Random Nuclear Strikes

This is neat, a micro air vehicle designed around a Samara Seed (think Maple Seed).

Nice toy, and I could see those night flights getting people freaked about UFOs.

A big part of our Health Care problem is the lack of Primary Care Physicians, a part the HCR did nothing to address.

The authors note that the primary care shortage will become increasingly problematic in the wake of health care reform. “An estimated 32 million previously uninsured people will gain greater access to care, and will increasingly seek out primary care services, within the next few years,” DeVrieze says. “This increases the urgency with which we need to address the primary care shortage.”

from FireDogLake, no less

John Spratt, Chairman of the House Budget Committee, was recently appointed by President Obama to the Debt Commission. I’ve been going through documents looking at his history regarding Social Security reform, and his involvement in “secret meetings” in 1997 authorized by Clinton Chief of Staff Erskine Bowles.  Bowles was at the time negotiating a deal between Clinton and Newt Gingrich that included  partial privatization of Social Security.

The Onion, once again, wins the internet

Video of a SWAT raid on a middle class family over an ounce of pot.  The kids get to experience the cops killing their family Corgi.  Then they had the audacity to charge the parents with child endangerment.

While I am disgusted at cops who get off on exercising this kind of power over others, I place 90% of the blame on the police leadership, the politicians, and ultimately, on us for thinking this is an acceptable use of police powers.

Making a variety of Bio-Fuels from waste forest products.  The kicker?

The Professor also points out this process of using woody-bio mass is a high-level conservation process. “The beauty of this is, the woody bio-mass that we are talking about, the bark portion of the wood itself, can be used to supply the energy required for the process, the steam and electric power. It becomes kind of self-sufficient and reduces our demand for fossil fuel. We are very excited and very optimistic”, he said.