Bird Dog should be arriving back from his trip down to Georgia today. If'n he a'starts tawkin' lak dis and usin' de word y'all ever'where an' a'callin' hisself Bird Dawg, we'll ask him to shorten his vacation next time.
Interesting News
Well, I suppose we should start off with the serious stuff, like how soon we're all going to die from global colding. If you read my article here, you're aware that science has now established that all of the warming over the past century is a direct result of global colding, and estimates of our continued existence range anywhere from 35 years to 35 minutes.
Second Coldest Start To Spring In US History
As if any further proof was necessary.
How To Start A Black Market Industry In One Easy Lesson:
Colorado resident: "Hey, man, wanna buy an ounce of pot for $500?"
Other resident: "What? Are you crazy? It's now legal in this state!"
Colorado Officials to Consider Marijuana Taxes of Up to 30 Percent
"In that case, I'll take two!"
In war news, allow me to again emulate James Taranto:
Breaking News From 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012:
NATO Crash Kills 4; Taliban Begin Spring Offensive
You could set your watch by it.
In regards to our slow deployment from Afghanistan over the next year, from the movie 'Rambo III':
Mousa: This is Afghanistan. Alexander the Great try to conquer this country, then Genghis Khan, then the British. Now Russia. But Afghan people fight hard, they never be defeated.
So at least we're in good company.
I thought this was exceptionally cool:
Voice of Alexander Graham Bell Heard in Recovered Audio Recording
The recording, a wax-and-cardboard disc, contains the voice of Bell counting aloud, rattling off different percentages and dollar figures, and stating his name, date and address.
And to think; we're still using discs 128 years later. Alex, old boy, you were way ahead of the curve.
On the gender front, it's nice to see Washington state finally doing something about the horrific bias built into the language that relegates poor, defenseless females to the role of second-class citizens:
Washington State Dumps 'Sexist' Words Like 'Penmanship'
The war on the English language from gender-neutrality advocates has reached new lows in Washington state, where the governor signed a new piece of legislation dictating that the terms "fisherman," "freshman," and "penmanship" all be replaced because of alleged sexism. "Fisherman" will now be "fisher"; "freshman" will now be "first-year student"; "penmanship" will now be "handwriting."
First comment:
Well, ain't that a bitch!
Speaking of oppressed minorities, my buddy Shutterbug is a Mac aficionado and incorporates all things Mac into her life (iPhone, iPad, iCar, iHubby), so I sent her the following iArticle which she iAppreciated so much I thought I should iPost it here.
What Your iPhone is Trying to Tell You
I thought the third suggestion, "Knock off all that stupid 'i' stuff!" was a bit over the top, but the rest of it seems like solid advice.
And speaking of phones...
Smartphones Outsell ‘Dumbphones’ for First Time, Report Says
On the other hand, why a phone that can connect to the greatest collection of lies, half-truths and outright spin in the history of mankind is called 'smart' is anybody's guess.
Excuse me, I meant peoplekind.
On a non-news note, I made a pretty nifty discovery the other day. As it turns out, Google Translator isn't just for words or sentences. Entire, complete web pages are converted just by pasting in the URL. I wanted to send this page to a Cuban buddy of mine; ran it through Google Translator and here's what I sent him. That's pretty slick.
On the blogger scene, I think it'll be interesting watching to see if any right-wing bloggers pick up on a certain parallel.
Prior to our 2003 invasion of Iraq, it had been estimated that Saddam Hussein had murdered somewhere between 200,000 and 350,000 Iraqi Kurds with various weapons of mass destruction, Sarin gas (a cousin of the Mustard Gas used in WW I) being at the top of the list. There were also clues that Hussein was starting to think about putting together an atomic bomb, but the real factor was stopping a mass murderer the likes of which hadn't been seen since Cambodian Pol Pot's Khmer Rouge purge in the early 70's.
After the invasion, the liberal, anti-Bush MSM conveniently forgot that the term 'weapons of mass destruction' includes three categories; nuclear, chemical and biological and, when literally tons of Sarin gas was found but no nukes, Bush lied, thousands died! I covered this here.
So, here we are with a Democrat in the White House when suddenly...
Syrian Blood Tests Positive for Sarin Gas, U.S. Spies Say
The U.S. intelligence community has uncovered strong evidence that chemical weapons have been used in Syria. Several blood samples, taken from multiple people, have tested positive for the nerve agent Sarin, an American intelligence source tells Danger Room. President Obama has long said that the use of such a weapon by the Assad regime would cross a "red line."
In other words, if some half-baked Mid-Eastern potentate is using weapons of mass destruction on the citizenry, then we need to step in and stop him!
I haven't seen any of the right-wing bloggers pick up on this massive hypocrisy yet, but I assume they will as the story progresses.
Political News
What a cutie!
Michelle Obama Calls Her Bangs ‘Irritating’ – and She’s Not the Only Celeb Over the Hair Trend
Mrs. Obama later talked about her bangs on the "Rachael Ray Show," calling them "my midlife crisis."
"I couldn't get a sports car," she joked. "They won't let me bungee-jump. So instead, I cut my bangs."
[...]
Mrs. Obama isn't the only one who already seems over the look. Kim Kardashian, who cut her hair in early March, seems done, too.
Personally, I think Michelle looks simply fabulous in bangs, so it appears not all of the news coming out of Washington this week is good.
Tracked: Apr 29, 09:08