So it's the last day of the 2007. Actually, it's already 2008 in China. Isn't that weird? It's a time warp. Anyway, this will be my only post today, so my last of the year.
I'll leave you with this terrible news.
AND A NEW YEAR'S RESOLUTION: get to "large mammal" in TTLB. (I'm an "insignificant microbe" right now, so that may be a little ambitious, but oh well.
Here's to 2007!
Monday, December 31, 2007
Sunday, December 30, 2007
Toy Guns Aren't So Bad...
"Staff have been told they must resist their "natural instinct" to stop boys using pretend weapons such as guns or light sabres in games with other toddlers."
Children playing with toy guns can be healthy? Not in PC America! Maybe the kid will develop better, but that's given his parents aren't locked up and he's not thrown in foster care. Then he'll be REALLY normal.
Children playing with toy guns can be healthy? Not in PC America! Maybe the kid will develop better, but that's given his parents aren't locked up and he's not thrown in foster care. Then he'll be REALLY normal.
Mr. Huckabee, You're Out
Mike Huckabee, a Republican relying on support from religious conservatives in Thursday's hard-fought presidential caucuses, on Sunday stood by a decade-old comment in which he said, "I hope we answer the alarm clock and take this nation back for Christ."
27 strikes, you're out Huckabee.
Read it.
27 strikes, you're out Huckabee.
Read it.
A Ron Upset?
"That spontaneous grassroots support is why Mr. Paul, an obstetrician from Lake Jackson, Texas, could pull off a stunner on Jan. 8 and place third in New Hampshire's Republican primary."
"The one thing that unites his supporters is a desire to be left alone, not only by government, but by irritating marketers and meddling pollsters, too. Mr. Paul's supporters might well be screening their calls and not-so-inadvertently screening out pollsters."
Read all about it.
"The one thing that unites his supporters is a desire to be left alone, not only by government, but by irritating marketers and meddling pollsters, too. Mr. Paul's supporters might well be screening their calls and not-so-inadvertently screening out pollsters."
Read all about it.
Required Reading
So I've established that I need to give some homework to all you six loyal readers out there (and anyone else who wants to tag along). Here's a little required reading:
some short stuff:
Nuke the Moon, Frank J.
Self-Reliance, Ralph Waldo Emerson
A Thank You Letter, LTC Jim Crider
The Case Against War on Iraq, Howard Zinn
Abortion: Trust Me, It's Murder, Will Conway
A Note on Labels: Why "Libertarian", David Boaz
Rathergate: The Cover-Up, Scott Johnson
heavier stuff:
An Army of Davids, Glenn Reynolds
Liberal Fascism, Jonah Goldberg
Until Proven Innocent, Stuart Taylor, KC Johnson
Who's Afraid of a Large Black Man?, Charles Barkley
Danger Close, Michael Yon
podcasts
g&h with Jonah Goldberg
g&h with John McCain
other stuff
and always, Day by Day Cartoon, Chris Muir
So check some of that stuff out, it's really good stuff. I love that word, stuff.... stuff, stuff, stuff. Anyways... hope you enjoy it.
some short stuff:
Nuke the Moon, Frank J.
Self-Reliance, Ralph Waldo Emerson
A Thank You Letter, LTC Jim Crider
The Case Against War on Iraq, Howard Zinn
Abortion: Trust Me, It's Murder, Will Conway
A Note on Labels: Why "Libertarian", David Boaz
Rathergate: The Cover-Up, Scott Johnson
heavier stuff:
An Army of Davids, Glenn Reynolds
Liberal Fascism, Jonah Goldberg
Until Proven Innocent, Stuart Taylor, KC Johnson
Who's Afraid of a Large Black Man?, Charles Barkley
Danger Close, Michael Yon
podcasts
g&h with Jonah Goldberg
g&h with John McCain
other stuff
and always, Day by Day Cartoon, Chris Muir
So check some of that stuff out, it's really good stuff. I love that word, stuff.... stuff, stuff, stuff. Anyways... hope you enjoy it.
It's Clear: It's Time to Nuke the Moon
"Iran's first atomic power plant will start operating in mid-2008, Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki said on Sunday, two days after the country received a second delivery of nuclear fuel from Russia."
Well, obviously they're threatening us. But why haven't we realized we don't really need to care? I mean they're threatening that maybe someday they might have something that could maybe go boom. We can go boom.
Anytime.
"Mottaki also told Iranian media that Tehran wants assurances that the United States will accept the results of the talks before holding a new meeting about ways to end violence in Iraq."
They act like they have the upper hand, mostly because we let them.
Read all about it.
It is time. They've been asking for it. Frank was right; we need to show who's boss. We must nuke the moon.
Well, obviously they're threatening us. But why haven't we realized we don't really need to care? I mean they're threatening that maybe someday they might have something that could maybe go boom. We can go boom.
Anytime.
"Mottaki also told Iranian media that Tehran wants assurances that the United States will accept the results of the talks before holding a new meeting about ways to end violence in Iraq."
They act like they have the upper hand, mostly because we let them.
Read all about it.
It is time. They've been asking for it. Frank was right; we need to show who's boss. We must nuke the moon.
Patriots 16-0
The New England Patriots earned a place in NFL history by completing a perfect 16-0 regular season with a 38-35 victory over the battling New York Giants on Saturday.
My Giants played well, too.
Read all about it.
Congratulations.
My Giants played well, too.
Read all about it.
Congratulations.
Mormon Christmas Card From... Romney?
From the Romney family? No...
"It is sad and unfortunate that this kind of deception and trickery has been employed"
Read all about it.
Friday, December 28, 2007
Another Intelligent Observation
Bhutto's assassination leaves Pakistan's future -- and Musharraf's -- in doubt, some experts said.
Once again, an intelligent observation from the 'experts' on the Bhutto case. Do I need to play the whole scenario again, or are we- yeah.. oh, oh- ok, yeah we're... we're good.
Read the whole thing.
Once again, an intelligent observation from the 'experts' on the Bhutto case. Do I need to play the whole scenario again, or are we- yeah.. oh, oh- ok, yeah we're... we're good.
Read the whole thing.
Oprah's Help is Hurting Her
One posting on her site, Oprah.com, accused the talk diva of being a traitor. (By Thursday, that message string had attracted more than 12,000 views.) Another poster told Winfrey to "stop pushing Obama down our throats." (There were 3,000 hits logged on that one.)
(Read all about it.) Clearly, this is hurting Oprah, but is it hurting Obama?
Possibly, but maybe not. Only the hard-core Oprah fans are the ones posting on her website; they're the same group watching her religiously. So maybe the less emphatic of her fans don't really know how much she's pushing Obama. So it seems she is helping him with the vast majority of her viewers, but hurting both him and herself with the Oprah-obsessed few.
(Read all about it.) Clearly, this is hurting Oprah, but is it hurting Obama?
Possibly, but maybe not. Only the hard-core Oprah fans are the ones posting on her website; they're the same group watching her religiously. So maybe the less emphatic of her fans don't really know how much she's pushing Obama. So it seems she is helping him with the vast majority of her viewers, but hurting both him and herself with the Oprah-obsessed few.
Thursday, December 27, 2007
HD Down, Zed In
OH! So that's why Home Depot's stock is in the toilet. (Comic was Day by Day, obviously.)
And the COMPANY FOLDED!? Chris, I am frankly a little annoyed.
Suspect for Bhutto Killing: Just Guess
Al Qaeda is the chief suspect in the murder of Pakistani opposition leader Benazir Bhutto, standing to gain by preserving its remote stronghold, undermining President Pervez Musharraf and destabilizing the country, U.S. government and private analysts said.
In other news, the sky is blue, according to a reputable source from the Pentagon.
Al Qaeda's Taliban ally, which has publicly threatened Bhutto, was another potential suspect, said the official, who spoke on the condition of anonymity.
This is all informative (eye roll). They should have given me this job. No really, I want the job of determining potential suspects for terrorism: [sitting around a cherry table, seated stage center at the table are 15-20 serious older looking guys.] Me: Ok, my guess on this one is... Al Qaeda! Everyone else: oooooooh.
Read all about it, if you want.
In other news, the sky is blue, according to a reputable source from the Pentagon.
Al Qaeda's Taliban ally, which has publicly threatened Bhutto, was another potential suspect, said the official, who spoke on the condition of anonymity.
This is all informative (eye roll). They should have given me this job. No really, I want the job of determining potential suspects for terrorism: [sitting around a cherry table, seated stage center at the table are 15-20 serious older looking guys.] Me: Ok, my guess on this one is... Al Qaeda! Everyone else: oooooooh.
Read all about it, if you want.
Apple Rentals.... iRent?
Apple seems to have persuaded Twentieth Century Fox studios to offer digital movie rentals through the iTunes store...
Read all about it.
Read all about it.
Dirty Bird Flaps Its Wings
"But this rush hour, I’m behind the wheel of a preproduction 2009 Volkswagen Jetta, which is powered by a 2.0-liter turbo-charged, direct-injected diesel engine that, even as I leave the speed limit in tatters, is averaging nearly 50 mpg. Equally important, what’s coming out of the tailpipe is no dirtier than the emissions from the 35-mpg econoboxes I can now see in my rearview mirror."
Source. A clean diesel car averaging 50 mpg?
The word 'diesel' might turn people off here, I'm thinking. It may be a setback, but, considering the price of gas and the obsession with paranoid ecofriendliness in general, I'm sure people will come around sooner or later.
"...well, the dirty bird of fossil fuels isn’t so dirty anymore."
It cleaned up, and it's flapping its wings. Will it fly?
Source. A clean diesel car averaging 50 mpg?
The word 'diesel' might turn people off here, I'm thinking. It may be a setback, but, considering the price of gas and the obsession with paranoid ecofriendliness in general, I'm sure people will come around sooner or later.
"...well, the dirty bird of fossil fuels isn’t so dirty anymore."
It cleaned up, and it's flapping its wings. Will it fly?
Tiger Attack
"Our Christmas is with him," she said. "No more Christmas."
Understandable. Their 17-year old son got randomly attacked and killed by a tiger at a zoo. What was he doing in the tiger cage? He wasn't. The tiger got out. Remind me not to go to a zoo ever again.
Watch a video of the parents here.
Who goes to a zoo on Christmas?
UPDATE: A single protester supports the tiger. RWV: Absolutely the animal rights idiot of the year.
Understandable. Their 17-year old son got randomly attacked and killed by a tiger at a zoo. What was he doing in the tiger cage? He wasn't. The tiger got out. Remind me not to go to a zoo ever again.
Watch a video of the parents here.
Who goes to a zoo on Christmas?
UPDATE: A single protester supports the tiger. RWV: Absolutely the animal rights idiot of the year.
Ron's Rap
Oh, that will get him the win for sure. Apparently he's favored in Wyoming: "...there has been talk among the Ron Paul grassroots that this could be the state which Ron Paul could win."
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