Jesse Londin has a roundup. I’d like to go to the one in Arcachon, France.
She also has a year-end space linkfest that I’d missed.
It’s Happening Already
Chris Matthews says that Obama lost New Hampshire because they’re racists up there in the Granite State.
I expected this, but not quite so soon.
If Obama isn’t the next president, it will be because of America’s inherent racism. And if Hillary! isn’t, it will be because of America’s inherent sexism. It won’t, it goes without saying, be because of any inherent deficiencies in them as candidates that are independent of their melanin content or genital configuration.
And it’s guaranteed to be one or the other, because only one of them (if either) can win. And of course, if neither of them do, and another Rethuglican steals the election, it will be because we’re both racist and sexist. Because, you know, it’s always America’s fault.
It’s Happening Already
Chris Matthews says that Obama lost New Hampshire because they’re racists up there in the Granite State.
I expected this, but not quite so soon.
If Obama isn’t the next president, it will be because of America’s inherent racism. And if Hillary! isn’t, it will be because of America’s inherent sexism. It won’t, it goes without saying, be because of any inherent deficiencies in them as candidates that are independent of their melanin content or genital configuration.
And it’s guaranteed to be one or the other, because only one of them (if either) can win. And of course, if neither of them do, and another Rethuglican steals the election, it will be because we’re both racist and sexist. Because, you know, it’s always America’s fault.
It’s Happening Already
Chris Matthews says that Obama lost New Hampshire because they’re racists up there in the Granite State.
I expected this, but not quite so soon.
If Obama isn’t the next president, it will be because of America’s inherent racism. And if Hillary! isn’t, it will be because of America’s inherent sexism. It won’t, it goes without saying, be because of any inherent deficiencies in them as candidates that are independent of their melanin content or genital configuration.
And it’s guaranteed to be one or the other, because only one of them (if either) can win. And of course, if neither of them do, and another Rethuglican steals the election, it will be because we’re both racist and sexist. Because, you know, it’s always America’s fault.
Only From Cracked
The five genetic experiments most likely to destroy the world. Not sure whether to categorize this as “Technology and Society,” or “Humor.” So, I’ll just go with “Weird.”
[Via Cosmic Log]
Faux Conservatism
Cynical Christian has a post about Huckappeal. But he misses (or at least doesn’t elaborate upon) a key point:
What grabbed me were some of Carter’s defenses of Mike Huckabee as the real full-spectrum conservative in the race.
A prime example of how “economic conservatives” are out of touch with the Reagan conservatives is the issue of executive compensation for poorly managed companies. On CNBC Governor Mike Huckabee expressed his disgust for corporate boards that award CEOs with $200 million bonuses while the workers are taking 40% pay cuts. As the Governor made clear he didn
Bad Reviews Get Results!
All the one-stars at Amazon by people who haven’t read Jonah’s book
Plus the oftnever-told story of Teddy Roosevelt and Big Meat. You never heard this when you had to read The Jungle
[Update Thursday night]
Since Glenn keeps bumping this link up to the top of Instapundit, some of the newcomers might want to look around at the rest of the blog. Lots of others fun stuff posted over the last couple days.
DIY Triodes
As the comments indicate, this video really is amazing. I don’t have the patience for this sort of thing, but I’m always in awe at craftsmen like this. And making vacuum tubes is becoming a lost art. I know that starting in the nineties, some of the more obscure types were available only from Russia. Fortunately, Sylvania and GE continued to make the most common ones.
Cheating At Jigsaw
Just when you think you have plumbed the darkest depths of the nation’s moral decline, someone comes up with something like this. I weep for my country.
Well, I’m not sure that it’s really unethical to not break up the pieces, but it certainly seems to miss the point, unless your only goal is simply to complete the puzzle as quickly as possible. And I’ve never seen a puzzle that was really worth the end result. With a jigsaw puzzle, isn’t the journey the destination?
“The Ring On Zarqawi’s Finger”
Michael Totten has an interesting discussion with some Iraqis:
According to the conventional narrative, Al Qaeda was rejected by Iraqis because they murdered Iraqis. They were far more vicious and hateful than the Americans they vowed to expel. The narrative is correct, as far as it goes, but Al Qaeda is detested for more than mere thuggery. Other armed groups have been able to maintain at least some popularity even though they also murder Iraqis. None of the others, though, violent though they may be, are so thoroughly totalitarian, so alien to the traditions of Iraqi culture, and so hostile to its centuries-old social fabric. Al Qaeda in Iraq tears at Iraq