February 2009
ABC News: Judd Gregg Could Be Picked for Commerce... →
spiegelman:
This would be utterly brilliant. Judd Gregg is a Republican senator from New Hampshire, a state with a Democratic governor. If Gregg takes the post, the governor appoints a Democrat in his place, giving the Dems 60 seats in the Senate, a filibuster-proof majority. If GOP leaders pressure Gregg to turn down the offer, then the GOP can’t bitch about Obama not having a bipartisan...
“The drive to make Italians eat Italian, which was described by the Left and...”
– Italy bans kebabs and foreign food from cities
January 2009
Birmingham bans apostrophes from road signs →
nostrich:
Good lord.
My new follower, Saturday AM
I finally got a new follower! Yay! Maybe now they’ll start trickling in, and I won’t have to wait till someone with actual followers reblogs me… Oh, wait.
“People would say to me, ‘Bill, you vote for Clinton, he’s gonna raise your...”
– Bill Hicks, 1992
Damn, I wish he had been here for the W administration… that woulda been sumthin.
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(via kateoplis) (via frothyparadise)
Am I blogging things too early? That must be it.
“On October 29, 2008, a vigilant senior Unix engineer happened across a...”
– UNIX sysadmin foils insider plot to take down Fannie Mae’s servers
Man smears feces on his lawyer, flings it at jury... →
kimberleecline:
(via robot-heart)
“McGowan had smuggled a bag of feces into court and spread it on Martin’s hair and face before flinging the excrement at jurors. No jurors were hit.”
“Trying to understand why the FDA is making us specify “artificial”...”
– Archie McPhee on Twitter
“Both focused on the role of the U.S. dollar, with China’s Premier Wen Jiabao...”
– Russia, China Blame Woes on Capitalism - WSJ.com
mikehudack:
This talk is dangerous. The only way we can do the stimulus package is if countries like China and Russia buy US debt in dollars.
Couldn’t agree more. Heed the Sicilian, Mr. Obama — we can’t win a land war in Asia!...
“The TwoDaLoo is billed as the world’s first toilet two people can use...”
– TOILET FOR TWO (best of craigslist)
Um, off notice.
Yesterday I said some cranky things, but since then not only did I get followed by some more awesome folks, but I also got two @ replies from @warrenellis on Twitter, so, um, I’m happy now. Nice Tumblr. Nice.
WatchThe Star Wars trilogy, as told by someone who hasn’t seen it (via unicornzzzzz)