The latest in a series of random guys is running against Perriello.
Another week, another random Republican running against Perriello. The 5CD Republican Party is a mess. The candidate, Ron Ferrin, says he looked at the comically crowded field and thought “I felt I could do better.” He has a wonderfully awful website (check out that domain name) that was probably really great in 1997, has an [...]
links for 2009-10-15
New York Magazine: John Mayer Threatens to Sodomize Us I don't want to like John Mayer but, damnit, he keeps doing really great things. Like this lousy interview, in which he repeatedly and profanely points out to the interview that it's a lousy interview. (tags: music funny) Reason: Are Americans Faking Religiosity? Surveys show that [...]
McDonnell loves, loathes gays.
Shorter Bob McDonnell: I believe nothing that I said I believed. Except for that business about being able to fire queers. That I’m totally down with. But it has nothing to do with when I said that in my thesis, for reasons I can’t explain. Some of my best friends are sodomites. Look, a blimp! [...]
links for 2009-10-14
Jezebel: "Breast Cancer Is A Disease, Not A Marketing Opportunity" Pink-ribbon-branded products turn out to be basically bullshit. Buying them does nada for breast cancer research. Want to help somebody with breast cancer? Find somebody—it shouldn't be hard—and help them. Or, for a more hands-off approach, donate some money to a research organization. (tags: cancer [...]
VPAP is conducting their annual survey.
Please take a minute to complete this survey about VPAP. They use this annual survey to help figure out what they’re doing right, what they could be doing better, and what we’d all like them to be doing that they’re not.
links for 2009-10-13
Wikipedia: Catullus 16 Who knew that ancient Roman poetry was absolutely filthy? (tags: sex poetry latin) Daily Press: Crowning of first non-black Miss Hampton University divides campus Not only is the new titleholder not black, but she's from a small satellite campus. Apparently many people are pretty unhappy. Judging by the photo, nobody moreso than [...]
Norfolk vs. Vivian.
I simply don’t have the time to do this justice right now, but I don’t want to fail to acknowledge the cease-and-desist order that Norfolk sent to Vivian Page. Signed by Deputy City Attorney Martha P. McGann, it’s a bit stunning in its legal overreach. A kind interpretation would be that Ms. McGann believes that [...]
FactCheck weighs in against McDonnell.
FactCheck.org: Virginia Republican gubernatorial candidate Bob McDonnell’s new ad claims that Democrat Creigh Deeds’ policies would bring $7,800 in higher taxes over four years for Virginia households. The ad would be devastating, if it were true. Ouch. It’s all downhill from there.
links for 2009-10-12
Daily Mail: Yours for £650—The micro pigs that are the latest designer pets They're 8" long as piglets, and at full size they're knee-high. Think of how cute the bacon would be. (tags: pigs pets animals) New York Times: It’s a Fork, It’s a Spoon, It’s a … Weapon? This six-year-old Cub Scout was so [...]
Giant puffball mushrooms.
We’ve got some giant puffball mushrooms growing here. Here’s a photo of a cluster of them with a penny set on top for scale. When I saw them, I wondered why there were a bunch of volleyballs scattered around. Calvatia gigantea turns out to be relatively common and, according to several sources, edible and tasty. [...]
links for 2009-10-09
AP: NASA makes as-yet unseen hit on moon with probes I love the caption on the third photo: "For as long as man has looked up, the moon has inspired romance, poetry and songs. Man also likes blowing things up. Now we get to do both." (tags: space humor) Extra: Blog and Ralph Lauren Fight [...]
With enemies like this, who needs friends?
This ad popped up on Gmail the other day. It’s an opposition ad, placed by McDonnell. But with ad text like that, maybe it should be reported as an in-kind contribution to the Deeds campaign.
McDonnell caved on this business of a no-tax pledge.
Back in June I was impressed that Bob McDonnell had refused to pledge not to raise taxes. A grownup Republican running for governor! What a relief. But…no. He caved when I wasn’t looking: Deeds’s Republican opponent, former attorney general Robert F. McDonnell, repeated his pledge not to raise taxes for roads or anything else. Lame. [...]
links for 2009-10-08
New York Times: Michael Pollan's Favorite Food Rules The food writer asked people to send him rules that they have about how, what, why, and when to eat, especially those learned from parents and grandparents. He was sent thousands, and here he presents his favorite twenty. I particularly like "never eat something that is pretending [...]
Hurt jumps into the fray.
Sen. Robert Hurt is joining the fray for the Republican nomination in the 5th CD. He’s the sixth candidate to enter the race to challenge Rep. Tom Perriello, and enters as the clear leader. Hurt only advanced to the senate last election, and before that served in the house since 2002. He’s never really distinguished [...]
links for 2009-10-07
Nat Friedman: Pencils for kids Nat on donating $169 to a Virginia school through Donors Choose. "For a moment, I looked back on my 32 years and thought, 'well, at least I did *that*.'" (tags: charity) CQ: Lobbyists Stew After Being Bounced From Boards The White House is kicking lobbyists off of oversight boards, as [...]
links for 2009-10-06
McClatchy: Sotomayor shows she's no Clarence Thomas as Supreme Court opens In just one hour, Justice Sotomayor asked more questions than Thomas has in years. (tags: scotus court) Wikipedia: List of world's most expensive single objects At $157B, the space station is the single most expensive object made by man. (tags: space economy)
links for 2009-10-05
Mother Jones: Chamber—Global Warming is Good for You The U.S. Chamber of Commerce says that global climate change really isn't a problem, because people have air conditioners. Which is a lot like saying that nobody should have died when the Titanic went down, because swimming was very much in fashion. (tags: environment business) Mother Jones: [...]
links for 2009-10-04
The Star: Stephen Harper rocks out The notoriously anti-arts Canadian PM Stephen Harper showed up as a surprise guest musician at a black-tie gala at the National Arts Centre last night, performing piano and lead vocals on "With a Little Help with My Friends" while Yo-Yo Ma accompanied him on cello. (tags: canada music) New [...]
links for 2009-10-02
TPM: Conservatives Revel In America's Olympic Defeat I don't really care about the Olympics. But I know that when governments bid for the attentions of major economic things like the Olympics, it's almost always a money-loser. And I know that it's about time that the Olympics were held in South America, which has never happened, [...]
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