Founder of Taco Bell, Dead at 86
Amidst a million other things going on this week, I thought I’d take a moment to note the passing of the man behind Taco Bell, Glen Bell, Jr. I grew up waiting with barely contained excitement for...
View ArticleDown the Paranoia Hole: Snopes’ Rumors of War
For anyone looking to take a trip down the memory lane of rumors and hearsay past, Snopes’ “Rumors of War” section provides an excellent resource for digging through what happened, didn’t happen and...
View ArticleTimes Square NYC Bomber Faisal Shahzad a Ron Paul Fan?
According to Faisal Shahzad’s resume he has a background in finance and has the email address fshahzad1@gmail.com. The Daily News reports that he is 30 years old. Curiously a YouTube user going as...
View ArticleKevin Costner Saves the Gulf Coast from Oil Spill, The Movie
From the LA Times article “Kevin Costner may hold key to oil spill cleanup“: The “Kevin Costner solution” to the worsening oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico may actually work, and none too soon for the...
View ArticleOysters love oil: and other facts from a 1960 Industrial Film from the Oil...
From a 1960 industrial film from the American Petroleum Institute. Oil is good for oysters! Oil industry cares! Free trade is good! Nothing is wrong with the gulf coast! BP is probably recoloring this...
View ArticleWhy Prevent an Oil Spill Salvage Cash-In?
Yesterday, Andrew Revkin over at the New York Times’ Dot Earth blog asked the sky, the ether or whatever great beyond you’re shouting into when you end a blog post with ‘what are your thoughts?': Why...
View ArticleAlleged BP Washington Debriefing Draft
If this is authentic, this slide presentation claims that “everything was okay” with the oil rig down in the Gulf then a series of unfortunate incidents caused a big “whoopsie!”– or Oilocolypse. Read...
View ArticleCoke Subs and Chris Elliot
(Rest of the episode here and here.) Any, any, ANY excuse at all to post an episode of Get a Life, the how-the-hell-did-he-get-a-show Chris Elliot sitcom fondly remembered by grown up awkward youth...
View ArticleUVB-76, Secret Soviet Number Station, Dramatically Increases Activity
Author insert a music with WS Audio Player.Download (UVB-76 Recording). UVB-76 is a number station from Soviet days. Its purpose still remains a mystery. Rumors claim its a dead man’s switch to...
View ArticleFirst UFO related Wikileaks?
Skip the introduction and go straight to Afterposten’s alleged cable leak In a December 3 article of The Guardian, Julian Assange answered readers questions. To one question on UFOs he answered: Many...
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