Well, she was targetted by a Sarah Palin PAC in an ad that drew some criticism for its violent overtone: P.S.: This rhetoric is truly fucked up. UPDATE: Rumors are it is this guy. Here's his YouTube vid.
The Assassination of Yogi By the Coward Boo Boo
It's only funny, I suppose, if you've seen the movie it is spoofing:
It Was Very Insensitive Of The World Trade Center To Have A Muslim Prayer Room At Ground Zero
NYT: Sometime in 1999, a construction electrician received a new work assignment from his union. The man, Sinclair Hejazi Abdus-Salaam, was told to report to 2 World Trade Center, the southern of the twin towers. In the union locker room on the 51st floor, Mr. Abdus-Salaam went through a construction worker’s version of due diligence. In the case of an … Read More
Muslims Everywhere
I wonder how those who oppose the wildly mis-named "Ground Zero Mosque" would feel if they knew that the second-largest owner of Fox News' parent corporation, News Corp., was this guy:
Not Getting It
Ed Whalen gives it the old college try. I've taken out his cites. You can (and should) read the whole thing here: As I’ve outlined, Judge Walker somehow failed to identify the opposite-sex character of marriage as one of the core characteristics of marriage throughout American history. In their stay motion to the Ninth Circuit, Prop 8 proponents restate some … Read More
The Rough Draft Of The Declaration Of Independence
Scientists at the Library of Congress have been analyzing Thomas Jefferson's rough draft of the Declaration of Independence. Today they announced a discovery: Jefferson apparently was so accustomed to monarchical rule that he used the word "subjects" — as opposed to "citizens" — when he referred to the American public. Full story here: Fenalla France, a research chemist at the … Read More
Broadway Reviews
Yup. I was in the Big Apple this weekend and took in some shows. American Idiot: The much-hyped Green Day musical delivered on all fronts, and even exceeded expectations in some respects. The music, of course, comes from Green Day, and it's high voltage all the way through. Ear-shattering? Too loud? Well, the music ain't A Little Night Music, but it's definitely … Read More
Huge Sinkhole
This isn't photoshopped. This is an actual sinkhole that appeared in Guatemala over the weekend. Click to embiggen. While some sinkholes happen slowly, this one didn't. It was caused by massive underground water torrents created by tropical storm Agatha (which took 115 lives this weekend). The sinkhole swallowed a three story building and a house.
In Which I Get Caught Up In Some Illegal Activity (Part III)
Part I here. Part II here. There's not much to add to the continuing saga. Except that, as of this morning, I was still receiving phone calls from the recipients of various FEDex packages, wondering about the check. One package went out yesterday — which is AFTER I put the hold on "my" FEDex account last week. I had words with … Read More