A warm and happy friday to you all 0
…with a little help from Walter Wanderley.
…with a little help from Walter Wanderley.
It’s true, I saws it on the internets.
via Dkos
If you have been paying attention, you may have noticed that the United States government has reached a level of [choose your favorite] stupidity, ludicrousness, lack of institutional memory, brazen disregard for anything resembling reality, inferred hallucinogenic drug use, soul crushing asshattery, and intelligence insulting rhetoric that has surpassed any and all measure. I lament for our descendants and am redefining the upper bound of contemptuousness for the Federalist system.
Case in point, as beautifully and satisfyingly portrayed on Mr. Stewart’s lovely show:
I hope there will be a return to accountability and common sense within my lifetime. I also hope to live forever. I think the chances for both are just about equal.
BONUS: Pictures from the conflict zone taken by a local. [EnglishRussia.com]
From Johnson County Supervisor Rod Sullivan’s weekly email blast comes this factoid:
Taxpayers in Johnson County, Iowa will pay $191.3 million for total Iraq war spending approved to date.
For the same amount of money, the following could have been provided:
- 57,241 People with Health Care for One Year OR
- 215,208 Homes with Renewable Electricity for One Year OR
- 4,572 Public Safety Officers for One year OR
- 31,176 Scholarships for University Students for One Year or
- 2,380 Affordable Housing Units OR
- 4,282 Elementary School Teachers for One Year.
That is correct – those figures are the cost for Johnson County alone!
(Source: Costofwar.com)
I’m sure there’s play either way in those numbers, but as a tool of perspective I think it says volumes.
It’s Medeski, Martin and Wood:
It still boggles my logic unit that people don’t get that Facebook is the equivalent of a school locker that everyone can go through.
BBC Writes Facebook Data Mining Application
Some people don’t care. Others are just unbelievably naive.
Then you should watch this: