THE TIMES WE LIVE IN: Short takes on the drifting wreckage.
Author Archive: Sarah Hoyt
December 1, 2015
ALCOHOL, TOBACCO AND FIREARMS SHOULD BE A CONVENIENCE STORE: Untouchable: The tradition continues for the ATF and not like in the movies.
WHAT IF WE STOPPED BOWING AND SCRAPING: What if… (Language warning.)
RUMORS OF THEIR DEATH HAVE BEE-N EXAGGERATED: Bee of Good Cheer.
MOMMAS DON’T LET YOUR BABIES GROW UP IN THE IVIES: Ivy Leaguers need to stop with the PC obsession.
THE GOVERNMENT IS NOT YOUR FRIEND: Unless he’s your drunk friend who throws up in your new car and steals your girlfriend. How Uncle Sam chases away US jobs.
ALL WE ARE SAYING IS GIVE BOMBS A CHANCE: Bombing alone won’t destroy ISIS — but it’s a good start.
SOME FRIENDS ARE WORTH HAVING: Israel More Reliable Ally than the US for India.
NO MORE DANGEROUS FRIEND; NO LESS THREATENING FOE: On Ukraine’s front lines, U.S.-supplied equipment is falling apart.
November 30, 2015
FOR THE TIMES WHEN “THAT’S JUST NOT RIGHT”: Galaxy Quest Wavs.
I ALWAYS SAID THE PROBLEM WAS SPACE LAW: The Return of the Frontier.
STOP LAUGHING: Their “socialist program” will create “a sustainable reduction in deficits and debt.” Because, you know, cheese and also radioactive penguins — which are as likely to cause a sustainable reduction in deficits as socialism is. In Portugal, being a socialist is never having to say you’re sorry.
THEY’RE COATING THEM IN POLITICIANS: Totally repellent: Quick and easy coating process makes surfaces omniphobic.
THEY’RE JUST MESSENGER BOYS PHOTONS: Physicists set quantum record by using photons to carry messages from electrons almost 2 kilometers apart.
SHUT UP, YOU’RE INTERRUPTING THE NARRATIVE: Media Rushes to Call Colorado Shooter ‘Right-Wing Activist.’ Here’s the Evidence For That Claim. They probably know it’s not true, but if they can taint you by association they can make you shut up.
WHAT THE ACTUAL FLAN: Avis Should Try Harder, In Order to Avoid Breaking the Law.
IT’S COME TO THIS: Craft brewers say new FDA mandate will limit beer selection.
STOP SCARING ME: Polling the refugees: getting to know you.
November 29, 2015
MY FRIEND BLAKE POWERS IS HAVING A BLACK FRIDAY SALE: Flight of the Fantasy is 99c; Slaughterhouse is free; and A Different View, with an introduction by yours truly is also 99c
PROBABLY A COMET: Alien megastructure? Nothing to see around formerly weird star, scientists say. Yes, Yes, I know.
Happy now?
IT’S MY BACKUP IF SMOD FAILS US AGAIN: CERN’s Large Hadron Collider hits 1-PeV milestone with heavy ions (and re-ignites doomsday talk).
BUT WHAT SOUND DOES GRASS MAKE AS IT GROWS: A Graphene Microphone Could Pick Up Sounds Far Beyond the Limits of Human Hearing.