Greg Palast » Manchurian Candidates:Supreme Court allows China and othersunlimited spending in US elections
Palast is so out there way past progressive that he almost comes around the bend over in Cheney Facsist land, but he’s dead right on this issue.
The Supreme Court just made it damn near certain that rich Chinese companies will be picking our presidents from here on out. Assholes.
Antonin Scalia is a Communist enabler.
Spirits in the Sky, and on the Ground: My Two Days at Whiteman – Angus Batey
This is pretty cool actually.
Apparently some English pilots were allowed to train on our B-2 bombers. This reporter got to tag along and blog about the experience.
Here is his actual reporting on the subject as well.
Late Night War: Kimmel Airs Ken Burns-Style Documentary About Leno/Conan Drama
Kimmel normally doesn’t amuse me, not that I dislike him and all, but he did peak with The Man Show. That said, this isn’t bad.
Fantastic Food Landscapes – Carl Warner
Military under fire for biblical gunsights
More related to the company trying to restart the Crusades and putting our soldier’s lives at risk.
The Aussies jumped in and want the scriptures removed, as does the Pentagon. Even the Christian Science Monitor isn’t on the side of these Talibangelical idiots.
The company has since listened and will not longer continue the practice of proselytizing at the barrel of a gun.
Frankly, their response is weak, on many levels. First, they never appreciated that what they are doing is wrong. Second, they are sending out around 100 removal kits…to fix 200,000 units shipped. Nice.
Third – and this tells you the REAL spirit of these so-called Christians – they chose Capitalism over Christ. Seriously, I’d have more respect for the bastards – not much, granted – if they stuck, well, to their guns (or gun sights as it were).
Either way, it is once again instructive to watch how Talibangelicals act as opposed to how they preach.
An NBA The KKK Would Love? Promoter Touts Whites-Only Basketball League – The Two-Way – Breaking News, Analysis Blog : NPR
Sadly, what is most instructive about this NPR story are the vast amount of bigoted, Reich Wing assholes that have NPR accounts. No wonder I stopped donating to them; they are corrupted from Steve Inskeep down to the comment trolls.
Anyway, some pure bred crackers want to start an all-white basketball league. This was originally reported in Augusta, GA, one of the Southern towns the league wants a team in. Presumably because they already have a very regressive golf club there.
Just a few more stories from various sources which say about the same thing.
Sounds like something Sarah Palin and her ilk would love.
10 Sci-Fi Weapons That Actually Exist | Danger Room | Wired.com
Some pretty interesting technology most of us probably didn’t know existed.
I still don’t have my flying car, though.
Counting Bits of U.S. Life – NYTimes.com
Some interesting pieces of American life as we head into census season.
7 Classic Star Wars Characters Who Totally Dropped the Ball | Cracked.com
Classic Star Wars “doh!” moments.