Corexit, a dispersant, is being sprayed into the Gulf to break down the oil. The safety data information sheet from the manufacturer states that people should “avoid breathing in vapor” from Corexit, and that masks should be work when Corexit is present in certain concentrations in the air. BP has not supplied workers with masks [...]

… at least not if the religious right has its way: There is Campus Crusade for Christ’s Military Ministry, which has a permanent staff presence at U.S. military academies and whose directors have referred publicly to U.S. soldiers and Marines as “government-paid missionaries.” Such groups, Weinstein argues, “are the flip side of the Taliban. They’re [...]

[via Steve Dekorte] Suffice it to say that, in all my experience, 43 years, there has been one seat change in our body politic and that I would suggest is the fact is that we no longer have a “free media” in any meaningful sense of the term. You have to really try, you have [...]

Always had a soft spot for William Seward Burroughs’ Words of Advice For Young People – perhaps it’s a bit dyspeptic, but there is some wisdom to be had. Further observations on what may not be immediately apparent for some: Never give your money to a beggar. You can’t help a parasite who refuses to [...]

Mohammed plate from The Divine Comedy by Gustave Doré

Cognition is futile but I don’t believe in nihilism. Understanding is a restriction of experience and it is by a reflexive framework of understanding that the stenosis of thought we foolishly call reality precludes us from the freedom of plenipotentiary chaos. Though this be madness, yet there is method in’t – without a locus in [...]

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Do we really need to obviate walking? The Internet is Win: Random, pointless, and/or amazing things I would never have known about without an internet connection.