Wednesday, November 02, 2011

stuff below the fold

Popular mechanics discusses: Rome vs US Marines.

my only objection: They suggest the Marines would run out of fuel, but Humvees use Diesel and biodiesel could be made out of olive oil, and of course Rome had plenty of ethanol to distill.

headsup Instapundit. more HERE. and HERE.

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BBC Podcast of the day: the History of the world in 100 objects.

If you pull the RSS feed, you can download the past episodes to listen to at your leisure.





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The Eagles are Coming!

Eagles one, paragliders zero

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when the PC NGO's and biased press coverage stops governments from defending people, the result will be an outbreak of vigilante warfare, argues Belmont club

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We see this in the Philippines...

the church blames all "extrajudicial killings" on the government, not those who ordered them.

Translation: Leftists good, corrupt politicians who steal millions but give big gifts to the church and oppose family planning good.

Big business bad, honest government officials that supports reproductive rights of women very very bad.

Sorry for the rant: I'm in a bad mood.

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the next asteroid collision alert is due in 25 years


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another under reported story: China's Lost Generation, when hundreds of thousands of students were sent to work on the land instead of going to school.


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Bad weather will cause inflation in the price of rice, and economic problems for ASEAN.

Great.

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