Things to Mull Over for the Week Ending Nov. 7, 2009
Well, it’s the time again, and the MullerOver editors have been poring through the news to find stuff for you to mull over this week. And now – on to the news!
Bird Prevents Black Hole from Destroying the Solar System
It’s not just me, is it? The $7.3B Hadron Collider, also commonly called the “God Machine”, had a malfunction this past week which caused it to shut down. If you haven’t been following this over the past few years, the Hadron Collider attempts to recreate conditions at the time of the Big Bang by firing protons round its 16.8 mile tunnel at almost the speed of light to smash them into each other. Some scientists have speculated that it could cause a run-away black hole that would instantly swallow-up our solar system. Fortunately, other, hopefully smarter scientists are pretty sure that won’t happen. Just to be certain, we’re asking all citizens of the world to cross their fingers for the next year or so.
Well, back to the ridiculously complex machine that stopped working. Scientists when researching the failure of the cryogenic cooling plant found a piece of baguette had caused the overheating. No – you read that right. They think a bird passing overhead dropped a piece of someone’s lunch and the machine that probably won’t destroy the world came to a screeching halt.
Yeah – we’re brimming with confidence here. All we need now is Al Qaeda to figure out that to bring the massive device to it’s knees, they just need to stop by Brueggers Bagels and start tossing the number 5 special over the fence …
And Speaking of Flipping Birds and Al Qaeda …
The USS New York
In an act of pride and defiance, the USS New York was dedicated this week, made up of 24 tons of scrap steel from the fallen World Trade Center. The ship is fifth in a new class of warship designed, among other things, to facilitate special operation missions in taking out terrorists. We all hope the irony isn’t lost on Al Qaeda during their final moments, that the ship they see in the distance coming to take them out is built not only on our determination and memories of those we lost, but quite literally the steel that they tried to destroy.
America’s Electorate Just Now Realizes Election Day was Last Tuesday
In a shocking revelation, the nations media reported this week that last Tuesday, was in fact, Election Day. “I was thinking it was coming up, but had no idea that it already happened,” said an executive from a 24 hour news channel. The confusion apparently was caused when the nation’s entire electorate base on a sugar high from Halloween, forgot to change over their calendars.
Twentieth Anniversary of the Berlin Wall is Nov 9
If you are old enough to remember parachute pants, you also would remember the shock of the Berlin Wall falling on November 9, 1989. In honor of the day, please take a moment to read the MullerOver.com article called He Just Stood There – And Changed the World. We believe it shows the real spark that brought the fall of Communism, including the “Wall”.
And that’s what’s important for the Week of November 7. Check back next week to MullerOver.com to find the deft and daft in the world today.
I had never heard of Hadron Collider before reading about it here on mullerover.com first. It’s actually scary! The editors at MullerOver are doing a great job – they should get a raise!
Thanks for the suggestion on the raise Liz! Based on your recommendation, the board has approved that Chris can now receive a double portion of the ad revenue generated by the site.