Typealyzer ingests the contents of your blog, and based on that, does Myers-Briggs psychology test on the blogs author. So this is me: ISTP – The Mechanics The independent and problem-solving type. They are especially attuned to the demands of the moment are masters of responding to challenges that arise spontaneously. They generelly prefer to think things out for themselves … Read More
Linking The War On Christmas To The Economic Crisis
I would call this "overreaching". From the Wall Street Journal, columnist Daniel Henninger writes: This year we celebrate the desacralized "holidays" amid what is for many unprecedented economic ruin — fortunes halved, jobs lost, homes foreclosed. People wonder, What happened? One man's theory: A nation whose people can't say "Merry Christmas" is a nation capable of ruining its own economy. … Read More
On Recounts
Minnesota Public Radio has a great photoessay/poll giving particular actual examples of the kind of issues faced by election judges when it comes to determining ballot results on hand recount. Here's an example, called "The Arrow": Who gets the vote? Franken, Coleman, or nobody/indeterminable? Of course, in the real world, one's decision would be governed by this Minnesota state statute as a … Read More
Waxman In
Dingell is out and Waxman is in as Energy And Commerce Chair. That may seem like inside-politics baseball, but it is kind of a big deal. This is a huge victory for environmentalists. TPM has the details: Dingell, who first entered the House way back when Eisenhower was president, had been the head Democrat on this committee ever since 1981. But … Read More
Prop 8 To Be Reviewed By CA Supreme Court… And The Lord Weighs In
No, really. He did. The Lord submitted a 40 page amicus brief (PDF) speaking through one of his servents, I guess. My favorite section: After a night full of dreams, before dawn on November 11, 2008, before I woke up in the morning, the Almighty Eternal Creator ordered me, saying "You explain to them the consequences that follow each and … Read More
The Password For Today Is “Oogedy-boogedy”
Lot of fallout from the Kathleen Parker article yesterday, which I wrote about here. Especially this part: To be more specific, the evangelical, right-wing, oogedy-boogedy branch of the GOP is what ails the erstwhile conservative party and will continue to afflict and marginalize its constituents if reckoning doesn't soon cometh. While unsure about what it means, many on the right … Read More
George Bush As “Mr. Cellophane”
I actually feel sorry for him. Then again, he brought it on himself….
“The Plan” by Jack Handey
The plan isn’t foolproof. For it to work, certain things must happen: —The door to the vault must have accidentally been left open by the cleaning woman. —The guard must bend over to tie his shoes and somehow he gets all the shoelaces tied together. He can’t get them apart, so he takes out his gun and shoots all his … Read More
Three Very Accurate Pie Charts
Accurate: Also accurate: File under "Can't get any more accurate that this":
“Like Seeing A Guy Show Up At The Soup Kitchen In High-hat And Tuxedo”
More on the symbolic faux pax carried out by the CEOs of the Big Three automakers, who flew into D.C. on luxury corporate jets so that they could beg for a bailout at taxpayer expense: "There's a delicious irony in seeing private luxury jets flying into Washington, D.C., and people coming off of them with tin cups in their hands," … Read More
Avast Ye, Mateys!
I don't care how many times I read about piracy in the news — and it apparently is becoming a serious problem — but I just can't make my head NOT think about, you know, real pirates.
“Secret” White Supremists Not So Secret Anymore
I don't know much about British politics, but apparently the British National Party is a whites-only supremist nationalist facist party there. They spout Holocaust denial nonsense — you know the type (hopefully, not well). Anyway, their rather expansive secret membership list is no longer "secret" having been made available for download here and here. The list includes BNP members who are also parliamentary candidates, … Read More
Okay, NOW The Presidential Election Is Over
Although not "official" yet, Missouri has finally finished counting its ballots, all 2.9 million of them, and McCain has 3,632 more votes than Obama. So make Missouri red. Final EV count: Obama 365, McCain 173. Obama still "smucked" him, as we used to say on the playground. Note: Missouri has picked the victor 25 times out of the past 26 … Read More
Giving Up On God
There's been a few of these around, but conservative columnist Kathleen Parker's WaPo column on why the GOP should turn its back on the religious right is good reading: As Republicans sort out the reasons for their defeat, they likely will overlook or dismiss the gorilla in the pulpit. Three little letters, great big problem: G-O-D. I'm bathing in holy water as … Read More