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confessions: ragdoll: vinh: Iron Sky teaser trailer...

Mon, 12 May 2008 15:33:47 -0500

ragdoll:

vinh:

Iron Sky teaser trailer (official site)

The art direction reminds me of Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow. I think I need to see this…

This looks fascinating.

Looks…interesting, but I can’t help but notice all the scientific inaccuracies. Big things like no one, even for secrecy’s sake, would launch from the pole as it would require an exorbitant amount of energy above normal and small things like how dust actually behaves on the moon.

"The modern vision of the presidency couldn’t be further from the Framers’ view of the chief..."

Mon, 12 May 2008 15:14:22 -0500

“The modern vision of the presidency couldn’t be further from the Framers’ view of the chief executive’s role. In an age long before distrust of power was condemned as cynicism, the Founding Fathers designed a presidency of modest authority and limited responsibilities. The Constitution’s architects never conceived of the president as the man in charge of national destiny. They worked amid the living memory of monarchy, and for them the very notion of “national leadership” raised the possibility of authoritarian rule by a demagogue ready to create an atmosphere of crisis in order to enhance his power.”

- The Cult of the Presidency (via azspot) - how far will we go until we come back again?

lrusso: (via hydeordie)

Mon, 12 May 2008 15:12:58 -0500

lrusso:

(via hydeordie)

"Insofar as elected officials are responsive to the policy views of their constituents, only the..."

Mon, 12 May 2008 15:10:47 -0500

“Insofar as elected officials are responsive to the policy views of their constituents, only the views of affluent and middle-class people really matter. The preferences of millions of low-income citizens (in the bottom third of the income distribution) have no discernible effect on senators’ roll call votes, whether we consider the whole range of issues that come before Congress or specific salient roll call votes focusing on the federal budget, the minimum wage, civil rights, and abortion. Aristotle wrote that “where the possession of political power is due to the possession of economic power or wealth … that is oligarchy, and when the unpropertied class have power, that is democracy.” By that standard, America is, at best, a very unequal democracy.”

- Larry Bartels
(via azspot)

Things Younger Than John McCain

Mon, 12 May 2008 13:01:59 -0500

Things Younger Than John McCain :

danhacker:

Alaska.

cakeface: Transparent Post-Its (Monoscope) further enabling of...

Mon, 12 May 2008 12:10:52 -0500

cakeface:

Transparent Post-Its (Monoscope)

further enabling of the addiction…

sds:

Mon, 12 May 2008 11:02:55 -0500

sds:

"There is a fundamental unfairness to the way men are treated with their children in public compared..."

Mon, 12 May 2008 10:42:46 -0500

“There is a fundamental unfairness to the way men are treated with their children in public compared to women. A man carrying a screaming infant while dragging a toddler who’s having a fit because the carousel is only open on weekends, well he’s “such a good dad.” I swear four women came up and told me that yesterday under those exact circumstances. If I had been my wife I’m sure they would have been shaking their heads with a tsk tsk. Mothers, I’ve learned from floor polish commercials, have to give 100 percent. Fatherhood is not unlike the Special Olympics. Sometimes you get a medal just for showing up.”

- Dutch from www.sweet-juniper.com (via seagull) (via rore) - my kid’s not even here yet & i’m already getting the “are you going to change diapers?” treatment. the threshold for fatherhood is so low (and motherhood so high!), it’s saddening to consider how it got there. i look forward to taking my son to the park, changing his diapers, playing with him when i get home from work, and everything else that makes a father a dad and i can’t imagine why someone wouldn’t want the joy received from such interaction.

"When I was a child, my mother said to me, ‘If you become a soldier, you’ll be a general. If you..."

Mon, 12 May 2008 10:33:20 -0500

““When I was a child, my mother said to me, ‘If you become a soldier, you’ll be a general. If you become a monk you’ll end up as the pope.’ Instead I became a painter and wound up as Picasso.””

- Pablo Picasso (via onherway and livejamie) (via confessions)

Google Earth Outreach Collects Layers Of Cyclone Nargis Effects

Mon, 12 May 2008 09:47:00 -0500

Google Earth Outreach Collects Layers Of Cyclone Nargis Effects:

"One can never know for sure what a deserted area looks like."

Mon, 12 May 2008 09:36:11 -0500

“One can never know for sure what a deserted area looks like.”

- George Carlin (via shawnblog) (via sds)

Pearls Before Swine everyone’s got a voice, eh?

Mon, 12 May 2008 09:29:16 -0500

Pearls Before Swine

everyone’s got a voice, eh?

"Word-of-mouth is not created, it is co-created. People will only spread your virus if there’s..."

Mon, 12 May 2008 09:27:37 -0500

“Word-of-mouth is not created, it is co-created. People will only spread your virus if there’s something in it for them.”

- Twitter / Hugh MacLeod

"Creativity is allowing yourself to make mistakes. Art is knowing which ones to keep."

Sat, 10 May 2008 08:38:56 -0500

“Creativity is allowing yourself to make mistakes. Art is knowing which ones to keep.”

- Scott Adams (via affremblequotes)

hrrrthrrr: This is so cool…seriously cool. I wonder how many...

Sat, 10 May 2008 08:38:33 -0500

hrrrthrrr:

This is so cool…seriously cool. I wonder how many times it took to get some of those perfect…seems like it could end in disaster for those fellas if not aimed just right, if you know what I mean.

craytonc: Chart data sources: Right to Carry Laws 2006 -...

Fri, 09 May 2008 14:17:34 -0500

craytonc:

Chart data sources:
Right to Carry Laws 2006 - www.nraila.org/map.
Violent Crime Rates in the United States 2006 - www.fbi.gov/table5.
National Average - Violent Crime Rates in the United States 2006 - www.fbi.gov/table1.

Copied from the MCRGO newsletter.

Note that this includes most of the restricted issue states in with the two no-issue states and DC.

dears: Giant working NES controller/coffee table - Boing Boing ...

Fri, 09 May 2008 14:15:17 -0500

dears:

Giant working NES controller/coffee table - Boing Boing

cool, but i want to see a coffee table-sized wiimote. imagine playing tennis with that!

milhouse: ballballballballballballballballballballballballball

Fri, 09 May 2008 11:54:19 -0500

milhouse:

ballballballballballballballballballballballballball

"You don’t have to plant a CIA-style bug to conduct surveillance any more. A service called World..."

Fri, 09 May 2008 11:33:59 -0500

“You don’t have to plant a CIA-style bug to conduct surveillance any more. A service called World Tracker lets you use data from cell phone towers and GPS systems to pinpoint anyone’s exact whereabouts, any time — as long as they’ve got their phone on them. All you have to do is log on to the web site and enter the target phone number. The site sends a single text message to the phone that requires one response for confirmation. Once the response is sent, you are locked in to their location and can track them step-by-step. The response is only required the first time the phone is contacted, so you can imagine how easily it could be handled without the phone’s owner even knowing.”

- Cell Phone Spying: Is Your Life Being Monitored? (via azspot) - i’m so tempted to try this on myself, but the jerry fletcher in me won’t allow it.

azspot: theoildrum.com

Fri, 09 May 2008 11:28:42 -0500

azspot:

theoildrum.com