A Russian 2LT produced a rap video, set to the tune of Eminem’s “Stan,” in which he writes to the minister of defense complaining about awful conditions in his barracks. The BBC has a fragment of the video. If anyone is up in Russian enough to browse RuTube, I’d love to link to the full [...]
It looks like he agrees that a bailout would have been a bad idea.
From Three Panel Soul. Here is the true story. Mr. Bernanke is Chairman of the Board of the Federal Reserve.
I’ve written a piece over at Japundit: Hikikomori – Japan’s Invisible Population
I just wanted to mention that this chemical is awesome: During the liquid rocket propellant era, a major incident involving ClF3 occurred the first time a one-ton steel container was loaded with liquid ClF3 for bulk shipment. The container had been cooled with dry ice to perform the liquid transfer and help make the product [...]
Today you get a picture from a shrine which will bless and purify computers and related things. Kind of the Shinto version of St. Expedite.
Kadath points out: What is this picture that McCain spoke in front of, before the entire nation, at the RNC? Astute observers figured it out relatively quickly; it is Walter Reed… middle school.
Every once in a while I see yet another story about American authorities doing something clearly contrary to the ideals of the nation. At this point, all I can summon is a kind of tired rage that these things happen and nobody seems to care. Bush wants the US to remain on a war footing [...]
From SMBC. Also, this has now happened for real.