The punishment for ignoring My warnings of global warming is the, if thou wilt not hearken unto the the truths I reveal through science, I shall make the rain of thy land powder and dust: from heaven shall it come down upon thee, until thou be destroyed, all these curses shall come upon thee, and [&[...]
Archive for July, 2012
July 28th, 2012 - 12:04 am § in Misc.
Batman Finds His Voice
The real story of how Batman got chose his voice.[...]
July 27th, 2012 - 11:20 pm § in America
Of Baseball. Statistics and Chinese Ladies
from Sports Illustrated by Joe Posanski Chinese Jibberish “And then I was looking at the little Chinese lady. There was a beauty to her — she was just a tiny little Chinese lady, I was staring at her because I was fascinated by her. I don’t know anybody like her, and I am SO […][...]
July 27th, 2012 - 8:24 am § in America
Election 2012: OHIO
Obama Ahead in Ohio A new We Ask America poll in Ohio finds President Obama leading Mitt Romney in the key battleground state by eight points, 48% to 40%. Key finding: “What pops out immediately is the high percentage of self-described Republicans who say they will vote for Barack Obama over M[...]
July 27th, 2012 - 7:01 am § in Misc.
Psuedo-economics
What determines a company’s performance? The shape of the CEO’s face! _Believe it or not, one thing that predicts how well a CEO’s company performs is — the width of the CEO’s face! CEOs with wider faces have better-performing companies than CEOs with long faces. That&[...]
July 26th, 2012 - 10:11 pm § in Misc.
The Right to Dry
Great video on the assault on our rights by extremists in Oregon, Watchme., Or read this essay from A Slip of a Girl.[...]
July 26th, 2012 - 12:51 pm § in Misc.
Civil War As A Spectator Sport
Israeli tourists flock to Golan Heights to watch Syrians in battle Israeli tourists are flocking to vantage points in the Golan Heights to take a glimpse of ongoing battle in Syrian, the Times of Israel reported on Tuesday. The report got a lot of attention following the visit of Israeli Defense Min[...]
July 26th, 2012 - 9:45 am § in Misc.
BREAKING NEWS: Fox and Paul on the debt
The misuse of free expression when conflated with corporate ownership of the media.[...]
July 26th, 2012 - 9:43 am § in America
Detroit
Last year I visited this same place. I was in Ann Arbor to celebrate a bat mitzvah but spent as much free time as coud “seeing Detroit.” In the past, the death of an American city have beem translated into iconic works by Capa, Smith, Frank, or their modern equivalents working for [...]
July 26th, 2012 - 8:10 am § in America
Election 2102: What if Obama wins but loses the popular vote?
Darryl Holman at HorsesAss offers an ongoing analysis of the presidential polls. This graphic summarizes where things stand now. Obama is well in the lead in the electoral college because there are NO large sates that are deep red. Even at the reddish/blueish line, the Republicans only lead in T[...]