Who is the bigger idiot: Glenn BecKKK or the idiots who obey his every word?
Eclectablog: Teabagger Clown Show in the Desert
This is the last I’ll be posting related to the Treason Rally in Searchlight while back.
Have Conservatives Gone Mad? – Marc Ambinder
Marc Ambinder seriously wants to know if conservatives have lost their minds.
Hang on a second. Here ya go.
The GOP is now making a historical reference to Guy Fawkes and themselves. A little more background here.
Let’s put it this way. Guy Fawkes tried to kill the King of England and all of Parliament.
So, in short, the GOP wants to link themselves to a concept of, let’s be honest, the equivalent of killing President Obama and blowing up the Capitol.
It’s there in the historical record. The one they want to tie themselves to. They want to assassinate any member of our government they don’t agree with.
Smart.
Navy Commits To Alt Fuels: Scientific American Podcast
Republican obstructionism may be delaying our nation’s conversion to green technology, but the Navy has already moved ahead, converting a F-18 to biofuels.
Wired also covers this.
It is possible at least one strike group will be fully converted over by 2016. Considering the problems we continue to have with oil producing nations, this can only be a good thing.
The Real Science of Avatar – Photo Essays – TIME
Pretty cool writeup on the inspirations for parts of Avatar.
Interesting stuff.
A’s Braden exchanges words with A-Rod | MLB.com: News
All you need to know about this story is that Alex Rodriguez is still a dick who disrepects all the rules of baseball.
He’s done this kind of crap before. Here’s one this still pisses me off.
South Park Death Threats | The Daily Show
Comedy Central video link
Ephphatha Poetry: “Imagine if the Tea Party Was Black” – Tim Wise
You still think the Tea Bagger crap isn’t racist? Read this.
You KNOW the army would be sent out to confront and probably kill an angry, anti-government mob of minorities armed to the teeth calling for the president’s death.
Just saying.
Dogs Likely Descended From Middle Eastern Wolf : NPR
Here’s an old-ish story I meant to link and forgot. It’s about the genetic makeup of dogs and where they originally came from.
Interesting stuff. We all like to know how we got here, even our puppies.
FCC Commissioner Michael J. Copps | Bill Moyers Journal
This should be required viewing. Commissioner Copps on Net Neutrality and on the future needs of telecommunications in this nation.
We’ve got a lot of work to do.
Bill Moyer’s is wrapping up his show next week and while I usually only catch it online after the fact, it’s going to suck to have such a coherent and intelligent voice gone from our airwaves.