Focus on the left hand side and take note of the rotation. Then focus on the right hand side. Just make sure you have a few minutes to waste as you'll probably want to do it again and again. (Dunno source, just got it through digg). Update: It took a while, but I found an explanation. … [Read more...] about Want Your Mind To Be Blown?
Haiti: U.S. Military Airlift of Injured Earthquake Victims to Resume
According to the New York Times, the White House has just announced that the U.S. military will resume the airlift of seriously injured Haitians to American hospitals. “The humanitarian effort was suspended five days ago following complaints from the state of Florida that its hospitals were overwhelmed.” The flights, which have transported hundreds of gravely injured … [Read more...] about Haiti: U.S. Military Airlift of Injured Earthquake Victims to Resume
Tiny Levities…
My family far away back in the semi-rural northwoods thinks Forwarding jokes, and uh, more jokes, and er, even more Re-RE-RE Forwards of jokes are like daily aerobics, you know. I think they do it for their health and for the good of others and also in the interest of "saving 'Merika?" They drive me nuts. Not my family, just the re re re-sending of jokes with lots of … [Read more...] about Tiny Levities…
Tea (Parties) and Sympathy
In the current issue of the New Yorker, my old classmate Ben McGrath goes inside the Tea Party movement. Ben is determined not to write-off the Tea Partiers as right-wing kooks. Still, try as he might, I think he edges clearly in that direction by the end of his profile. Still, he warns of the danger of underestimating the Tea Party phenomenon:The involvement of people like … [Read more...] about Tea (Parties) and Sympathy
Time Flies When Nothing Changes
Was it really only two days ago that Barack Obama and the GOP engaged with each other in that remarkable Q&A session in Baltimore? Friday night I was ecstatic, but in the two days since, I haven't seen much of that savvy, perceptive, focused POTUS. Instead, I've seen one news item after another that makes me wonder where that president went to. … [Read more...] about Time Flies When Nothing Changes
On Leaving Iraq
I want our troops out of that country as much as anyone. Unfortunately, I find myself in complete agreement with Tom Ricks, author of Fiasco and The Gamble and now a special military correspondent for the WaPo, who said last week on Fresh Air: When people say, oh, we should just get out of Iraq, we gave them a chance, in my heart I agree. I think staying in Iraq is wrong for … [Read more...] about On Leaving Iraq
NY Times vs. liberal censorship
Good for them:The 30-second [Super Bowl] spot, financed by the conservative religious group Focus on the Family, is said to recount the pregnancy of Pam Tebow, mother of the college football star Tim Tebow. After falling ill during a mission to the Philippines, she ignored a recommendation by doctors to abort her fifth child, who became the 2007 Heisman Trophy winner. The … [Read more...] about NY Times vs. liberal censorship
The Race is on to win over Independent Voters
The race is on between both parties to win over independent voters and the key questions will be (1) which party can do it and (2) which party's dominant ideological base will try to put a stop to efforts to broaden its party's coalition. A look at some news stories shows the growing theme of the independent voter. Here's a cross section: --Public Opinion Strategies' Glen … [Read more...] about The Race is on to win over Independent Voters
Deficits, of Budget and Attention
Within 24 hours this weekend, the President tackled two national shortfalls--dollars and cents in the government's income vs. expenditures, civility and sense in the partisan debate over remedies for an economy ravaged by recession. In his weekly address yesterday, Mr. Obama zeroed in on seven Republicans who had sponsored a bipartisan commission for deficit reduction but … [Read more...] about Deficits, of Budget and Attention
New Terrorist Threat: Bombs Surgically Implanted IN Bodies?
When the underwear bomber story broke, many people were wondering "What next? What'll be the new twist from here?" And now a possible answer: according to a report, terrorists are going to try to get around body scanners by having bombs surgically implanted inside of bombers' bodies: Britain is facing a new Al Qaeda terror threat from suicide ‘body bombers’ with explosives … [Read more...] about New Terrorist Threat: Bombs Surgically Implanted IN Bodies?
Solar Sanity Has Arrived
I was very active in the solar energy movement in the 1970s. Active in the small sane fringe of that movement during this period. The fringe that wasn't obsessed with the long-term potential of solar; that wasn't obsessed with creating massive government bureaucracies to plan for near-term, mid-term, and long-term implementations of solar; the sane fringe that didn't see … [Read more...] about Solar Sanity Has Arrived
John McCain is a Commie terrorist!
Frank Rich makes a compelling case:John McCain epitomizes the unpatriotic opposition. On Wednesday night he could be seen sneering when Obama pointed out that most of the debt vilified by Republicans happened on the watch of a Republican president and Congress that never paid for “two wars, two tax cuts, and an expensive prescription drug program.”Perhaps I'm missing some of … [Read more...] about John McCain is a Commie terrorist!
The Audacity of Cope
Blame it on Scott Brown. Blame it on poll numbers which all seem to be shifting in one direction. Hell, maybe we should blame it on Rio. Whatever the reason, President Obama took the hopefully productive step of visiting with Republican legislators this week. While there were a few tense, testy and factually challenged moments, the conversation seemed engaging and ideas were … [Read more...] about The Audacity of Cope
Hey, Let’s Move the KSM Terror Trials to the Suburbs!
Hopes (if that's the right word) for a civilian trial in the Big Apple for Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and his Club Gitmo pals is fading faster than sunshine in Seattle. Mayor Bloomberg has gone sour on the plan, the Governor doesn't want it to happen and congressional support is wavering. But this week a new proposal was put forward. The mayor of Newburgh, New York (population … [Read more...] about Hey, Let’s Move the KSM Terror Trials to the Suburbs!
Hold On, Hold On
Lyrics are below the video. … [Read more...] about Hold On, Hold On
Animals Are the Real People
Or they should be. Here is a touching story from John Cole about how one of his readers got adopted by her cat. Comes complete with "Awwwww!"-inducing photographs. … [Read more...] about Animals Are the Real People
“Protein Synthesis: An Epic On The Cellular Level”
I expended a lot of brain power trying to come up with some sort of title for this video, but I really just don't know. This should be put in the National Archives though: … [Read more...] about “Protein Synthesis: An Epic On The Cellular Level”
What’s Wrong with This Picture?
This week's Time Magazine arrived in the mail a little while ago. Here's what the cover looks like. Accompanied by a big picture of a deflated football, the cover stories are "The Most Dangerous Game. How to Fix Football" and "The Crisis in High Schools." My immediate thought was that somehow football is more important that education? Will football impact America's ability … [Read more...] about What’s Wrong with This Picture?
Jeff Bezos in Disagreement With A Major Publisher, Pulls All Their Works’ “Buy Buttons” Off Amazon
So there! Bezos seems to be stamping his foot again. It's big news in books that Bezos today decides to 'punish' a major publisher for not agreeing with his idea of loss leader pricing. Some related to Amazon's sudden and unannounced sucking of Orwell's 1984 right out of people's pricey Kindle boxes, saying much later it was an illegally uploaded edition... apparently … [Read more...] about Jeff Bezos in Disagreement With A Major Publisher, Pulls All Their Works’ “Buy Buttons” Off Amazon
Roll Me Over And Let’s Do It Again
I appreciate President Obama heeding my advise and start the process of governing the likes of which we haven't seen since Lyndon Johnson and Ronald Reagan. What we observed Friday when Obama entered the lion's den of House Republicans-only for a political retreat was classic U.S. politics at its best. Best because it was televised so we could see first hand the give and … [Read more...] about Roll Me Over And Let’s Do It Again