Thursday, September 3, 2009
Wednesday, September 2, 2009
japanese spending $21 billion on power plant in space
wtf...
Mitsubishi, IHI to Join $21 Bln Space Solar Project
Sept. 1 (Bloomberg) -- Mitsubishi Electric Corp. and IHI Corp. will join a 2 trillion yen ($21 billion) Japanese project intending to build a giant solar-power generator in space within three decades and beam electricity to earth.
A research group representing 16 companies, including Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Inc., will spend four years developing technology to send electricity without cables in the form of microwaves, according to a statement on the trade ministry’s Web site today.
via bloomberg
this should end well
sorry, but i think schilling's kinda a douche
Schilling Expresses Interest In Kennedy Seat
BOSTON -- Former Red Sox pitcher Curt Schilling may throw his cap into the race for Sen. Edward Kennedy's Senate seat, according to New England Cable News.Schilling told NECN in an interview Wednesday that he was eyeing the seat left vacant by Kennedy, 77, who succumbed to brain cancer last week, WCVB-TV reported.
via
politicians, they're just like us
there's hope for me yet...
State Legislators In Now-Infamous Solitaire Photo Identified
House Minority Leader Lawrence F. Cafero Jr., R-Norwalk, far right, speaks while colleagues play solitaire on their computers as the House convenes to vote on a new budget for the fiscal year in the Capitol on Monday [AP Photo/Jessica Hill]
A photo of two Democratic legislators playing solitaire has ignited controversy at the state Capitol and in the blogosphere.
The Associated Press picture has appeared in any number of venues, and it shows two lawmakers sitting in the back row of the historic Hall of the House in Hartford during the lengthy debate over the two-year, $37 billion state budget.
via capitol watch
gettin gangster in wal-mart
holy bejeezus that dude looks mean.
Man slaps stranger’s crying kid
A Gwinnett County man is in custody accused of slapping a stranger’s crying toddler in a Stone Mountain Wal-Mart on Monday.
The mother of the 2-year-old child told police that both were walking in the aisles of the Rockbridge Road store when Roger Stephens, 61, approached and said “if you don’t shut that baby up, I will shut her up for you,” according to a police report.
A few moments later, in another aisle, Stephens grabbed the 2-year-old and slapped her across the face four or five times, according to the report.
Stephens then told the mom, “See, I told you I would shut her up,” according to the report.
dj am had 8 oxycontin pills in his stomach
...and one in his mouth. crazy stuff:
Report: OxyContin Found in DJ AM's Stomach
We're told the OxyContin pills would be another indication that DJ AM had relapsed into addiction -- triggered by anti-anxiety medications. Official autopsy results have not been released yet.
via tmz
Tuesday, September 1, 2009
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