Solving Problems by Declaring Parts of Your Life to Be Non-Canon
Must read comic strip, via Jim at work.
Author: Nate
Krugman on the candidates’ health care policies.
Krugman on McCain’s healthcare plan vs. Obama’s:
Health Care Destruction
Skipping to the punchline:
I agree: the McCain plan would do for health care what deregulation has done for banking. And I’m terrified.
Jumping back:
Barack Obama offers incremental reform: regulation of insurers to prevent discrimination against the less healthy, subsidies to help lower-income families buy insurance, and public insurance plans that compete with the private sector. His plan falls short of universal coverage, but it would sharply reduce the number of uninsured.
Better than nothing.
via Atrios.
Sarah Palin Debate Flowchart
via Flyertalk OMNI
Hitchin’ a ride.
Crab videotaped riding giant jellyfish
Exactly what it says. Requires a video player plugin, not sure which but one I had in any event. Animals are weird…
It’s a good day for random weird stuff:
Missing in Mexico: Truck with 5,000 condoms, 800 HIV tests and a giant inflatable prophylactic
MEXICO CITY (AP) _ Missing in Mexico: One truck carrying 5,000 condoms, 800 HIV tests and a 23-foot (7 meter) inflatable prophylactic.
The coordinator of an HIV/AIDS awareness tour, Polo Gomez, said Wednesday that the “Condomovil” was parked in front of a friend’s house in Mexico City when it disappeared Sunday evening. He believes the truck was stolen, but he doesn’t know why. Police are still investigating.
The truck should be easy to spot. It features painted images of a peeled banana, the exposed part shaped like a condom, and a shirtless man saying: “I protect myself. Do you?”
“A little off the top,” it wasn’t.
Something doesn’t smell right if this took from last Oct to today for the lawsuit to be filed, but…
(via Flyertalk)
Doctor accused of amputating man’s genitals against wishes
A lawsuit accuses a Frankfort doctor of amputating a man’s penis without his consent, according to a newspaper.
Slim Jim in Marmite?
A coworker just asked for one of my Slim Jims (mmmm, junk food) so he could try it dipped in Marmite. I’m fine sharing them, so he took it, and tried it.
Response: “I think I just corned my own tongue.”
Not a combination I’ll be trying.
Too close to the truth
from AmericaBlog:
CONFIDENTIAL BUSINESS PROPOSAL
(and with both apologies and compliments, reproduced in its entirety below, as this is too funny and too sad…)
Dear Mr. American,
Good day and compliments.
I am HENRI PAULSON, the Ministry of the Treasury of the Republic of America, and the personal financial adviser to GEORGE W. BUSH (the eldest son of the former dictator of America, GENERAL GEORGE HUSSEIN WALKER BUSH).
This letter will definitely come to you as a huge surprise, but I implore you to take the time to go through it carefully as the decision you make will go off a long way to determine the future and continued existence of the entire members of my country.
Continue reading “Too close to the truth”
Sums it up nicely
New Full-frame Canon DSLR
Canon EOS 5D Mark II
<gollum voice>I wantssss one</gollum voice>
Upcoming books: “Without Warning”
John Birmingham’s latest, Without Warning has showed up on Amazon. Looks great, although it isn’t out in the US until February. If I make it to Asia again this fall, I may get it early … as I was able to do with Final Impact, since they get the Aussie editions at some of the Kinokuniyas there (can’t, at this point, remember if it was the Singapore one or the then-new Siam Paragon one in Bangkok.)
It does lead to the interesting question of whether to pre-order (then cancel, if I get it in Asia) or whether to wait to see if the fall vacation (A) happens, and (B) if it’s Asia or Buenos Aires… lots of steak plus the 32.5k mile Citi award (*) make for a tempting option, even with hotel and other prices once I’m on the ground so much higher.
(* vs 40k usually, and 70k for Asia… seeing as I’ve made PLT for the year, this is a good chance to burn miles rather than earn them.)
Rap Battles, translated.
Warning, NSFW.
Perhaps more amusing than the actual video is the near-Rickroll-like email the URL for this was included in:
Obama/McCain Debate Preview
The debates are only a couple weeks away, and it may be worth discussing the
strengths of the respective candidates on the floor.
One trippy film
Just watched Wild in the Streets on cable, and thought I’d leave a note here since it’s exactly the sort of film I see once and then a couple of years later think:
What was that 60s film about youth taking over the country?
So by writing about it here, hopefully I’ll find it more easily. It’s sort of like a prequel to Logan’s Run, minus the whole “overpopulation” angle.
Sadly, like two other movies I’d really like to see again(*), it’s not out on DVD.
(* The Dark Secret of Harvest Home[**] and Coming out from the Ice)
(** btw the book of this one is good.)