Two things today found elsewhere: Don't kiss that trophy! You don't know where it's been.
Also, LGF points out an enlightening column by Larry Miller, offering some history on the Middle East: Whosoever Blesses Them W
Overrated: The Strokes.
Impossible to overrate: the sheer brilliance and techincal complexity of the all-animated LEGO® video for The White Stripes "Fell In Love with a Girl." [download the video here] W
Mickey Kaus finds a giant loophole in McCain-Feingold - very rich people can run any ads they want; only their corporations - and the non-profit corporations representing millions of "little people" - can't.
Where's my "Perot in '04" sticker when I need it? W
The Economist sounds the alarm about oddly-shaped Congressional districts. MeFi chatteratti discuss it. I put in my two cents:
Instead of creating more skewed delegations this cycle, the line-drawers have been padding existing margins and reducing the number of competitive seats - in other words, protecting incumbents. To me, this is a far greater threat to democracy than creating a number of closely-matched swing seats.
What do you think about re-districting? Chime in on the thread. W
First, Christie Kerr. Now, Elmo. Who's feeding these photos to the AP?
There are two very, very sad observations to be made here. First is that few people would ever have heard of Ms. Kerr but for that unfortunate camera angle.
Second, it is sad that someone on Capitol Hill, even for a moment, thought it was a good idea to have a muppet advocating social policy. This can only be the natural consequence of having Alec Baldwin participate in the political process. W
Note to self: Contribute to this thread - kuro5hin.org || Should Record Companies Own Copyrights? W
Next on FOX: When Judges Go Bad:
Here are 10 judges and ex-judges who won't be presiding this May 1, Law Day, and whose absence is cause for celebration... This is truly amazing misconduct, hard to explain, except to say it's downright injudicious.
Judicial "activism" of a different kind. W
This is cool: Make A Shorter Link. Ever get fed up with ugly spaghetti links? Trim them down to manageable URLs with this tool. W
Two things today found elsewhere: Don't kiss that trophy! You don't know where it's been.
Also, LGF points out an enlightening column by Larry Miller, offering some history on the Middle East: Whosoever Blesses Them W
I'll second the notion that these protesters are absolutely ridiculous. My secretary just informed me that an in-house lunch was delayed because protesters ransacked the catering truck en route to my office and locked the driver out of the truck. Why? What the heck does a catering truck have to do with Earth Day, or world peace, or any other cause? And how does destruction of property really get your message across? Any little bit of empathy I might have had for the ardent true believers is now GONE. Please get out of my city. NOW. Come back when you can behave like adults. W
It's well known by now that this weekend's protests were contaminated to the core with idiocy, and that they inconvenienced thousands of D.C. residents who might otherwise have been sympathetic. But most haven't heard about the economic havoc the protestors wrought here. Besides business closures and such, for which I have no figures, these protests cost the city a pretty penny in management costs.
Police overtime costs from this long weekend of protests in the District could go as high as $5 million, said D.C. Mayor Tony Williams.
By contrast, the entire annual budget for the District's homeless program is about $14 million, maybe less this year.
I'm not a big fan of the "social safety net" and such, but I'm sure that virtually of the anti-globalization forces here over the weekend would rather have seen that money go to causes other than police overtime. Just one more example of how left-wing lunatics don't understand economic cause-and-effect. W
British scientists first tagged a Manx shearwater gull in 1957. That bird is still flying five million miles later. W
In this weekend's draft, Steve Spurrier choose to add rookie QB Patrick Ramsey to the already-swollen QB ranks of the Washington Redskins.
Spurrier said recently he would feel comfortable entering the season with Wuerffel and Rosenfels as his main quarterbacks. However, Spurrier also said after drafting Ramsey that he would have no qualms about starting a rookie.
Spurrier hasn't even called his first play, yet he's already brought to the 'Skins what he knows best - a quarterback controversy that will undermine the offense for the entire season.
Fans of other teams throughout the NFL ought to be grateful to Dan Synder for grabbing Spurrier before their teams could. I know I am. W