“A federal judge temporarily blocked President Obama’s executive action on immigration Monday, giving a coalition of 26 states time to pursue a lawsuit that aims to permanently stop the orders. U.S. District Judge Andrew Hanen’s decision puts on hold Mr. Obama’s orders that [...]
Archive for February, 2015
February 16th, 2015 - 11:32 pm § in Misc.
GOP judge halts President Obama’s immigration orders for now
February 16th, 2015 - 10:30 pm § in Misc.
Speaking of roads …
Argentina National Route 40 is one of the world’s longest (3,107 miles) and highest (up to 16,404′ of elevation) highways. I posted this picture just because it’s pretty. Photo: Mount Fitzroy Massif, Patagonia, from National Route 40.[...]
February 16th, 2015 - 10:12 pm § in Misc.
You don’t have to be crazy to drive this road but it helps
The black & white photo is a 1975 Warn Winch ad, supposedly of Black Bear Road above Telluride, Colorado. There really is such a road — for Jeeps only, one-way (i.e., down) — which apparently is popular with off-roaders (until they go off the road). I don’t know if the ad photo[...]
February 16th, 2015 - 8:21 pm § in Misc.
A newspaper correction for the ages
A hat tip to Daily Kos for this gem. I hope it didn’t give the editor paroxysms. [...]
February 16th, 2015 - 8:13 pm § in Uncategorized
Mosque catches fire; fireman says ‘let it burn’
After an arson fire caused more than $100,000 damage to an Islamic community center in Houston Friday morning, a guy named Dustin Herron and claiming to be a “Firefighter EMT at Crystal Beach Fire & EMS” — an unincorporated Gulf Coast community near Galveston — posted the[...]
February 16th, 2015 - 7:49 pm § in Misc.
Thomas Jefferson was a half-assed hypocrite
“Every time I have to hear yet another paean to the Founding Fathers, or see George Washington and Thomas Jefferson as graven images on Mount Rushmore, I think of the blood, backs, and bones of those enslaved black people they built their wealth on—some of whom were my ancestors—and I want[...]
February 16th, 2015 - 7:29 pm § in Politics
San Diego Fox station calls Obama a ‘rape suspect’
Don’t pretend that Fox is a news network, or what they do is journalism. Let’s call propaganda by its right name.The station claims it was just a production goof — not BFD enough to issue a retraction or apology — but Fox affiliates seem to make a habit of this sort of thing.[...]
NBC’s Brian Williams is a big fat liar (but he’s not the only one)
Just to keep things in perspective … (click on cartoon to enlarge) [...]
February 16th, 2015 - 4:42 pm § in Uncategorized
BERKELEY BLOG: Climate Change
Is climate change a bulldozer or bullet train? Dan Farber, professor of law | 12/5/13 We’re in the early stages of climate change — just how much depending in large part on whether we control our emissions. But how quickly will this happen? Is it a bulldozer we can dodge or a bullet train that[...]
February 16th, 2015 - 12:28 pm § in America
Hypocrisy: you pick the perp.
Sharpton? Palin? Both?[...]