Here are my predictions for next weeks elections:Senate:We will lose Pennsylvania, Tennessee, and Rhode Island.Close races that will still have Republican wins I believe will be Montana, Missouri, and Ohio.There is a possibility of picking up Nebraska, New Jersey, and/or North Dakota. I predict we will pick up one of these seats.NET: -2 seats in the Senate. Republicans retain control.House:NET: -8 seats in the House. Republicans retain control.Governor:Green by 2 points (51 - 49)Gain 2 governorships...
Great Job angel-m-t! Last week's country was Thailand!This weeks is a bit harder I’m going to put it at a 7 out of 10 on the difficulty scale.I want to see some thoughts people!!!Good luc...
Men who use mobile phones face increased risk of infertilityThose who made calls on a mobile phone for more than four hours a day had the worst sperm counts and the poorest quality sperm, according to results released yesterday at the American Society for Reproductive Medicine annual meeting in New Orleans. Doctors believe the damage could be caused by the electromagnetic radiation emitted by handsets or the heat they generate. Um…okay?Are we sure that these guys are using it properl...
While that is not an unusual statement for me I am very perplexed when I see headlines like the following:SC Johnson given award by PETA for pulling ad featuring cartoon crows hitting windows.What is worse is the content of the press release from PETA that states:“replacing an ad showing animated crows crashing into window panes with a truly funny ad, in which the conniving crows get the last laugh as they watch while a human walks into a glass door.”Readers digest version:ANIMATED crows hitting...
Last weeks country was of course India.I’m surprised that the rest of you didn’t get it…I thought it was pretty easy.This weeks country I would rate a 3 out of 10 (10 being the hardest...
AP: Vegas Tycoon Pokes Hole In A PicassoNow that is a costly mistake…Do you think he’s going to get the $139 million that was offered for it? I don’t think s...
AP: U.S. population hits 3 million milestoneI’m sure they will correct this before anyone can view it but this was the headline I was greeted to this morning.3 million?!?! I thought we were approaching 300 million? The articles first sentence is “The nation's population officially hit 300 million at 7:46 a.m. EDT Tuesday, when the Census Bureau's population clock rolled over to the big number.”So I guess someone just got lazy typing in the extra zero...
Reuters: Climate change inaction will cost trillions: studyReally? Hmm…I’ve read this article a few times and the only thing I see that would cost anything financial would be action not inaction.This is just one more scare tactic from the environmental terrorist group...
I do not believe the media when they talk about how hate we are throughout the world but I do think that many people, primarily uneducated people, abroad think we wield too much power.Take for instance the following headline:US Hopes for Vote on NKorea SanctionsThis headline illustrates to the world that we in the US hope that the people of North Korea like not having the things they need the most, like food and other necessary supplies. While this is not what we are really trying to achieve it...
Last weeks country was a little hard but not real bad!I’d rate it a 7 out of 10 on the difficulty scale.If you didn’t get it (and didn’t look at the comments) it was: South AfricaHere is this weeks country…I’d rate it a 2 difficulty. Please post what country you think this is...not a researched answer. Thank yo...
They now have a timeline…will Democrats finally shut up?!?! Army: Troops to stay in Iraq until 20...
State Rep. Spencer Black is going to once again try to introduce legislation that he claims will help schools become “a safe place to teach.”His bill would allow school districts to disregard the state imposed spending cap if the upgrades are deemed by the school district to be necessary for school security. While this seems like a noble cause let us be realistic, in all of the school shootings that have taken place there was no cause for an increased level of security until the day of the incident!...
Do you think there could be any connection between the timing of these two events?North Korea conducts first nuclear testU.N. taps South Korean as next lead...
Congratulations, another Nobel Prize to an American!!Economics: Edmund S. Phelps for his analysis of intertemporal tradeoffs in macroeconomic polic...
In an interesting news story from the Journal Times this afternoon, “Police responded an estimated 650 feet to the City Haul Lounge, 835 Washington Ave. at 12:27 a.m. Thursday to perform an alcohol compliance check upon receiving the complaint.”What I found most fascinating about this article was the following:“In addition to issuing citations and making arrests, authorities also recovered one handgun in the bar’s bathroom and two other handguns that had been abandoned in the bar area.”I’ll be...
“Should the death penalty be enacted in the state of Wisconsin for cases involving a person who is convicted of first-degree intentional homicide, if the conviction is supported by DNA evidence?”This wording will be on the November 7th ballot throughout Wisconsin and is NOT a binding referendum. What this means is that even if 100% of the people support or reject the referendum it will NOT change the current law of the State. The purpose of this is to determine if there is any support for this...
Well it looks like everyone got last weeks country right…it was…Germany!Great job everyone!This weeks should be a little harder…but not much harde...
Nobel Prizes are awarded this time of year and here are the current outcomes: Physiology & Medicine: ANDREW Z. FIRE, and CRAIG C. MELLO for their discovery of RNA interference - gene silencing by double-stranded RNA.Physics: JOHN C. MATHER and GEORGE C. SMOOT for their discovery of the blackbody form and anisotropy of the cosmic microwave background radiation. Chemistry: ROGER D. KORNBERG for his studies of the molecular basis of eukaryotic...
Once again we have a Democratic Press Release that politicizes a terrible event, ignores the facts (Congressman resigned & Republicans call for investigation of illegal acts), and ignores their own track record!You can read their release here.Here is what I believe it should say.Will Congressman Obey, Moore, Baldwin, & Petri Call on Minority Leader Pelosi to Resign?Democratic Leaders (and the public) Have Known For Months About Jefferson’s Scandal, Yet Chose to ignore it Racine Wisconsin...
Congressman Mark Green, Candidate for Governor, put out a press release today, Higher Education Day, touting his “Wisconsin First” plan for the UW system.On Higher Education Day, Green Again Calls for “Wisconsin First” Plan at UWHere is a portion of the release:(In) a recent analysis of UW-Madison’s admissions process that found that the percentage of UW-Madison freshmen from Wisconsin has dropped from 65 percent to 59 percent, while the percentage of non-resident freshmen has risen from 21.5 percent...
How many of us have said that our elected officials are nothing but a bunch of clowns?Doubt that he’ll win but who knows.Clown is Running for Mayor of Alame...
"This year's extreme loss of ozone can be explained by the temperatures above Antarctica reaching the lowest recorded in the area since 1979," European Space Agency Atmospheric Engineer Claus Zehner said.I thought that Algore said we were experiencing the highest temperatures ever and that the ice caps are meltin...
