Links of the Day. Part 1.

There may or may not be a Part 2. You never know.

Why so spurious?

Wonder why newspapers are going bankrupt? Go find out.

I don’t know what this means, but Frank says: Basically, use only 128 AES as it has less potential weaknesses than higher key AES.

And I’m pretty sure this poll means it’s over, and we won.

Netflix’s quickness has always kind of scared me. Now I know why.

Gratuitous self-linkage: I know some of you are dying to know my reaction to the the news about Paula Abdul. I’m in mourning.

We’re Winners!

Scientists have declared mammals the winners of evolution and reptiles the losers. Though there is some bias there (most scientists are mammals), it seems like a fair ruling. I always knew we would win. When mammals first came on the scene, everyone was like, “Look at those stupid rats. They’ll be crushed by mighty dinosaurs.” But I was like, “Hey, I wouldn’t underestimate them.” And then the mammals murdered all the dinosaurs and took over. It’s not really clear how, but the fossil record suggests space lasers.

So, can reptiles ever make a comeback? I doubt it. They’re old and stupid and no one ever really liked them. Who I’m worried about is that dark horse team: the amphibians. No one ever thought much of them with how they live on land but have to lay eggs in water — that really limits their habitat — but maybe they’ll surprise us one day. If you see frogs around — like too many frogs — get worried. And if you see a hellbender, head for the hills (amphibians don’t like hills because they’re too far from water).

Interesting Items in the Health Care Bill

The White House want you to report misinformation about the health care bill, and even provides an e-mail address to help you do so. The problem is, no one has actually read the bill to know what is misinformation. To help, I’ve read the bill (fun read!) and here are some things actually in it. If you see any information out there conflicting these items, you’ll know to report that to the fuhrer.

INTERESTING ITEMS IN THE HEALTH CARE BILL

* A surprising number of references to the scene in the Dark Knight where the Joker blows up a hospital.

* Section on helping the elderly make end of life decisions is right next to a recipe for Soylent Green.

* Patients are to be offered and red pill and a blue pill. Any chooses the red bill will be declared an enemy of the state.

* The word “honkeys” appears 47 times.

* Explicit promise that everyone will get the same quality treatment as top racehorses.

* Private insurance will still be available to those who don’t mind being imprisoned without a trial.

* In particularly expensive cases, traditional care will be scrapped in favor of prayers to Loothau, the mighty unicorn of healing.

* Free treatment to anyone suffering from mental defects. Symptoms of mental defects: Not liking Obama. Treatment: Bullet to the brain.

* To ensure a “right” to health care, doctors are now slaves of the State and are considered 3/5ths a person.

* There are plans to harvest organs from perfectly healthy people and blame it on vampires.

* No matter what the symptoms, doctors must first try just treating the patient for allergies.

Might As Well Have Some Fun With This

Commenter 4 of 7 said:

Where can I get a t-shirt or bumpersticker that says, “Proud member of the Angry Mob”?

So I threw this together:


[original image from here]

It occurs to me that other people might want to play with this, so I uploaded a blank version to the lolbuilder site that you can re-caption to your heart’s content. Or just leave your caption in the comments.

Here are some suggestions:


Tell me about
Your health care plan

I supported Obama and
all I got was this lousy mob

RTFB

Palin/Mob 2012

You want our taxes?
Come get them.

Got TEA?

SUCKER PUNCH!

Just say no

Why didn’t you lefties TELL us that angry mobbing was so much fun?

Proud Mobican-American


Meanwhile, John Hawkins of Right Wing News is putting new captions on the Obama-Joker poster, and encouraging people to post them in public places. That naughty little scamp!

Random Thoughts

It would be awesome to have bizarro M&Ms that melt in your hands but turn rock hard in your mouth.

The video of Obama from 2003 saying he’d like to see single-payer health care is taken out of context. The context: Obama is a moron.

Remember when we had a president who was for democracy? That was cool.

To be fair, flipping off Iranians wanting democracy isn’t hope, but it is change.

How are you going to spend the money the health insurance companies paid us to protest Obama’s plan? I’m spending mine on evil.

Obama would have angry mobs on his side if he had that much influence anymore.