When the Large Hadron Collider was turned on in September, an electrical problem forced it to be shut down almost immediately for repairs.
Now, it appears that the LHC will be turned on again in June of '09.
No doubt, the kooks who say the LHC will create black holes that will grow and swallow up the earth will be back at it between now and then.
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SPEAKING OF KOOKS
Get ready for local kooks to claim that the LHC is a plot against "immigrants" in Costa Mesa and get ready for their pals at the almost daily Daily Pilot to run with the story replete with quotes from Katrina Foley.
We imagine this from the almost daily Daily Pilot: "We asked Katrina Foley what she thought about the LHC and she told us that because the machine operates at temperatures near absolute zero that this is a secret code for ICE in C
osta Mesa. 'Can't we all get along?' asked Ms. Foley as she was preparing a plate of lasagna to take to the family of the latest crime victim in Costa Mesa."
osta Mesa. 'Can't we all get along?' asked Ms. Foley as she was preparing a plate of lasagna to take to the family of the latest crime victim in Costa Mesa." "Ms. Foley went on to say, 'We need more singalongs paid for by taxpayers and more flowers in front of gang headquarters in the slums.
'The gang members are just misunderstood. If we give them some alternative activities, they'll become productive non-citizens. I'm thinking maybe we'll start a croquet team for gang members. In fact, I've put this item in the budget and it'll only cost citizens of Costa Mesa $300,000 per year.
'Now, this is what I call real crime prevention. Don't let anyone say that Katrina Foley isn't tough on crime.'"
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BEYOND LEFT AND RIGHT--JUST BEING LOGICAL
Good grief! Now there's another LA TIMES editorial that is logical. Read it HERE.
Maybe we can lay it at the feet of all the layoffs at the TIMES, or maybe it's the influence of Sam Zell. Got us. But, whatever the cause, we now find ourselves in agreement with the logic, if not always the conclusions, of far more editorials in the TIMES than ever before.
It's not just because the TIMES is saying things that we necessarily agree with, because it isn't, at least not in all cases. What seems to be happening is that the people writing these editorials are now actually taking intelligent, logical, consistent, honest positions on things instead of just pushing a particular ideology.
The new TIMES editorials remind us a little of the way law students are taught to think about various hypotheticals--it doesn't matter what your conclusion to a hypothetical is; what is important is whether or not you logically argue to that conclusion.
These days, the TIMES is at least arguing logically. And, that's a big improvement over past years.
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