Links (most recent first) that caught my eye, but did not warrant full-blown blog entries ….
- Well HERE’S your problem!: Cheezburger Network
- Too clever by half – Wheels within wheels. (The only thing clear in the whole mess is, in fact, the question of why the hell Jerry Brown — who should know better than anyone else — would want to be governor of California.)
- ThinkProgress » In Targeting Same-Sex Couples, Texas Pastor’s Bill Robs Firemen And Foster Children Of Health Benefits – I don’t know what’s more appalling — the initial effort, the actual effect, or the support by these yahoos of the actual effect because, at the very least, it will HURT TEH GAYZZZ!!!! Jesus wept …
- Vander Plaats: Entire Iowa Supreme Court Must Resign – “Apparently, Vander Plaats doesn’t believe that he is in any way obligated to actually ‘respect the will of the people’ by stepping down from political activism even though he lost his own bid to become the Republican nominee for governor in the Iowa primary earlier this year.”
- The Evolution of the Tea Party Movement: From Abraham, Jesus, and the Founding Fathers to Today – Ah, hubris … is there nothing you can’t highlight the ridiculousness of?
- Fischer Cites HIV Porn Actor As Proof Gay Sex Should Carry Criminal Penalties – Okay, Bryan Fischer is beginning to go from being a dolt to being a parody of himself …
- Dramatic video of Antarctic Cruise ship in rough seas after losing engine – Boing Boing – This one's for Jim & Ginger …
- Ballot proposal aims at limiting Supreme Court justices’ terms | The Spot — Colorado politics and political news, information, analysis — The Denver Post – “I don’t like state surpreme court decisions, so I’m going to fatuously invoke the Founding Fathers to pretend that they’d support something that flew in the face of what most of them felt about the judiciary.” Feh.
- Two Colo. lawmakers propose opposite bills on daylight saving time – The Denver Post – I’d much prefer we stay one way or the other … but I’d rather that was a national decision, not a state decision. Figuring out my national/international conference calls is hard enough as it is already.
- Wreck backs up I-25 for miles – The Denver Post – To the yahoo yesterday who was gleefully pointing out the vulnerability of light rail …
- ThinkProgress » Bachmann’s Tax Double Standard: Cuts For Middle Class Cost Money, Cuts For The Rich Do Not – No, no class warfare going on here, move along …
- A Solid Gold Parachute For Mine Disaster Coal Boss – See, this is one reason why I hold out faith in judgment in the Afterlife — because some folks sure as hell don’t get it in this one.
- G.O.P. Releases New House Calendar – NYTimes.com – Let’s hope this means they will do 11% less damage than I might have feared.
- When a circular firing squad has a better target – There’s some value in the thinking here. Yeah, I’m more than a bit peeved at Obama … but, honestly, compared to Mitch McConnell and John Boehner? Or anyone being talked about for the GOP presidential candidate? I’d vote for Obama in a flash.
- Republican Congressmen Crowdsource Attack on Science | Wired Science | Wired.com – If’n it’s not science fer rockets or fer growin’ bigger corn, whut’s it good fer?
- Oops! I Made It Past The TSA Screeners With A 6-Inch Hunting Knife – Always amusing when these things happen — but, to be fair, if you were a terrorist or other miscreant, would you actually count on it happening?
- Tom the Dancing Bug: Hollingsworth Hound in “Starve the Beast!” – “We’re almost there, folks!”
- Christine O’Donnell: Extending Unemployment Benefits A ‘Tragedy’ Like Pearl Harbor – O’Donnell is not just a dolt — she’s arguably evil for spewing crap like this. Really.
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