I would love to have the time to read more magazines. I just don’t. If I want information, I usually go on-line. Which is a bit of a shame. Magazines are fun — you can take them to bed, or sprawl out on the couch, and just flip through them. And when they come in the mail, it is like … Read More
Victory in Georgia
From the Associated Press: ATLANTA – A federal judge Thursday ordered a suburban Atlanta school system to remove stickers in its high school biology textbooks that call evolution "a theory, not a fact," saying the disclaimers were an unconstitutional endorsement of religion. "By denigrating evolution, the school board appears to be endorsing the well-known prevailing alternative theory, creationism or variations … Read More
No Shit, Sherlock
The New England Journal of Medicine reports on a study which concludes that medical interns who have been "working for 32 consecutive hours with only two or three hours of sleep" are twice as likely to get into car accidents on the way home from work. The study, conducted by researchers at Harvard Medical School, also concluded that when medical … Read More
No. THIS Says It All . . .
Courtesy of The Poor Man: Rathergate vs. Saddam’s WMD – A Quantitative Comparison Rathergate Saddam’s WMD Investigation recently concluded? Yes Yes Use of highly questionable supporting documents? Yes Yes Central claims disproven? No Yes Media spread questionable information? Yes Yes Number of firings resulting from investigation 4 0 Number of high-profile reassignments resulting from investigation 1 0 Number of wars … Read More
Lowering Expectations
Regarding the upcoming Iraqi elections and likelihood that most Iraqis won’t be able to vote in them, an anonymous White House official said this yesterday: "I would . . . really encourage people not to focus on numbers, which in themselves don’t have any meaning, but to look on the outcome and to look at the government that will be … Read More
Homeland Security For Sale
Not surprisingly (to most of us), it is now becoming apparent that 9/11 was viewed by many Republicans as simply a way to make money for those with connections. No, I’m not talking about Halliburton (although they certainly fit the bill). I’m talking about this: WASHINGTON – As the Homeland Security Department was starting up, Secretary Tom Ridge twice stayed … Read More
Frappachinno Double Latte, Anyone?
Ever in need of a Starbucks while walking the streets of New York City? The solution is to open your eyes and look around; chances are you will see one. But just in case you don’t, this website has got a photo of them all. Pictured here is the Starbucks at the corner of Broadway and Reade.
WMD Hunt Ends
We were right and they were wrong.
Judson Cox — Clown Prince of Conservatives, Edition #3
Judson is upset this week about not being able advertisers for his new newspaper, The North Carolina Conservative. It’s not due to the fact that the newspaper is poorly written; it is due to the fact that he is, once again (*sigh*) a victim of Democrats. Just like when they "forced" him to leave his college because it was allowing … Read More
Fun With Animals
This and other unique animals can all be found at The Ugly Zoo. Or perhaps you might be interested in seeing the winners of the somewhat disturbing "I Look Like My Dog" contest.
TV in the 1930’s
This (RealMedia file) is a fragment of a very early television broadcast from the early 1930s which had been recorded off the air waves by amateur enthusiast using a home gramophone recording system. It is popular British singer Betty Bolton. What’s she singing? Who knows — the sound has been lost.
The Heat Rises On News-For-SaleGate
Senators Lautenberg, Kennedy, and Reid write to President Bush about the $240,000 in tax dollars given to a right wing journalist to write news stories in favor of Bush’s No Child Left Behind policy. Excerpt: In addition to the illegality of these actions taken by your Administration, we believe that the act of bribing journalists to bias their news in … Read More
LALALALALALALALALALALALA (I can’t hear you)!
The right wingers over at The Corner are being willfully ignorant about torture. World O’Crap explains it all for you wonderfully.
This Girl Is Sad
The picture doesn’t do her justice. And what’s worse, she’s having a hard 2005 so far. So . . . everyone who is reading this . . . please give a nanosecond of good vibes out to her, and maybe — collectively — the thoughts of everyone will manifest themselves into a ray of sunshine that will turn her 2005 … Read More