The Moonlight Bunny Ranch, a legal Carson City Nevada Brothel, is offering a two for one deal on anyone who spends their stimulus check there.
That’s funny, but it gets better:
But wait, there’s more! The legal bordello plans to have all 100 customers, plus some of the Bunnies, sign a thank you card and send it to President…Bush. Oy.
Heh,
Unfortunately for Bank of America, it appears that CEO Ken Lewis is too invested in the deal to do this.
This will not end well.
They have the first STOVL airframe flying, but it looks like we will have to wait for any demonstrations of its vertical capabilities.
They are offering existing customers the option of downsizing to the 4 place one engine 400 from the 6 place two engine 500, whose price has increased over 40%, and about 100 have taken them up on it.
I wonder about the delivery schedule though. Eclipse has found that getting aircraft out the door was far harder than anticipated.
The performance of the Automated Transfer Vehicle (ATV) space tug has been good, so now the Europeans are considering man rating the vehicle (Paid Subscription Required) to allow for its use as a manned system.
They are already working on a cargo-download capsule, so man rating the system would be less expensive than starting from scratch.
This is kind of neat. Let’s hope that it’s a female tree, and thus can bear fruit.
Researchers confirm age of “Methuselah” tree
Thu Jun 12, 2008 2:00pm EDT
By Ari RabinovitchJERUSALEM, June 12 (Reuters) – Israeli researchers who grew a sapling from a date seed found at the ancient fortress Masada said on Thursday the seed was about 2,000 years old and may help restore a species of biblical trees.
Carbon dating confirmed that the seed — named Methuselah after the oldest person in the bible — was the oldest ever brought back to life, Sarah Sallon, a researcher at the Hadassah Medical Centre in Jerusalem, reported in the journal Science.
The seed came from the Judean date palm, a species that once flourished in the Jordan River Valley and has been extinct for centuries, Sallon said. It was one of a group discovered at Masada, a winter palace overlooking the Dead Sea built by King Herod in the 1st century BC.
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He is proposing restarting the tax for incomes above $250,000.
I’m not too fond of the donut hole he is proposing, but I understand the politics here.
There are a lot more voters between (IIRC) $104K and $250K, but a lot more money above 250K.
One thing that needs be done though is that the definition of “wages” needs to be expanded, or a lot of these folks will move “wages” to dividends and capital gains.
It’s intended for medium-haul routes, and there would actually be very few physical changes to the aircraft.
They would change the placards and manuals, and they might derate the engine some.
Why do this? Because landing fees are based on MTOW (Maximum Take Off Weight), and this would generate lower landing fees.
Interesting concept.
Airbus is refining the aerodynamics and structure of its A350.
Changes include:
The Office of Naval Research is looking at a very large hovercraft for amphibious operations.
It would have a 2500 mile range at 20kts, followed by a 250 mile 40+kt dash to the beach, with a 500-750 ton cargo capability, as versus the 70 ton capability with a 200 mile range for the LCAC currently in deployment.
If this runs true to Navy procurement form, we’ll next hear of it when it’s 18 months late and 35% over budget.
The oft-delayed Wedgetail, Australia’s choice for an AEW aircraft (see again), has been delayed again to July of 2009, with full capability, there are problems with the electronic warfare system, in 2010.
It was originally intended to be delivered in 2006.
It’s sh%$ like this that had the USAF giving extra points to Airbus on the tanker competition.
Airbus is increasing maximum take-off weight on all models of the A350 XWB by three tons as a result.
More weight=more fuel burn, so this is not good news for Airbus.
His office though, not him.
They issued a press release saying that Cheney was wrong about Chinese oil drilling north of Cuba.
Scott Bloch, the head of the U.S. Office of Special Counsel, who had a computer consultant wipe his hard drive, and whose office was raided by the FBI with accusations of abuse of authority, retaliation, political bias, and obstruction of justice, now has a new title Sock Puppet* by Proxy. It appears that he ordered subordinates to post stuff supporting him on blogs when they posted bad news about him.
This is so incredibly pathetic.
*Full disclosure, I’ve sock puppeted. I acknowledge that this means that I have no personal credibility. Confirm what I write by going to the links I cite, and reviewing my arguments. Seriously. FWIW, I’ll try not to sock puppet in my own comments section. I haven’t yet.
Seriously, if I say the sky is blue, go check the Weather Channel to confirm this.
A report from the Office of the Controller of the Currency shows that the facts are overstated by about 10 times. The report are also showed that foreclosures are happening at a higher rate than reported.
An idea from Bush and His Evil Minions™, and it’s under performing and dishonest…who could have known?
It appears that traders are using short sales to try to profit from screwing up banks attempts to raise additional capital, and the regulator finds this “market abuse”.
Now, if only we would see this implemented in US markets.
Not so much for me, I’m a butterscotch type, but definitely for Sharon*, because Cocoa futures just hit 28-year high.
*Love of my life, light of the cosmos, she who must be obeyed, my wife.
This is a very canny move for him.
The overwhelming majority of Iraqis want the US out, and with US demands for the status of forces agreement, they know that the US does not intend to leave.
Well, this is one way to ensure that it’s difficult for the ISPs to claim that they are not messing with your traffic, as Comcast clearly is.
Rasmussen Reports™: has Norm Coleman at 48% and Al Franken 45%, and it is not good for an incumbent to be below 50%. This will be winnable, even with the phony scandals drummed up by Coleman’s bully boys.
The race for Fossella’s seat in Staten Island is a tossup, though it has historically been a fairly solid Republican district.
Rasmussen Reports™ has Liddy Dole with a 14-Point Lead Over Kay Hagan, 53%-39%. The last poll had Hagan up by 1 point, immediately after she won the primary, but Dole has been running ads, and Hagan has not.