Earth Day

Posted on April 22, 2012 by Michael

President Obama issues statement saying Earth Day is very important. Republicans counter by pointing out that half the people on the planet are only women.

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Thought of the day

Posted on April 22, 2012 by Michael

FOX is having a 25th year anniversary show to celebrate its existence. I think I can summarize without watching: Cops, canceled show, The Simpsons, canceled show, Married With Children, canceled show, canceled show, canceled show, That 70’s Show, canceled show, canceled show, Family Guy, canceled show, canceled show, 25th anniversary show.

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The circus

Posted on April 21, 2012 by Michael

I had to go the the circus this afternoon for a work thing. It’s probably been the better part of two decades since I’ve been to one, so my perspective has changed a bit. (Namely, “Ooo, tigers and elephants!” is no longer my primary thought. Though they are neat.)

I have a hard time believing that the animal portions are particularly justified. I’ve read posts by Jerry Coyne (which I don’t care to search out) where he has said he dislikes zoos and (if I recall correctly) is against them. I don’t go quite that far because, while improvements can always be made for general and specific conditions, I can see the upside. The animals have food and shelter whilst simultaneously providing a great learning experience for the public. Circuses, however, don’t come with that benefit. They certainly provide food and shelter, but there is hardly a decent learning experience to be had. What’s more, I find it impossible to believe that some of the animals – especially the tigers – aren’t under a load of stress.

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Acadia

Posted on April 20, 2012 by Michael

If you want to see some bad pictures of me and good pictures of Marissa, a.k.a. Shambling After, take a look at her post about our Acadia Adventure.

And who knows when she’ll get to see that part of Maine again. She ships out for Armenia as a member of the Peace Corps in just a few weeks.

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Judge Greg Weeks is an activist

Posted on April 20, 2012 by Michael

Judge Greg Weeks recently made this ruling in North Carolina:

A condemned killer’s trial was so tainted by the racially influenced decisions of prosecutors that he should be removed from death row and serve a life sentence, a judge ruled Friday in a precedent-setting North Carolina decision.

Superior Court Judge Greg Weeks’ decision in the case of Marcus Robinson comes in the first test of a 2009 state law that allows death row prisoners and capital murder defendants to challenge their sentences or prosecutors’ decisions with statistics and other evidence beyond documents or witness testimony…

Race played a “persistent, pervasive and distorting role” in jury selection and couldn’t be explained other than that “prosecutors have intentionally discriminated” against Robinson and other capital defendants statewide, Weeks said. Prosecutors eliminated black jurors more than twice as often as white jurors, according to a study by two Michigan State University law professors Weeks said he found highly reliable.

Doesn’t this judge listen to Rush or watch FOX Noise? If there’s anything we’ve learned over the past decade it’s that racism does not exist. Well. Okay, that’s not entirely true. It certainly exists. It’s just that there isn’t a single example of it. Anywhere. Ever. By claiming otherwise, Judge Weeks is clearly an activist. And probably a socialist. Maybe gay. Someone needs to call for an investigation.

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Ted Nugent

Posted on April 19, 2012 by Michael

I’m not going to offer up the context for this because it’s so stupid it doesn’t even matter why he said it.

I’m a black Jew at a Nazi Klan rally.

~Ted Nugent

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Republican complaints aren’t even valid

Posted on April 19, 2012 by Michael

I could mean all of their complaints, but I have a specific one in mind:

The White House on Thursday dismissed as “kinda ridiculous” complaints that President Barack Obama has been billing taxpayers for criss-crossing the country, giving speeches in states that could be critical to his reelection campaign…

The press secretary also hit out at critics who have noted that Obama’s message at political events is largely indistinguishable from his official events.”The suggestion that there is something wrong with the fact that the president says the same thing about what his vision is, and what his policies are, and what his beliefs are in front of official audiences, non political audiences, as he does in front of audiences who are his supporters, I think is kinda ridiculous,” Carney said.

How dare someone be consistent. This is American politics, god damn it.

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Thought of the day

Posted on April 18, 2012 by Michael

Tolerance and acceptance are not the same thing.

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Schrodinger’s Romney

Posted on April 16, 2012 by Michael

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Thought of the day

Posted on April 16, 2012 by Michael

I can’t wait for the Presidential debates this fall. The Republicans have their John Kerry this time around, but the Democrats don’t have a complete and utter fucktard. Should be fun.

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