August 2009
21 posts
“I pledge $20.00 to the Republican who offers an amdt to H.R. 3200 to name it the...”
– Erick Erickson
“The problems of our economy have occurred not as an outgrowth of laissez-faire,...”
– Senator Ted Kennedy, in 1979, via QandO
Dog Belonging to CEO of Richmond SPCA Dies After... →
Ironic while not at all funny. :(
“In the space of about 30 seconds, this man was in a car accident, an explosion,...”
– The 5 Most Embarrassing Failures in the History of Terrorism | Cracked.com
“Of course, the annual commemoration of the 2001 terrorist attacks belongs to the...”
– The American Spectator : Obama’s Plan to Desecrate 9/11
The Top 10 Indicators Your Employer Has Switched... →
From a friend, a little humor to start your Sunday…
“Here is what liberals willfully ignore in their sales pitch and what we must...”
– A False Choice - Redstate
Newsless.org - The 3 key parts of news stories you... →
I’ve come to the conclusion that there are four key parts to news stories, and we typically only get one of them, even though journalists possess all four, and the other three are arguably more important.
(Hat tip: John Gruber)
Air traffic in 24 hours →
An animated visualization of where all air traffic went in the last 24 hours; each yellow dot is a plane.
(Hat tip: Jon Henke)
It's true: all the taken men are best - life - 17... →
Women – do you have a man? If you do, better beware. Chances are that some lone female has her eye on him.
WatchPrank War 7: The Half Million Dollar Shot - CollegeHumor video
Okay, that was friggin’ hilarious. I need to go watch the previous 6 now. :-P
“But the days of the media bundle when readers got all of the day’s news from one...”
– The Media Bundle Is Dead, Long Live The News Aggregators - TechCrunch
iPhone 3GS Camera Pre-Caches Images Before You... →
Does the iPhone 3GS camera constantly buffer live video data, in effect pre-caching the images you want before you take them? Birdhouse developer Adam Lisagore thinks so.
“It is a poker skill to know when to hold ‘em and when to fold ‘em....”
– George F. Will - Government Should Drop Its Ban on Online Poker - washingtonpost.com
Henrietta welcome sign goes missing | Democrat and... →
The “Welcome to Henrietta” sign at the border of Pittsford has been sawed off and stolen.
The sign, a 4-by-8 foot blue placard on Jefferson Road, has been missing since at least June 28, town officials say, when its two wooden posts were sawed off at the bottom and taken from the concrete.
Um, okay, that’s a little weird…
“We need to face a few facts about health care reform. Our current system of...”
– Straight Talk on Health Care | QandO
“Lockerbie bomber who killed 270 dying from pancreatic cancer, wants early...”
– @jimgeraghty
Real Life Comics - Walt Disney →
Greg figures out what Walt Disney really was. :-D
A Sowell Sampler by Thomas Sowell on National... →
Random thoughts on the passing scene.
Some smart comments by a pretty smart man.
“We have a White House asking neighbors to turn in neighbors by forwarding emails...”
– John Cornyn Takes on Obama’s flag@whitehouse.gov Program, But Wait! There’s More with the NTIA - Erick’s blog - RedState
Mars monument 'proof of life' | The Sun |News →
I’d like to see this in another source besides The Sun before I read too much into it, but still… cool. :-P
(Hat tip: Allah Pundit)