Archive of entries posted on 12th August 2014

Hooray for Hollywood!

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[High Praise! to Liberal Logic 101]

Zoom In & Enhance!

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Quite possibly the TV trope I find most annoying:


[YouTube direct link] (Viewer #2,421,534)

This video does more of a direct parody of the concept, especially the question “what the heck are these people typing on their keyboards? Isn’t picture enhancement more of pointy-clicky-mousey activity?”

Lots of NSFW in it, though.

They Were There, Right at the Beginning

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At a dinner celebrating the end of Ramadan, President Obama said that Muslims built “the very fabric of our nation”.

Totally true. For example, without Muslims, the Marine Hymn wouldn’t have that line about “the shores of Tripoli”.

We Need to Hold Him Accountable

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(My niece Sarah wrote this one)

The White House went on lockdown after a toddler squeezed through the fence and made it onto the White House lawn.

Ya know, stuff like this is just going to keep happening if Biden keeps leaving his toys laying around in the front yard.

Link of the Day: Attack of the 8-Point Globe!

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[High Praise! to 4of7 of Little Worlds]

2012 Sorta Fresh – February

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Wisdom of the Day: Coke Opinion Superman Clown Beyond Civilization

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One Data Point Doesn’t Make a Trend

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A college student who wrote a letter to the President is selling Obama’s handwritten response to pay off his tuition.

Marking one of the few times Obama’s signature on a document will make someone better off.

Obama Warned Us – Integrity

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President Obama: If a company isn’t treating its workers with integrity, then they’re probably cutting corners in other areas, too.

@BarackObama

“Although that obviously doesn’t apply to government agencies #BrokenHardDrive”

Straight Line of the Day: A NASA Scientist Explained That the Current 15-Year “Global Warming Hiatus” Was…

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Works like this: I feed you Moon Nukers a straight line, and you hit me with a punch line in the comments.

A NASA scientist explained that the current 15-year “global warming hiatus” was…

Random Thoughts: Divided Country, Wolverine, and Robin Williams

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In the Far East, they don’t have just Chinatowns but whole China-cities.

All animals other than humans are atheists. And they’re constantly killing each other and pooping on things.

Unless the two sides are actively shooting each other, the country has been more divided than it is today.

Can you imagine a violent conflict between the right and left in this country? Hard to imagine that lasting longer than a weekend.

I mean the right has all the guns and most of the military. Just seems like if that civil war ever started, be a predetermined end.

“Hey, 1980s called, and–”
“Wait, the call is coming from inside the house! Get out of there before Ayatollah Khomeini gets you!”

The craziest thing about homeschooling his how insanely angry and fearful some people get about it.

Obama isn’t that bad of president as long as you’re not just comparing him American presidents.

Better name for Wolverine: Cat-Weed. Because he has retractable claws like a cat and can regenerate from massive damage like a weed. Cat-Weed.

I’m one of those who found it fashionable to rag on Robin Williams’ comedy as of late, but he was the definition of funny when I was a kid.

Small Blessings

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The New York Times is reviewing an accusation of plagiarism against veteran reporter Carol Vogel, who was charged with lifting a paragraph from a Wikipedia article

Mostly, though, they’re just thrilled someone actually read their paper.