I did not know the answer to this, but good to know. I was just thinking the same thing awhile back flipping channels and a PBS show from Phoenix came on.
Bob Cesca: The Impeachment of President Obama
I love it when Bob points out Republican stupidity. Also, that they would waste no time in trying to impeach the president if they had a chance.
(T)hroughout the Bush years — no matter how accurate the left’s “fringe” attacks might’ve been — liberals were marginalized and laughed off by the establishment press, ignored by certain leaders in our own party and attacked as unpatriotic by the Republicans. Sean Hannity, Tom DeLay and Bill O’Reilly, who are all busily ripping the current president an array of new holes, actively accused the left of undermining the troops because we were criticizing the commander-in-chief during wartime. Ah yes. They abandoned that one faster than Newt Gingrich abandons sick wives, didn’t they?
Even more to the point is this nugget of counterfactual argument:
I don’t know when Nazis suddenly began to embrace biracial, liberal children of African immigrants, but if I missed this development then bravo Nazis! You’re doing better than South Carolina!
Op-Ed Columnist – It’s Easy Being Green – NYTimes.com
Paul Krugman on the coming teabagger/birther/deather/traitor attacks on the upcoming climate change legislation.
I imagine the Talibangelicals will be asserting their right to destroy Earth to “bring on Armageddon” or some-such bullshit.
CA Insurer: Woman’s Bleeding Breast Not Emergency – cbs5.com
Want to know why we need health care reform? Read this.
I’m sure there are a solid hundred stories like this happening every day in this country. And it should not be legal for these insurance jerkoffs to do this to our people.
Hey wingnuts, I know you are mad and want to start a revolution. But you can’t, because you passed the patriot act and communications with be intercepted and squashed before you can organize anything. : politics
More truth from Reddit.
Hey wingnuts, I know you are mad and want to start a revolution. But you can’t, because you passed the patriot act and communications with be intercepted and squashed before you can organize anything.
-submitted by rtconner
Cardinals refuse to pay prospect $3.1 million – MLB – Yahoo! Sports
Granted, any team might have done this, but given that it was the stinking Cardinals who raised a kid’s big dream hopes and then took a steaming dump on them, leaving him with nothing, it makes it particularly odious.
I hope the kid becomes a franchise player – anywhere but St. Louis. And in Yankee Stadium of course.
Exploring Akihabara, Tokyo’s Nerd Mecca | GameLife | Wired.com
I’ve only been to Japan once, and only was in Tokyo on a layover. That said, someday I would love to have some spending money to take a proper shopping trip in the Akihabara.
Check out this photo essay to see why this is tech heaven.
The Daily Show on Tom DeLay’s Dancing, Mike Schwartz’s Confusing Homophobia
Comedy Central video link
Apparently, China is a Red State too
In her new role as buck-raker extraordinaire, the darling of wingnut conservatives is pocketing a fat wad of cash from a China-based financial brokerage owned by a French banking conglomerate.
So, Sarah Palin decides it’s okay to fly to a Communist nation, take money from the French, and then attack the American President on foreign soil while making a sales pitch for Alaska.
If ANY Democrat had gone to China and bashed Bush while he was in office, they’d have been better off never coming home. Be honest.
This is shameful.
An Electrifying Tour of the Taser Factory | Danger Room | Wired.com
The folks at Wired take a trip to the Taser factory. Neat stuff.