Energy Independence? Throw $$$ At These Folks!

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Thursday January 29, 2009 · 12:02 PM PST

2009/01/29 · 12:02

How much does lighting cost the US annually in energy?

Almost 1/4 total household energy usage.

Compact fluorescent bulbs are nice, but I get the heebie jeebies about that nasty mercury.

If we're gonna break the back of energy consumption, seems we need to look at every area; not just better cars, or renewable resources, but better ways to utilize the energy we do produce, wherever it comes from.

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Better mousetrap?

22 votes Vote Now!

Better mousetrap?

Great idea, let's do it!

17 votes

Seen it... *yawn*

2 votes

Too fiscally irresponsible

0 votes

You'll never pry my hot tungsten bulbs from ME!

3 votes

Shake your Groove Thang

Randular

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Thursday September 04, 2008 · 8:34 PM PDT

2008/09/04 · 20:34

Raisin McCain...

OK, that bit of schlock was custom made for Johnny... but what came on after that, I find it hard to believe that many of the artists would have allowed it, had they been asked.

Randular

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Thursday May 03, 2007 · 11:34 AM PDT

2007/05/03 · 11:34

We've all seen it; too many times I'm afraid... a small-town main street festooned with American flags and red, white and blue ribbons: a fallen soldier honored one last time by his hometown.

Randular

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Thursday January 25, 2007 · 6:25 AM PST

2007/01/25 · 06:25

Well, I'd say it's unbelievable, but it really isn't. A key has been constructed that will open every Diebold machine. And it was made from a a photo on the Diebold website! Yeah, I trust these machines to fairly and accurately tabulate my votes... NOT!

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What's better?

57 votes Vote Now!

What's better?

Plywood box

43 votes

Show of Hands

8 votes

Optical Scanner

5 votes

Diebold Machines

1 vote

Potential cheap, safe cure for cancer: Will Big Pharma Allow It?

Randular

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Thursday January 18, 2007 · 7:36 AM PST

2007/01/18 · 07:36

I read a (mercifully) short, fascinating, easily understood article in New Scientist about a drug called DCA that filled me with hope. Then shattered it.

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1210 votes Show Results

How will BigPharma keep the cancer cure DCA from us?

1210 votes Vote Now!

How will BigPharma keep the cancer cure DCA from us?

Pay for legislation that outlaws DCAs use for cancer treatment

247 votes

Pay insurance companies to NEVER authorize its use

137 votes

Block further research on the use of DCA in cancer treatment

207 votes

Sow fear, uncertainty and despair that something simple could actually work

302 votes

Pull funding for other projects if DCA research is attempted

75 votes

They can't... the cat's out of the bag.

242 votes

The GOP needs MY money?

Randular

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Thursday November 02, 2006 · 1:59 PM PST

2006/11/02 · 13:59

I get lots of mail from Ken Mehlman and George & Laura Bush... they're such nice letters and they make me feel like such a part of this great big elephant... Read More

I'm gonna miss Donald Sutherland

Randular

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Wednesday May 03, 2006 · 11:22 AM PDT

2006/05/03 · 11:22

Ah, well. Farewell to 'Commander in Chief.' Doggone it... I LOVED Sutherland as Speaker Templeton... he was as underhanded and evil as our worst dreams. Read More

A hundred bucks a vote? Aw, can't we just rig it again?

Randular

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Thursday April 27, 2006 · 10:03 PM PDT

2006/04/27 · 22:03

Oooooh, they are feeling our pain. Just like King Decider... ouch, that $3 a gallon gas hurts, don't it?

"I know, I know, but we're gonna make it better. Here's $100 holiday happy time gasoline dollars just for you!

No, it has nothing to do with elections coming up... I'm shocked, shocked that you would say such a thing..."

Can these bastards be any more transparent? Can these bastards be any more obvious? Can these bastards be any more bastardly?

Can you be bought off for $100?

Join me on the other side. Read More

New Dark Age, USA.... USA, meet the New Dark Age...

Randular

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Tuesday April 25, 2006 · 1:43 PM PDT

2006/04/25 · 13:43

OK, if I were Eddie Vedder, I'd be bummed that a lot of people are gonna download the new Pearl Jam album soon after it hits the streets in May (I'll be buying it, Ed). If I were Bill Gates, I'd be perturbed that there are copies of XP out there that someone hasn't somehow payed for (came with my Dell, Bill... smile).

That said, were I these folks, I'd also not be so insane as to think a kid listening to ripped tracks on his iPod, or someone doing some word processing on a cracked copy of Word is somehow funding suicide bombers, IED triggerers, and other various terrorist activities; it's just not reasonable. Read More

War in Oceania

Randular

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Thursday March 02, 2006 · 2:45 PM PST

2006/03/02 · 14:45

Remember that Simpsons episode where Burns uses his 'OmniNet' system to completely empty the sea of fish and render them into "a high-protein feed for farm animals, insulation for low-income housing, a powerful explosive and a top-notch engine coolant"? Well, soon we'll have a GWOT® reason to 'recycle' those evil animals! Read More

Fashion Tips for Cheney Speaking Events: NO BLAZE ORANGE

Randular

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Wednesday February 15, 2006 · 2:21 PM PST

2006/02/15 · 14:21

Ask Cindy Sheehan... a simple black t-shirt with some strategic masking tape will get you thrown out of any State of the Union address you happen to attend.

Looks like the Fashion Police... um, I mean the Secret Service is gonna have a much harder job now. Read More

Countdown to 2000 (US War Dead in Iraq)

Randular

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Tuesday September 20, 2005 · 10:09 AM PDT

2005/09/20 · 10:09

We Americans love round numbers. 50th anniversaries... 10 year reunions... bicentennials...

... and up until now, this war dead figure has been just so messy. Why should we waste our beautiful minds on these oddball numbers?
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Shake your Groove Thang

I cried... but not too much.

Diebold: A picture's worth 1,000 keys... or just one!

Potential cheap, safe cure for cancer: Will Big Pharma Allow It?

The GOP needs MY money?

I'm gonna miss Donald Sutherland

A hundred bucks a vote? Aw, can't we just rig it again?

New Dark Age, USA.... USA, meet the New Dark Age...

War in Oceania

Fashion Tips for Cheney Speaking Events: NO BLAZE ORANGE

Countdown to 2000 (US War Dead in Iraq)