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August 31, 2008
YOU STAY CLASSY, BLUE-STATE REPUBLICANS.
"A lot of people aren't laughing at some funny money sold at the Evergreen State Fair. Barack Obama supporters were stunned when they saw fake $3 bills featuring a picture of Obama wearing an Arab headdress being sold at the Republican Party booth."
Activist confesses to offensive Obama bills - Citizen Rain
UNFORTUNATELY, TIMELY.
GEE - I WONDER WHY?
OH YEAH - SHE'S READY.
August 29, 2008
IT'S A "TWO MCSWEENEY" DAY.
YET ANOTHER MOMENT OF MCSWEENEY'S STAGGERING GENIUS.
OH YES - WE FRIGGIN' CAN.
August 28, 2008
KERMIT'S ON X.
THOU SHALT NOT STEAL...RIGHT?
"A Guitar Hero knock-off for Christians, it costs $99.95 with one guitar and plugs into any Mac or PC."
Guitar Praise: Guitar Hero for Christians - Boing Boing Gadgets
BECAUSE REALLY - WHAT BETTER WAY TO CELEBRATE FREEDOM THAN TO RESTRAIN PEOPLE?
“The fans were telling us it was a disgrace that when the song was being sung people were not observing it with a moment of silence,” Trost said. Trost said Steinbrenner was presented with the fan complaints and agreed to a plan to restrict movement. By mid-October 2001, he said, the Yankees’ implemented a system using off-duty uniformed police officers, ushers, stadium security personnel and the aisle chains to restrict movement. The Yankees pay the city to use police officers as part of the security detail."
At the Stadium, Stay Put When the Music Plays - New York Times
August 27, 2008
TODAY IN CREATIVITY.
"David Campbell managed to slip evolution into the high-school science curriculum in the conservative Florida town where he teaches -- by using images of Mickey Mouse through the years to illustrate the principle: On the projector, Campbell placed slides of the cartoon icon: one at his skinny genesis in 1928, one from his 1940 turn as the impish "Sorcerer's Apprentice," and one of the rounded, ingratiating charmer of Mouse Club fame. "How," he asked his students, "has Mickey changed?" Natives of Disney World's home state, they waved their hands and called out answers. "His tail gets shorter," Bryce volunteered. "Bigger eyes!" someone else shouted. "He looks happier," one girl observed. "And cuter." Campbell smiled. "Mickey evolved," he said. "And Mickey gets cuter because Walt Disney makes more money that way. That is 'selection.' "
Mickey Mouse bridges the culture war when teaching evolution to evangelical students - Boing Boing
STAY INFORMED.
August 26, 2008
I'M STARTING TO HAVE HOPE FOR THE YOUTH AGAIN...
JUST IN CASE YOU EVER WONDERED WHAT KIND OF EMAIL RICHARD DAWKINS GETS.
August 22, 2008
TAKING "YOU'RE NOT HELPING" TO ALL NEW LEVELS.
"Mr. Clinton also lauded Mr. Obama’s rival, Senator John McCain, and said that either candidate would be progressive on the issue of climate change."
Bipartisan Praise From Bill Clinton - The Caucus Blog - NYTimes.com
August 21, 2008
THE TIMES THEY ARE A CHANGIN.
"The nation's largest greeting card company is rolling out same-sex wedding cards -- featuring two tuxedos, overlapping hearts or intertwined flowers, with best wishes inside. "Two hearts. One promise," one says."
Now on the Hallmark aisle: Gay marriage cards: Financial News - Yahoo! Finance
YOU THINK TO YOURSELF, "THERE'S NO WAY THIS IS REAL." YET SOMEHOW, IT IS.
MURROW, CRONKITE, BRINKLEY,...THIS JACKASS.
August 19, 2008
SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT THE NEXT TIME YOU'RE VIEWING A FOCUS GROUP.
SIMPLE. AND TO THE POINT.
August 16, 2008
SURE...SOUNDS LOGICAL.
"Teachers in one part of the US state of Texas are to be allowed to carry concealed firearms when the new school term opens this month. The school superintendent in Harrold district said the move was intended to protect staff and pupils should there be any gun attacks on its sole campus."
BBC NEWS | Americas | Guns for Texas school's teachers
August 14, 2008
GEAR UP.
MORE CHINESE FIREWORKS.
August 12, 2008
HALLMARK GETS IT RIGHT.
HEY HERE'S A SURPRISE...POLICE SUPPORT A POLICE STATE.
"Off-duty police officers last week forcibly removed a Democratic Party cameraman from a news conference where the Seattle Police Officers' Guild was giving its endorsement to Republican Dino Rossi."
Local News | Dem cameraman is evicted from Dino Rossi event | Seattle Times Newspaper
HERE'S THE ROSSI VIDEO.
CROOKED TEETH. KINDA LIKE SMOG?
"A 7-year-old Chinese girl was not good-looking enough for the Olympics opening ceremony, so another little girl with a pixie smile lip-synched "Ode to the Motherland," a ceremony official said _ the latest example of the lengths Beijing took for a perfect start to the Summer Games. A member of China's Politburo asked for the last-minute change to match one girl's face with another's voice, the ceremony's chief music director, Chen Qigang, said in an interview with Beijing Radio."
China Had "Cute" Girl Mime Opening Ceremony After Singer Banned For Crooked Teeth
WE'RE LIVING IN THE TRUMAN SHOW.
"Part of the elaborate Olympics fireworks show broadcast to the world in the opening ceremony was altered, done digitally in 3-D computer graphics, according to several news reports. While the dramatic display actually happened as portrayed on television, members of the Beijing Olympic Committee said it was necessary to replace live video with computer-generated imagery because the city’s hazy, smoggy skies made it too difficult to see, according to The Beijing Times, which first reported the story."
Part of Olympic display altered in broadcast - Gadgets- msnbc.com
August 10, 2008
ONE OF THE MOST DEPRESSING STATISTICS I'VE EVER SEEN.
"More black men in the United States are behind bars than are in higher education, according to a new study by a Washington DC thinktank."
Black Man | Slog | The Stranger | Seattle's Only Newspaper
August 07, 2008
IF YOU'RE PARTICIPATING IN A CRITICAL MASS EVENT, BE CAREFUL OUT THERE. (YOU STAY CLASSY NYPD.)
IT'S POSSIBLE WE'RE BEING MANIPULATED.
"Research suggests that man’s best friend yawns when he yawns, as a way of empathising with its master."
Dog tired? How yawning is infectious for man's best friend too | Mail Online
SERIOUSLY. STOP IT.
WE BASICALLY ALREADY DID THAT.
August 01, 2008
BEST CELEBRITY SHOW EVER?
