Or rather… MMMMMorrrrrronnnnns: The reanimated corpse of Dr. Jonas Salk, the medical researcher who developed the first polio vaccine, rose from the grave Friday morning on what authorities believe is a mission to hunt down idiots. The usual suspects beware. Another drive-by post, but go read the whole of Andy Borowitz’s update to his eponymous …
Christie Agonistes
Drive-by post here, as I grapple with a deadline alas already in my rear view mirror, but I couldn’t resist offering up a taste of David Sirota’s latest for the commentariat’s mastication: Federal law enforcement officials have launched a criminal investigation of New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie and members of his administration, pursuing allegations the governor …
David Brooks Auditions For Graham Greene
The Quiet American is a marvelous book, or rather, it is one in which Greene’s utter disdain for the reckless incompetence of power gets a near perfect expression. Take this snippet from near the end of the work: Pyle said, “It’s awful.” He looked at the wet on his shoes and said in a sick …
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What Could Possibly Go Wrong
When self selected vigilantes assaulting armed strangers in public spaces? Consider this incident: According to the Hillsborough Sheriff’s Office, [African-American] 62-year-old Clarence Daniels was entering Walmart with his legally concealed firearm to buy coffee creamer on Tuesday when he was spotted by 43-year-old vigilante Michael Foster. Foster, who is white, had observed Daniels conceal the weapon …
Guess The Complexion Of The Shooter
Here’s all you need to know: A Sentinel, Okla., man on Thursday shot the town’s police chief four times and was then released from custody after questioning. All lives matter and I’m glad no one was killed in this bit of 2nd Amendment insanity — but if after Martin and Brown and Rice and Crawford …
A Sunday Nerd Humor Break
Via the indomitable xkcd: Have to admit that it was beat… beat… beat… before I snorted. Damn that Heisenberg fella, always dodging about. Best nerd/science jokes in your repertory in the comments, please. And anything else.
We Are (Mostly) Star Dust
Have some brain-food-fun this a.m., courtesy of a friend of mine, Ben Lillie, recovering physicist and the man behind the lovely Story Collider effort. Here he gives a TEDx talk on element number 3, lithium, an audio essay ranging from Evanescence (the band, not the property) to the universe and back to human nature. Enjoy: …