The Daily Event

Man I cannot believe this crap. Am I the only one who sees this? Do we need a Federal Agency to be developed solely for evil hamsters? Mortgage companies are extremely evil hamsters, even before the scams of the last few years. Think about it. If you have ever bought or sold a home, think back to the paperwork. The "devil is in the details" paperwork! If the government really wants to help the people, maybe they should abolish every single "helpful" department they have created, and...Read Full Story

The tunnel in the Large Hadron Collider. Photo: CERN SMH The world's largest atom smasher has recorded its first high-energy collisions of protons, a spokeswoman said on Wednesday. Physicists hope those collisions will help them understand suspected phenomena such as dark matter, antimatter and ultimately the creation of the universe billions of years ago, which many theorise occurred as a massive explosion known as the Big Bang. The collisions occurred on Tuesday evening as the Large Haldron...Read Full Story

Well, the answer is, of course, just about everyone watching the coalition government in action during its first 100 days. Hence it is surely no surprise that said government flopped when it came to controlling emissions from UK's worst environmental offenders. Quote: The coalition is watering down a commitment to tough new environmental emissions standards, raising the possibility of dirty coal -fired power stations such as Kingsnorth going ahead. The Guardian (online), UK, August 15th, 2010...Read Full Story

Summer 1973...It was a bad time to be a bartender. The economy was in recession. Unemployment had risen from 5% to 9% in a year and a half. The prime rate was 10.2%. Inflation was at 7.4%. Real Estate was in the toilet. You could buy a three-story brownstone in the 80's on the Upper West Side of Manhattan for $60,000, but they wanted 20% down and nobody had 60 cents worth of collateral. You moved warily through the city like a mouse rushing from one hole to another. The subways were...Read Full Story