The New York Nerd

The world’s fastest race walker is put to the test. When under life threatening danger, will he run? Funny stuff:

A mechanic/inventor with an 8th grade education modified a Hummer H2 to run on biodiesel that gets 60 miles per gallon, and goes 0-60 in just 5 seconds. It seems impossible, and Detroit had deemed it impossible, but it’s true. His creation can run on grease from a Chinese restaurant. His latest project is a hybrid that charges in seconds via a biodiesel powered jet turbine. Here’s more

Fox News is trying to proliferate the rumor that Al Qaeda is behind the latest California wild fires. Jon Stewart puts them in their place as usual.

I give John Edwards campaign a lot of credit for the attitude they took in responding to Steven Colbert’s claim that Edwards deserted South Carolina:

Fully compensating for his campaign’s odd war on a student newspaper, Edwards spokesman Eric Schultz puts out this statement:

Here is the statement from the Edwards Camp:

For those who missed Stephen Colbert’s misleading attack on John Edwards in the State newspaper this weekend, I wanted to make sure we had an opportunity to set the record straight. http://www.thestate.com/living/story/212372.html

RHETORIC VS REALITY: STEPHEN COLBERT - PLAYING LOOSE WITH THE FACTS

CLAIM: Edwards abandoned South Carolina when he was one year old.

FACT: Edwards was born in South Carolina, learned to walk in South Carolina, learned to talk to in South Carolina, and will kick Stephen Colbert’s New York City butt in South Carolina.

“Stephen Colbert claims to represent a new kind of politics, but today we see he’s participating in the slash and burn politics that has no place in American discourse. The truthiness is, as the candidate of Doritos, Colbert’s hands are stained by corporate corruption and nacho cheese. John Edwards has never taken a dime from salty food lobbyists and America deserves a President who isn’t in the pocket of the snack food special interests.”

Vanity Fair Magazine has just released its list of the 100 most powerful people, as it turns out 51 of those people are Jewish. That’s amazing, considering there are only 14 million Jews in the whole world. Here’s more

Fox News is a right wing propaganda machine, watch this video: