Glen Beck’s hoedown (”Restoring Honor”; has it gone somewhere?) at the Lincoln Memorial this weekend puts me in mind of this film from the 50s. It’s a good lesson in the need for equality and how we all must work for it. Mr. Beck demonizes so many people to be “the” problem while right-thinking Americans [...]
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No You Can’t (Featuring John Boehner)
Brilliant mashup from Democrats that stick it to Mr. Boehner and his party.
Operation Plumbbob 1957
Operation Plumbbob was a series of nuclear tests conducted between May 28 and October 7, 1957, at (what is now) the Department of Energy’s reservation in Nevada. Altogether there were 29 explosions, the biggest of which, Hood, was felt 300 miles away in California and seen by a pilot in Hawaii, about 2700 miles away. [...]
Will Marry for Health Insurance
Terri Carlson of San Diego has launched a website, willmarryforhealthinsurance.com. She explains her plight:
I am 45 and was born with a genetic immune disorder. I am on cobra from my divorce 2 years ago but it runs out in a year. I can’t buy health insurance because of my pre-existing condition. The Government doesn’t look [...]
The Rock Obama
Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson did a great cold opener for Saturday Night Live as a version of the President looking something like The Hulk.
Kanye West Interrupts Obama Speech
You would think by now that they wouldn’t have invited Kanye to the joint session of Congress. I guess we just don’t learn these days.
How to Shrink Systemic Risk
Laurent Pacalin has a great piece about “financial systemic risk” on his blog, Ad-Ventures in Marketing. In it he breaks the economic meltdown and its solution into three separate solutions which I will describe as simplicity, clarity and decisions at a mico-level. He even quotes my personal hero, Harvard law professor, Elizabeth Warren, who chairs [...]
Mike Rowe’s Insights Into A Working Life
Mike Rowe of The Discovery Channel’s Dirty Jobs confesses that he “got a lot wrong” on the show. In this presentation from TED Talks, he tells a story about working with sheep that made me squirm so be foreworn if you’re squeemish. But his message is a good one. Work, physical work, is not rightfully [...]
First Dance
Barack and Michelle Obama’s “first dance” at the Neighborhood Ball on Inauguration Day - January 20th, 2009. Beyoncé sings. I can’t believe that these two live in the White House. Via Mashable.
