February 2009
68 posts
He is Gone
You can shed tears that he is gone, Or you can smile because he lived, You can close your eyes and pray that he will come back, Or you can open your eyes and see all that he has left.
Your heart can be empty because you can’t see him Or you can be full of the love that you shared, You can turn your back on tomorrow and live yesterday, Or you can be happy for tomorrow because of...
'Most unfortunate names' revealed →
terryblakey:
What do you call some of the most unlucky people in Britain? Justin Case, Barb Dwyer and Stan Still. It sounds like a bad joke, but a study has revealed that there really are unfortunate people with those names in the UK. Joining them on the list are Terry Bull, Paige Turner, Mary Christmas and Anna Sasin. And just imagine having to introduce yourself to a crowd as Doug Hole or Hazel...
FBI raids University of Florida nuclear power... →
Supervisory Assistant U.S. Attorney Karen Rhew in Tallahassee says search warrants were served at the university’s Innovative Nuclear Space Power and Propulsion Institute.
Rhew would not comment on the target of the investigation, but University of Florida spokesman Steve Orlando says the FBI was in the office of professor Samim Anghaie, the Iranian-born director of the institute.
Go...
“And for the life of me, I have no idea why Republicans hate replacing the...”
– John Cole
This volcano monitoring thing from Jindal is baffling. Remember Mount St. Helens? How about the Yellowstone Caldera? Might be nice to have a little warning before that pops, since it will make Mount St. Helens seem like a mouse fart and chuck a sizable portion of the Moutain West...
“Having the party of Bush lecture you about out of control spending is like...”
– John Cole
Robert Albert Baum →
Robert Albert Baum, an aerospace engineer whose work contributed to manned and unmanned space-flight, died peacefully at home on Friday (February 20, 2009) with his family. He was 72 years old. Robert was born in Lebanon, PA on April 27, 1936. After graduating from Lebanon High School, he proudly served his country as a Communications Specialist in the U.S. Air Force. After his discharge, he...
“I will not care about the Oscars until Jason Statham gets the Jason Statham...”
– Warren Ellis
“We want to convey that the modern-day GOP looks like the conservative party that...”
– Michael Steele, RNC Chairman (via christmasgorilla)
Pass the popcorn. This is going to be highly entertaining.
“I’ve been convinced for a long time now that historians will look back on...”
– The Anonymous Liberal: The Stimulus Bill in Perspective
“The US government may have to nationalise some banks on a temporary basis to fix...”
– FT.com - Greenspan backs bank nationalisation (via retropolitics)
So maybe my earlier suggestion to nationalise the US auto industry wasn’t so far off the mark after all?
(via terryblakey)
Greenspan is a card-carrying Randian to boot. Strange times.
“It occurs to me that reading a Coulter book is like drinking the water in Mexico...”
– Helen Philpot
“Oh, and the other things that makes me want to take an axe handle to the lot of...”
– John Scalzi, Oh Noes! He’s Talking Politics Again! (via frothyparadise)
Right on! We could have better used the billions we spent in Iraq by piling it up and lighting it on fire. At least then some homeless folk could have stayed warm and 4,000 or so of our young soldiers would still be alive.
Four Tennessee legislators want Obama to prove... →
Several Tennessee lawmakers have signed on to a legal action intended to force President Barack Obama to turn over his birth certificate and other documents to prove his citizenship, an effort rejected by the U.S. Supreme Court in an earlier case.
Tennessee Reps. Eric Swafford, Stacey Campfield, Glen Casada and Frank Niceley have all agreed to be plaintiffs in a planned legal action by a...
“Your goal is to make sure she does most of the talking so then you can’t...”
– Alec Greven, Age 9
He’s the author of a New York Times best-seller on dating. The boy’s got game.
“A tremendous surplus was squandered and lost into ever deepening deficits, tax...”
– The Lost Decade (via azspot) (via jhnbrssndn) (via msbadkittie)
Nothing to add.
(via terryblakey)
Succinct and depressing.
“The money that they’re talking about spending is just absolutely incredible. You...”
– Joe The Plumber
Apparently, Joe Wisencracker conducted a live hearing on the long-term economic ramifications of the stimulus bill. Seriously. This has got to be some sort of performance art. It must be Tina Fey in a Joe the Plumber suit.
“It hasn’t. Keynesian Economics led to the Great Depression, and we’re trying to...”
– booktard, in response to this.
When given an example of how something has worked, how can you argue it hasn’t? And I’d love to know how Keynesian economics are solely to blame for the Great Depression. I thought it was primarily because of over-indebtedness, not entirely unlike today. But you are...
“Let me see if I have the time line straight. In the 20s, we have a largely...”
– Incertus
Neanderthals 'distinct from us' →
Scientists studying the DNA of Neanderthals say they can find no evidence that this ancient species ever interbred with modern humans.
How do you explain the existence of Rush Limbaugh?
“Don’t worry, it won’t smell like urine and will be tasty too.”
– Om Prakash (India to launch cow urine as soft drink)
(via Boing Boing)
That’ll make a great slogan.
southpol:
dloosely:
jeffmiller:
“What if Sean Hannity or Rush Limbaugh were up front at Bush’s press conferences in the East Room? Well, as network correspondents sat in the second row, liberal radio host Ed Schultz managed to snag a seat up front, right next to Helen Thomas.”
Michael Calderone’s Blog: Schultz gets front row seat - Politico.com
Obama has a pretty weird notion of...
“A country that does this and puts Tommy Chong in jail just isn’t a serious...”
– John Cole on 8 arrested in Michael Phelps case
“Margaret, I ask you, if a book falls in the forest and doesn’t make any sense,...”
– Helen Philpot
MMR doctor Andrew Wakefield fixed data on autism →
THE doctor who sparked the scare over the safety of the MMR vaccine for children changed and misreported results in his research, creating the appearance of a possible link with autism, a Sunday Times investigation has found.
(via Balloon Juice)
Vaccinate your kids.