Whoa: LONDON (Reuters) – A natural phenomenon rather than a design fault caused London’s Millennium Bridge to wobble and sway, forcing its closure just two days after opening in 2000. The elegant pedestrian walkway was conceived as a blade of…
Seventy degrees. And thundering. In Pennsylvania. In November. What gives? I blame ChimpyMcBushHitlerCo and his unwillingness to sign the Kyoto protocol. *grin*
Microsoft trusts its own technology, as any user of MS products will readily attest to. The compilers they release to the general public are feature-filled and rarely compromised by bugs of staggering size and scope. They are also unequivocal in…
Did I really just see protestors in Argentina waving placards decrying President Bush’s visit using Nazi swastikas in place of the “S” in “Bush”? Really? In Argentina? Well, I guess they are the experts on displaced Nazis, after all.
What the heck is wrong with your governor? First, refusing to recognize Pope John Paul II and now, Rosa Parks? I don’t believe that the South is inherently more racist than the North, as many of my fellow Yankees seem…
U.S. to the rest of the world, in re: their attempt to wrest control of the Internet from its birthplace and primary supporter: “Nuts! to that. We’re declaring a new Monroe Doctrine for the Internet.” Sweet. (Via Instapundit. Monroe Doctrine…
I was listening to Bill Kristol on Fresh Air last night, and during the course of Terry Gross’ interview of Kristol, he said something to the effect of “We want to get Iraq to a place where it’s not a…
I’ve known Andy(I) for a long, long time and so I believe he’ll forgive me when I say: Bud, you’ve done run right off the intellectual tracks. The Miers withdrawal – a timed, planned diversion from potential indictments in the…
Michelle Malkin has a complete roundup. Best reaction I’ve seen thus far? Kathryn Jean Lopez deadpanning: “I just got the White House talking points on Alito. Nowhere in them does it say that he is one of the best male…
Well, I had a really lovely piece cooking on the Miers nomination but it looks like it won’t be necessary now. Thanks to an IM from Brad, I was alerted to Miers’ withdrawal. I skipped over to CNN.com and was…
