How are the death squads from Health and Homeland Security allowed to kill me?
Friday, August 14, 2009
Gov. Good Hair Opens His Mouth in Israel
Gov. Rick Perry compared Mexico to the Gaza strip, saying Texas can learn from Israeli security efforts after touring a town that has been hit by Palestinian rockets.
"I'm a big believer that this country was given to the people of Israel a long time ago, by God, and that's ordained," Perry said, offering prayers and nearly unequivocal support for Israel...
Source: Dallas Morning News
What is it with Texas Governors and the God talk when it comes to Israel?
"I'm a big believer that this country was given to the people of Israel a long time ago, by God, and that's ordained," Perry said, offering prayers and nearly unequivocal support for Israel...
Source: Dallas Morning News
What is it with Texas Governors and the God talk when it comes to Israel?
Thursday, August 13, 2009
Defaming, the Courts, and Anna Nicole Smith's Attorney
Angry Young Dem has written a very interesting post on bigotry, defamation, and the hetero-normative nature of American juris prudence.
I suggest that you check it out.
I suggest that you check it out.
I Will Never Poke Fun at American Reality Shows Again
Brazil Crime Show Host "Used Murder to Boost Ratings"
But now police think they know how Mr Souza's show got its scoops: they claim that he organised at least five murders to boost the ratings and further his political ambitions in the process.
via Leitch
But now police think they know how Mr Souza's show got its scoops: they claim that he organised at least five murders to boost the ratings and further his political ambitions in the process.
via Leitch
New! Radiohead!
Yes, I am addicted to Radiohead. They are, by far, my favorite band. (A wonderful friend sent me an IM this morning asking about what music she should listen to with the caveat that it was not depressing and then wrote something like "Which eliminates Radiohead")
That being said, I haven't had a chance to listen to the new single (which was released last Tuesday) until just now and...I am really excited for the new album (yes, I still call them albums)
Anyway...you can find a link via The Awl (see this post from the Awl as well for another newly leaked song)or Pretty Much Amazing.
That being said, I haven't had a chance to listen to the new single (which was released last Tuesday) until just now and...I am really excited for the new album (yes, I still call them albums)
Anyway...you can find a link via The Awl (see this post from the Awl as well for another newly leaked song)or Pretty Much Amazing.
New Blog
Every once in a while, a blog comes along that revolutionizes the way you look at the entire Internet. This is not that blog, but it's close—it simply compiles stupid errors from news sites around the world. Like the ad for Off "incest repellent." Or the one about the one about volunteers searching "for old Civil War planes." As the site says, good luck with that.
Driving Your Bike
(Via All Over Albany)
For those of you who don't know, I had an incident the other day on Western Ave. I am fine and my bike is fine. All I am left with is a sore shoulder and a seething hatred for the faculty of SUNYA.
For those of you who don't know, I had an incident the other day on Western Ave. I am fine and my bike is fine. All I am left with is a sore shoulder and a seething hatred for the faculty of SUNYA.
We'd like to bike more in the Capital Region. Really, we would. But frankly, we're a bit, well, chicken. OK, maybe not exactly chicken. It's just that riding a bike in an area with few bike lanes and often-inconsiderate drivers seems a bit hazardous.
Which is why Tamara Flanders new class on how to "drive" a bike looked interesting to us. Flanders is a holistic health teacher who added a class for novice adult cyclists to her repertoire this spring.
Up Up And Away
(Via The Ch!cktionary)
JetBlue has an all you can fly pass for $600.
This idea is brilliant. Well, if you are able to fly in September.
JetBlue has an all you can fly pass for $600.
This idea is brilliant. Well, if you are able to fly in September.
Text from this morning
(518) Do you have any interest in hooking up with a slightly pudgy 20-something? She only smokes cigars, but slightly nerdy and low standards for putting out.
(732) Ummm. Should I feel insulted or gratified for you having my back?
(732) Ummm. Should I feel insulted or gratified for you having my back?
Wednesday, August 12, 2009
Really? Patchouli have too many bad connotations?
Why would someone want a scent that makes them smell of hash?
Now I have friends who like different (and interesting) scents...some who like oils, some who like things like Burberry...(for the record, I am currently partial to Yves St. Laurent's L'Homme) but...hashish?
I can't see a market for this. The people who enjoy hash will smell like hash the old fashioned way, while those who don't want to smell like day three of a jam band festival will...well...not.
Ladies, could you imagine having a date with someone who smells of...well...the Marrakesh Express?
Now I have friends who like different (and interesting) scents...some who like oils, some who like things like Burberry...(for the record, I am currently partial to Yves St. Laurent's L'Homme) but...hashish?
I can't see a market for this. The people who enjoy hash will smell like hash the old fashioned way, while those who don't want to smell like day three of a jam band festival will...well...not.
Ladies, could you imagine having a date with someone who smells of...well...the Marrakesh Express?
Those Crazy Birthers
(Via Andrew Sullivan via Slate Political Gabfest)
Goldman Sachs runs the treasury.
Obama is a puppet.
There's a cemetery somewhere in Arizona where they just dug 30,000 fresh graves, which wait now for the revolution.
Baxter International — a major Obama contributor — developed a vaccine for bird flu that actually kills people.
Google Congressman Alcee Hastings and House Bill 684 and you'll see that they're planning at least six civilian labor camps.
Google an article in the San Francisco Chronicle about train cars with shackles.
The communist dictator Hugo Chavez way back in 2004 purchased the Sequoia software that runs our voting machines and the mainstream media won't report any of it — not even Fox because Saudi Arabia bought a percentage of Fox in 2007.
From EsquireSunday, August 9, 2009
19 different ways to say this is mediocre...
I posted this as a comment to another blogger's lament that there are limited ways to say that something is mediocre.
1) Your writing indicates that you could be the next Mayor of Wasilla.
2) I find your prose to akin to that of Stephanie Meyer.
3) Cribbing style and fact checking from Dan Brown is unacceptable.
4) More work like this and you will be an Operating Thetan.
5) Your skill set indicates that you will be perfect on the next Bret Michaels reality programming.
6) May I suggest further study with an ESL teacher?
7) This is considerably better than that Miley Cyrus song.
8) While I appreciate your effort, you would have been better of using your time to practice the question. "Would you like fries with that?"
9) For the next paper, drink beer after writing it, not while writing it.
10) I am sure that you will be able to find a career in the food service industry.
11) While practicing your breathing, remember to inhale.
12) You are a product of schools that were shut down by NCLB, aren't you?
13) Have you considered psychology as a field of study?
14) This sentence reminded me of that Bush-isms calender that I had.
15) My cat produces more productive hairballs.
16) At least the words you bothered to spell check are correct.
17) Your writing makes me happy in my choice to be child-free.
18) While anger may be a gift, the Creator gave you vapidness.
19) Have you thought about starting a blog?
1) Your writing indicates that you could be the next Mayor of Wasilla.
2) I find your prose to akin to that of Stephanie Meyer.
3) Cribbing style and fact checking from Dan Brown is unacceptable.
4) More work like this and you will be an Operating Thetan.
5) Your skill set indicates that you will be perfect on the next Bret Michaels reality programming.
6) May I suggest further study with an ESL teacher?
7) This is considerably better than that Miley Cyrus song.
8) While I appreciate your effort, you would have been better of using your time to practice the question. "Would you like fries with that?"
9) For the next paper, drink beer after writing it, not while writing it.
10) I am sure that you will be able to find a career in the food service industry.
11) While practicing your breathing, remember to inhale.
12) You are a product of schools that were shut down by NCLB, aren't you?
13) Have you considered psychology as a field of study?
14) This sentence reminded me of that Bush-isms calender that I had.
15) My cat produces more productive hairballs.
16) At least the words you bothered to spell check are correct.
17) Your writing makes me happy in my choice to be child-free.
18) While anger may be a gift, the Creator gave you vapidness.
19) Have you thought about starting a blog?
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