Articles from August 2009
Posted by Thanos on August 30, 2009
The Two Dangers of Holding Al Qaeda in US Prisons
We are a mere four months away from President Obama’s promised date to close Guantanamo Bay prison, and some are expressing worries. There are two real threats to worry about, however I don’t see preparations going on to forestall either at present.
Al Qaeda and their ugly [...]
Categories: Al Qaeda, Islam |
Tags: Al Qaeda, bay, break, gitmo, guantanamo, prison | 
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Posted by Thanos on August 25, 2009
Rust Never Sleeps
Here’s a macro close up photo of the barbeque lid, it shows you what heat and weather can do to multiple layers of black paint. The orange and blue tints are interesting, but it’s about time to sand and repaint.
Categories: Art, Blogging |
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Posted by Thanos on August 19, 2009
Great Questions About the Health Care Bill
A lot of really important and good questions about the health care bill are going unasked because too many are too busy shouting the other side down and debating death panels etc. Charles over at LGF hosted a thread for questions on the bill, and it ran very long. [...]
Categories: Congress, Obama, Pelosi, Politics |
Tags: bill, care, health, questions | Comments Off
Posted by Thanos on August 18, 2009
A great documentary on the Dwarf planet Pluto from National Geographic, watch closely for one of the coolest bumper stickers you’ve ever seen.
Categories: Science |
Tags: astronomy, pluto, Science | 1 Comment »
Posted by Thanos on August 16, 2009
It’s a cobbled together mess of input from staffers, lobbyists, and NGO’s. If you want to know who put what in the bill go back and look at who took Pelosi and Dingell staffers to lunch during the weeks leading up to the initial drafts being put forth.
Categories: Congress, Economy, Pelosi, Politics |
Tags: bill, health care, house, poll, rasmussen, staffer | Comments Off
Posted by Thanos on August 15, 2009
Obama is Failing
It’s now more that a month past my first post about President Obama’s First two quarters in office, and the outlook is not any better. Obama is presiding over an economy with accelerating job losses when he promised job gains with TARP’s passage. The economy is the key thing worrying the country right [...]
Categories: All Jacked up, Congress, Economy, Obama, Pelosi, Politics, Sarah Palin |
Tags: bill, cap, Congress, healthcare, legislature, Pelosi, reform, trade, waxman | 6 Comments »
Posted by Thanos on August 13, 2009
Deep Space and That Sense of Wonder
Few things inspire true awe and wonder about the Universe as much as it’s immense size and age. Get your heaping helping of “sense of wonder” for today by watching this video. You’ll find that the “Great Nothing” isn’t so empty after all, watch and take a voyage to [...]
Categories: Science, Space, The Future |
Tags: deep, empty, field, galaxies, hubble, Space, Star | Comments Off
Posted by Thanos on August 12, 2009
Mt. McKinley
I know it’s supposed to be “Denali” now, but I grew up calling it Mt. McKinley, and I’m not going to change that. This was taken from a moving train, so it’s not the best photo of the park you will ever see. I would love to get back up there someday and take [...]
Categories: Alaska, Art, Blogging |
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Posted by Thanos on August 8, 2009
August Moon Wanes
Tonight’s moon, higher in the sky so not as orangy-red as the last photo. It’s also on the wane now.
Categories: Art, Blogging |
Tags: jpg, moon, photo, picture | Comments Off
Posted by Thanos on August 5, 2009
August Moon
Tonight’s full moon shot with a Canon Eos.
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Posted by Thanos on August 3, 2009
Chrysochroa Rugicollis
This is a specimen in a glass case from Malaysia, (look close you can see the dust on the glass) I took this picture on the lawn for the lighting and to give an idea of scale with the grassblades.
Categories: Art, Blogging, Science |
Tags: chrysochroa, insect, picture, rugicollis | 1 Comment »
Posted by Thanos on August 3, 2009
Fork and Screen: New Movie Experience
As part of my wife’s birthday gift the kids took us to see the latest Harry Potter movie at AMC’s new “Fork and Screen” theater in Olathe. It seems a bit spendy when you look at total price, but if you compare it to other movie outings for the family [...]
Categories: Art, Blogging |
Tags: amc, dining, entertainment, food, fork and screen, movie, theater | 2 Comments »
Posted by Thanos on August 3, 2009
Health Care Bill:The Advanced Care Planning Section
This particular section of the Health Care bill is causing quite a bit of controversy, the response from the hard religious right is that “Obama wants to euthanize old people!” and the response from the left is that this is merely Advanced Care Planning and not really mandatory. The [...]
Categories: Blogging |
Tags: advanced, bill, care, Congress, health, lawyer, living will, physician, planning | 3 Comments »
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