International
Bono Writes A Love Letter To America
International philanthropist Bono wrote an op-ed for today’s New York Times on why Obama deserves the Nobel Peace Prize and what it means to the rest of the world: Well, I happen to be European, and I can project with the best of them. So here’s why I think the virtual Obama is the real […]
Saturday’s Open Thread
Cold and rainy Saturday. A great day to watch some college football from the comfort of you living room. Or maybe you would like to discuss some of the following: Delaware gets smacked by a nor’easter (link) Pakistan starts military action against Al-Queda and the Taliban (link) James Monroe biographer says that Obama should take […]
Thursday Open Thread
Is it Thursday already? The week is flying by! This is just cool: Then it will be time to test one of the most bizarre and revolutionary theories in science. I’m not talking about extra dimensions of space-time, dark matter or even black holes that eat the Earth. No, I’m talking about the notion that […]
Obama’s Remarks On His Nobel Win
Transcript of his remarks: Good morning. Well, this is not how I expected to wake up this morning. After I received the news, Malia walked in and said, “Daddy, you won the Nobel Peace Prize, and it is Bo’s birthday!” And then Sasha added, “Plus, we have a three-day weekend coming up.” So it’s good […]
Nobel Peace Prize Awarded To President Obama!
Just announced: The Nobel Peace Prize for 2009 The Norwegian Nobel Committee has decided that the Nobel Peace Prize for 2009 is to be awarded to President Barack Obama for his extraordinary efforts to strengthen international diplomacy and cooperation between peoples. The Committee has attached special importance to Obama’s vision of and work for a […]
Dashboard
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wfXjY1zG4Rg[/youtube] Well we scheme and we scheme but we always blow it We’ve yet to crash, but we still might as well enjoy it Standing at a light switch to each east and west horizon, Every dawn you’re surprising, And the evening was consoling Saying “See it wasn’t quite as bad as” Well, it […]
Now that we created the monster, when do we attack them too?
So, we all know that around the time that Sadam started talking crazy with pegging oil to a basket currency the US all of a sudden need to rid him of his non-existent WMD’s and shove Democracy down his country’s throat with a few thousand megatons of whoop ass. And we needed Haliburton to secure […]
UnAmerican
During the Bush Administration, supporters of President Bush (the very same critics of President Obama today) called any criticism of the President’s policies to be treason and unAmerican. Obviously they were wrong. Vocal dissent over policy and politics is at the very nature of our Democracy, and right wing critics of President Obama today have […]
Read All About It In the Sunday Papers-September 27, 2009
LEAD STORY-The (UK) Independent: In the Future, We’ll E-Mail Toast. Oh, and Live Forever. A Baby Boomer’s Dream, and IT COULD HAPPEN. The living forever part. Not sure how the Series of Tubes Called the Internet will adapt to melted butter: …or at least that’s what Ray Kurzweil thinks. He has spent his life inventing […]
Weekend Open Thread
A hidden treasure version of your open thread for your weekend. An unemployed amateur treasure hunter found the largest find of Anglo-Saxon treasure ever found. Amazing photos at the link! Full story I would totally wear that! This is totally cool. There’s a website called The Museum of Animal Perspectives. Here’s the armadillo cam:
Don’t embarass me at dinner in the dam
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rcwN8VUeChU[/youtube] No matter where I go, I will not be embarrassed in front of a lady. Even in Amsterdam!
Wednesday Open Thread
A science-y version of your open thread today. Swine flu, yikes! We are already close to the number of cases as we normally have during the peak of flu season and we haven’t even entered the official flu season yet. (The red line is the current flu season and 98% of cases are H1N1 right […]
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