Links (most recent first) that caught my eye, but did not warrant full-blown blog entries ….
- “Will You Be Raptured?” Flowchart | Peas and Cougars – Yeah, most likely not (for a variety of reasons).
- “Dont smile at people” in New York – Um …
- See Naples and Die – “Vedi Napoli e poi Muori!”
- Disappointment, despair and Harold Camping – “That fear and trauma, we were sometimes told, was a good thing. It was a holy terror — a reminder to make certain that we prayed the right prayers and felt the right feelings to ensure that we would not be among those left behind. This is what they thought the scriptures meant when they spoke of “the fear of the Lord” — the powerless terror of the child of an abusive parent. And that terror is what Harold Camping and his followers are feeling now. And it is what they will be feeling again Saturday evening, after that terror and despair first abates, then metastasizes in the realization that the world has not ended and that they are not the righteous remnant they staked their identities on being.”
- Little Chef, Big Dreams – When Margie and I toured the UK some years back, these places were ubiquitous, along with their big pictures of scaaaaary sausage coils. We’d take to shouting, excitedly, “LITTLE CHEF! LITTLE CHEF!” when a sign for one came up on the motorway. I think we actually stopped in one at one point, and it was as innocuously unimpressive as one might imagine.
- Aviation shake-up may make Southwest No. 1 at DIA, consultant says – The Denver Post – I remember when United had 90% of the traffic in/out of Denver. As the guy in the story says, “”We are very fortunate to have three airlines trying to kill each other.”
- After Calling Judicial Filibusters Unconstitutional, 8 Republican Senators Line Up Behind Judicial Filibuster – “Sadly, this willingness to declare something unconstitutional when it suits them and then pretend the Constitution says something else entirely when the political winds change is par for the GOP’s course.”
- May 18, 2011 – Mind Control – Heh.
- Fischer: If Obama Wins in 2012 “We May Run Out Of Time To Save Western Civilization” – No time for a full-blown take-down, so I’ll just mention that Bryan Fischer is a Dolt, and leave it at that.
- What it takes to stand out in Southern California – I’m not sure what’s goofier here — the city deciding to spend a few thousand dollars on an official “motto” installation (“In God We Trust”), or their decision on who best to implement it.
- Private Prisons Fail To Deliver Big Savings To States – I understand the ostensible reason for privatizing prisons — but all too often it turns into a big-bucks, big-contribution sort of a game, where nobody benefits but the companies getting lucrative contracts and the politicians who get their support. For-profit organizations aren’t interested in doing the job “better” — they’re interested in maximizing margins. That’s not necessarily evil, but it is a reality that the citizenry should keep in mind.
- Should We Put Cameras On Cops? – With great power must come great accountability. If we trust someone enough to give them a gun and night stick and taser and the authority to use them, asking them to record what they do with that authority seems hardly unfair.
- The CIA Weighs In: Torture Did Not Help Find Bin Laden – Well, we can’t let the facts get in the way of our talking points!
- Man chooses “elective amputation” for bionic hand, after motorcycle accident – On the one hand, kind of creepy to do. On the other hand — well, there’s another hand! That works!
- America’s first monorail: Even older than I thought – Cool.
- Apple to Customer Service: Don’t Help Our Customers with Malware – Gizmodo – It’s one thing to say, “We can’t help you, but there are reputable anti-virus and anti-malware vendors out there who might be able to, here are some names.” Instead, nada. Yeesh.
- Republicans Go Out Of Their Way To Protect Subsidies For Big Oil – Just in case anyone still held any glimmer of hope that the GOP was serious about cutting the deficit, as opposed to simply wanting to cut taxes on themselves and their cronies.
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