Tag: social studies
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It’s not like the tea leaves hadn’t laid it out in fine and big print
The NY Times editorial Rushing Off a Cliff nutshells the new torture bill. Though it’s appalling what was voted through yesterday, it’s far from surprising, considering the paths not taken. A case where the fine and big print in the tea leaves was seen by too many as not a warning but a dandy plan.
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Orlando Sentinel takes note of Katherine Harris' admiring comment spammer
Jim Stratton’s Katherine Harris’ secret pal? which appears in the Orlando Sentinel’s political blog Sept 26, is about curious comments supporting Harris that have appeared on some blogss, the question being whether she was outsourcing to India for comment spamming. I posted about receiving some of these comments on the 15th after being hit with…
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Trying to teach H.o.p. how to reason means he will not be able to dialogue with John Gibson about torture should ever the opportunity arise
In response to the torture uproar, many of the blog post titles I’ve seen about it lately have been down the order of, “Torture does not work!” which I thought was kind of sad and beside the point, because I’ve considered whether torture works or not to not be the issue. Never mind that torture…
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The Katherine Harris spammer
Some dude dropped by last week and left 3 comments on an old Katherine Harris post. I mentioned it then and how there were 3 different email addies but from the same IP. I nuked the comments. Same person dropped by last night and left 2 more comments. Stats Info:
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Are Holocaust artifacts a world heritage or do they belong to the survivors?
The NY Times reports the interesting case of Dina Babbitt, an 83-year-old survivor of Auschwitz. She and her mother were 27 of 5000 Czechoslovakian Jews who survived Auschwitz. Dina and her mother survived because Dina was an artist. Mengele had seen a mural she’d done of a Swiss mountainside and “Snow White and the Seven…
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Two of Frank Baum’s descendants apologize for his racism
Not many people are aware of the racism of Frank Baum, author of the much beloved “The Wizard of Oz”. I felt it important and devoted a few pages to it in Unending Wonders of a Subatomic World or In Search of the Great Penguin. As Marty says, it’s refreshing news that a couple of…
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The Rub
I’ll remark on this. Bush doing a sideswipe attempt at massaging German Chancellor Andrea Merkel’s shoulders. Mediagirl points to Majikthise and she points to others. The first pic I saw of George’s affront was Merkel raising her arms and throwing his hands off in indignation. Saw that “I’m looking elsewhere, not really doing anything here,…
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I'm curious too, would you eat lab-grown meat? Would I?
Would you eat lab-grown meat that’s been walked around the block with electric shocks for exercise? There’s an article today on this at Alternet. Would You Eat Lab-Grown Meat?. People are working on growing your meat course in the lab, saying it’s safer, more humane and non-polluting. Others wonder what the unintended consequences might be…
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Preserving the underground history of a city
Apparently it’s annother anniversary with Earthlink. They send us a link to an anniversary page that shows a present with confetti raining over it. Despite the fact I hate Earthlink, confetti always manages to make me feel special. Inner child goes, “Look, confetti!” for one split second. But even the inner child knows better and…
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Grassfire billboard
Noticed this Grassfire billboard the other day on I-85 near the N. Druid Hills exit. Was passing by again and this time had the camera. Duct tape is good for everything. I’m sure if every Texan took the duct tape in their post 9/11 survival kit and headed down to the border with it, they…
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Paul Bunyan and Bear Butte and the spiritual heart of these United States
Looks like Tild’s back, Norweganity commenting, Just to kick things off, a contest! She doesn’t specify a prize in her post, but I know we were talking about something along the lines of a free trip to Arak, Iran, for a chance to meet Mohamed ElBaradei and maybe see a spectacular fireworks display. Which is…
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I so needed this touch of clarity today
Ok, so the David Hasselhoff Hooked on a feeling video has been around a while. But this. I just saw this today. Why are there no comments? Why has no one rated this? I so get this. The Hasselhoff “Hooked on a Feeling” video suddenly makes perfect sense. And not just perfect sense but perfectly…