Archive for June 10, 2011

Jet Set Pauly

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1 year ago
by Logarchism.com in

Because the platy­pus is a flight­less egg-​​laying species, Pauly the Polit­i­cal Platy­pus has been bug­ging us for some time to buy him a jet pack so he can expe­ri­ence the thrill of flight like his avian cousins. Now he’s really excited, since recent news reports are con­firm­ing a story from FOX News back in March which sug­gested that per­sonal jet packs will be avail­able for sale later this year. They will be light, pow­er­ful, easy to oper­ate and priced at a mere $100,000 a unit.

Best of all, no spe­cial licens­ing will be required (at least in the begin­ning) since the jet pack is nei­ther a plane nor a motor­cy­cle and trans­porta­tion offi­cials don’t know quite how to treat it. “It’s nei­ther fish nor fowl. Is this reg­u­lated by the FAA or is it a per­sonal vehi­cle like a bicy­cle or ATV? I don’t think any­one knows yet,” says Mike Adams, an under­writer for the company.

Nei­ther fish nor fowl… per­fect for Pauly Platy­pus! (more…)

Open Mic June 10

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1 year ago
by Logarchism.com in

Over in Wash­ing­ton, D.C., they’re hav­ing a Weiner roast, but is that being han­dled the best way it can? Per­haps all this focus on under­wear is dis­tract­ing us from the real prob­lems of governing.

Is noth­ing else going on in the world of pol­i­tics, or is this merely smoke and mir­rors obscur­ing the big­ger problems?

Do we want to focus on Yemen or Bahrain or Libya this com­ing week?

Will Leon Panetta be con­firmed eas­ily, or does he have a rough sail ahead?

Don’t see an arti­cle on a par­tic­u­lar topic, but want to talk about it some­where? This is Open Mic. Talk about what­ever you want, but stay respectful.

We cre­ate a new Open Mic every week to give a clean slate, but feel free to add to this topic at any time.

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