I’ve been an a political kick the last couple of weeks what with all the convention folderol and elephant dung-slinging that’s been going on. But there are other parts to my life . . . like being a geek. Here’s my current desktop arrangement: (GeekTool is showing my current iTunes song, the background is “Surreal …
Is it just me or does this sound an awful lot like a recent political spectacle:
In George Orwell’s novel Nineteen Eighty-Four, the Two Minutes Hate . . . is a daily period in which Party members of the society of Oceania must watch a film depicting The Party’s enemies . . . and express their hatred for them and the principles of democracy.
[From Two Minutes Hate – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia]
Ok, so I was a bit down on Biden a couple of weeks ago – but this is so refreshing after the past week of Republicans slinging elephant shit on the American people:
Spiteful
Racist
Hate-mongering
Fear-mongering
Thuggish
Fascist
Lying
Duplicitous
Against Constitutional Rights
Against Human Rights
Manipulative
Self-serving
Arrogant
Pro-Torture
Pro-War
Pro-Death
Sexist
Homophobic
Please add your own choice words in the comments.
Despite my cynicism and anger about some of Obama’s decisions – I do think he is someone to vote for and not a simple vote against the establishment.
I mean, really?
Q: “So no contraception, no counseling on contraception. Just abstinence. Do you think contraceptives help stop the spread of HIV?”
Mr. McCain: (Long pause) “You’ve stumped me.”
[From McCain Stumbles on H.I.V. Prevention – The Caucus Blog – NYTimes.com]
I have no words for this. The man is dumb as dirt.
There has been a rash of arrests and raids in the St. Paul/Minneapolis area as the Republican National Convention gets underway. Here’s one of the higher profile arrests: ST. PAUL, MN—Democracy Now! host Amy Goodman was unlawfully arrested in downtown St. Paul, Minnesota at approximately 5 p.m. local time. Police violently manhandled Goodman, yanking her …
A great list of resources to find new and free music. Sure there’s going to be a lot of unknown artists in the mix, but there are a lot of amazing musicians you’ve never heard of. Definitely worth a look and a bookmark.
In the interest of helping our readers stay out of jail and avoid massive fines, here are a bunch of places you can get tunes without fear of finding a summons in your mailbox. There’s plenty of good, free, and legal music on the net for you to download.
[From 35 Places To Download Free, Legal MP3s – Sorry, RIAA! – Download Squad]
So, say you raise beef and you want to assure your customers that your product is safe and mad cow disease free. And let’s just say you want to spend your own money to test all of your cattle. You can’t. Beef exporters are banned from testing their cattle for mad cow disease without approval …
I spent the afternoon & evening at White Stands National Monument and took a bunch (over 300) pictures. Most were rubbish but a few came out ok. I’ve posted those and some of my other New Mexico photos over in a Mobile Me gallery, but here are a few of the ones I like most: …