A month or so back I remarked to John that there seemed like a large number of Iraq vets running as Democrats these days, an observation that came largely from Kos’s efforts in pointing them out. John asked how many Republicans there were, and since I didn’t know we both shrugged our shoulders and moved …
Archives for December 2005
Pet Blogging
Some quick pics of the family pets. First up, the greatest Jack Russell Terrier in the world: Russell is giving me dirty looks, trying to get me to play with the football behind him. He isn’t the most photogenic dog to ever walk the earth, but we love him anyway and he is much more …
A Special Kind of Evil
This, via Radley Balko, is the most evil thing I have ever seen. There is a special place in hell for ‘friends’ like this. I can’t even file this under humor, it is so wrong.
Pandora Speaks
My Pandora station for the Red Hot Chili Peppers is currently playing Splender-I Don’t Understand, and this is why: Base on what you’ve told us so far, we’re playing this trach because it features a subtle use of vocal harmony, myld rhythmic syncopation, repetitive melodic phrasing, and many other similarities identified in the music genome …
Egads
The NY Times champions the cause of chemical plant security, something I thought had already been addressed (apparently not), and while the whole thing was a little surprising, this paragraph stuck out the most: If terrorists attacked a chemical plant, the death toll could be enormous. A single breached chlorine tank could, according to the …
More Rhetoric on the Abortion Front
This will no doubt inflame the passions of the intended audience: God sees embryos as “full and complete” humans, Pope Benedict said on Wednesday in an address that firmly underlined the Roman Catholic Church’s stance against abortion and scientific research on embryos. “The loving eyes of God look on the human being, considered full and …
It Is Tough Being Hillary
Actually, it really isn’t- most politicians would pay to have this kind of opposition: Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton’s support for the war in Iraq has outraged many liberal activists in the Democratic Party, who are warning of retribution, including a primary challenge to her re-election campaign next year. Some liberal activists are angry over Senator …