Archive for July 30th, 2005

Update on the Greenpeace “Smiths” Porn/Ad

Saturday, July 30th, 2005

I posted on 7/22 that Greenpeace had supposedly produced an ad depicting a homosexual encounter between President Bush and Prime Minister Blair. At the time, I questioned it’s legitimacy – even for Greenpeace, it seemed like this might be beyond the pale. It wasn’t and it’s real. It’s on the Greenpeace UK website. Again, thanks [...]

iPods, Anyone?

Saturday, July 30th, 2005

Want a free iPod? I do! At the advice of my friend Phil, I joined up at freeipods.com. The deal is pretty simple – you take advantage of an offer by a reputable, established company (many of which cost under $5) and get 5 people to do the same. The company doing the giveaway (Gratis [...]

Wild Poker Hand

Saturday, July 30th, 2005

Last night, I played some Hold ‘Em, and went all-in with top pair (kings), holding AK offsuit. The problem was that two other players had AK offsuit, as well! One of them caught a K-high flush on the river, and the other caught the A-high flush on the river. Ouch. Of course, the pot was [...]

Frist Supports Embryonic Stem Cell Research

Saturday, July 30th, 2005

Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist (R-Tennessee), M.D., today announced that he supports a bill currently before the Senate, which would allow federal funds to be used in the destruction of embryos in order to extract stem cells. I’m not going to dive into the merits of embryonic stem cell research, itself; as I’ve said before, [...]