News items and links of interest
No home internet access last evening and hence no Tuesday post.
I'll try to throw something up later today. Until then see what Mike and Sadly, No! have been up to. Here's a hint: they have been up to awesomeness.
The IUPAC announced Friday that the recently discovered 112th element of the periodic table will be named after the famous astronomer Nicolaus Copernicus. It is the second element (Curium) to be named after a son or daughter of Poland. If we can get them to name the next one after former White Sox DH Greg Luzinski the troika of legendary Polacks will be complete.
Bear died Monday afternoon. He was 3, which is a good, long life for a rat, but I still feel like ass.
No matter how old I get, this is the only thing that has ever made sense of death for me. Incidentally, TV Guide rated this skit as the best moment in the history of television; I find it hard to disagree.
I received some very bad news from the vet today relating to the life expectancy of my dear Bear, so I am going to keep this somewhat brief.
1. Revising (or at least proposing to revise) "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" is a political masterstroke by Obama. We can build a pretty substantial majority by fusing three groups: people supportive of gay rights, people completely ambivalent on the subject, and anti-gay rights people who have far more pressing things to worry about at the moment. That majority will offer a response ranging from "It's about time!" to "Grr. Whatever." and then forget about it. The demographic opposed to the proposal, however…well, let's just say they're going to make a much bigger deal out of it. I think this has the potential to distract Rick Warren for the better part of a year. Classic misdirection, well played. Whatever mileage the far right thinks they got out of "Oh no, the gays!" in the past, they're going to be sorely disappointed this time around.
2. So the ACORN pimp was arrested (with three idiot co-conspirators) in New Orleans trying to tap Mary Landrieu's office phone. Aside from breaking the R. Kelly Rule – if you're going to commit a felony, don't record it on video – these retards and their Scooby Doo-esque plot make the Watergate burglars look like Ocean's 11. Strangely enough, the gasbags on Fox who spent weeks trying to make his little ACORN pimp video an international crisis haven't said anything about his arrest. Breitbart threw them under the bus too even though Pimp Daddy is on his payroll. One of the "conspirators" is the son of the US Attorney in that district. It'll be interesting to see if these guys are prosecuted, although nothing short of execution would do if the party roles were reversed.
3. Chris Matthews' response to the SotU: "I forgot he was black tonight for an hour."
What the fuck.
1. Required reading for anyone between the ages of 21 and 30. And maybe even a little beyond that.
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2. What does Haiti really need? Chances are it's more than your old clothes and a few PayPal dollars.
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3. Austrian Death Machine's new song "Get to the Choppa" might be the greatest thing ever. It is in reference to, of course, the classic Predator scene starring the world's most famous non-Hitler Austrian.
Tuesday's entry has been precluded by the fact that the long-awaited (by me, anyway) reunion of Ed and former ginandtacos/current Rortybomb contributor Mike K.
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extended beyond 3 AM. Nothing I could say right now would be relevant, coherent, or true. As much as it pains me to blow off a day of writing, I regret nothing.
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Sick today. So for the first time in many moons I'm subjecting you to a "Here, go read some other stuff that is more interesting than me anyway" post.
– Sarah Palin is the keynote speaker at the 2010 International Bowling Expo. "Her presence underscores the impact and importance of bowling." This is like a glimpse into her future. She'll be doing state fairs before you know it.
– A former Bank of America employee talks about the company's displeasure with her habit of putting as many cardholders as possible on their Fix Pay plan…because said borrowers were poor credit risks. So they were good risks for the 30.99% APR (plus fees) credit card BoA gave them but not a good risk for a 6% fixed APR installment loan to replace the overdue balance on said card. Nice.
– The convicted felon who set Free Republic atwitter with the revelation that he "took drugs [and] had homo sex with Obama" is running for Congress. Contribute now, before he goes back to prison.
– Harry Reid allegedly threatens his caucus with reconciliation. I don't believe it, but if true it certainly is funny how he discovered a nutsack when he realized that he's trailing his race for re-election in 2010.
Apparently when I migrated to DreamHost it created some problems with the character encoding – a quick visit to Dr. Google revealed that many people using the DreamHost/WordPress combo experience this problem.
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