November 18th, 2008
by Sam Pagan
So let me get this straight. Not only does PETA want to convince health insurance agencies to charge meat eaters more for their plans on the basis that meat compromises health, because, you know, eating nothing but vegetables and tofu doesn’t mess with your body at all, but now they’re attacking the jaunty Nintendo DS video game Cooking Mama by creating their own flash-based game entitled, “Cooking Mama Kills Animals”.
Complete with inaccurate depictions on how turkeys are prepared for execution as well as for dinner and a bonus mini game at the end on preparing a tofurkey, I think PETA is officially insane.
They actually think that by creating a game with gruesome cartoon details of turkey innards sticking out of it while you’re about to stuff it, blood and feathers coming out of eggs as you crack them, and dubious looking stuffing that it’s going to suddenly change everyone’s minds about being a carnivore (or omnivore, as a lot of people are). Who actually prepares a turkey- or any meat for that matter- that way?? All it this proves is that PETA is reaching out as far as they can at the expense of making logical sense.
At this point I would have to agree with the person from whom I discovered this:
I think the lack of meat puts them on a retarded level only rivaled by Scientologists and Godhatesfags.com people
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November 17th, 2008
by Robert Starvation
I can see Barack Obama’s rationale in offering Secretary of State-hood to onetime rival Hillary Clinton. She did her part to rally her supporters behind the Democratic party’s nominee after a long and bitter slog of a primary campaign. And although there will be cons any time a Clinton is in a position of power, I’ve seen compelling arguments that SoS is both a good fit for the Senator from New York and an effective way for Obama to neutralize a former political foe who follows her ambitions like an eager puppy.
Still, does he want her to be only four heartbeats away in the presidential line of succession? Things could conveniently happen to those ahead of her in the queue. Or their pets.
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November 17th, 2008
by Robert Starvation
Maybe science is done differently overseas. The Bush administration hasn’t always been particularly science friendly. For all we know, the scientific community could have secretly discovered all sort of earth-shattering phenomenon that they swore to keep a secret until those bloody Americans could get their heads on straight again. I’d like to think that’s the case. Otherwise, Lord Drayson, Britain’s minister of science (and, therefore, the vigorous rationalism that is an essential part of the discipline) is neglecting the duties of his station by the poor example he’s setting.
Meritocratic as England’s government is, they gave this freshly minted post to a man who claims he has a sixth sense that allows him to see into the future. It can be said with utmost certainty that Drayson’s claim is bullshit. Were there any truth to his claim, a new position would have been created just for him in the Ministry Of Seeing Terrible Shit On The Horizon And Steering England Away From It. Instead, he has a dreary science post with underlings who laugh behind his back every time he predicts one of the nobles is going to die in a bizarre miniature pony accident. If the good Lord was really gifted with prescience, he would have been able to discern how terrible he’d be at a job that should call for intellectual rigor.
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November 16th, 2008
by Re:Generator
A method of producing synthetic diamonds using tequila - Mexico’s favourite alcoholic drink - has been discovered, scientists there say.
The amazing discovery was made by physicists from the National Autonomous University of Mexico, and could have many industrial uses.
There is one catch however. The synthetic diamond crystals are too small to be turned into jewellery.
Mexico produces hundreds of millions of litres of tequila every year.
Annual sales to the US alone are worth about $500m.
The head of the scientific team, Miguel Apatica explained to the BBC how they came up with their discovery.
“First of all we turn the liquid tequila into vapour by using a lot of heat. The gas molecules are then broken up into tiny particles. Then we increase the heat even further - to around 800 degrees celsius.”
“The end result is that we get carbon atoms which are then deposited in the shape of a very thin diamond film,” he added.
The synthetic diamond crystals can only be seen under an electron microscope.
Although they cannot be used for jewellery, there are plenty of practical applications for them.
They can be used as an alternative to silicon in computer chips or as ultra fine cutting instruments in medical procedures.
Read more of “Diamonds produced from tequila” by Greg Morsbach
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