I have to be down in NYC early tomorrow, so I will leave you dear readers with these excellent links:
The Bush 41 grocery scanner myth
Is time an illusion? And what's an illusion anyway?
Parody no longer acceptable in academia. It's all so stupid, from supposedly bright people.
TigerHawk wants to see this happen. Me too.
I hate it when this happens: Cougar comes into house, kills family dog. Can't we all just get along?
Parallel lives: Orwell and Waugh. They are two of my favorites.
Obama's big donors. But I thought...
Related: Jonah Goldberg notes postmodernism on the left
Related: The Nation warns Obama about moving to far to the right (!?!?)
Russia: "If we had no sexual harassment we would have no children," the judge ruled. Ain't that the truth.
Most people can ignore prostate cancer. That's good news. I will.
Dogs and cats and Moslems don't mix. It's their loss.
Still no recession. Why are people grouchy? Maybe they aren't.
The anniversary of Little Boy. Still a moral puzzle.
And August 4th was the one good day of the French Revolution
Morgan Stanley freezing home equity withdrawals. Ouch.
Guns and violent crime in VA
Rather amusing: John Edwards with his love child. Yes, it's a dumb story - but what if he were a Repub?
Doubling down on dumb. Dino
Abuse of the Red Cross symbol in Colombia. They do have a point. On the other hand, all's fair in war...
Cops need training in sensitivity to transexuals, or whatever they are. First things first, right?
Studying boredom
Bill Clinton's plea for African monogamy. Good grief.
World's smallest snake discovered, and why snakes can't come any smaller (h/t, YARGB)
Maggots and the National Health Service. And rats in French jails.
From Coyote, one quote:
I generally have a bet I make for new light (and heavy) commuter rail systems. I bet that for the amount the system cost to build, every single daily rider could have instead been given a Prius to drive for the same money; and, with the operating losses and/or subsidy the system requires each year, every one of those Prius drivers could be given enough gas to make their daily commute. And still have money left over.
Where have all the Pangolins gone? No wonder I never see them around here.
Beware the mechanical monkeys.
Robert Samuelson: A tyranny of true believers. But do most people care all that much about public affairs? I doubt it. I was, maybe unfortunately, taught to care. Citizenship and all that.
How our culture keeps kids out of the sciences. Does it, really? Maybe it self-selects...for IQ.
A great Bush speech, Sept. 20, 2001. Video
Toon from Don Singleton
