Stripes with Plaid

Problems Comparison Chart: Tiger Woods Vs. Jay Z “Tiger...

Wed, 09 Dec 2009 22:17:14 -0500

Problems Comparison Chart: Tiger Woods Vs. Jay Z

“Tiger Woods and Jay Z both have problems, but the similarities end there.”

Love me I’m a liberal by Phil Ochs Hedges’ article...

Tue, 08 Dec 2009 19:33:33 -0500

Love me I’m a liberal by Phil Ochs

Hedges’ article reminded me of this song.

“In every American community, you have varying shades of political opinion, and one of the shadiest of these is the liberals. An outspoken group on many subjects. Ten degrees to the left of center in good times. Ten degrees to the right of center if it affects them personally. So here then is a lesson in safe logic…”

Liberals Are Useless

Tue, 08 Dec 2009 17:53:59 -0500

Liberals Are Useless:

Liberals are a useless lot. They talk about peace and do nothing to challenge our permanent war economy. They claim to support the working class, and vote for candidates that glibly defend the North American Free Trade Agreement. They insist they believe in welfare, the right to organize, universal health care and a host of other socially progressive causes, and will not risk stepping out of the mainstream to fight for them. The only talent they seem to possess is the ability to write abject, cloying letters to Barack Obama—as if he reads them—asking the president to come back to his “true” self.

Zombie Reagan Raised From Grave To Lead GOP

Sun, 06 Dec 2009 10:56:35 -0500

Zombie Reagan Raised From Grave To Lead GOP

"The Tanganyika laughter epidemic of 1962 was an outbreak of mass hysteria, or mass psychogenic..."

Fri, 04 Dec 2009 10:28:47 -0500

“The Tanganyika laughter epidemic of 1962 was an outbreak of mass hysteria, or mass psychogenic illness (MPI), rumored to have occurred in or near the village of Kashasha on the western coast of Lake Victoria in the modern nation of Tanzania near the border of Kenya.”

- Tanganyika laughter epidemic - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

"The Dancing Plague (or Dance Epidemic) of 1518 was a case of dancing mania that occurred in..."

Fri, 04 Dec 2009 04:27:47 -0500

“The Dancing Plague (or Dance Epidemic) of 1518 was a case of dancing mania that occurred in Strasbourg, France (then part of the Holy Roman Empire) in July 1518. Numerous people took to dancing for days without rest, and over the period of about one month, most of the people died from heart attack, stroke, or exhaustion.”

- Dancing Plague of 1518 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

I, for one, welcome our new robot overlords. Robot scientist...

Thu, 03 Dec 2009 22:14:29 -0500

I, for one, welcome our new robot overlords. Robot scientist edition.

Eureqa finds a symbolic expression which best explains your data.

Look up part 2 of the video and watch as Newton’s second law is rediscovered.

"Nothing in the e-mails undermines the scientific case that global warming is real — or that human..."

Thu, 03 Dec 2009 15:09:55 -0500

“Nothing in the e-mails undermines the scientific case that global warming is real — or that human activities are almost certainly the cause. That case is supported by multiple, robust lines of evidence, including several that are completely independent of the climate reconstructions debated in the e-mails.”

- Nature editorial on “Climategate”

"Contrary to some analysts on the left who see Obama’s plan as a Vietnam-style escalation, I..."

Tue, 01 Dec 2009 21:04:56 -0500

“Contrary to some analysts on the left who see Obama’s plan as a Vietnam-style escalation, I see it as an unfortunate escalation feint while looking to the exit. Unfortunate, because a lot of Afghans (and quite a few Americans) will die in the process.”

- -Robert Dreyfuss

“Feint to exit” = “Peace with honor” ?

Rethink Afghanistan

Tue, 01 Dec 2009 15:22:27 -0500

Rethink Afghanistan

Scientists grow pork meat in a laboratory

Mon, 30 Nov 2009 22:34:10 -0500

Scientists grow pork meat in a laboratory:

The future is here. But this raises an interesting theological question. Is pork meat grown in a vat kosher? Technically it doesn’t have cloven hooves.

Keep Calm and Carry On - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Sun, 29 Nov 2009 19:34:59 -0500

Keep Calm and Carry On - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

What Science teaches us.

Fri, 27 Nov 2009 14:06:01 -0500

What Science teaches us.

Alan Iverson Rookie Year Highlights

Thu, 26 Nov 2009 00:59:46 -0500

Alan Iverson Rookie Year Highlights

Tempbot - A short film by Neil Blomkamp director of District 9.

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 01:25:45 -0500

Tempbot - A short film by Neil Blomkamp director of District 9.

Arj and Poopy on unrequited love.

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 17:07:47 -0500

Arj and Poopy on unrequited love.

Stephen Colbert sings “Cheap Reward” by Elvis...

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 11:05:51 -0500

Stephen Colbert sings “Cheap Reward” by Elvis Costello but first Elvis Costello tries to undermine capitalism from within.

Pump it up - Elvis Costello

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 10:35:50 -0500

Pump it up - Elvis Costello

"If you own any shares in companies that produce reflecting telescopes, use differential and integral..."

Mon, 23 Nov 2009 19:48:00 -0500

“If you own any shares in companies that produce reflecting telescopes, use differential and integral calculus, or rely on the laws of motion, you should start dumping them NOW. The conspiracy behind the calculus myth has been suddenly, brutally and quite deliciously exposed after volumes of Newton’s private correspondence were compiled and published.”

- Newtongate: the final nail in the coffin of Renaissance and Enlightenment ‘thinking’

But seriously, if you have to talk to one of these idiots who’s all worked up about so-called (by idiots) “ClimateGate” first remind them that science works, and then point them here or here to deal with their claims about any supposed conspiracy.

A marriage made in heaven - Tindersticks with Isabella...

Mon, 23 Nov 2009 09:19:47 -0500

A marriage made in heaven - Tindersticks with Isabella Rossellini