August 18, 2004
George W. Bush Clips
Check out this large list of funny videos and animations featuring George W. Bush. Don't miss Bush Debates Bush, the Yawning Boy, and the other videos. Even some of the animations are quite funny.
18 Aug 0:47 | Link | Category: Humor, Video
August 17, 2004
Current Playlist
Here's the latest life-soundtrack playlist. (If you missed the last one, that entry will explain things.)
This one's admittedly odd, but that's just the way it worked out...
| Bob Dylan - Sign on the Window >> |
| ...Trail of Dead - Crowning of a Heart >> |
| The Promise Ring - Tell Everyone We're Dead >> |
| The Verve Pipe - She Has Faces >> |
| Doves - M62 Song >> |
| U2 - Dirty Day >> |
| Pedro the Lion - Of Minor Prophets and Their Prostitute Wives >> |
| Cat Power - He War >> |
| Neutral Milk Hotel - Oh Comely >> |
| Anita O'Day - Harlem on Parade >> |
| Bob Dylan - The Man In Me >> |
17 Aug 13:44 | Link | Category: Music
August 13, 2004
Why the West Is Burning
According to scientists, the West's current dry spell, which has plagued a broad area since 1999, is more typical of the region than previously thought. Based on tree rings and other historical evidence, they concluded the 1922 compact that determines the allocation of water from the Colorado River was based on water flows that were the highest they had been for more than 475 years. "If the future resembles the past," says one, "then we're in for a lot of trouble."
It's not the possibility of a drier West that's frightening - it's the fact that almost everyone here seems to be completely ignoring that possibility.
13 Aug 0:18 | Link | Category: Science
Aerial Photographs
Check out this amazing collection of aerial photographs.
13 Aug 0:05 | Link | Category: Photography
The Museum of Bad Art
Very entertaining: MOBA - the Museum of Bad Art - is the world's only museum dedicated to the collection, preservation, exhibition and celebration of bad art in all its forms.
13 Aug 0:04 | Link | Category: Art & Entertainment
August 2, 2004
More news links
A few more tidbits from my bookmarks file:
- Back in July, President Bush met with a group of Old Order Amish. At the end of the session, Bush reportedly told the group, "I trust God speaks through me." This really freaks me out because it raises two frightening scenarios - either Bush is more delusional than I thought, or God is really having some fun at our expense.
- In yet another example of life in the Age of Fear, studies show that fear shapes voters' views. The psychology professors figured this out approximately three years after Karl Rove did.
- According to the Pope - a man who possibly, just perhaps, has a stake and interest in a very dysfunctional patriarchy - feminism weakens family and promotes homosexuality.
02 Aug 0:45 | Link | Category: Current Events, Politics
Bush ad and more
I haven't been doing my regular blog scanning lately, but tonight I did swing by Pale Blue Dot, where I found a several interesting items.
- A very funny political ad featuring Will Ferrell as George Bush. "The best commerical you'll see this election."
- A link to a BoingBoing post: Sex toys still banned in Alabama, guns okay
- An O'Reilly / Moore encounter at the DNC. (Also link through to learn about how Matt Drudge used the photo.)