Resonator.
This video is the coolest thing ever, if you're into science and stuff. Just turn down the volume on your speakers if you watch it. Oh and you might want to put the dog outside.
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May 31, 2006
May 25, 2006
What the hell?!
This quote from Salon's war room has me balls to the wall speechless.
The president was ready, however, when he was asked a variation of a question he's failed to answer before: What mistakes do you most regret about Iraq? "Saying, 'Bring it on,'" Bush said. "Kind of tough talk, sent the wrong signal to people. I learned some lessons about expressing myself in a more sophisticated manner. 'Wanted dead or alive,' that kind of talk. I think in certain parts of the world, it was misinterpreted. So I learned from that." Continuing, Bush said the "biggest mistake" from "our country's involvement in Iraq" was Abu Ghraib. "We've been paying for that for a long time," Bush said.
Elegant universe.
A human being is a part of a whole, called by us "universe", a part limited in time and space. He experiences himself, his thoughts and feelings as something separated from the rest... a kind of optical delusion of his consciousness. This delusion is a kind of prison for us, restricting us to our personal desires and to affection for a few persons nearest to us. Our task must be to free ourselves from this prison by widening our circle of compassion to embrace all living creatures and the whole of nature in its beauty.— Albert Einstein
Hold the phone.
Best. Comic Ever.
Found at Funny Times with a wink to Firedoglake.
May 24, 2006
Ornery doesn't begin to describe him.
Cheney may be called in CIA leak case
This brings up an interesting question. Has there ever been a picture taken of Dick Cheney in which he's not sneering?
No child left untested.
10News Survey: Teachers Believe 'No Child Left Behind' Hurts Students
In other news that can no longer be seen as ironic, Bush's No Child Left Behind program is thought by most San Diego teachers to work against it's own stated goal.
I agree with the idea. Of course we don't want any children left behind, said third-grade teacher Tom Stellar.But Stellar said the idea and reality are different.
Where have I heard that before..?
Only 5 percent of teachers surveyed believe the program helps teachers.Nine percent surveyed believed it helped students, but 67 percent of teachers said No Child Left Behind is hurting students.
There is no funding for tutors to help those students who fall behind.
There you have it. George W. Bush is the George Costanza of presidents.
May 22, 2006
These turning points are making me dizzy.
Bush: Iraq Slowly Reaching Turning Point
President Bush on Monday embraced the new leadership in Iraq as a turning point in the war but claimed only gradual progress in years of fighting and acknowledged that Americans are uneasy about the outcome.
How many turning points is that now? If the answer is "four", well, the joke practically writes itself.
May 17, 2006
Seriously?
It's a confusing blend of humor and sarcasm that found its way into the modern vernacular. We often make statements that touch on a bit of truth, but are really only meant to make people laugh. I'm left wondering how much was truth and how much was jest. It's a dangerous way to communicate, and yet I do it all the time. Seriously though, I was just kidding, those pants don't make you look fat.
May 12, 2006
Poker and prostitutes.
10News Investigates CIA Boss And Local Defense Contractor
The national scandal that began with Randy "Duke" Cunningham's bribery is once again pointing to San Diego.
Brent Wilkes and Kyle "Dusty" Foggo are the latest to be implicated in the Republican culture of corruption. (What is it with these guys and air quote nicknames?) They went to high school together in San Diego 30 years ago. They played football, served in student government, bought influence from Congressmen with hookers. Oh wait, that came later. It's stories like this that really cast a horrifying light on our political system.
Update: Kyle "Dusty" Foggo's mansion was searched this morning. What sinister plans will they find? Who needs soap operas when you have the Republican culture of corruption.
May 01, 2006
Truthiness.
Stephen Colbert was invited for hist first (and last) appearance to the White House Correspondents' dinner. What followed was nothing short of satiric irony at its finest, and pretty jaw dropping when you consider the president was sitting five feet away. Most of the room wasn't laughing. They were simply frozen in wide-eyed astonishment as Colbert stared straight into the eyes of the president while openly mocking him. And while his delivery might seem lighthearted on the surface, his critique was biting and subversive. It took unbelievable courage, nay... balls, to get up there and righteously bomb the way he did. Stephen Colbert, I salute you.
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