2010 archive
Bright Light on Breitbart 0
StevenM analysizes why the Breitbarts and the other components of the Republican smear machine exist. A nugget:
There aren’t enough banksters to elect Republicans, so they peddle fear to the rest of the electorate.
Help Vetshouse at the VBDC Breakfast Saturday 0
Date: Saturday, July 24th Time: 9-10:30 a. m.
Location: Bubba’s Deli & BBQ, 3600 Dam Neck Rd, Virginia Beach (west side of Dam Neck Rd. between Princess Anne Blvd. and Rosemont Rd.; access via service road at Lansdowne Ct. next to the Farmers Market).
Cost: Adults $10.00, Under 12 &6.00 for all-you-can-eat buffet (it’s a pretty good buffet, too–plenty of variety).
Willard Smith, Executive Director, Vetshouse, which serves homeless veterans, will speak; $2.00 from every adult meal and $1.00 from every kids’ meal will go to Vetshouse. Donations are also welcome.
More information and suggested items to donate here.
Cuccinelli’s Cangaroo Court 0
In a court filing, the University of Virginia plainly identifies the Virginia Attorney-General’s “shoot-the-messenger” methods:
It’s a fishing expedition that’s fishing where there ain’t no fish, designed to make the guys in the boat look good while accomplishing nothing other than creating intimidation and distraction.
Full story at the link.
The Dismal Science 0
At the Guardian, Robert Skildelsky explains why Keynes was right and “classical economists” are wrong.
Brendan Writes a Letter 0
Read it here.
Google Wind 0
Reuters reports that Google is turning to wind energy to power its data centers.
This is a good thing.
Teaching Sportsmanship 0
This Babe Ruth coach won’t be back next year:
“The coach blind-sided the umpire,” said the grandmother, who asked to have her name withheld for fear of retaliation. “He went out like a piece of cardboard. Then his legs started vibrating. … it appeared that he couldn’t get up for 10 minutes.”
Down the Drain 0
Then back up again:
They wanted rid themselves of them without having to worry about hazmat rules.
Parking Wars 0
In Philadelphia, where else?
Twits on Twitter 0
“‘Twas brillig, and the slithy toves . . . .”
The Galt and the Lamers, Reverse Look-Up Dept. 0
A while ago, I demonstrated that there is an assumption which dare not speak its name underlying Republican Economic Theory (follow the link for the demonstration):
From this touching faith in the beneficence of the rich comes the Laffable Curve and voodoo economics, as well as the castration of the regulatory structure–those strategies which have worked so well to send the United States economy into a tailspin, dragging the rest of the world behind it.
The corollary which dare not speak its name is that the poor are inherently not virtuous, that they are poor because they either deserve or want to be, and therefore must be punished.
This accounts not only for the Republican Party’s opposition to unemployment payments (since obviously all those unemployed folks laid themselves off), but also for its slavering and slavish desire to cut taxes for the rich.
Excerpt:
Framing the Debate in Colorado 0
Mike Littwin in the Denver Post:
No further comment is needed.
Youth Culture 0
Emphasis added.
The 18-year-old Charice, whose singing career rocketed after appearing on Ellen DeGeneres’ and Oprah Winfrey’s talk shows, underwent a 30-minute Thermage skin-tightening procedure and Botox to make her “naturally round face” more narrow, celebrity cosmetic surgeon Vicki Belo told ABS-CBN television.
Greater Wingnuttery LII 0
At the Booman’s place.
Stray Thought, Seven Words You Can’t Say on Television Dept. 0
I’m much less offended by language I hear on the telly vision (the stupid is far more offensive) than I am by the language I hear from middle schoolers at the school bus stop.
And it’s a pretty good bet that they didn’t hear it on telly vision first.
QOTD 0
William Makepeace Thackery, from the Quotemaster (subscribe here):
The wicked are wicked, no doubt, and they go astray and they fall, and they come by their deserts: but who can tell the mischief which the very virtuous do?
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
Polite, maybe (I’ve made my thoughts on this clear).
Bright, not so much (emphasis added).
Police say an Enfield man accidentally shot his friend in the head while showing him a gun.
(snip)
Police say 27-year-old Raymond Moule was inside his apartment showing the victim a handgun when it went off. Moule faces charges including assault, reckless endangerment and possession of marijuana over four ounces.
Spill Here, Spill Now, Duck! 0
Even if the cap holds, it isn’t over.
One water sample blew up when tested for the spawn of Buccaneer Petroleum’s wild well.
WKRG.com News
Story here.
Via the Booman.