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Goodness, I have no time. - 11 March 2008
Mar. 12th, 2008 12:43 amTrying to find time to do everything is just tough these days. Not to say we aren’t trying, anyway.
Starting at the top and running our way down, Mr. Bush sang at the Gridiron Club dinner about all his exploits and illegalities, to the applause of those in attendance. Perhaps they were confused and thought he was parodying himself, instead of listing his accomplishments.
Also receiving top billing, although it will be released later this week, an exhaustive review of documents seized from the fall of Saddam Hussein indicates that there was no link between Saddam and al-Qaeda. Zip. Zero. None. Confirming what was already known - that Mr. Bush’s al-Qaeda justification for war with Iraq was, is, and always has been fraudulent. Surely this qualifies under “high crimes and misdemeanors”, in addition to all the other material that has accumulated over time? Regardless of when he will leave office because of term limits, actually getting Mr. Bush and Mr. Cheney up on trial has significant value in assuring the populace that the rule of law is important to this country. If Mr. Bush is innocent, as his Department of Homeland Security and his vocal supporters have told their opposition, what does he have to hide?
Internationally, Israel's Ministry of Foreign Affairs is making a case that Hamas deliberately uses civilians as shields. Sounds like they’ll be fighting this one out for a while. Elsewhere in the Middle East, the United States continues to accuse Iran of disrupting Iraq by training and supplying the insurgency. Whether it’s true or not, it’s still a pretext for war, and with the Navy admiral in charge of Iraq and Afghanistan resigning, you never know. Someone might decide to start something. Five more soldiers died in a human bomb explosion, as they were apparently trying to be more friendly and approachable. I agree with the article - even with lots of checkpoints, someone can get through. If the enemy really wants you dead, they’ll find a way.
Domestically, a bombed military recruiting station back to trying to convince others to kill. Considering there wasn’t a whole lot of damage, this doesn’t surprise me any.
The Taking Shampoo Away department strikes again - confusion by security over whether a Macbook Air was an actual laptop or an IED caused a passenger to miss his flight. Had it not been for a younger security person, who recognized the computer, we might instead be seeing an article about a person arrested at the airport because of his computer. Making your airports safer, one mistake at a time.
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motherwell is wondering whether the current prosecutorial heat on Governor Spitzer is a bit of a hatchet job. Considering that several New York Republicans are calling for Spitzer's resignation or threatening impeachment, it could be pretty politically motivated. In any case, more details are revealed in the sting that affects several other clients. That said, Spitzer’s got nothing on Reza Zarei, Tehran's police chief, who was caught in bed with six prostitutes.
Regarding the primary elections of the Democratic party, Senator Obama added Mississippi to his win column. This marks the last primary for six weeks (thank goodness), but I doubt that the politics will stop. Bret Stephens digs at Obama's campaign rhetoric, suggesting that when the details come up, the senator will be a lot less liked and a lot less pristine.
What has garnered significantly more attention is Geraldine Ferraro's statement that Senator Obama has obtained his successes because of his race, and then defended it. This really does show that the campaigns are groundbreaking - we’re going to get a snapshot of just how far the country has come since legal segregation.
Our science and technology news leads with a dire prediction that Wi-Fi hotspots will soon be passe compared to mobile broadband. I don’t know if that will be the case, but it’s an interesting prediction. Continuing, Space Shuttle Endeavour goes up again into space, doing more work on and with the space station.
Best out of the section is a gigantic study trying to figure out why we eat what we eat, when we eat it. The experiment poses as a lunchroom and canteen/cafeteria. Should be interesting to see results from that - and then maybe we’ll be able to figure out why certain marketing campaigns and foods allure. We admit that the bionic eye prototype was in the running for best of section, but it’s a rather, well, disturbing eye at the moment. Is Big Brother watching with that eye?
Most scary out of science, however, is the statistic that one in four teenage women has a sexually transmitted disease. That’s doubleplusungood. I wonder what combination of factors bring this result up - it can’t all be a lack of effective sexual education, can it?
Our interesting things department goes Inform on us with a rather interesting Tim Schafer IF. After that mind trip, we come back to earth with an article about former theocrats having a change of heart and mind, and are now the enemies of the movement they stumped for. Because they thought “Hey, isn’t cheering against the country a little backward? And really, that Jesus d00d wasn’t all that much into politics. Give to Caesar what is Caesar’s and all that.” And it’s not just Christians who are turning aside from their fundamentalists - young Muslims are turning from the clerics because of all the violence. Here’s hoping they get the chance to read and interpret some of the works for themselves, and then make the peaceful clerics the important ones. As the sign says, reason is the greatest enemy that (some) faith has.
To counter that progress with something odd, the American Family Association is taking credit for Ford's problems, congratulating themselves on having run a successful boycott of Ford products. Detroit is probably going to have a laugh or three, long enough to brighten a little before the misery that is Michigan’s economy re-envelopes them. Something else possibly worthy of a laugh is Bishop Gianfranco Girotti listed a new list of seven social sins, some of which might seem a bit hypocritical on second look.
There’s been a bit of a brouhaha about a barista's question about the caffeine content in her company's coffee. The purpose of the question, to use the data as a justification for suggesting that pregnant customers drink decaf so as not to harm their fetuses, raised some ire about how it seems that once a woman gets pregnant, everyone feels they know best what’s good for the child. Is that the case? And do people feel that pregnant women’s bodies are more communal property or something?
I must blink at the following opinion. Douglas MacKinnon advocates for the secession of states because liberals might do liberal stuff. I wonder if he’s confused liberalism with the Illuminati in that screed. It boggles my head that he’s that far entrenched as to believe the very worst of wingnuttery with regard to liberals. Wondering if he and Representative Sally Kern would hit it off if they met.
Going slightly offbeat, the actress who played the role of Mary Ann from Gilligan's Island is serving probation after allegedly having marijuana in her car.
To break your brains before we break for bed, a theory that suggests Princess Leia spent the night of victory over the Death Star with Luke and Han, although not with both of them in the same room. There’s also the first male pregnancy? (Is that for real?) And then, for a laugh, pictures taken at just the right time. And now, bed, lest I lost any more of what little precious sleep I have.
Starting at the top and running our way down, Mr. Bush sang at the Gridiron Club dinner about all his exploits and illegalities, to the applause of those in attendance. Perhaps they were confused and thought he was parodying himself, instead of listing his accomplishments.
Also receiving top billing, although it will be released later this week, an exhaustive review of documents seized from the fall of Saddam Hussein indicates that there was no link between Saddam and al-Qaeda. Zip. Zero. None. Confirming what was already known - that Mr. Bush’s al-Qaeda justification for war with Iraq was, is, and always has been fraudulent. Surely this qualifies under “high crimes and misdemeanors”, in addition to all the other material that has accumulated over time? Regardless of when he will leave office because of term limits, actually getting Mr. Bush and Mr. Cheney up on trial has significant value in assuring the populace that the rule of law is important to this country. If Mr. Bush is innocent, as his Department of Homeland Security and his vocal supporters have told their opposition, what does he have to hide?
Internationally, Israel's Ministry of Foreign Affairs is making a case that Hamas deliberately uses civilians as shields. Sounds like they’ll be fighting this one out for a while. Elsewhere in the Middle East, the United States continues to accuse Iran of disrupting Iraq by training and supplying the insurgency. Whether it’s true or not, it’s still a pretext for war, and with the Navy admiral in charge of Iraq and Afghanistan resigning, you never know. Someone might decide to start something. Five more soldiers died in a human bomb explosion, as they were apparently trying to be more friendly and approachable. I agree with the article - even with lots of checkpoints, someone can get through. If the enemy really wants you dead, they’ll find a way.
Domestically, a bombed military recruiting station back to trying to convince others to kill. Considering there wasn’t a whole lot of damage, this doesn’t surprise me any.
The Taking Shampoo Away department strikes again - confusion by security over whether a Macbook Air was an actual laptop or an IED caused a passenger to miss his flight. Had it not been for a younger security person, who recognized the computer, we might instead be seeing an article about a person arrested at the airport because of his computer. Making your airports safer, one mistake at a time.
motherwell is wondering whether the current prosecutorial heat on Governor Spitzer is a bit of a hatchet job. Considering that several New York Republicans are calling for Spitzer's resignation or threatening impeachment, it could be pretty politically motivated. In any case, more details are revealed in the sting that affects several other clients. That said, Spitzer’s got nothing on Reza Zarei, Tehran's police chief, who was caught in bed with six prostitutes.Regarding the primary elections of the Democratic party, Senator Obama added Mississippi to his win column. This marks the last primary for six weeks (thank goodness), but I doubt that the politics will stop. Bret Stephens digs at Obama's campaign rhetoric, suggesting that when the details come up, the senator will be a lot less liked and a lot less pristine.
What has garnered significantly more attention is Geraldine Ferraro's statement that Senator Obama has obtained his successes because of his race, and then defended it. This really does show that the campaigns are groundbreaking - we’re going to get a snapshot of just how far the country has come since legal segregation.
Our science and technology news leads with a dire prediction that Wi-Fi hotspots will soon be passe compared to mobile broadband. I don’t know if that will be the case, but it’s an interesting prediction. Continuing, Space Shuttle Endeavour goes up again into space, doing more work on and with the space station.
Best out of the section is a gigantic study trying to figure out why we eat what we eat, when we eat it. The experiment poses as a lunchroom and canteen/cafeteria. Should be interesting to see results from that - and then maybe we’ll be able to figure out why certain marketing campaigns and foods allure. We admit that the bionic eye prototype was in the running for best of section, but it’s a rather, well, disturbing eye at the moment. Is Big Brother watching with that eye?
Most scary out of science, however, is the statistic that one in four teenage women has a sexually transmitted disease. That’s doubleplusungood. I wonder what combination of factors bring this result up - it can’t all be a lack of effective sexual education, can it?
Our interesting things department goes Inform on us with a rather interesting Tim Schafer IF. After that mind trip, we come back to earth with an article about former theocrats having a change of heart and mind, and are now the enemies of the movement they stumped for. Because they thought “Hey, isn’t cheering against the country a little backward? And really, that Jesus d00d wasn’t all that much into politics. Give to Caesar what is Caesar’s and all that.” And it’s not just Christians who are turning aside from their fundamentalists - young Muslims are turning from the clerics because of all the violence. Here’s hoping they get the chance to read and interpret some of the works for themselves, and then make the peaceful clerics the important ones. As the sign says, reason is the greatest enemy that (some) faith has.
To counter that progress with something odd, the American Family Association is taking credit for Ford's problems, congratulating themselves on having run a successful boycott of Ford products. Detroit is probably going to have a laugh or three, long enough to brighten a little before the misery that is Michigan’s economy re-envelopes them. Something else possibly worthy of a laugh is Bishop Gianfranco Girotti listed a new list of seven social sins, some of which might seem a bit hypocritical on second look.
There’s been a bit of a brouhaha about a barista's question about the caffeine content in her company's coffee. The purpose of the question, to use the data as a justification for suggesting that pregnant customers drink decaf so as not to harm their fetuses, raised some ire about how it seems that once a woman gets pregnant, everyone feels they know best what’s good for the child. Is that the case? And do people feel that pregnant women’s bodies are more communal property or something?
I must blink at the following opinion. Douglas MacKinnon advocates for the secession of states because liberals might do liberal stuff. I wonder if he’s confused liberalism with the Illuminati in that screed. It boggles my head that he’s that far entrenched as to believe the very worst of wingnuttery with regard to liberals. Wondering if he and Representative Sally Kern would hit it off if they met.
Going slightly offbeat, the actress who played the role of Mary Ann from Gilligan's Island is serving probation after allegedly having marijuana in her car.
To break your brains before we break for bed, a theory that suggests Princess Leia spent the night of victory over the Death Star with Luke and Han, although not with both of them in the same room. There’s also the first male pregnancy? (Is that for real?) And then, for a laugh, pictures taken at just the right time. And now, bed, lest I lost any more of what little precious sleep I have.
