Author Archives: John Wallenfeldt
Don’t Mess with Firefly! How science fiction fans made a campus safe… – StumbleUpon
BBC News – Arab Spring: ‘It was the first time I felt I belonged’
An interesting snapshot of a few of the many millions involved in the Arab Spring this year.
Postbulletin.com: Pet Vet: Keep your pets safe this season – Saturday, November 12, 2011
Some really important things to consider to keep your pets safe this holiday season.
Zakaria: Don’t fear political Islam – yet – Global Public Square – CNN.com Blogs
Fareed Zakaria points out that you shouldn’t build walls against folks who haven’t decided whether you are the enemy or not.
Political Islam is no more anti-democratic than political Christianity in the US. Hell, it may even be less so.
Give it time. Read the tea leaves. Judge results instead of reactionary editorials.
Beer Charts of the Day
I may have posted this earlier in the year but wanted to be sure. So here is a chart showing the growing centralization of beer ownership in the world. Quality is sure to suffer eventually.
The Science of Pickles | Mother Jones
No, really, give it a listen.
Gay community apologizes to Amy Koch for ruining her marriage – Minneapolis News – The Blotter
Hypocrisy is a bitch.
The state GOP has lost their senate leader. Turns out she has a problem keeping her marriage vows and was screwing one of her staff members.
Ironically, she is one of those staunch defenders of “traditional marriage” that are trying to alter the Minnesota state constitution to only permit marriages such as hers. No, not unfaithful, loveless, and false, but between a man and a woman only.
So, the gay community did they should in the marketplace of bigoted, right wing sociopaths: they apologized.
You know, because anyone who believes that gays should marry is surely in favor of destroying any other kind of marriage. And certainly Senator Amy Koch would never have allowed herself to make the monster with two backs with anyone other than her wedded husband if it weren’t for those darn gays she hates so much.
Right?
Let there be LEDs – CBS News
It occurs to me that if today’s GOP were in charge a century ago, we’d never have been allowed to drive cars. The Luddites apparently hate progress in all forms, including light bulbs.
This, of course, after they are their corporate cronies helped destroy the Eastern European light bulb industry that was once capable of making long-lasting incandescent bulbs. Oops!
For One Ala. Farmer, Workers Are Still Scarce : NPR
Individually, I might feel bad for some of Alabama’s farmers. Not all of them got on board with the “let’s vilify brown people” program. All in all though, I am glad to see their economy suffer. If you reap hatred, go ahead and sow it by yourselves, you bastards.