home. He's now being mocked for being an alien hunter. Seriously? You're mocking someone for running a program that helps analyze radio signals? This isn't ... http://www.speedkill.org/2008/05/15/1983/ So I was Albertson's yesterday, going through one of their self-checkout machines. Which, by the way, are quite handy for introverts like me who are happy to minimize superfluous human contact. Anyway, as I was buying my items, a girl walked up to a nearby machine, talking on her cell ... http://www.speedkill.org/2008/05/15/1982/ The Edwards endorsement hopefully will help push Hillary towards withdrawing from the race. Unlikely, I know, but I can dream, right? My attempt to research and make a post about each of Democratic primary candidates died pretty quickly, so I never got to Obama. That's who I've been leaning towards since ... http://www.speedkill.org/2008/05/14/1981/ This is brilliant. Andy and company are defending "Operation Chaos" as being open and honest. Open and honest about your dishonesty. Wonders never cease, do they? It's vanishingly unlikely this whole thing will accomplish anything more than giving Andy his 15 minutes of fame, so all we're left with is ... http://www.speedkill.org/2008/05/13/1980/ A NY Times Op-Ed says Obama is considered an apostate under Islamic law. An author at the Huffington Post says that's wrong. I have to say, Eteraz's response is strange. He delves into the technicalities of Sharia law and finds that Obama doesn't meet the criteria. Sounds like he's right, but ... http://www.speedkill.org/2008/05/12/1979/ I don't get many creationists around here. Even fewer that stick around and strike up a discussion with me. However, there's one in the comments here. I point this out for a couple of reasons. The first is that not all creationists are created equal. I had one here a few ... http://www.speedkill.org/2008/05/07/1978/ This is sad. How long is it going to take until we get to this point with gay marriage? I'm looking forward to the day when we officially recognize that banning gay marriage is nothing but uninformed bigotry. It doesn't affect me, but we all should be happen when injustices are ... http://www.speedkill.org/2008/05/06/1977/ It seems that as of a few days ago, I've been spouting off on here for five years. 1,940 posts and 2,450+ comments so far. Let's say the average post takes 15 minutes to compose. That's 485 hours. 20.2 days. Nearly three weeks. Add in 522 comments at 5 minutes apiece ... http://www.speedkill.org/2008/05/04/1976/ John Derbyshire on the Intelligent Design movement: There is only a gaggle of fools and fraudsters, gaping and pointing like Apaches on seeing their first locomotive: “Look! It moves! There must be a ghost inside making it move!” I move we make that the new dictionary definition of Intelligent Design. http://www.speedkill.org/2008/04/30/1975/ Connecticut Woman Says She Stole Hundreds of Paintings to Prepare for Apocalypse WATERBURY, Conn. — A 53-year-old Waterbury woman has pleaded guilty to stealing more than 150 paintings reportedly after God told her the end of the world is near. Diane Catalani was arrested last year. According to court documents, Catalani ... http://www.speedkill.org/2008/04/29/1974/