Barack Obama has lost his sex appeal. Of course, I’ve always been immune to politicians’ supposed charisma, from Reagan to Clinton.
Category Archives: Social Commentary
The Academic Debt Bubble
Will it cause another market crash?
Inconsiderate
Ann Althouse is mocking a woman annoyed by a man who damaged her car.
I’m with the woman (and George Costanza). It is an almost intrinsically inconsiderate and selfish act to kill yourself. The only way to do so in a considerate manner is to make sure all your affairs are in order, with clear instructions, and to not make a mess to clean up, or leave yourself where someone, particularly a loved one, will be traumatized by finding you (e.g., disappear into the wilderness and do it there). When you do it in such a way as to endanger others or cause property damage, I have zero sympathy for you, whether you survive or not. There is a big problem in the railroad business of people who deliberately step in front of trains, with no thought about the injuries and damage they may cause, or the life-long nightmares and needless soul searching for the engineer. I don’t care how unhappy you are, there is no excuse for this.
Expanding The Anglosphere
…to Mars:
International co-operation in space was very difficult and in many ways inefficient, the second man to walk on the moon said.
“But I think if we can take the English-speaking people … we can have American science, technology and bring together the UK, Australia, New Zealand, India and South Africa … and have a togetherness organisation,” he told AAP in Sydney on Thursday.
For some reason, I don’t think that the White House will be as happy about this as it was with some of his previous statements. It doesn’t sound like he’s quite on the same page as Charlie and the Muslim outreach.
Gotta love Buzz.
Stand Up For Your Rights
I just don’t get all this hate on uncovered boobage and Alan Simpson. If rights to seeing and saying tits aren’t constitutionally protected, what are? The very word is enshrined and embedded right there in the middle of “consTITution.”
In fact, I think that this invention, while not the worst one in the world, is right up there, and clearly unconstitutional (audio may not be safe for work).
[Via Burge on Facebook]
Who Knew?
Men like to look at beautiful women.
We like sunsets and mountain views, too, but for some reason, it doesn’t arouse so much…emotion…in our partners and life mates, when we indulge in it.
Hey, the beauty of nature is the beauty of nature…
I could write a lot more, but I’ll let the comments fray commence, it being late on a Friday night.
Will The Shocks Never End?
First Ken Mehlman, and now this.
Packing For Mars
Clark Lindsey has compiled a list of links to reviews of the book
WW II Propaganda Posters
Here’s an interesting collection. I like the one urging people to car pool. What would today’s equivalent be: when you ride alone, you ride with George Bush?
I Like Them Dark
Both rum and beer. Porters and stouts are my preference for the latter, though they don’t list them. Probably off-the-scale manly.