BlogBites

January 31st, 2006

Indeed, this would seem a common theme with many conservative Republicans: They think science is great, except when its results conflict with the pet interests of some particular constituency. The Intersection  

Does Congress have any power whatsoever to regulate or limit the President’s ability to order eavesdropping on either the international or domestic communications of American citizens? Unclaimed Territory - by Glenn Greenwald: Questions 1-5  

If anyone’s been looking for the heart of the Democratic party, it’s right here. firedoglake  

We are the heart of the Democratic party and we can make a difference. Hullabaloo  

I am not lactose intolerant, I just refuse to put up with lactose’s shit. Kickass: I’m Back  

January 30th, 2006

Unfortunately, Ofsted is the organisation that gave a rave review to Tony Blair’s pet city academy in Gateshead: a Christian school whose head of science thinks the entire universe began after the domestication of the dog. New Statesman - Diary - Richard Dawkins  

If you’re using their Inet are you obliged to drink their coffee and purchase blueberry scones all day long? eXtension IT » Blog Archive » Coffee Shop Etiquette?  

Pretty soon you’ll have someone who hates the U.N. nominated as U.N. ambassador of the institution’s host country! Nah, it’ll never come to that. Rhinocrisy  

President Bush stopped by the super-secret National Security Agency headquarters today to give a super-secret speech, presumably about super-secret things that you have no business knowing. Red State Diaries: In fact, you shouldn’t even read this post  

Actually, I wouldn’t review that book. I’d feed it to a woodchipper, then use the remains to line a Habitrail for the hamsters to crap on — a form of “functional literacy” that goes beyond mere reading. Red Grange Run: Reads  

January 29th, 2006

George has nowhere left on earth to fail and godhood must now be conferred upon him. He will be the one deity that all mythologies lack: The Fucking Idiot Deity with absolutely nothing to recommend him except that [he] can’t be kicked out of the pantheon. The “Idiot Deity” | Needlenose  

The Constitution was signed way back in 1787. That’s a long time ago. More than two hundred years. They didn’t even have a group of folks like al-Qaeda back then. *Heh* In the twentieth-century, we need more nimble, less cum-ber-some tools so that I can make you safe, and as your president, that is my most solemn obligation. Stygius: That Constitution is just so old  

We’ve already squandered a substantial share of the universe’s finite supply of bits beating the long-dead horse of Consumer Directed Healthcare™ here and at Critical Condition, but since the Bullshitter in Chief plans to ride this zombie steed into the chamber of the House for his State of the Union speech, we might as well keep working it over. Stayin’ Alive: The Ownership Society  

This would be the Alaska version, where public voting records are being witheld from State Democrats… because they are considered “proprietary information” belonging to… Diebold!!!!! Spontaneous Arising: Death of American Democracy, Pt. 927  

Ford workers can at least know that, though they have no jobs, their 401(k) shares of Ford are up 5% for the day. Yippee! skimble