Not a weekend now goes by without a little something.
Counting Crows - Long December.
March 11, 2007
Strange, Yet...
Oddly approperate.
Serbian vampire hunters have driven a 3 foot stake through the heart of Slobodan Milosevic to help ensure that he remains dead. Never can be too carefull, I say.
Mayan priests will purify a sacred archaeological site to eliminate "bad spirits" after President Bush visits next week, an official with close ties to the group said Thursday. Never can be too carefull, I say.
Serbian vampire hunters have driven a 3 foot stake through the heart of Slobodan Milosevic to help ensure that he remains dead. Never can be too carefull, I say.
Mayan priests will purify a sacred archaeological site to eliminate "bad spirits" after President Bush visits next week, an official with close ties to the group said Thursday. Never can be too carefull, I say.
March 10, 2007
March 8, 2007
No God in Our Lives
Interesting news from the world of currency:
An unknown number of new George Washington dollar coins were mistakenly struck without their edge inscriptions, including "In God We Trust," and made it past inspectors and into circulation, the U.S. Mint said Wednesday.
The properly struck dollar coins, bearing the likeness of George Washington, are inscribed along the edge with "In God We Trust," "E Pluribus Unum" and the year and mint mark. They went into circulation Feb. 15.
Now this could be an opportunity to debate the role of faith in public life, and if "In God We Trust" violates the spirit of the first amendment or is just a little harmless nod to the Big Guy. But these suckers are worth money:
Bailey said it was unknown how many coins didn't have the inscriptions. Ron Guth, president of Professional Coin Grading Service, one of the world's largest coin authentication companies, said he believes that at least 50,000 error coins were put in circulation.
"The first one sold for $600 before everyone knew how common they actually were," he said. "They're going for around $40 to $60 on eBay now, and they'll probably settle in the $50 range."
Error coins are worth money. Once I read about a penny that had a backwards "D" for Denver Mint that was worth 100 grand. I spent years afterwords checking every piece of change for errors. So check those new gold dollars. They could be worth fifty bucks.
An unknown number of new George Washington dollar coins were mistakenly struck without their edge inscriptions, including "In God We Trust," and made it past inspectors and into circulation, the U.S. Mint said Wednesday.
The properly struck dollar coins, bearing the likeness of George Washington, are inscribed along the edge with "In God We Trust," "E Pluribus Unum" and the year and mint mark. They went into circulation Feb. 15.
Now this could be an opportunity to debate the role of faith in public life, and if "In God We Trust" violates the spirit of the first amendment or is just a little harmless nod to the Big Guy. But these suckers are worth money:
Bailey said it was unknown how many coins didn't have the inscriptions. Ron Guth, president of Professional Coin Grading Service, one of the world's largest coin authentication companies, said he believes that at least 50,000 error coins were put in circulation.
"The first one sold for $600 before everyone knew how common they actually were," he said. "They're going for around $40 to $60 on eBay now, and they'll probably settle in the $50 range."
Error coins are worth money. Once I read about a penny that had a backwards "D" for Denver Mint that was worth 100 grand. I spent years afterwords checking every piece of change for errors. So check those new gold dollars. They could be worth fifty bucks.
March 7, 2007
Contest
Guess when Scooter will get his pardon.
Put me down for Chrismas Eve, Decemeber 24 of this year. Everyones shopping, no one is reading the papers, a great time to dump bad news.
Put me down for Chrismas Eve, Decemeber 24 of this year. Everyones shopping, no one is reading the papers, a great time to dump bad news.
Thanks Mom
I too keep the swearing down on this blog because I know my Mom reads it. It seems to be a universal trend.
March 6, 2007
Shuffle
The 50 most important people on the web. I did not make the list. However, the other Craig, the one with the list is #7.
Joel Stein, God? Joel Stein?
Nine more dead in Iraq.
First they go for the blacks, next they go for the Jews.
I got harangued about my Presidential choice at the dentist office yesterday, so I guess the election really is on. So in that spirit:
Joel Stein, God? Joel Stein?
Nine more dead in Iraq.
First they go for the blacks, next they go for the Jews.
I got harangued about my Presidential choice at the dentist office yesterday, so I guess the election really is on. So in that spirit:
March 5, 2007
Oversight
Just noting, the kind of oversight hearings happening today on condition at Walter Reed Hospital are something that just wouldn't happen under the old, GOP controlled Congress.
Why?
Cause, as Brit Hume says, it would have been embarrassing for the Administration.
Cynical yes, but are we cynical enough?
Why?
Cause, as Brit Hume says, it would have been embarrassing for the Administration.
Cynical yes, but are we cynical enough?
March 4, 2007
More Clips! More Clips!
All the classic Duke 2000 videos clips have been posted to YouTube.
This is from when Uncle Duke ran for President back in 2000.
The full video dump can be found here.
This is from when Uncle Duke ran for President back in 2000.
The full video dump can be found here.
March 3, 2007
Music for Your Saturday
Cranberries - Zombie
Erin T sends in this little gem
Jake Shimabukuro - While My Guitar Gently Weeps on ukelele
Erin T sends in this little gem
Jake Shimabukuro - While My Guitar Gently Weeps on ukelele
March 2, 2007
Good Point
Two things are pretty clear at the moment. One is that Rudy Giuliani is pretty clearly leading the GOP field in the race for the Presidential nomination and second, Giuliani is very clearly a social liberal with a utter disaster of a personal life. Now the leading theory is that once the religious right finds out the second, the first is not going to hold up.
But Digby raises an interesting idea:
[I]f Rudy Giuliani becomes the GOP nominee it means the culture wars are as fake as William Shatner's hair. Once people realize that, perhaps we can stop talking about how so many people are allegedly against choice, gay rights and other progressive values in this country. Clearly, they don't care much about any of that, nor do they care about Lieberman's nonsense about setting a good example for the children. The Christian Right supporting Rudy Giuliani proves that the culture war is nothing but a GOP scam and we can stop obsessively worrying about offending these people with our godless, fancy-pants, big-city ways.
Good for Rudy Giuliani for(inadvertantly) pulling back the curtain on this hoax.
Now the primary campaign has a long way to run and Giuliani could crash and burn in a million ways, but the idea is intriging, no? I for one am very interested in what Republicans really care about.
But Digby raises an interesting idea:
[I]f Rudy Giuliani becomes the GOP nominee it means the culture wars are as fake as William Shatner's hair. Once people realize that, perhaps we can stop talking about how so many people are allegedly against choice, gay rights and other progressive values in this country. Clearly, they don't care much about any of that, nor do they care about Lieberman's nonsense about setting a good example for the children. The Christian Right supporting Rudy Giuliani proves that the culture war is nothing but a GOP scam and we can stop obsessively worrying about offending these people with our godless, fancy-pants, big-city ways.
Good for Rudy Giuliani for(inadvertantly) pulling back the curtain on this hoax.
Now the primary campaign has a long way to run and Giuliani could crash and burn in a million ways, but the idea is intriging, no? I for one am very interested in what Republicans really care about.
March 1, 2007
Jolie, Jolie, Jolie
Exciting news from the world of foreign policy think-tanks, The Council on Foreign Relations (who really are as stuffy as the name sounds) has added Angelina Jolie as a member.
Access
So apparently news has been going around the internets that the Right has set up Conservapedia, a conservative alternative to Wikipedia.
The results are clearly hilarious, but it is really difficult to log onto the site. We all need to get on there to mock it, so wait your turn.
The results are clearly hilarious, but it is really difficult to log onto the site. We all need to get on there to mock it, so wait your turn.
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