Links (most recent first) that caught my eye, but did not warrant full-blown blog entries ….
- Pictures of National Geographic Photography Contest 2009 – These are just gorgeous.
- Like Hell I’m Going To Let Some Black President Help Me Pay For Dialysis | The Onion – America’s Finest News Source – As always, the Onion is the funniest when it is the hardest to separate from reality. And also the scariest.
- Midwest megameteor makes media madness – Didn’t see it, which is a shame.
- US fails to join landmine ban – Add this to the “disappointing things from the Obama adminstration” list. I can understand why, in the middle of everything else, even if he wanted to, Obama might not fight this battle. But the bottom line is that, with the number of military actions (and defensive actions, such as in Korea) we engage in, land mines are just too useful. Even if they are unconscionably horrific weapons, esp. in how they are left behind in battlefields after we’re gone.
- Montessori School Of Dentistry Lets Students Discover Their Own Root Canal Procedures | The Onion – America’s Finest News Source – And this one’s for Stan …
- Grandma Concerned About Dinner Roll Count | The Onion – America’s Finest News Source – Since Jackie isn’t with us this year, this one’s for her …
- Anti-Gay Hate Group Liberty Counsel Files FCC Complaint Over Adam Lambert – Without comment regarding the other aspects of the performance, the multiple references to “homosexual open-mouth kissing” as obscene/indecent (whereas, one presumes, the lack of complaints about most of TV would indicate that heterosexual open-mouth kissing would be acceptable) demonstrates where the Liberty Council is actually coming from here.
- Noting that Obama will give speech on Afghanistan policy at West Point, Limbaugh “hope[s]” they will detain him | Media Matters for America – Lovely. Yeah, let’s call for a military coup. How American and patriotic and liberty-loving can you get?
- Eric Boehlert: Breitbart, Big Government’s sensational claims about SEIU assault case fall flat – ACORN IS COMING! ACORN IS COMING! Um, I mean, SEIU IS COMING! SEIU IS COMING!
- Rom Houben is still a victim – This is increasingly sad. And maddening.
- Obama on Skynet – Sarah Connor would be proud.
- Police: Yes Kid, Parents Can Take Your Xbox – “Attica! Attica! Attica!”
- 1936 Thanksgiving Camel Ad: Smoke After Each Course! – Wow. A ciggy or two after each course. My favorite suggestion, from the “food editor”: “it’s smart to have Camels on the table. My own personal experience is that smoking Camells with my meals and afterwards builds up a sense of digestive well-being.” With the suggestions here, you’d pretty much finish up a pack per diner, so be sure and have a few cases on hand!
- How to Write an Anti-Atheist Hit Piece – Not only does the Villain of the Piece hate our troops, she is clearly aligned with the Evil Forces of Islam (given the distracting cases mentioned), which, of course, is in a Nationwide Death Struggle with the Forces of Christianity and America.
- Ezra Klein – How a letter from 1964 shows what’s wrong with the Senate today – The evolution of the filibuster from a desperate measure (that actually required a prolonged physical effort, a la Mr Smith Goes to Washington) to a de facto requirement for a super-majority for anything the least bit controversial is probably the biggest symptom of the dysfunction of the Senate (and, largely, the political gameplaying of the GOP) that I can think of. Something needs to be done to change this internal gridlock.
- Palin fuels presidential rumors: ‘I like’ the sound of ‘President Palin.’ – Run, Sarah, Run!
- The Secret Political Reach Of ‘The Family’ : NPR – I started listening to this last night, and it’s fascinating (and pretty darned scary). Now working my way through the full transcript.
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Has The Onion run a story yet on facilitated communication with a corpse? If not, they really need to get on that.
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I think the question I would have asked Palin would be, “If you were elected President in 2012, how long would you serve before stepping down and letting the VP take over?”
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I listened to the podcast of Fresh Air’s story on “The Family.” I had no idea such a thing existed! It sounded like a conspiracy novel plot.