BlogBites

December 29th, 2005

The Culture Warriors are legalistic, small-minded Telmarines, intent on driving all the beasts and magical creatures underground. slacktivist  

Just try explaining that to righties, though. Or try explaining physics to a hamster, which is nearly as futile. The Mahablog  

I suppose the press and public have behaved like children and the administration has become used to treating us like children. Edgewise  

Last year at this time, the Republicans felt triumphant. The Smirking Chimp  

The poor and the wealthy want the same thing, to be wealthier. Gristmill  

Even the very best companies, with the most inspired sustainability initiatives, aren’t rising to the planetary challenge and the business opportunity it contains. WorldChanging  

Dang Germans can’t get anything right, can they? BerlinBites  

Sometimes I think Google is a government operating as a business…. Weblogsky  

The only one remotely close to drinkable, in the way that cough syrup is drinkable, when your sinuses are inflamed and you’ve lost your sense of taste. decorabilia  

December 28th, 2005

In fact the great-grandfather has now won a place in the Guinness Book of World Records for being the oldest person in the world to start primary school. mentalacrobatics  

Two days without opening my laptop - now that’s a vacation. My heart’s in Accra  

This is about circumventing a teeny tiny check by the judicial branch, placed there by the legislative branch, placed there 27 years ago — on the last occasion that the executive branch abused its power so broadly. Schneier on Security  

But when judicial oversight doesn’t go your way, real men break the law, I guess. TPMCafe  

God almighty, these two shouldn’t be given cactus to raise, much less a human being. What Would Tyler Durden Do  

Someone started throwing turds, but it was a gesture of love. Probably. Secondsight