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    We've arranged a civilization in which most crucial elements profoundly depend on science and technology. We have also arranged things so that almost no one understands science and technology. This is a prescription for disaster. We might get away with it for awhile, but sooner or later this combustible mixture of ignorance and power is going to blow up in our faces.
    Carl Sagan

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    time to name names and put the blame where it belongs

    On Hank Paulson’s bald head.

    When AIG started to become unwound last fall, who better to know just how much Goldman Sach’s own rape & pillage squad was going to depend on its AIG bad bet insurance than the former CEO, Paulson himself – and who else but the Treasury Secretary would be better positioned to make sure that at least his alma mater – if [...]



    Well Said Colin Powell

    It is hard to forgive Colin Powell for his misguided UN speech that helped take us to war. But this “straight talk” from Meet the Press is a first step.

    Powell’s words about McCain were gratuitous at best. Bet Papa Bush is pissed. Powell’s statements about Muslim prejudice, exhibited extensively by many of those associated with the Republican Party and [...]



    Palinology

    David Michael Green publishes another near perfect post about Palinology:

    Whoa and Woe: Living In Sarah Palin’s America (collapsible content, click to show/hide)

    I can’t tell you how despondent I’ve grown in the last weeks.

    Is there really no hope for this country, after all? It now appears so.

    In January of 2003, John Le Carre wrote that, “America has entered one of its periods of historical madness, but [...]



    Poker for Pets Event

    Poker for Pets
    No-Limit Texas Hold’em Tournament

    Texas Hold’em
    Saturday, September 20th
    6:00 pm – 9:00 pm
    All Natural Pet Supply

    $25 donation earns you $10,000 in chips to play like a pro and a chance to win awesome prizes!

    1st Prize – Skamania Lodge Hotel
    $300 at Hotel, Golf, Spa +/or Dinner
    2nd Prize – Skamania Lodge Hotel
    Room for 1 night
    3rd Prize – $100 to Pro Golf

    Limited seats available – Call [...]