November, 2009 archive
Dustbiters 0
Watch the digit counters fall:
It’s interesting that the Florida banks have both been given over to a bank in Louisiana.
Hannity Photoshops Teabags, Reprise 0
Fox: “The subtle altering of reality to sell a preconceived narrative.”
| The Daily Show With Jon Stewart | Mon – Thurs 11p / 10c | |||
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Via Raw Story.
Over the Top 0
As much as I like OpenOffice, this is Rodent FAIL.
A mouse shouldn’t require a User Guide.
Fab summed it up: “If you don’t have a girlfriend, you’ll never get one if you bring this mouse home.”
Great Fires of Balls 0
From Bloomberg:
All this means to me is potentially more stupid commercials with persons sitting in bathtubs located where bathtubs aren’t.
At least the bathtubs are slightly less offensive than the inane Viva Viagra song, the sheetmusic for which should spontaneousy self-distruct like a Mission: Impossible tape.
Aside: Wonder whether they ever get out of the damned tubs and get on with it already?
Picky, Picky 0
But when they reversed the roles and had women rotate, that was no longer the case. Suddenly, the men became more selective and the women less so. Finkel postulated that the act of making an approach changed the dynamic between two people – the one who walked up is more likely to feel attracted to the person sitting across from him or her.
I wonder whether this has bearing on shopping behavior.
Twits on Twitter 0
Watch out for the potholes on the information super highway. From Bloomberg:
Caracas motorists, burning the world’s cheapest gasoline and driving twice as many cars as roads can handle, may be global leaders in using Twitter Inc.’s social networking Web site to outflank traffic. Their 9,541-strong group forum, called Trafico, shows growth of 10 percent a week. Venezuela’s per- capita use of smart phones outpaces Europe’s, according to Research in Motion Ltd., BlackBerry’s manufacturer.
CAVE Dwellers 0
The subject was flood protection in that Hampton Roads, Va., area, but the phrase is universal; it refers to a large segment which cuts across the population (emphasis added):
For them, no challenge is too minor, no solution too small, no fix too cheap to be insurmountable.
They are the “No We Can’t” brigade.
Bridge over the Big Pond 0
BBC headline:
US translation:
- Walking back on stroller safety.
(The story concerns the Maclaren brand folding strollers that have been recalled in the US, but not in the UK.)
The Internet Is a Public Place 0
Cheryl Roberts, 61, pretended to be a 14-year-old girl and was asked by David Roberts, 68, to meet for sex.
He’s pleading out.
Nothing To Do, Nowhere To Go 0
Glimmers. Almost under half a mil.
From Reuters:
The long-term and two-week figures are also down. Statistics at the link.
Aside: The damage left behind by years of the Republican Economic Theory that the Rich Can Do No Wrong is truly staggering. As is the economy.
The Party of Nope 0
The Charleston, S. C., Republican Party has censured Senator Lindsey Graham (R–Benighted) for being too liberal.
Jamie Sanderson sums it up.
Jangled Bells 0
Unsainted Nick:
(snip)
[Name redacted], a former foster parent and Santa Claus who advertised himself for home visits, operated Studio H Photography, specializing in children’s photography.
There is no indication that he did anything other than collect pictures.
Unnatural Acts 3
The new ad campaign from the dairy industry emphasizes that sugary flavorings are ways to get kids to drink milk. Without them, some youngsters won’t drink regular milk and won’t get its nutrients, the ads say.
Left out of the discussion is that
- No other species drinks beverage milk past infancy and
- No other species drinks the milk of whole nother species.
We have an entire industry based on unnatural acts.
Well, we have several, but right now I’m talking about milk.
And if you mention cats, I’ll remind you that milk is not good for cats, no matter what your cat says.
Hannity Photoshops Teabags (Updated) 0
| The Daily Show With Jon Stewart | Mon – Thurs 11p / 10c | |||
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See the preceding post. The offense rests.
Via TPM.
Addendum:
Will Bunch, the Next Day (emphasis added):
Republican Talking Points Explained 0
All you ever needed to know here.
Appalling 0
Growing up in the town of 2,700 people, he never felt the sting of intolerance, said Tyson, 67, whose term of office was to expire in December 2010.
Soon after news spread that he would be the Democratic candidate for mayor, his tires were slashed, his campaign signs were defaced, and he was subjected to threatening phone calls and e-mails laced with racial epithets.
I must have driven through Harrison Township several dozen times over the years; it’s about 45 minutes east of here. It’s so small I didn’t notice it.
The man got hate phone calls from all over the country for being black and mayor of Nowhere, New Jersey. One caller, a Virginian, is in jail pending trial.
They drove him to resign the mayoralty, but he stayed on as deputy mayor. Now they have driven him out of office entirely.
Just because he’s Not White.
Splitting Hairs 0
The Booman asks:
I know a few women who have been raped. (Hell, I may know some men who have been raped, but, if so, I don’t know about it.) I think they would say that trying to differentiate between rape and forcible rape is just too Stupak for words.
This Place Threw a Great Breakfast 0
And since the original owner retired and sold out, it had a greater variety on the menu. One doesn’t expect to find excellent stuffed grape leaves at a small diner in the middle of not much of anywhere. But they had them.
I saw the fire trucks when I drove by yesterday on the way back from Virginia Beach. I ended up lucky enough to get a seat here for breakfast. I say “lucky” because there is usually a line.
Fortunately, the owners plan to rebuild.
California Screamin’ 0
Krugman:
The point is that the takeover of the Republican Party by the irrational right is no laughing matter. Something unprecedented is happening here — and it’s very bad for America.
