Who? Us?

The demagogues on Fox, Instapundit, Free Republic, et al continue to pander to the mouth-breathing, knuckle-dragging set. Rest assured when something awful happens, they will claim innocence.
in reference to: Stopping the Next McVeigh - Page 1 - The Daily Beast (view on Google Sidewiki)

'Bout time ...

I've always been fond of his skyway ...
in reference to: Citizenship for Polish Hero of American Revolution - NYTimes.com (view on Google Sidewiki)

Just in time for Nobel Prize ceremony ...

... watch Russia pull out at the last minute; followed by the GOP "I told you so" grandstanding and White House spin control.

Not that that's going to happen, but ...
in reference to: U.S. officials hopeful for new nuclear treaty with Russia - washingtonpost.com (view on Google Sidewiki)

Is Google synonymous with Big Brother?

Google's new Dashboard raises more questions about "what is private" than it actually answers. Stuff you believe to be private in some circumstances is open to the public.
in reference to: Google Dashboard: Transparent, maybe. Private? No. - Network World (view on Google Sidewiki)

Finally, jazz hands comes into its own ...

Mouse- and keyboard-free computing like in "Minority Report" could be around the corner.
in reference to: Look Ma, No Mouse (view on Google Sidewiki)

Dinner at Manon in Lambertville, NJ

Mussels, le Pate du Chef and Filet de Boeuf au Roquefort.

That's Cool!!!

From LiveScience: "From their very first days, the cries of newborns already bear the mark of the language their parents speak, scientists now find."

in reference to: Newborn Babies Cry in Native Tongue | LiveScience (view on Google Sidewiki)

Interesting idea

But its brevity might be its undoing.
in reference to: Exclusive: Sanders Tackles Too Big To Fail In Two Pages (view on Google Sidewiki)

A psychiatrist

Frightening and sad.

in reference to: Suspect in Fort Hood shootings in stable condition - CNN.com (view on Google Sidewiki)

Look! It's the Pre-Singularity Trials!

From NetworkWorld: "China plans to hold a robot Olympics next June with events including combat, dancing and track and field, state-run media said late Wednesday."

in reference to: Only robots allowed at China's next Olympics - Network World (view on Google Sidewiki)

Contradictory ...

France sees itself as leading the EU, but wrestles with immigration issues and cultural depletion due to American mass media.

in reference to: BBC NEWS | Programmes | From Our Own Correspondent | In search of French identity (view on Google Sidewiki)

Wishful thinking?

Wall Street prognostication has truly become as accurate as, say, reading goat entrails or knuckle bones, but this is the first optimistic take on the recovery I've read in recent weeks since the effects of the stimulus package were released.

in reference to: Grant: Recovery Will Be Substantial (view on Google Sidewiki)

Comforting, yet creepy

You could spend hours exploring yourself. Or rather, how Google interprets who you are.

in reference to: Google Gives You A Privacy Dashboard To Show Just How Much It Knows About you (view on Google Sidewiki)

Strength in numbers ...

Interesting article asserts that Android may win the mobile OS war by virtue of it being available on multiple handsets, unlike the iPhone OS which is only available on iPhone and iTouch devices. By appearing on a plurality of mobile handsets, from Motorola's Droid to its Cliq and the Samsung Behold II, the ubiquity of the OS is assured.
in reference to: iPhone Under Attack from Android Invasion - Network World (view on Google Sidewiki)

I am both sad and amused

Chilli, we hardly knew ye ...
in reference to: Britain's tallest bullock dies from arthritis - Telegraph (view on Google Sidewiki)

Doug Hoffman and the perils of Tea Baggery

From the HuffPost's Chris Kelly: "Doug Hoffman lost his election last night. He was supported by a plurality of talk radio entertainers, and a majority of former half-term governors of Alaska, but it wasn't enough. An obscure quirk of constitutional law says you also need votes from voters."

This is arch, a little snide and quite funny. It's also a completely accurate dissection of how Rush Limbaugh and his crowd disseminate false and laughable information.
in reference to: Chris Kelly: Dud, Baby, Dud: The Lesson of Doug Hoffman (view on Google Sidewiki)

It's full of stars ...

From the Telegraph: "A physicist has created the first high-resolution panoramic image of our galaxy, the Milky Way."

in reference to: High-res panoramic image of the Milky Way galaxy released - Telegraph (view on Google Sidewiki)

Delusions of Grandeur

The Far Right thinks it may have won last night, but all the elections showed us is that adage: All politics is local. Take last night's surprise upset in NY-23. After more than a century of Republican representation, the Tea Bag crowd basically gave the seat to the Democratic Party.

Or Christie's win in NJ. It's always been about jobs and taxes in the Garden State, two things Corzine seems to have forgotten about.
in reference to: How the Right's Point Man Went Down - Page 1 - The Daily Beast (view on Google Sidewiki)

Everyone says it was Reagan ...

But it really was Gorbachev who ended the Cold War.
in reference to: Gorbachev: Moscow Could Have Started WWIII Over Berlin Wall (view on Google Sidewiki)

Joe Wilson has judgment problems

Irony alert? Karmic justice? From TPM: "'The families, schools, and businesses fighting against the H1N1 flu pandemic deserve better than House Republicans' reckless, knee jerk partisanship and just-say-no approach to helping prepare for this national emergency,' DCCC spokesperson Ryan Rudominer said in a statement released Oct. 27.

Wilson has been personally touched by the H1N1 virus. Last week, he sent an email to his district announcing his wife, Roxanne, had been diagnosed with the swine flu and urging his constituents to get vaccinated."
in reference to: Rep. Joe Wilson Blames Obama For Vaccine Shortage -- After Voting Against Vaccine Funding | TPMDC (view on Google Sidewiki)

On this $hit list ...

From Foreign Policy: "Six years ago, we decided it was time to systematically examine the accusations flying from all directions. After subjecting human rights organizations' work to a barrage of statistical tests, we found that everyone was right. Yes, the watchdogs have biases. But they might make those groups more effective at pushing the human rights cause. Whichever side of the fence you fall on, there's no denying it: There's a politics to human rights."

This is an issue the ignoramuses on the far Right can't seem to get their heads around.

in reference to: - Why Are the United States and Israel at the Top of Human Rights Hit Lists? | Foreign Policy (view on Google Sidewiki)

This could explain a lot ...

From the BBC: "All male callers said that sex before marriage for men is normal and okay, but they would not want to get married to someone who has lost her virginity through sex."

in reference to: BBC NEWS | Asia-Pacific | Vietnamese see funny side of sex (view on Google Sidewiki)

Cool

Earth-observing satellites are awesome, because they often launch them to investigate one thing, and they end up doing something else, like helping with archaeology.

in reference to: BBC NEWS | Science & Environment | Smos satellite unfurls instrument (view on Google Sidewiki)

I just think this is really funny.

From GigaOm: "In the time-honored tradition of dealing with competition by suing the pants off someone for an inaccurate ad, AT&T today filed suit against Verizon for its “There’s a Map for That” advertising campaign."

in reference to: AT&T to Verizon: We Have a Lawsuit for That (view on Google Sidewiki)

Who did he think he was? Solomon?

Probably ...

in reference to: Louisiana justice who refused interracial marriage resigns - CNN.com (view on Google Sidewiki)

Revisionism writ large ....

From the Telegraph: "An enormous new statue of a young Mao Tse-tung has shocked China by portraying him with a long mane of windswept hair."

Actually, it's more than just that, it's located in the city of Changsha, where the young revolutionary once wrote a poem.
in reference to: New statue of Chairman Mao surprises China - Telegraph (view on Google Sidewiki)

Sign of the Apocalypse ...

When there's a "weak demand" for BMWs.
in reference to: BMW's Net Profit Tumbles 74% - WSJ.com (view on Google Sidewiki)

Palin speeches

From a just-released book about Sarah Palin's rise to prominence. Her concession speech wasn't so bad, I don't know what McCain's problem was ... oh wait, yes I do. He didn't want the upstart stealing his thunder.
in reference to: Sarah Palin's Lost Speeches - Page 2 - The Daily Beast (view on Google Sidewiki)

Ooohhh, cyberknife ....

Just the name alone is bitchin'!!!!

 in reference to: World's first heart surgery using radiation - Telegraph (view on Google Sidewiki)

All Along the Watchtower ...

From Telegraph: "An arms race in space is an "historical inevitability", a senior Chinese air force commander has warned, marking an apparent shift in Beijing's opposition to weaponising outer space. "
in reference to: Space arms race inevitable says Chinese commander - Telegraph (view on Google Sidewiki)

I am the son, and the heir ...

... of a silence that is criminally vulgar. I am the son and heir, oh, of nothing in particular ...

in reference to: Why the Queen is pinning her hopes on Prince William's Australia trip - Telegraph (view on Google Sidewiki)

Darwin Award Nominee

From TSG: "A Halloween reveler dressed up as a Breathalyzer machine was arrested early Sunday for drunk driving."
in reference to: Breathalyzer Man Busted - November 2, 2009 (view on Google Sidewiki)

ProPublica dissects the stimulus numbers

Interesting stuff: "Minority contractors and urban advocacy groups have pressed the administration to ensure that African-Americans, Hispanics and other minority groups share in the stimulus money. Unemployment for blacks (15.4 percent in September) [10] and Hispanics (12.7 percent) [11] has been much higher than the rate for whites (9 percent). On some Native American reservations, the jobless rate surpassed 75 percent last winter."
in reference to: ProPublica’s Unofficial Guide to Recovery.gov - ProPublica (view on Google Sidewiki)

Wait, I know how this movie ends ...

Scientists want to tinker with the atmosphere to help with the whole global climate change problem.

This won't end well ...
in reference to: Scientists propose a Plan B to cool the planet through geoengineering | MNN - Mother Nature Network (view on Google Sidewiki)

So now they start the investigation?

Seems like there was a lot to investigate on Sheriff Arpaio long before his "investigations" into his political opponents.
in reference to: Report: FBI Probing Controversial Arizona Sheriff For "Investigating" Political Foes | TPMMuckraker (view on Google Sidewiki)

Hmmm, enviro fear-mongering or real science?

Well, it's better than the whole "Chariots of the Gods" theory about the Nazca people of Peru. But still, isn't this a little too convenient?
in reference to: BBC - Earth News - Logging 'caused Nazca collapse' (view on Google Sidewiki)

Solar promise

Well, that's one way to use a barren, desolate wasteland.
in reference to: BBC NEWS | Africa | Sahara Sun 'to help power Europe' (view on Google Sidewiki)

Marty Feldman's Eyes ...

Wonderful tribute to eccentric British comedian.
in reference to: Marty Feldman: Dead Cool - Page 1 - The Daily Beast (view on Google Sidewiki)

Christopher Walken Does Lady Gaga's "Poker Face"

Because he is a genius ...

I know I'm tired of being a second class citizen

Let's hope the good people of Maine understand that.

in reference to: Maine Voters To Decide Future Of Gay Marriage Law Tuesday (view on Google Sidewiki)

Didn't see THAT coming ...

Interesting turn of events in Upstate NY.

in reference to: The Fix - NY-23: Scozzafava Endorses Owens (view on Google Sidewiki)

The Not--So-Bright side of German Reunification

Interesting look at how East Germans are finally asserting themselves and their grievances with West Germany.

in reference to: BBC NEWS | Programmes | From Our Own Correspondent | East Germany answers back (view on Google Sidewiki)

Overreaching

This is unbelievable in its audacity.

in reference to: Quash the press - washingtonpost.com (view on Google Sidewiki)

Interesting ...

This is the same Michael R. Meyer who cribbed my reporting on the Los Angeles Riots and claimed it as his own.

in reference to: Scaling the Berlin Wall - Page 2 - The Daily Beast (view on Google Sidewiki)