Spectre's Sayings

D.C. continues to trample on civil liberties

Kevin — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 18:24:18 +0000

Reason Magazine, in an column called Excuse Me While I Get My Gun, reviews Washington D.C.’s continued attempt to thwart Americans’ right to self-defense. I see that Congress is abdicating its Constitutional power to govern the nation’s capitol.

I suppose that’s because Congress if full of fascists who want to unconstitutionally strip Americans of all their rights.

Confederate Yankee: Mac & P.C.

Kevin — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 14:25:03 +0000

Why can’t real debates be this entertaining?

New Belgium Brewing and Elysian to work together

Kevin — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 19:23:57 +0000

Charlie Papazian, the Beer Examiner, reports that New Belgium Brewing and Elysian are going to begin to brew on each others’ premises.

Chemical breakthrough turns sawdust into biofuel

Kevin — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 14:26:12 +0000

Cool: Chemical breakthrough turns sawdust into biofuel.

Please, sir, can I have some more?

39 years ago

Kevin — Sun, 20 Jul 2008 06:54:01 +0000

Man first landed on the moon. That was a great accomplishment.

But the fact we haven’t been back in 36 years is simply a travesty.

Orion spaceship missing NASAs mark

Kevin — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 19:59:27 +0000

Florida Today is reporting that the Orion spacecraft is too heavy, and that NASA will be missing their target launch date.

JibJab

Kevin — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 18:12:24 +0000

I just watched the new JibJab video, and despite all the people saying they liked it, I just found it kind of blah.

Cool photos: Jupiter’s Red Spot chews up and spits out a storm

Kevin — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 14:48:26 +0000

Discover Magazine has an article with cool photographs of Jupiter’s Red Spot chewing up and spitting out a storm.

Moon transits Earth

Kevin — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 14:42:15 +0000

Check out this QuickTime™ animation of the Moon making a transit of the Earth. The animation is a composite of photographs of the Earth taken by the Deep Impact spacecraft conducting its EPOXI mission. The animation is courtesy of NASA

For those who may be curious…

Kevin — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 14:56:27 +0000

For those who may be curious, yes. Yes, I did watch Rush on The Colbert Report last night.

Here’s a video of some of the show’s hype:

And here’s a video of Alex, Neil, and Geddy talking to Stephen and then playing “Tom Sawyer”: