The brief clip below is from the start of the parade lap at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway of the United States Grand Prix, the Formula 1 race held at the IMS for the past 8 years. There is simply nothing like the sound of an F1 engine revving at 18,000 rpm as the cars leave the starting line from a standing start.
Archive for June 20th, 2007
Video from Indianapolis
Posted in F1, Formula One, Indianapolis Motor Speedway on June 20, 2007| Leave a Comment »
Museum group sued by fellow creationists
Posted in atheism, Christian Right, creationism, inteligent design on June 20, 2007| Leave a Comment »
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Hoo Haa! So there must be more than one creation mythology because even the creationists can’t agree. Fighting over whose myth outranks the other’s even when the myths are based on the same text is, no doubt, fodder for Jay Leno. I just have to laugh. If only they would try a bit of rationality rather than delusional self-interest maybe, just maybe, the world would be a better, more tolerant place.
Vote for me, dimwit | Economist.com
Posted in Politics, pop culture on June 20, 2007| Leave a Comment »
ANYONE who follows an election campaign too closely will sometimes get the feeling that politicians think voters are idiots. But voters may not be idiots just irrational thinkers. This article presents a nice breakdown of voter biases with economic lessons integrated. The American voter biases are anti-market, anti-foreign, make-work, and pessimism…
THIS IS A FANTASTIC PIECE. Click on the link below to read the whole article.