December 17, 2005

Weekend political and science quickies, with some humor thrown in the mix

  • A few months after 9/11, President Bush authorized the NSA to eavesdrop on Americans in the US without having to obtain court warrants. Bush supporters argue that the president's actions "make sense, regardless of their legality." (That screaming you hear is me.)
  • The Onion on the Patriot Act: "I'd really like to tell this damn government what I think, but thanks to the Patriot Act, they already know."
  • Apparently SNL got funny while I wasn't watching. This ad for Woomba cracked me up.
  • Who wouldn't love to find a shoggoth hair toy in her Christmas stocking?
  • Don Wise on Incompetent Design: "Look at the bones in your face. They're the same as the other mammals' but they're just squashed and contorted by jamming the jaw into a face with your brain expanding over it, so the potential drainage system in there is so convoluted that no plumber would admit to having done it! So is this evolution or is this plain stupid design?"
  • I can't read this headline: Researchers: Mother squids nurse eggs without thinking of "squid milk." An extremely cool photo accompanies the story.
Posted by rv at December 17, 2005 08:36 AM to quickies
Comments

"bush supporter" sounds like a jock for a woman who needs a Woomba

Posted by: Jay at December 18, 2005 03:09 PM

The "Weekend political and science quickies..." are awesome! Fight the good fight. I'm definitely going to link to your site.

-Matt Largo

Posted by: Matt Largo at December 21, 2005 06:22 AM

Hi, Matt. I'm glad that you enjoyed reading my post (and I see that you have a "Post Courtesy of Popplers" tagged onto the end of your posting). But I'd feel less plagiarized if you pointed your readers to the entry on my site instead of quoting it (mostly) verbatim, as if you'd written it. It's a small difference, but it would make me feel better.

I tried to say this in a comment to your blog posting, but it seems like the "Word Verification" part of the comments feature isn't working properly. It repeatedly asks for Word Verification, but never publishes the comment.

Posted by: rv at December 21, 2005 12:12 PM

Hey RV,

I made the modifications on "The Matt Largo Show" blog to give full credit and link to the "Weekend political and science quickies..." section on Popplers.

I will mention Popplers in my December 30th podcast also.

Popplers rocks!
Matt Largo

Posted by: Matt Largo at December 29, 2005 12:53 AM