Not So Fast

Writer of Sesame Street lyrics died.

Saddam Hussein gave up his hunger strike for health reasons. Cause you don’t want a protest to affect you too much, now do you? I feel the commitment to the cause.

Lileks loved Firefly. I knew he would.

Dear Fox,

WHY DID YOU CANCEL IT, LAMERS? And now Wash and Book are dead. I don’t know how you can sleep at night.

Sincerely,
Kristin A Hoppe

Made me laugh, so I stole it to share and enjoy.

Enigma codes from WWII cracked. Someone get Nimitz* on the line.

*yes, Pacific fleet and all that, but even if I googled Atlantic fleet admirals would anyone get it? No, I don’t think so.

All about Star Trek weddings.

How to have one, not like, weddings on the show or anything.

Jonah on the world turned upside down.

But suddenly, virtually all leading Republicans and Democrats — with the laudable exception of Sen. John McCain (R., Ariz.) — now argue that Bush can’t be trusted on national security, that our Arab ally the UAE should go suck eggs, and that racial profiling of foreign firms is just fine. Sen. Chuck Schumer (D., N.Y.) now even thinks Halliburton should run the ports. And Jimmy Carter is backing the White House.

Lileks is somewhat redundant today, and more importantly no Firefly review yet.

Scrappleface sums up the Katrina report.

Busy day today. I’ll make it up to you later. Like so much later you forget that I said that.

Take the quiz at dicepool.com

so then I tried it again going the other way on the tough choices, of which there were many:

Take the quiz at dicepool.com

Either way, I’m a little nervous to be around me.

The fabulousness of this modern technological miracle is almost unfathomable. Not so unfathomable I would buy a Prius for it, however.

RE: handing the port contract over to the UAE.

On the one hand I don’t think it matters as much as everyone is saying it does and it’s nice to see the government being all open-minded and non-judgmental.

On the other hand, it just screams “WRONG THING TO DO”

On the other hand, it could just be a clever Rovian plot to make the lefties admit they want Halliburton to run something.

That sums up my feelings* on the subject.

*feelings subject to change, discontinue use if rash occurs, YMMV

Captain Kirk isn’t afraid of a little bitty test now, is he?

What’s with the compassionate head tilt?

*compassionate head tilt</small.

The elderly don’t like having to go outside to smoke and IT’S A SHARK!

An annual tax on people that get tickets. Isn’t that double jeopardy or something? Stop spending so much morans and you won’t have to tax your people into the ground.

Apparently the La Brea tar pits are spreading. With the help of man.

Jonah on the trouble with the Republicans today.

Many conservatives, including yours truly, would have agonized over a choice between a reliably pro-war Democrat and George W. Bush in 2004, particularly if judicial appointments weren’t so important.

Risk taking in modern society.

We no longer really believe in the idea of individual autonomy. People are helplessly addicted to sex, alcohol, or shopping. People are represented as weak and vulnerable. More and more groups—children, women, minorities—are defined as “vulnerable.” Policy is focused on reassuring and supporting people, and risk taking is stigmatized.

Never trust you conscious mind for anything but the simplest of decisions.

Houston cop wants to place surveillance cameras in private houses, amongst other places.

“I know a lot of people are concerned about Big Brother, but my response to that is, if you are not doing anything wrong, why should you worry about it?” Chief Harold Hurtt told reporters Wednesday at a regular briefing.

And if I’m not doing anything wrong, why do you need to watch me?

So, the low-fat diet prevents heart disease is bunk, and now the whole calcium and vitamin D help prevent osteoperosis is out the window too.

You knew it was coming, the Rove connection. Halliburton, has anyone connected Halliburton yet?

Ace does the Top 10 anti-fast food Islamic verses.

8. Sura 9, Verse 3: “You may eat of chicken, but not in ‘McNugget’ or ‘Tender’ form. Such are the eating habits of the polytheists, who prefer their chicken in the manifold forms of their tripartite false god.”

Jonah bring teh funnay.

Trogdor will be burninating web editors soon. Possibly. It’s just a rumor.

Not so much. If I had to hang my laundry to wash it, yeah, that wouldn’t go well.

Shotgun tasers. Fun for the whole police squad.

special thanks to Despair.com whom I blatently thieved the photo from.

You scored as Deep Space Nine (Star Trek). You have entered the dark side of the Star Trek universe. The paradise of Earth is far from you and you must survive despite having enemies on all fronts. But you wouldn’t have it any other way because you thrive in conflict and will know what needs to be done to take care of those around you. Now if only the Founders would quit trying to take over the galaxy. Serenity (Firefly) 94% Deep Space Nine (Star Trek) 94% Nebuchadnezzar (The Matrix) 94% Millennium Falcon (Star Wars) 88% SG-1 (Stargate) 88% Galactica (Battlestar: Galactica) 69% Moya (Farscape) 69% FBI's X-Files Division (The X-Files) 63% Babylon 5 (Babylon 5) 56% Bebop (Cowboy Bebop) 50% Andromeda Ascendant (Andromeda) 44% Enterprise D (Star Trek) 31%

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Let’s sit back and see how well he does.

Don’t look, however, for any overt expression of alarm. It is too much to ask of the European Union for now to go on the record supporting the right of Danish free expression or to demand an embargo of Iran as it approaches nuclear autonomy. Instead, expect the European reaction to be far more subtle: the same old public utopian rhetoric, but in the shadows a newfound desire to galvanize against the threat of Islamic fascism.

Batman takes on Al Qaeda . That’s so cool.

Instead of hiring a public relations firm and spending all that money, here’s a thought. Stop your representitives from ladling in the pork.

VDH

The great wealth and leisure created by modern technology have confused some in the modern age into thinking that history is linear. We expect that each generation will inevitably improve upon the last, as if we, the blessed of the 21st century, would never chase out Anaxagoras or execute Socrates — or allow others to do so — in our modern polis.

That’s rock solid.

“Science works by first making definitive recommendations, and then doing several years of research to discover if we were right,â€? said an unnamed NIH spokesman. “During the research phase, our job is to vigorously promote our assumptions until the facts disprove them.â€?

Your tax dollars at work.

We all know Jesus loves pancakes. And fruitcakes.

So, killing or chasing off all the farmers isn’t such a good idea. And the farmers that take him up on the deal are nuts.

Not his finest work ever, but there’s a few quality quotes in there.

via Tim Blair

Inoperable Terran turns the phrase neatly.

Hawkins sums up my feelings pretty well.

With legos!

Yeah, I have no idea what all that is, but it looks cool. And it’s Legos!

The Convoy 88 is specially hilarious.

via Inoperable Terran

Low-fat diet, not helping so much. Pass the potato chips.

NASA decides to go to the moon within the next decade. Not because it’s easy, but because it is hard.

Regardless of their little feud, it’s a good idea.

Crazy people with nuclear weapons make people nervous. Who knew?

Apparently it’s illegal to call someone names, if the names are of a racial manner.

Because creating giant robots to aid humanity is always a good idea.

All you need to know.

Some groundhog songs to get you through the day.

Censorship doesn’t work, but we’ll help you try.

The rest of Europe is getting in on the act and reprinting the cartoon that so offended Muslims. More here. Somewhere Thomas Nast is smiling.

I had no idea that until 5 minutes ago that you could send a telegram in these modern days stop so I guess the end of it all isn’t so bad stop

♪A fisking, a fisking….♪ Okay, it’s not actually a fisking, per se, but it is all about Fisk’s errors.

France jumps into the middle of the Danish-Islam row. This ought to be fun.

A couple of Egyptian officials are asking Hamas to honor past peace deals and quit calling for Israel’s immediate demise. Wonder what’s in it for Egypt, but still, it’s a positive.

Greenspan goes out in style.

Invaluable help in your Star Wars vs. Star Trek debates.

via Fark

Only 20 years to live it up before the end is nigh.

Bush doing better in the ratings. No film at eleven.

American’s savings rate is now a negative number. That is amazing to me.

Major company makes profit. Film at eleven.

The Enterprise home theater. So rad.

I’m pretty sure Despair has the trademark. Cingular could be in for a fight over the patent on emoticons. Oh, and Cingular is a bunch of morans for even trying.

The internet allows people to say what they are really thinking without any annoying social inhibitions. Now we see the real you, jerk.

Happy Birthday, Trogdor. If I had known, I would have baked a cake.

While I’m discussing my health, FitDay is a handy thing for tracking your food consumption and composition and activities. So far today, 834 calories: 49% carbs, 23% protien, %28 fat.

Okay, I get a cold once in a while but the only things I take are Ricola (Reeeeeecooolaaaaa, to stop the coughing), Theraflu (soothing to go to sleep), Nyquil (knocks me out so I can sleep), and Sudafed (not actually for treating any symptoms but because it makes me so happy I can get through the day) or their generic knock-offs.

All of that just to tell you I don’t buy cough medicine so the fact that they don’t work doesn’t bother me at all.

Google bows to its Chinese overlords roundup.

Joel Stein on Hugh Hewitt’s show, explaining how he knows nothing about the military, but that wasn’t his point.

The government wants Google to turn over all searches for an unspecified week. Google said no. I bow to our Google overlords.

Cheaper by the Dozen 2 is beating Brokeback Mountain in sales. Clearly, Steve Martin knows what Americans want to see.

The old spy rock trick.

Kerry adds his two cents over at Daily Kos. You can tell it’s a slow news day, since this is news.

Protest robots. Yeah, that’s a good idea.

Until they become sentient, realize they’re dupes and go on a killing spree.

There ought to be a law against this sort of thing.

Hillary thinks the administration should be dealing more strongly with Iran. Which, of course, would be condemned as war-mongering by an imperialist president if he actually mentioned Iran, even if it’s just sanctions.

VDH on what is wrong with the US in the Middle East.

Work, work, work. Perhaps I’ll be posting some later.

What’s missing from this article? Any study indicating that you learn less online versus actually showing up.

William Shatner’s kidney stone bought by??? Yes, of course, Golden Palace.

Coolio pong clock for sale now. With video.

The Top Ten ways Congress is like a plantation.

But talk is cheap and buying votes isn’t.

Scrappleface has the scoop. The rich, chocolatey scoop.

“Ever since I saw the movie Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, I’ve thought, ‘That’s New Orleans’,� Mayor Nagin said. “and I thought, ‘I’m Willy Wonka’. �

UPDATE: You can get the tshirt.

Scientists want to create human-rabbit embryos to grow stem cells. Unnatural, yes. Possible boon to science, yes. Wrong, I don’t know.

The new Intel Macs may be able to boot XP after all.

Kim Jong Il missing? I find it unlikely.

It’s like a Scooby Doo episode, without Scooby.

Which makes it Doo. Let’s just move on…

Video of a lion cub and its adopted mother.

Robertson’s latest inane remarks have made Israel mad at him. Israel won’t allow Robertson’sHoly Land theme park atrocity now. I don’t see a down side.

UPDATE: And now he’s apologizing. That doesn’t seem insincere or anything.

More Alito than you could ever want.

How can the ‘verse go on? Okay, a sequel would be really cool anyway.

UPDATE: I feel I should emphasize, HE KILLED WASH!

Soon your film camera will be a collectible antique.

It’s like it’s just the flu!

What the GOP does need is a House majority leader with integrity and a passionate, fiery commitment to righting the wayward ship.”.

Who has a better chance, do you think?

I don’t quite see a reason to get riled up about this. They’re not being sneaky about it. Is Amazon.com malware too then?

Preemptive fashion advice, unless you’re a babushka.

Wendy’s video here.

The Idiotarian of the Year.

I don’t see how there could have been any competition.

Human skin bound books not as uncommon as I would hope.

From the Ebay song. It’s been a good day. Cause I bought it on Ebay…

Don’t kiss the chickens. Duh.

The real line of succession in the Executive branch.

The best blonde joke evar.

Tim Blair has some awesome quotes from 2005 arranged by month. Just keep scrolling.

* “If I’d have known how freakin’ ugly they were, I would never have gotten so concerned about their endangerment.�—Stephen Green meets a condor

* “Every minute in the world a woman is raped, and she has no one to blame but herself.�—Sheikh Feiz Muhammad at a Town Hall meeting in Sydney

* “I didn’t actually say they were Eichmann, I said they were little Eichmanns.�—Ward Churchill clears things up regarding the 9/11 dead

I grabbed a sugar-free Sobe today, cause it was the flavor I wanted. Here’s the downer, the crap they use to make it sugar-free tastes stronger than the flavor.

WordPress 2.0 is out. I haven’t tried it yet cause I’m waiting for my host to make it automagically available for me, but you can get it if you want.

So, it seems George Bush hates the elderly, not the poor and blacks. Eh well.

Scrappleface says it so well, and so much better than I did:

“God disciplines American Christians for their willful ignorance of the Scriptures by having me embarrass them every 60 days or so with another ridiculous remark.�

You know what would be awesome? No, of course not, but I’ll tell you. If the bank would let me create virtual savings accounts within my savings account. That way I could designate certain portions of my savings for, say, car repair or home improvement or electronical gadgets without having to try to keep track in my head.

And don’t tell me about software I can buy to do that kind of stuff. Unless it integrated with my online banking and popped up there in my browser there’s no way I’m expending the effort to do that.

My coworker’s getting interviewed by KREM 2 News even as I type. Maybe my vehicle will be in the background.

Of course, it’s about some government handout that they don’t want to stop, so maybe I should have been shouting, NO FREE CAR SEATS WITH MY TAXES or something.

On the current Anglo primacy in fighting wars.

A FURTHER asset of the Anglo countries is that they approach war more confidently than their potential rivals. That partly reflects their favorable geopolitical situation. No Anglo country shares a common border with a threatening neighbor. Britain, Australia and New Zealand are islands, while the United States abuts only much weaker Canada and Mexico. So the Anglos often can wait to fight opponents until they are likely to prevail. The same cannot be said of France, Germany or Russia, still less the hapless east European countries sandwiched between Germany and Russia.

via The Corner

Gilding the lily, but with style.

The world began in 1968, and owes nothing to what came before; if we wish to combat the regrettable enthusiasms of some other cultures whose animus appears religious, we should deconsecrate the cathedrals in order to set an example and light the way. Religion is the enemy to the transnational progressives, because religion holds up laws and codes and rules the wise burghers of Belgium cannot amend.

Also:

It goes without saying that selling anti-Christian iconography to European fashionistas is a brave an act as reducing the food pellet allotment to your pet hamster; a true act of bravery would be yanking the dead wildebeest out of a lion’s mouth. Or selling jeans that have the international cross-and-bar NO symbol over the crescent of Islam.

Earliest Darwin Award winner video I know of. (Direct video link)

Woman weds dolphin.

I guessed right. No Google PC.

Yet.

An article on student disengagement has this happy thought:

Surveys of undergraduates like “Your First College Year,” conducted by the Higher Education Research Institute at the University of California at Los Angeles and the Policy Center on the First Year of College at Brevard College, show troublingly high levels of “academic disengagement.” Students say that they feel bored in class, submit assignments that underexercise their talents, and do minimal homework.

Mark Steyn on the decline and fall of Western Civilization.

It would make my not buying the new, useless Coldplay CD more meaningful.