This is from roughly 2006. Old folks being young. “Hoppipolla” translates as “jumping in puddles” http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_EyI4p0yjDQ Another celebration of old is here: Five for Fight – One hundred years.
Archive for December, 2009
Dec 31
Hoppipolla by Sigur Ros
Dec 30
Temper Trap and Pearl Jam
2 songs this year that are memorable: Sweet Disposition by Temper Trap Just Breathe by Pearl Jam
Dec 18
Is Jim DeMint reading the tarot cards again? Or hitting the crack pipe?
If you haven’t followed the health care debate, I’ll summarize. – DeMint himself claims that republicans win something if they can deny Obama health care reform. Note to DeMint. This isn’t about Obama, dirtbag. This is about the people you represent and your attempts to screw the people of this country. – Lots of republican [...]
Dec 18
Senate Health Care Bill – what does it mean?
From Nate Silver. If you don’t know who Nate Silver is, he’s just about the best odds-maker / statistician in the business. Look at this image. It should tell you everything you need to know. If you still don’t get it, click here and Nate will explain it to you. http://www.fivethirtyeight.com/2009/12/why-progressives-are-batshit-crazy-to.html
Dec 15
Extreme Ice Survey
Timelapse video of glaciers receding in Alaska, Greenland and Iceland. Their timelapse gallery is here: http://www.extremeicesurvey.org/index.php/new_gallery/ AK-03 Columbia Cliff Narrated from Extreme Ice Survey on Vimeo.
Dec 14
Al Franken calls out fact-challenged GOP
“We are entitled to our own opinions. We’re not entitled to our own facts.”
Dec 12
Dec 09
Gretchen Carlson – things you didn’t know
On the daily show last night, we discovered that Fox news hostess Gretchen Carlson: Was High School Valedictorian Graduated with Honors from Stanford University Studied at Oxford Was Miss America in 1989 But stick her on, and she goes retarded. Its a strange effect. Here’s Jon Stewart. The Daily Show With Jon Stewart Mon – [...]
Dec 09
Conducting an interview with someone you despise
Rachel Maddow keeps impressing me. When was the last time you saw an interview where the interviewer is openly disgusted by the subject of the interview? Rachel manages to be civil at the same time. I doubt many people could do this. Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy
Dec 08
Healthday: Exercise and Coffee reduce prostrate cancer risk
I saw that title and thought, “Great, all those years of drinking coffee will pay off with more than just stained teeth.” Of course, that only applies if the exercise part of the equation can be neglected. I’d previously read that coffee reduces prostrate cancer risk, so this wasn’t a huge shock. http://news.yahoo.com/s/hsn/20091209/hl_hsn/coffeeexercisefightprostatecancer More about [...]
Dec 08
The Sweet Smell of Progress
This administration will not ignore science or the law any longer, nor will we avoid the responsibility we owe to our children and our grandchildren. Today, I’m proud to announce that EPA has finalized its endangerment finding on greenhouse gas pollution and is now authorized and obligated to make reasonable efforts to reduce greenhouse pollutants [...]
Dec 07
Steny Hoyer: Obstructionism damaging institution of congress
Steny Hoyer remarked today that the GOP’s complete defiance towards anything the president supports leads to deadlocks, wasted time and devalues congress and further, the presidency. He’s right. On one side of the senate, for example, you have 60 democrats who will debate the issues. Included in that number are the blue dogs, conservative democrats. [...]
Dec 04
Joe Lieberman is a douchebag
This is fairly amazing. Type exactly the following into google. “Joe Lieberman is a douchebag” Use the quotes, to match the exact phrase. over 23,000 results, lol. Read about Joe Lieberman’s latest efforts to screw the country here: http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704007804574574652325364622.html?mod=rss_opinion_main Update: Here’s one of my favorite senators keeping things moving by disallowing lieberman to waste more [...]
