Wired - How To: Dismantle an Atomic Bomb
Sure, the odds are slim that you’d ever be faced with an atomic device ticking down to zero. But think of how Jack Bauer it’d be if you were. And then who’re you going to trust? Us or some do-gooder rock band?
Houston Community Newspapers Online - Parent criticizes book ‘Fahrenheit 451′
Alton Verm, of Conroe, objects to the language and content in the book. His 15-year-old daughter Diana, a CCHS sophomore, came to him Sept. 21 with her reservations about reading the book because of its language.
“The book had a bunch of very bad language in it,” Diana Verm said. “It shouldn’t be in there because it’s offending people. … If they can’t find a book that uses clean words, they shouldn’t have a book at all.”
A spot in the sun | the Daily Mail
It looks like a speck of dust on the surface of the sun. But this spectacular picture shows the space shuttle Atlantis alongside the International Space Station (ISS) silhouetted as they orbit the earth.
Lightning bolt throws photographer in the air | the Daily Mail
“It was like a crack. The next thing I was about two metres in the air - it scared the hell out of me.”
NBC11.com - News - Squirrels Go On Attack At South Bay Park
“The squirrels will be back,” South Bay wildlife rehabilitator Norma Campbell said. “For every one you take out, two more will come in. It could be a never-ending project that isn’t going to accomplish anything.”
The hypocrisy of Noam Chomsky by Keith Windschuttle
Noam Chomsky was the most conspicuous American intellectual to rationalize the Al Qaeda terrorist attacks on New York and Washington. The death toll, he argued, was minor compared to the list of Third World victims of the “far more extreme terrorism” of United States foreign policy. Despite its calculated affront to mainstream opinion, this sentiment went down very well with Chomsky’s own constituency. He has never been more popular among the academic and intellectual left than he is today.
A very good Op/Ed piece. hat tip to Cronaca
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