the War on Folly

"Your one, tone-deaf, arrogant, pathetic, embarrassing gesture, and you didn’t even think of it..."

Sat, 17 May 2008 18:31:02 -0400

“Your one, tone-deaf, arrogant, pathetic, embarrassing gesture, and you didn’t even think of it yourself? The great Bushian sacrifice — an Army private loses a leg, a Marine loses half his skull, 4,000 of their brothers and sisters lose their lives — and you lose golf, and they have to pull you off the golf course to get you to just do that? If it’s even true. Apart from your medical files, which dutifully record your torn calf muscle and the knee pain which forced you to give up running at the same time — coincidence, no doubt — the bombing in Baghdad which killed Sergio Vieira de Mello of the U.N. and interrupted your round of golf was on Aug. 19, 2003. Yet CBS News has records of you playing golf as late as Oct. 13 of that year, nearly two months later. Mr. Bush, I hate to break it to you 6 1/2 years after you yoked this nation and your place in history to the wrong war, in the wrong place, against the wrong people, but the war in Iraq is not about you. It is not, Mr. Bush, about your grief when American after American comes home in a box. It is not, Mr. Bush, about what your addled brain has produced in the way of paranoid delusions of risks that do not exist, ready to be activated if some Democrat, and not your twin Mr. McCain, succeeds you. The war in Iraq, your war, Mr. Bush, is about how you accomplished the derangement of two nations, and how you helped funnel billions of taxpayer dollars to lascivious and perennially thirsty corporations like Halliburton and Blackwater, and how you sent 4,000 Americans to their deaths for nothing. It is not, Mr. Bush, about your golf game!”

- Olbermann (via azspot)

Give it up for Bush! (via azspot, via climateprogress.org)

Sat, 17 May 2008 18:27:53 -0400

Give it up for Bush! (via azspot, via climateprogress.org)

"The thing is, “conservative ideas” do, in fact, suck. This is why attempts on the part of our..."

Sat, 17 May 2008 18:21:08 -0400

“The thing is, “conservative ideas” do, in fact, suck. This is why attempts on the part of our favorite commentators to explain just what went wrong are so hilarious. No, it was not immigration that sunk you; neither is it earmarks, nor can we blame inadequate federalism. The problem is that modern conservatism is hardly a “philosophy,” no matter how badly its adherents want to pretend that it is. No, it’s a preposterous form of identity politics and utterly inadequate when it comes to issues of, you know, governing a country.”

- The Trimmings of Slim Victory (via azspot)

"Privacy is dead."

Sat, 17 May 2008 18:19:34 -0400

“Privacy is dead.”

- Scoble (via doqrs)

A man who really knows how to dive in. (via catbird,...

Sat, 17 May 2008 18:17:31 -0400

A man who really knows how to dive in. (via catbird, via FFFFOUND!)

The Man used to weild The Red Scare (COMMIE!!), now he aims The Black Scare (APPEASER!!). The old...

Thu, 15 May 2008 12:37:00 -0400

The Man used to weild The Red Scare (COMMIE!!), now he aims The Black Scare (APPEASER!!). The old man still has breath in them lungs. Scary

The Photoshop Anthology: 101 Web Design Tips, Tricks & Techniques

Thu, 15 May 2008 11:56:26 -0400

The Photoshop Anthology: 101 Web Design Tips, Tricks & Techniques : Sitepoint book is FREE for the next 28 days.

U.S. Air Force Aircraft Identification Chart (via bullshit)

Wed, 14 May 2008 10:40:44 -0400

U.S. Air Force Aircraft Identification Chart (via bullshit)

Booty Pop Panties. The Panties That Make Your Booty Pop.

Wed, 14 May 2008 07:06:46 -0400

Booty Pop Panties. The Panties That Make Your Booty Pop.

2008 vs. previous races by education (via azspot)

Tue, 13 May 2008 18:49:53 -0400

2008 vs. previous races by education (via azspot)

"Amazing. The world’s greatest debtor is going to take on the two powerful countries with the largest..."

Tue, 13 May 2008 18:45:26 -0400

“Amazing. The world’s greatest debtor is going to take on the two powerful countries with the largest trade surpluses. According to the World Factbook, an annual publication of the CIA, Russia’s 2007 current account surplus is $465 billion and China’s is $363 billion. In contrast, the US current account deficit is $987 billion—an amount larger that the total deficits of all other countries in the world combined. The out-of-pocket and already incurred future cost of Bush’s wars of aggression is between $3 and $5 trillion, every dollar of which must be borrowed. That comes on top of the unfunded liabilities of the US government totaling $53 trillion. By any account the US is the world’s worst credit risk. The “mighty” US relies on foreigners to finance its consumption, its wars, and the daily operations of its government.”

- Paul Craig Roberts (via azspot)

Center for Strategic and International Studies

Mon, 12 May 2008 21:41:12 -0400

Center for Strategic and International Studies: They have an operating budget of US$ 29.101 million, 75% of which is funded from corporate, foundation and individual contributions. The remainder comes from endowments, publication sales and government contracts.

"The truth is, society is afraid of complex black folk; we’re either Oreos or niggers."

Mon, 12 May 2008 16:04:50 -0400

“The truth is, society is afraid of complex black folk; we’re either Oreos or niggers.”

- jbrotherlove

Mebbe someone oughta tell Hillary that no Democrat or Republican has ever won the presidency without...

Mon, 12 May 2008 14:58:52 -0400

Mebbe someone oughta tell Hillary that no Democrat or Republican has ever won the presidency without being male? Yo, screw WVA (by Gawd).

Why Doesn't Apple Face The Innovator's Dilemma?

Mon, 12 May 2008 13:37:32 -0400

Why Doesn't Apple Face The Innovator's Dilemma?

University student takes video of 7.8M Earthquake in Sichuan...

Mon, 12 May 2008 12:47:14 -0400

University student takes video of 7.8M Earthquake in Sichuan China (via waxy)

A young Bill O’Reilly demonstrates the grace under...

Mon, 12 May 2008 11:19:09 -0400

A young Bill O’Reilly demonstrates the grace under pressure that ultimately led to a successful Fox News broadcasting career. (via Andreessen)

Daring Fireball: BlackBerry vs. iPhone

Sat, 10 May 2008 18:19:12 -0400

Daring Fireball: BlackBerry vs. iPhone: “In broad terms, BlackBerrys are optimized first for email; the iPhone for the web. What’s more important, an email client or a web browser?” We could be witnessing RIM’s peak right at this very moment.

What if Charles Schulz created the Watchmen?

Sat, 10 May 2008 18:05:33 -0400

What if Charles Schulz created the Watchmen?

"From the beginning, the Clinton campaign has refused to consider the possibility that Obama’s..."

Sat, 10 May 2008 17:33:18 -0400

“From the beginning, the Clinton campaign has refused to consider the possibility that Obama’s success was more than a fad. This was supposed to be Clinton’s year, and if Obama was winning primaries, there had to be some reason that had nothing to do with merit. It was because he was black, or because he had better slogans, or because he was a better public speaker, or because he was the media’s darling.”

- Eugene Robinson: The Card Clinton Is Playing (via P6)