“A moment I’ve been dreading. George (Vice President George H.W. Bush) brought his ne’er-do-well son around this morning and asked me to find the kid a job. Not the political one who lives in Florida (future Gov. Jeb Bush). The one who hangs around here all the time looking shiftless. This so-called […]

Ladies & Gents, allow me to present MillerCoors.  Just what we need, most of the world’s crappy beers under one roof.

SABMilller and the Molson Coors Brewing Company said Tuesday that they would combine their United States brewery operations in a joint venture.
The venture is expected to have $6.6 billion in annual revenue and will allow […]

This is kind of creepy: Oscar the cat seems to have an uncanny knack for predicting when nursing home patients are going to die, by curling up next to them during their final hours. His accuracy, observed in 25 cases, has led the staff to call family members once he has chosen someone. It usually […]

When the USDA and lobbyists get involved.    Kind of like these examples:
The USDA has approved a rule that will allow 38 new non-organic ingredients to be allowed in products bearing the “USDA Organic” seal.
The USDA’s passage of this proposal has resulted in the following:
-Anheuser Busch will be allowed to sell its “Organic Wild Hops Beer” […]

The Dunning-Kruger Effect: “the phenomenon whereby people who have little knowledge systematically think that they know more than others who have much more knowledge”. “Across 4 studies, the authors found that participants scoring in the bottom quartile on tests of humor, grammar, and logic grossly overestimated their test performance and ability. Although test scores put […]

Remember how they were going to launch James Doohan’s (Scotty from Star Trek) ashes into space?
Yeah, well… they didn’t quite make it.