A good story on the numbers station known as the “Buzzer”. Read it and read more on it.
Monthly Archives: September 2011
Alabama Town Offers ‘Church Or Jail’ Sentencing Choice | TPMMuckraker
Alabama wants to give it’s lawbreakers a choice: do your jail time or go to church.
One, of course, this is unconstitutional to the core.
Two, wouldn’t this revoke a church’s tax free status?
Three, this proves that even Christians believe that going to church is punishment.
Rat cyborg gets digital cerebellum
So they figured out how to give a rat a cyborg brain.
Hell, all I wanted was some backup storage so I wouldn’t need Wikipedia or a GPS for the car.
Catch of the Day: Plastic
Other species must constantly shake their heads at the mess we humans leave lying around.
Case in point, the piles of plastic we leave floating around in the Pacific. Take a look.
I remember seeing an art exhibit at Portland Community College when I was interviewing there. All the pieces were made from plastic collected from the ocean. Here is a writeup on the exhibit.
A State Without Mexicans? | Mother Jones
In Alabama, like Georgia and North Carolina before them, racism is put above both economic and civil rights concerns as the state basically makes it illegal to be brown.
Sure, there are undocumented and falsely documented workers in this country. Either find a way to get them to work legally or find a way to pay Americans enough to do the work. Because, whatever the current laws are trying to do is just going to make a lot of folks hungry, both the workers not getting paid, the farmers fined or forced out of business, and the rest of us paying more for smaller amounts of food as it rots in the fields.
Short-sighted and cruel conservatives will truly be the undoing of this nation if their agenda can’t be stopped. Or at least turned to productive ends. Laws like the one mentioned sure as hell won’t do the job.
Geeky Destinations and Smart Side Trips | Wired.com
Some ideas on not only where, but how to get to, some geeky destinations.
GeekDad covered something similar recently with a much more local-friendly site called NerdyDayTrips. You can read the review here. I already have a few ideas on things to do around here.
The Great Right Hope: The Daily Show
Daily Kos: Anti-immigrant nativists show their true colors
Once again, it surprises me that most folks don’t believe that those driving the bus in the GOP are bigots and full of racial hatred. I mean, sure, not all members of the party are, but look at who they get as leaders.
So, it is nice to see the mask slip off if even just for a moment.
The shock value of those who are naive is funny, if depressing, to watch. You want to hope the folks on your side are smarter than that. What truly bites though is how otherwise decent conservatives just drive their heads further in the sand.
I am related to those folks. I am friends with some too. You want better for – and from – them.
Pity.
The Confederate of the Sierra Madre
I have enjoyed this series on the arcane parts of the Civil War. This story on the possible partition of part of Mexico is really interesting.
Would those lands have become part of the US after the Confederacy was defeated? Would my mom have been born an American citizen instead? Really odd stuff to consider.
‘Unfortunate’: Condemnation Of Gay Soldier Boos In Post-Debate Spin Room | Election 2012
The things about all these kinds of episodes prove a couple things.
1. These guys refuse to comment on-stage about the reprehensible behavior of their supporters. Truly, if you are silent, you are endorsing these various forms of hatred.
2. If these audiences do not reflect the traditional GOP voter, why is it always the same blood thirsty bigots around the country that goes to these things?
3. Also, once again, if these are NOT the standard Republicans, stand up to them. If you don’t need them to win, call ’em out. If you DO, then what do these cretins running to lead this nation truly stand for?