On Hannity last night, Jim Geraghty reportedly (according to Jim, in his daily email) said that if Michael Vick was going to be allowed to have pets again, he should have to start small — give him an ant farm, and see if he started up ant-fighting rings. I’d also not allow him to own a magnifying glass. If that works out, he could move on to guppies, and then gerbils.
Category Archives: Popular Culture
Not That Many Shopping Days Until Christmas
I really appreciate the shopping that people have been doing at my Amazon link (over there in the left sidebar) — it really helps reduce the stocking coalage, especially the Kindles (though the cameras and printers and laptops are great, too).
But for that Tea Partier in the family, all of Bill Whittle’s Firewall videos have been compiled into a DVD, so it’s a great stocking stuffer, too. I don’t get a direct cut, but I’d like to see Declaration Entertainment succeed, because I’d like to do well by doing good consulting with things like the solar fiction movie that Bill wants to make.
[Update a while later]
If anyone else is having trouble using the Amazon box, like my commenter, this link
Don’t Show This To The Kids
It’s very disturbing. And yes, it was clear early on that it was a parody of the killing of “Mr. Howard,” aka Jesse James.
So do today’s kids know Yogi? Is it on the cartoon channels? Or are they being introduced via the new movie?
For Zombie Fans
Or, better yet, zombie haters, here’s sixty-nine seconds of non-stop zombie slaughter.
Oh, the unhumanity.
Where is Unhuman Rights Watch? Aren’t zombies people, too? This is worse than Pol Pot.
[Via Jonah]
Nothing New Here
The home team loses in Detroit, as usual.
Proposed Division Names For The Big Tweleven
…are not getting a lot of love from the commentariat at Free Republic. The comments at the original Tribune article are pretty cutting, too.
They seem kind of stupid to me. Can’t one be both a “Leader” and a “Legend”? Or, neither, for that matter? Jeez, just go with East and West.
[Update a few minutes later]
Here’s a suggestion for a new, disambiguated name: “The Big Ten Plus Penn State And Nebraska.” You can call the other one “The Big Twelve Minus Colorado and Nebraska.”
Finally, A Football Game Worth Watching
The game between the New York Giants and the Minnesota Vikings in Minneapolis already had been postponed because of heavy snow. When the Metrodome’s roof collapsed early Sunday morning, the NFL moved the game to Detroit.
…“We hope it’s a great event,” Lions president Tom Lewand said. “It’s free. Obviously that’s something that was important to us. This is an opportunity for Detroit fans to come out and enjoy another NFL game. We think that we’ll have a good crowd, and that’s why we tried to make it as accessible as possible.”
Hard to beat the price, too. Though it’s also nice that the Lions managed to eke out a win against the Packers today.
Asking The Important Questions
Is Batman a state actor?
In Batman’s case, Commissioner Gordon is certainly a person for whom the State is responsible, and Batman often acts together with Gordon and obtains significant aid from Gordon in the form of information and evidence. Batman’s conduct is also otherwise chargeable to the State because the Gotham Police Department has worked with Batman on numerous occasions (and thus knows his methods) and operates the Bat Signal, expressly invoking Batman’s assistance in a traditionally public function. This suggests state action under the public function theory: “when private individuals or groups are endowed by the State with powers or functions governmental in nature, they become agencies or instrumentalities of the State and subject to its constitutional limitations.” Evans v. Newton, 382 U.S. 296, 299 (1966).
But what about Superman? And who’s going to enforce the law against him?
[Update a couple minutes later]
Related: the brain-kill forensics of zombies.
Not So Much
I’m surprised it’s that high, actually. It’s probably because I have a lot of friends, and I check several times a day. I almost never manually update my status, and the answers to most of the other questions were “no.”
By the way, vanilla friend requests from people I don’t know are generally ignored. If you want to be my Facebook friend, tell me who you are and why.
That’s Going To Be Some Pricy Cheese
The Dragon’s secret payload, revealed. I just want to know, is it stilton?
[Update a while later]
Alan Boyle is disappointed. I have to admit, I was thinking spam, too.