Snake, Tempter of Eve

In Columbia, in one of the world’s largest open pit coal mines, a snake is found. The snake is huge. It’s dead. Ice Cube and J Lo are safe. It’s a fossil. But it’s still huge. Estimated at about the length of a bus (42 ft), the snake’s diameter was calculated to be around 3 [...]

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Such Phenomenal Timing

Making obscenely obvious what everyone (except conservative Republicans and half of moderate Republicans) already knows, the New York Times published a draft version of the Office of the Special Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction’s report. It turns out we didn’t accomplish the mission like we thought… The quote that begins the “Planning to Rebuild Iraq” [...]

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