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How did I miss this little bit of reporting? I seem to have missed the media crying out that Louisiana has been choosing economic benefit over safety. Check the date of the post article.

But all finger pointing aside, I heard on the news today that Louisiana has brought engineers from Holland to look at their flood protection systems. I was very much surprised as I think this is a really good idea as the Dutch have amazingly well thought out flood control systems. I agree completely with the last paragraph of the link. ;-)

I’ve been thinking that New Orleans should not be rebuilt in it’s current location, but it’s been mostly a from a financial and human tragedy perspective. Now added to the list is the environmental perspective.

When will the crusade against smoking end? Certainly not when they have run out of logical legislation to enact.

Studies showing huge health risks resulting from second hand smoke are dubious enough to be considered (by me at least) junk science. Now the useless data is being emotionally extrapolated to the great outdoors, a place where no study of secondhand smoke has gone before. Without scientific support, this bit of legislation is little more than feel good law.

Why do the states not just make tobacco a controlled substance, sell it in the pharmacy, and stop their nasty little relationship with tobacco (the one where the left hand waves a disapproving finger while the right hand accepts the tax money from sales)?

Just FYI… I don’t smoke either… I just think the government should stop they hypocrisy.

Rural Sourcing Inc. provides outsourcing services with American labor.

Strange but true. Rural Americans who do not make big city salaries can work at home and compete with Dubai on salaries, but what about skills?

Hmmm, I wonder if the product came from the famous Iraq “Baby Milk Factory”?

as seen on Fark.com

For all those who remember Kinky Friedman you are gonna love this. If you don’t know who Kinky is….

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Ok, I’ve gotta know what sounds it makes…

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“TVTAD is an RSS feed reader with support for unlimited feeds. It will automatically download newly released TV episodes that have been added to your favorites.” It’s free and It works with any BitTorrent client.

Silent Bob records anything that plays on your sound card including streaming music. If you miss something it will even go back in time up to two minutes (tivo for audio). Mac users try Wiretap Pro.

I’m not sure what specifically to make of this study, but I’ve posted so everyone can extract their own meaning… ;-)

Chavez practicing his own version of foreign policy…

Does it surprise anyone that the Socialist/Populist/Anti-Capitalist Chavez did not like a free trade agreement?

He is more than just a little paranoid too…

Wow, that’s pretty bad when you are a union of powerful countries and you cannot get your own auditors to sign off on your books. For eleven years running…

Google is changing their search algorithm.

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