It’s Labor Day, so I’m laboring. Have a bunch of proposals due on Thursday.
All posts by Rand Simberg
Took Him Long Enough
Pete Seeger has (finally) denounced Stalin. And written a new song about it.
[Update on Monday morning]
More Pete Seeger discussion here. Some people don’t think that he deserves as much credit as he’s getting for denouncing Stalin, when he still refuses to denounce communism itself. I think they’re overexpecting a very old dog to learn a new trick.
Good Things You Probably Don’t Eat
Looks like I should be eating more of these foods. The only way I’ve ever eaten much beets is in borscht. I’d like to eat more cabbage, but Patricia doesn’t like it. What do you do with Swiss chard? Salad?
[Via John Scalzi]
[Update a little later]
She says she does so like cabbage. She just doesn’t like it cooked, or with corned beef. That is, she doesn’t like corned beef, so she doesn’t like corned beef and cabbage.
Good Things You Probably Don’t Eat
Looks like I should be eating more of these foods. The only way I’ve ever eaten much beets is in borscht. I’d like to eat more cabbage, but Patricia doesn’t like it. What do you do with Swiss chard? Salad?
[Via John Scalzi]
[Update a little later]
She says she does so like cabbage. She just doesn’t like it cooked, or with corned beef. That is, she doesn’t like corned beef, so she doesn’t like corned beef and cabbage.
Good Things You Probably Don’t Eat
Looks like I should be eating more of these foods. The only way I’ve ever eaten much beets is in borscht. I’d like to eat more cabbage, but Patricia doesn’t like it. What do you do with Swiss chard? Salad?
[Via John Scalzi]
[Update a little later]
She says she does so like cabbage. She just doesn’t like it cooked, or with corned beef. That is, she doesn’t like corned beef, so she doesn’t like corned beef and cabbage.
Hats Off To The Mountaineers
They sure deserved to win that game. It’s not the end of the Wolverine’s season, but it almost certainly wipes out any title hopes. It wasn’t clear to me whether the defense just stank, or whether Appalachian State was that good. The coming weeks will tell.
[Update a few minutes later]
It wasn’t just the defense. Special teams fell down, too, losing in the final seconds. You don’t win national championships by having two field goals blocked in a game.
[Another update]
One more thought. When was the last time Michigan lost three straight games (over two seasons, of course). And it’s been a long time since they lost an opener as well. They usually stumble when they play the Irish in the second or third game.
[Sunday morning update]
As I note in comments, it just occurred to me that the Wolverines haven’t won a football game since Bo Schembechler died.
And Iowahawk kindly sends along this song. There ain’t no freude like schadenfreude.
“Hail To The Victors” it’s not.
[Update on late Sunday morning]
Should Michigan even be ranked now? I think not. Just shows the stupidity of pre-season polls. They can earn their way back into the top ten, but they have to run the table now.
[Afternoon update]
Here’s a Michigan fan, drowing his sorrows in…kittens.
Well, they are cute.
Cutting And Running
From cutting and running:
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., has backed down from demands for a withdrawal of our troops in Iraq by next spring.
Selling voters on cut and run was always tough, but now a new UPI/Zogby Poll finds that 54% of Americans believe the Iraq war is not lost.
Beyond the achievements of our forces, the public is obviously impressed that Iraq’s five top political leaders have agreed on a series of compromises, including oil wealth distribution and provincial elections.
Well, that’s what happens when you govern by poll instead of principle.
No Problem
Kaimipono Wenger wonders why the New York Times won’t correct its constitutional error.
I’m guessing that they don’t think it’s an error. Given all the other things that they think are in the Constitution that aren’t there, they probably just shrugged it off, and thought, “fake but accurate.”
Thin Gruel
Some thoughts about Republican “sex” scandals.
Of course, the Democrats will just point to this as evidence that Republicans have “hang ups” about sex.
Don’t Know Much About History
The only moon landing in history is NASA’s Apollo expedition in 1968.
Well, it did happen a long time ago. Probably the twit who wrote this hadn’t even been born. Anyway, I wonder where the Russians will get the money for a manned moon mission?