Links (most recent first) that caught my eye, but did not warrant full-blown blog entries ….
- Maybe Obama Should Publicly Campaign for Each GOP Candidate? [1] – More intellectual dunderheadism from the Party of No. Even No to Stuff We’ve Asked For Before.
- Courting Disaster [2] – Folks support military commissions for trying these guys because they think the end result will be firing squads. Which, of course, they’re not. Of course, the military commissionists would rather these guys just be locked up (somewhere else) and never see the light of day, which has its own problems.
- Shame on Missouri [Pharyngula] [3] – Worse, some people won’t see this as a tragedy, but as what is right and fitting and essential to protecting our society. Rrg.
- Something that really bugs me about the recent Star Trek movie [4] – I don’t think I’ve heard anyone comment on this before. I remember noticing it, but not really thinking about it at the time, and shame on me.
- Losing Your Religion: Christian Horror Classics [5] – I do like the idea of “It’s a Wonderful Life” being a horror movie.
- Posters from the Avatar Movie — No, the Other Avatar Movie [6] – I really want this movie to be good, and I am fairly certain it won’t be. But visually (hand-waves casting aside) it’s looking cool.
- Australians Are Hogging All the Black Panther [7] – Well, we certainly can’t have a cartoon about a powerful, smart, sophisticated hero who’s black you know. People might get ideas.
- Prisoner Sues to Play D&D in Jail — No, Seriously [8] – I don’t think there’s a constitutional right to play D&D, and prison should, in fact, be a dull, boring, unpleasant experience. On the other hand, the official decision on this is just plain stupid, and, honestly, there are far worse activities that idle prisoners can and do participate in.
- CBS Allows Focus On The Family Advocacy Ad During Super Bowl, But Bans Gay Dating Site Ad: Amanda Terkel [9]
- ‘Personhood’ Sputtering in Colorado, Says Denver March for Life | RHRealityCheck.org [10] – Good.
- More On Right Falling Prey to Obama-Induced Insanity [11] – Looks like someone is skipping their meds again.
- San Francisco’s Answer to Westboro Baptist Church [12] – Because dark things cannot abide being laughed at.
- The 20 Nerd Commandments [13] – Verily, I say unto thee — thou shallt (and shallt not).
- Results of Study on Cellphone Use Surprise Researchers – Wheels Blog – NYTimes.com [14] – So either cell phone use isn’t worse than all the other distractions in our environment, or (as has been elsewhere demonstrated) hands-free cell phone use isn’t any better than holding the handset to your ear — except maybe it keeps both hands on the wheel. Maybe.
- A Breach In Protocol [15] – Maybe I’ve just grown used to lame RP and intentionally stupid-looking and named-for-yocks super-heroes in CO and CoX, but, yeah, it’s jarring when you see it in Star Trek Online — or, for that matter, in LotRO.
- Big Fat Whale – Corporate Persons Are Jerks [16] – But they’re jerks with equal rights to contribute whatever they want to political campaigns! So there!
- Republicans dismayed by Obama’s strong performance, say it was a ‘mistake’ to let cameras roll. [17] – It’s hard to maintain a facade of facile talking points when someone’s actually standing right there to refute them.
- Fox Cuts Away From Obama-GOP Conversation In Order To Get A Head Start On Attacks: He Was ‘Lecturing’ [18] – Yeah — how dare he be all uppity and not stay in his place?
- Google No Longer Supporting IE6 [19] – Good for them.
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7 Comments To "Unblogged Bits for Saturday, 30 January 2010"
#1 Comment By David Newman On Sat 30-Jan-10 5:48pm @ 5:48pm
FYI, My RSS feed showed me this twice (I use Google Reader). Could there be something odd on your end that’s posting RSS items twice?
#2 Comment By ***Dave On Sat 30-Jan-10 8:42pm @ 8:42pm
No, it actually posted twice. It does that sometimes, for reasons beyond my technical understanding.
#3 Comment By Randal Trimmer On Sun 31-Jan-10 6:33am @ 6:33am
Re: Trek
Have to disagree due to scale of atrocity. Wipe out 99% of a Federation member species and it is not remotely reasonable to expect any mercy whatsoever from military dedicated to protecting the Federation’s people.
#4 Comment By ***Dave On Sun 31-Jan-10 8:40am @ 8:40am
Yeah, but it was delivered in a far more glib fashion than just that. And even in that context, Kirk (Prime) would have offered help, before hauling the guy’s ass off to a Federation tribunal.
#5 Comment By David Newman On Sun 31-Jan-10 11:35am @ 11:35am
I’m not sure, since it was a while ago, but I seem to remember attributing the callous nature of Kirk(second)’s response to the fact that Kirk(prime) was older, wiser, and more mature than Kirk(second).
#6 Comment By ***Dave On Sun 31-Jan-10 4:09pm @ 4:09pm
True enough. But, then, that “fresh, exciting, young Kirk” in the reboot was supposed to be part of the charm. So while it may be that his being an asshole is in part because he’s young, he’s also the heroic protagonist and speaks for the movie.
#7 Comment By David Newman On Mon 1-Feb-10 7:07pm @ 7:07pm
It would be cool if the writers use this to advance Kirk’s character in the next movie.