Links (most recent first) that caught my eye, but did not warrant full-blown blog entries ….
- GOP Conference Chair Thaddeus McCotter Says ‘America Must Stand’ With Mubarak Dictatorship – “An imperfect government capable of reform”? Really? Yeesh.
- The Truth About Facebook – Um … yeah.
- Job Interview – Man, I wish it were that easy.
- MAD – SMBC January 29, 2011 – Heh. Fortunately, for some, after the Apocalypse can come an unexpected Golden Age …
- Give ’em the Axe – Zits for 1/29/2011 – While there is many the fashion faux pas in my own teen past, I have to believe (and, indeed, hope) that the current trend for heavy cologne (excuse me, “body spray”) is a short-lived one, and that the purveyors of fashion/cosmetics have not implemented a permanent change in male society.
- The pressing need for a ‘spudnut moment’ – Sarah Palin is, of course, a dolt.
- Still waiting for that ‘zero tolerance’ policy to kick in: Steve Benen
- Paul Ryan and his media base: Steve Benen
- The anti-science party – Sad, but true. I have to wonder, though, how much of the anti-science (evolution, climate change, basic research, etc.) bent of many prominent GOP leaders is because it’s to their political benefit (anti-science = anti-regulatory = pro-business = contributions!) and how much of it is the other way around (business contributions go to those who are anti-science = anti-regulatory). In either case, too many people are fiddling while Rome burns, either for profit, power, or just intentional ignorance.
- Read the first draft of Gene Roddenberry’s Star Trek pitch, starring “Captain April” and the “S.S. Yorktown” [Television] – Interesting seeing which pitched plots eventually saw light of day, which didn’t.
- Revolver that fires shotgun shells – Have to wonder what the kick on that would be. Btw, the BATFE had Taurus pull it after deeming it not a pistol but a short-barreled shotgun, which are illegal. (And which points out how firearm definitions, for legal purposes, can be very slippery things.)
- No Longer Caring About Democracy, Bolton Disparages Egypt Protests And Defends Mubarak – While Bolton’s expressed concern about Islamicist radicals taking the reins of the revolt and possible follow-on government are legit, the idea that we should reflexively back Mubarak because of that is as shortsighted as our backing of every other strongman we’ve done for the last sixty years — little of which as ever ended well for the countries in question or US security.
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5. I still have most of the English Leather 2-pack (cologne and after shave) given to me for Christmas in 1982. It’s a toss-up as to whether it will get used up before I die.
6. If this is Palin’s ideal for America, why isn’t she working 12 hours a day, six or seven days a week, running a small shop instead of seeking out media attention at every opportunity?
10. Heh. “Isaac IV.”
He spends a lot of time harping on the “parallel worlds” concept. I guess that translates as “You can afford to make this show.”
Do you remember Captain April’s appearance in the animated episode, “The Counter-clock Incident”? The non-canonical nature of that series has been reinforced by Star Trek: Enterprise (unless you regard that as non-canonical).