Cozy Corner

James Cameron and the Discovery Channel go for the big one:

Cameron and colleague Simcha Jacobovici used evidence from DNA tests, archaeological surveys and biblical studies, showing that 10 stone coffins discovered in a Jerusalem suburb in 1980 by Israeli construction workers belonged to Jesus and his family.

Some 20 years later archaeologists apparently deciphered some of the names on the tombs in the 2,000-year-old cave as Jesua, son of Joseph, Mary, Mary, Mathew, Jofa and Judah, son of Jesua.

The 90-minute Discovery Channel film, produced by Cameron and directed by Jacobovici, will be shown on Channel 4.

The things Israeli archeologists dig up. If true, very interesting. I expect worldwide riots, Christians! (Oh, wait. Wrong religion for that).

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Bts does some math on corruption in Iraq:

Let’s call it a hundred million wasted, for a wastage of one part per three thousand, one thirtieth of a percent. I would love to see a reliable way to run major development projects in the third world with a waste and corruption rate of 0.03%. I’ve been awfully skeptical of the no-bid contracts handed out to Halliburton and friends, but this makes me reconsider. This is unbelievable performance.

I agree. Heck, I'd like to see Congress run something with less waste than 0.03%.

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No, I haven't gotten lost recently.

But on a side note, if you like beef jerky, pick up a bag of Jim Beam Beef Jerky next time you spy some. Oh so good.

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