Monthly Archives: November 2009

The Beck-Van Impe Nexus

Even as I’ve researched Beck’s sources, it seems to me that he’s been sounding more and more like Jack Van Impe. Take this latest slice of his radio show, as recorded by Media Matters: Greece is “collapsing,” Beck claims, because … Continue reading

Posted in End Times, Glenn Beck, Jack Van Impe, Obama antichrist, Paranoia | 4 Comments

The Saddam Channel

This sounds very much like Iraqi broadcast TV ante 2003: The Saddam Channel debuted on Friday, the first day of this year’s Eid for Sunnis. The holiday started Saturday for Shiites. The station’s official name alternates between “Al-Lafeta” (“the banner”) … Continue reading

Posted in Arab Media, Saddam Hussein, iraq | Leave a comment

CERN Announcement: It’s Official, LHC is Most Powerful

CERN issued a press release this morning to announce that the Large Hadron Collider is officially the world’s most powerful atom-smasher, having accelerated its twin beams of protons to an energy of 1.18 TeV in the early hours of the … Continue reading

Posted in Large Hadron Collider, science education | Leave a comment

Sarah’s Hand Signals

I caught this pic over at HuffPo, provenance unknown, and immediately wondered if Sarah was signaling a confederate about how many mooseburgers to serve for lunch. Is she waving with fingertips? Are those “spirit fingers”? Does she have full command … Continue reading

Posted in Sarah Palin's poltical future, sarah palin | 2 Comments

Morning Awful

Posted in Afghanistan, torture | Leave a comment

GOP Senator Offers To Raise Taxes

Your eyes do not deceive you. In making the case to delay health care reform, Senator Richard Lugar (R-IN) is willing to discuss a tax increase: “I believe there will be a separate accounting,” Lugar said. “I think we will … Continue reading

Posted in Sen. Richard Lugar (R-IN), patriotism, taxes, the end of war | 4 Comments

Land-Mine Irony

News last week that the Obama administration won’t sign the landmine ban is disappointing, but also ironic: the International Campaign to Ban Landmines was the first success of information-age grassroots organizing on a global scale. Jody Williams won a Nobel … Continue reading

Posted in Consensus, Global Governance, Land Mine Treaty | Leave a comment

Taking On The Banana

I like watching college students defeat Teh Stupid™.

Posted in Teh Stupid™, evolution | 2 Comments

MIT Prof Endorses Senate Bill

Johnathan Gruber, MIT economist, has crunched the data and says the GOP attack line is full of crap: A new analysis by a leading MIT economist provides new ammunition for Democrats as the Senate begins formally debating the historic health-reform … Continue reading

Posted in health care reform, public option | Leave a comment

Weisberg Discovers Chess

As the media slowly discovers 11-Dimensional Chess, I get this weird feeling that the best is yet to come. Salon’s Jacob Weisberg sees what I’m talking about: This conventional wisdom about Obama’s first year isn’t just premature—it’s sure to be … Continue reading

Posted in 11-Dimensional Chess, Consensus | Leave a comment

Afghanistan Delusions

A new Senate report states the obvious: WASHINGTON — Osama bin Laden was unquestionably within reach of U.S. troops in the mountains of Tora Bora when American military leaders made the crucial and costly decision not to pursue the terrorist … Continue reading

Posted in 11-Dimensional Chess, Afghanistan, Obama's Afghanistan Policy, Osama bin Laden, neocons, war on terror | Leave a comment