Nobrainer’s Think Tank

Since I can’t post images in the comments…

No matter how many “scientific” “facts” environmentalism is based upon, there is no right answer for how things should be done. Take, for example, grocery bags. 15 years ago, we switched from paper bags to plastic bags because it was good for the environment (you know, gotta save those trees!). Now we’re supposed to switch from plastic bags to paper bags because it’s good for the environment.

In other words, environmentalism, just like high school, is little more than a popularity contest.

Forest Pearson, a 10 year-old in Oregon, built his own snow machine. The parts cost him $500 and he was able to put 3 feet of snow in his backyard in one night.

Some of you know that Morgan Spurlock, the Supersize Me, guy, has created another movie titled Where In The World Is Osama Bin Laden? That is news for some of you. I didn’t see Spurlock’s first movie, and I had no intention to see the 2nd one. I mention that because I loved this review:

The films premise is that Morgan Spurlocks girlfriend is about to have a baby so he talks to camera about how he has been inspired by action movies and wants to make the world a better place for his kid by finding Osama Bin Laden. So of course the next person he goes to visit is that same general practitioner who gives him some shots and totally makes a big deal about the side effects for every one. Next he goes to a survival guy to teach him how to survive in the middle east, but really is a montage for Spurlock to exercise a lot and do goofy shit with a plastic gun. Then the rest of the movie is Spurlock going to Pakistan, Israel, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, and Afghanistan, there he just finds random local people off the street and asks them “What do you think about America?” and “Do you know where Osama Bin Laden is?” Of course this is interspersed with Morgan giving us an elementary school lesson on each of the cultures in the respective countries as well as baby updates from his girlfriend in the USA. He gives up the whole thing after seeing a sign that says “Foreigners are not allowed in this area.” (I wish I was kidding) That’s it. That’s the whole movie, well except for gratuitous ego animation and a sequence where Spurlock visits a Mcdonalds in Saudi Arabia. Oh and at the end he decides to show us a very graphic clip of his girlfriend giving birth to their baby.

From TigerHawk:

Let the phrase “Secretary of State John Kerry” roll around in your brain for a little while, and then pour yourself a stiff drink.

Kerry, apparently, is giving Obama access to his fundraising lists.