Potpourri on an an Autumnal Equinox

ECONOMIC COLLAPSE MAKES ME SAD

1. Why You Should Hate the Treasury Department and Throw These Fuckers Out. Never Give Them Power Again – Don’t beat around the Bush, folks — tell us what you really think. Yeah, there’s just a weeeeee bit of anger out there about the current brouhaha. I mean, c’mon, people — we expect that the rich will screw over everyone else, but we expect you to do it competently.
2. Dodd: Financial crisis is not a ‘natural disaster… – Nope. It has human actors behind it. It has people to blame. We should do so.
3. Bush Backs Unlimited Compensation For Disgraced CEOs:… – Though Bush doesn’t seem to think that actually punishing the cretins who are the immediate causes of the collapse is at all productive (“I promised them they could raid the candy store — it just wouldn’t be right to arrest them for shoplifting”).

OTHER THINGS MAKE ME SAD, TOO

1. Corrupted Science: the history, cause, effect and… – Yet another book for my Wish List. Science is a marvelous thing — and whenever folks (scientists, politicians, or theocrats) try to dick around with it, tragedy ensues.
2. Law Firm Uses Bogus Trademark Claim in Attempt to… – Here’s hoping for an exceedingly quick slap=down.
3. WASP clubs – “Mommy, mommy, look at the dinosaurs!” This is actually sort of fascinating, in a “OMG, how gross” kind of way.
4. 6 minors in state custody after child porn raid on… – Speaking of gross, let’s hope this finally lands Tony Alamo in a cell somewhere with with a fellow inmate named “Mongo.”

BUT SOME THINGS MAKE ME HAPPY

1. Sam Harris on Value Judgments in Science – Why is this so hard for people to understand. I am a person with faith, but I don’t mistake “faith” with “science.” I’m not that much smarter than other people.
2. Prolly In The News – A search here will show that I use “prolly” as a slang term. So there.
3. New Pennies! – I was wondering why we were still making pennies — but given the economic news, we may have new need of them.
4. 5 Elements of Composition in Photography – Nothing earthshattering here, but a nice summary of some good things to look for when taking pics.
5. GamerDNA social site for gamers sets up shop. – This crashed on me after BD posted about it. I need to try it again.
6. Dave Hill returns to Fashion Week ’09 – Um, not this Dave Hill.
7. Welcome to Autumn. At least if you live in the Northern Hemisphere – The trees are beginning to turn …
8. Not only will this kill you, it will hurt the whole… – Best. Warning. Sign. EVAH.