I just noticed a google ad in the sidebar for a “conservative ringtone.” I’ve been trying to figure out just what that means for a good minute or so and have yet to come to a conclusion.  Perhaps it rings to warn you if there is pron nearby.  And what would it sound like?  Would it be like the cackle of an old crone who just told a weak joke

There have been many words expended lately on the subject of the AP’s reporting of the shenanigans in Iraq.  Since I am of similar ilk to those exposing the AP’s lack of truthiness in some cases, I applaud those who are making the AP cockroaches scatter.  That also means I enjoy the frothings of some of the detractors of this story arc.  Last but not least, I also want to

Charlie Brooker at al-Guardian, naturally: I read a magazine yesterday and suddenly truly understood in my bones that human civilisation will die screaming in our lifetime. It happened on the toilet. I was reading a copy of the free magazine Sky send to all their subscribers. Visually inhaling crap at one end, rectally exhaling it at the other; my corporeal self a mere conduit for the elemental crapforce that binds

Thank you all for your warm wishes.  As a quick update, we will be appearing at 7 pm (Chicago time) on a program on Chicago’s PBS station, Chicago Tonight.  In support of the appearance, we’ve posted the results of some research about the number of people that have been burned out of their homes or killed in Darfur. As mentioned, we will be posting regularly at the blog in order

Scientist: NASA found life on Mars—and killed it Martians express growing anti-American sentiment.

New Scientist magazine reports that Stuart Brody, a psychologist at the University of Paisley, found having sex can help keep stress at bay. However, only penetrative intercourse did the trick – other forms of sex had no impact on stress levels at all. Whoda thunkit?  Aw, go on!  Do tell!  Well, I never!  You’re not pulling my leg, are you?  My stars! He told the BBC News website it was

Picking up on comments from happyfeet, let’s judge today’s AP’s Iraq reportage by the AP’s stated standards. Here’s the “roundup” segment of “3 U.S. Airmen Die in Baghdad Car Bombing”: Among Sunday’s attacks: – A barrage of mortars killed four civilians and wounded five others in central Baghdad after a roadside bomb missed an Iraqi police patrol and killed two pedestrians, police said. Here’s part of the AP’s “statement on

[Insert Dancing Armadillo Here] Today a commenter on Jeff Goldstein’s blog, Protein Wisdom, representing himself as ”Jeff Goldstein,” galvanized Jeff Goldstein’s following at Protein Wisdom, his blog, by claiming that Goldstein would probably soon return to full blogging after a somewhat lengthy hiatus. Regular commenters and sometime guest bloggers at Jeff Goldstein’s site, Protein Wisdom, were ecstatic.  Goldstein haters–not so much.  Some of the reactions were:

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And so he had Daniel brought to him, and told him of his dream, wherein all of his oxen were gory, which did sorely trouble him in spirit, and asked him to interpret unto him what it meant. And Daniel spake unto Nebuchadnezzar, saying, “Duh.”