links for 2010-03-31
YouTube: Greater sage-grouse strut display The sage grouse mating display is really impressive. Evolution is crazy. (tags: grouse bird nature) Teabonics The signs seen at Tea Party protests often contain creative spelling and grammar. This new dialect of the English language shall be known as "Teabonics." (tags: politics teabaggers humor) Mother Jones: Can The Pope [...]
links for 2010-03-30
Wikipedia: Carlos Hathcock I've wondered if it's theoretically possible for a sniper to fire down another sniper's scope, as was shown in "Saving Private Ryan." In fact, such a thing has happened: Carlos Hathcock, Marine Corps sharpshooter, managed just such a feat during the Vietnam War. (tags: military history vietnam wikipedia) The Guardian: I'm not [...]
links for 2010-03-29
Mother Jones: Ocean Bugs Eat Plastic? There are marine microbes that colonize the vast fields of plastic in the ocean, and they may be digesting it and breaking it down. If true, that would be exciting, although I'd want to know what those microbes are breaking it down into. (tags: pollution plastic ocean) The Daily [...]
Perriello Virginia’s most frugal congressman.
Congressman Tom Perriello spent less taxpayer money than any other Virginia congressman, Brian McNeill points out for the Daily Progress. His office spent $1,073,000 last year. Though Perriello spent the third largest amount of money on mailings to constituents, that’s probably because he held more town hall meetings about health care than any other congressman [...]
links for 2010-03-27
All of the World's Aircraft Carriers A single graphic that illustrates every single aircraft carrier in the world. There are surprisingly few. We have most of them. (tags: navy military)
And I won’t take money from Millerites.
From the “WTF” department: LaCivita said that Hurt will not pledge, as Perriello has, to reject contributions from lobbyists or corporate PACs. Hurt will promise, he added, to not take money from “communists”
links for 2010-03-26
New York Times: Audit Finds Vulnerability of EnergyStar Program In buying appliances for our new house, I'm getting the strong impression that EnergyStar is bullshit. A congressional audit has revealed that any ridiculous pretend device can get the EnergyStar seal including—my favorite—a gasoline-powered alarm clock the size of a small generator. I'll be ignoring EnergyStar [...]
links for 2010-03-25
Pediatrics: Gastric Perforation Attributable to Liquid Nitrogen Ingestion It turns out that it's a bad idea to drink liquid nitrogen. I think I could have figured that out on my own. (tags: chemistry biology) Washington Post: Eric Cantor accuses Democrats of 'fanning flames' on member threats Shorter Eric Cantor: Hey, sometimes people get blown up. [...]
“Don’t Retreat, Instead—RELOAD!”
Sarah Palin has marked the Fifth District with crosshairs, sending supporters to the map by telling supporters “Don’t Retreat, Instead – RELOAD!” Must we continue to pretend to be surprised by acts of violence on the part of the angry right?
Perriello threatened.
Tom Perriello’s brother received a threatening letter in the mail today. Rough day at the Perriellos’. I wonder how they explain this to their four little kids? Does Congress—which is to say we taxpayers—foot the bill for 24-hour security on their house?
links for 2010-03-24
Washington Post: Senate Republicans refuse to work past 2 p.m. While Congressman Perriello is working a double shift every day for residents of the Fifth District, Senate Republicans have decided to knock off in mid-afternoon every day. The contrast couldn't be much more clear. (tags: politics congress republican) Stock Market Hits an Eighteen-Month High Yesterday [...]
Gas line severed at Perriellos’ house.
A gas line has been severed at Tom Perriello’s brother’s house, Brian McNeill reports, after teabaggers encouraged people to “drop by” that address and “express their thanks” to Perriello for his healthcare vote. (When Danville Tea Party Leader Nigel Coleman was told that he’d given the wrong address, he dismissed any harm that would result [...]
Teabaggers threaten congressman’s brother.
It’s official: Congressman Perriello’s opponents have gotten creepy and threatening: Danville Tea Party Leader Nigel Coleman posted [Perriello's home] address on his Facebook profile, which is not limited to only his Facebook “friends.” “This is Rep. Thomas Stuart Price Perriello’s home address,” Coleman wrote Monday. “… I ain’t holding back anymore!!” When Coleman learned the [...]
“Proposal To Shoot, Stuff Long-Winded Legislators Beaten”
From the Associated Press, May 20, 1965. I think this might pass the Virginia House.
links for 2010-03-23
McCain: Don't expect GOP cooperation on legislation for the rest of this year O noes! Republicans in Congress are going to cooperate less than not at all! They're very sad that they lost a vote, and so now they're *really* going to show those darned Democrats by completely giving up. Yeah, Democracy is tough when [...]
links for 2010-03-22
Washington Post: The Federal Coach My friend and Sorensen Institute classmate Tom Fox has just started writing column for The Washington Post, on the topic of leadership. (tags: government washingtonpost sorensen) Johnny Castaway Screen Saver In 1993, Sierra released a screensaver that told a story—taking months to unfold—of a man stranded on a tiny desert [...]
links for 2010-03-21
CNN: Protesters hurl slurs and spit at Democrats Stay classy, Republican protesters. (tags: republican healthcare)
Teabaggers upset with Perriello for agreeing with them.
Teabaggers are upset because Congressman Perriello agrees with them. Seriously. He met with some of them, and told them of congress that “balanced budget acts or pay as you go legislation or any of that is the only thing, if you don’t tie our hands, we will keep stealing.” He figure if congress doesn’t limit [...]
links for 2010-03-18
"No Dashes Or Spaces" Hall of Shame This guy is calling out websites for requiring that customers enter credit card numbers in a finicky format—dashes and spaces, that kind of thing. And good on him for it. Anybody who has been programming for more than a week and a half should be able to handle [...]
links for 2010-03-17
Aardvarchaeology: Dendro Dissidents Allegedly, tree-ring records just don't exist for the 3rd and 4th centuries CE. Some dendrochronologists speculate that those centuries simply didn't happen—that we're keeping track of time wrong. This is my new favorite conspiracy theory. I'm in no way equipped to determine the veracity of this, but I just love the idea. [...]
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