BlogBites

May 26th, 2006

A good sign that Tom DeLay doesn’t have the facts on his side: the top source for his latest defense against his critics is Stephen Colbert. Think Progress » Desperate for Supporters, DeLay Turns to Stephen Colbert  

Clearly the Speaker of The House is a minor political figure. At least as minor a figure as the man who is right behind the vice president in the presidential order of succession. Oliver Willis » Dennis Hastert & The Republican Culture Of Corruption  

At least let him read what people have to say, and consider it and respond, before you start talking about book-burning. O’Reilly Radar: Controversy about our “Web 2.0″ service mark  

…that means God killed almost twice as many babies as the abortionists did last year. That psychopathic bastard. Pharyngula: That great and arbitrary abortionist in the sky  

Have the Catoins decided - belatedly - to rise up and help us all deal with the cakocratic fecklessness. The rampant deceit, corruption, willful ignorance, indolence, violence, and anti-scientific dogmatism that has threatened civilization at all levels? Well… um… not quite. Contrary Brin  

The movie was faithful to the book. Both were crap. Humbug! Online - a blog for iconoclasts  

Hopefully, even a conservative can see the problem with that. Moderately Insane: HPV Insanity  

Japanese War Tubas, only a few decades ago, were the very pinnacle of modern technology, and your best bet for locating an enemy in the distance, or in the dark (that’s Hirohito on the right). badscience » Japanese War Tubas  

May 25th, 2006

I’m reminded, again, of something George W. Bush said, announcing his candidacy for President of the United States, in regards to free trade and immigration: “The fearful build walls; the confident demolish them.” Machination.org  

May 24th, 2006

At this point, if An Inconvenient Truth starts making some real money, or worse, gets nominated for a few Academy Awards, Fox News personalities might get on-air vapors. The Carpetbagger Report » Blog Archive » In inconvenient overreaction  

Yet again, Senate Democrats show that they have no more concern for the rule of law and for the excesses of this administration than Senate Republicans do. Unclaimed Territory - by Glenn Greenwald  

When politicians and their lackeys behave in these reprehensible ways, we have no choice but to turn to the paladins of the fourth estate for their gimlet-eyed evisceration of governmental deceit. Except— Well, I guess that hasn’t been going too well either. Halfway There: Innumeracy it’s not  

I’m talking about a raising his asscheek off the chair, and letting out a big, stinky, know it has to be a wet-one fart. ::: The Night Shift ::: - Reason number 5, 864, 295 that I hate being online at the library?  

Hey, guess what? All fundamentalist expressions of religion are incompatible with freedom, peace and the West. (parenthetical remarks) - blogging between the lines  

In the name of God, will someone please stop this nonsense? mostlyharmless - “Rabid”, “pig ignorant” and “stultifyingly ill-informed”.