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The Oil Spill, the World Cup, Tiger Woods, and more

Written on July 6, 2010 by stayingwithit

Filed Under: Current Events

Well, true to word, this article has not been late, although it IS a little… empty because I’ve been busy lately, what with Fourth of July and all. I hope you enjoy this article any ways.

Oil in Texas

About five gallons worth of tar balls washed up the shores on beaches in Texas

Evidence of the oil spill has now officially reached Texas, in the form of tiny tar balls.  This confirms that the oil spill has reached all of the Gulf states, and the affected region spans a total of 550 miles.

FIFA World Cup

Germany has made it to the top 4 for the first time in many years. Will they reach the championship? This octopus says that it won’t – it decided that Spain is to be the winner in this upcoming match, and it’s been right for all of Germany’s games so far.  Will the octopus oracle be right again?

Would YOU turn down a million dollars?

I know I certainly wouldn’t.  Grigory Perelman, a once struggling mathematician, found the solution to a 100 year old problem that has confounded many of the Read More

The Efficiency of our Government

Written on June 21, 2010 by moe2love

Filed Under: Current Events, General Talk

I’m not one to spend a lot of time cynically complaining about our government, but its agencies have been quite active

All who consume will live a cursed, immortal life

lately working hard on making things right with this world.  For example, lately they have been trying to stop the sales of “unicorn” meat – an April Fool’s Joke that ThinkGeek started this year.  Yes, that’s right – ThinkGeek, a company that specializes in producing, well, geeky products, has been given a cease-and-desist order by the National Pork Board (heard of this before? It was founded by the Pork Act) on their production of Unicorn meat.  Apparently, their slogan – “The New White Meat” will result in consumers confusing Unicorn meat with “Pork: The Other White Meat”.  Interestingly enough, that slogan is going to be changed soon anyways, so could we list this as another example of an agency using its power just because it can? Yeah, we probably could.

Here’s another benevolent act a government agency has committed for the betterment of American society.  A while ago, a shipment of toy airsoft guns were confiscated because apparently they can be converted into machine guns… REAL ones.   Every gun expert has denied that this has true, and that there’s no way that “anyone with knowledge of guns” can turn a toy airsoft gun into a machine gun – for one thing, the bullet rounds just wouldn’t fit.  Feel free to watch and decide what you think: