Obama might get rid of daylight saving time!
If it’s true, I’ll be be thrilled. Time changes make me crazy.
I took this photo at the Chattanooga Market earlier this summer. I decided to put it up this week after running across this article about clothianidin and colony collapse disorder — is there a connection?
Have a wonderful weekend, everyone! Give the arkettes a peek when you have a chance!
• A team of paleontologists have discovered a huge Stone Age cemetery in the Sahara desert. Here is a woman and two children who were found holding hands, arms outstretched toward each other, with evidence to suggest they were laid to rest on a bed of flowers (follow the link for more photos and a video about the find from National Geographic).
• American team members to watch now that the Olympic games have moved on from swimming to track & field.
• What if Karl Rove were working for the Obama campaign?
• This is just the kind of thing that long ago made me resolve to never do business with AT&T again. I found myself on more than one occasion trying to get my money back from AT&T after they over-charged me for lame or inept reasons. For them, screwing customers while hoping they’re not paying attention is the #1 item in their business practices manual. And in this case, someone turned their frustration into to a bit of silliness.
• Everyone’s favorite East Tennessee politician is back once again! This time, she’s talking about Jesse Helms, who she says is a great American. (Of course, as much as I loves me some Griffiny Juneness, I gotta wonder what sort of crack heads are running the KNS these days!)
I’ve been reading these internets today and have a random sampling of interesting tidbits found in these here tubes:
- Hello. I’m Billy Blades. And so are you.
- Today the Iraqi government says that they want the US out of Iraq — including our military bases. This flies in the face of all of John McCain’s plans for permanent bases in Iraq and a 100-years war. What will he doooo?!?
- Speaking of John McCain, the old coot thinks that he’s much more highly regarded among vets than he really is. And btw, only people who have served have the right to question McCain’s judgment — oops! Make that: only people who have served AND who also agree with John McCain! And he doesn’t want to talk about being a POW — unless it’s in a freakin’ campaign commercial. Seriously?
- You’ve probably heard that those inbred polygamists who got busted earlier this year for letting old men knock up their daughters while they’re still little girls have their own clothing line. It turns out they let their daughters dress like flashy harlots.
- Remember when there were only 3 channels on TV (well, four if you were lucky enough to live in an area with a PBS station)? Have things changed all that much? Not really.
- Now here are a couple of stories that made me laugh out loud today: 1) That the man who never read a book might pretend to write one. and 2) That there are people out there who would consider it appropriate to put the same clueless moron, who can’t even quote Jefferson properly, in a classroom. With children.
- And speaking of George Bush, his buddy John McCain hates bloggers. Yeah, that whole free-flowing information thing sure does put a real crimp in the old bullshit spewer, don’t it?
- Those wacky internetizens are not done with Jesse Helms yet. They’re questioning his patriotism, calling him irrelevant and defeated, and remembering when his house was condemed! Oh, and Mike Huckabee loved and admired him.
- Charlie “110% Heterosexual” Crist is still in the news and Chris Matthews doesn’t love him.
- Are you a quilter? How about quilting for our nation’s wounded heroes?
- A guy in Cleveland, TN has figured out how to run a car on Chattanooga’s greatest natural resource (more here)!
- A Norwich woman spent the morning with a bat in her bra (via BoingBoing).
- Are you ready to wear a bracelet when you get on a plane? One that zaps you with a shock if you don’t behave?
- Here’s the latest from the awesome Improv Everywhere troupe!
- Worst. President. Ever.
- Jonah Goldberg is still a half-witted wanker.
- When world leaders meet to discuss world hunger, is it appropriate for them to enjoy a six-course lunch and 18-course dinner?!? Sheesh!
Here’s a bit of what’s going on out there on the net this weekend!
- Check out the weather forecast in Crawford, TX. According to John McCain’s chief spiritual advisor, John “America is Damned” Hagee, this clearly means that God hates the Bushes.
- Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens was in Chattanooga yesterday to speak at the 68th conference of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit. Check out the comments he made regarding the use of lethal injections: [H]e suggested that the recently-euthanized Kentucky Derby horse Eight Bells had probably experienced a more humane death than those who die on death row. “I had checked the procedure they used to kill the horse,” Justice Stevens said, expressing surprise to learn it is against the law in Kentucky to kill animals using one of the drugs in a three-drug lethal injection cocktail that many believe is cruel to humans.
- Now that he’s staring down the barrel at his reelection prospects, Chattanooga’s Mayor Littlefield apparently is having second thoughts about the drastic cuts he’s made to the curbside recycling program.
- Jesus! vs Darwin!
- You gotta love those family values republicans. It seems as though every week, another one finds his way out from under his rock…
- Would you crash this poll?
- The columnists speak of the end of the primary season: Eugene Robinson and Paul Krugman on the divisions in the Democratic party
- Cindy Lou: show me the money!
Heh! Is barefooting going mainstream?
Here’s an engaging article from the New Yorker, which includes Nicholas White’s story of being trapped in an elevator for forty-one hours (once you’ve read the story, you might want to watch the video of his elevator weekend). You’ll also learn a lot about the workings of elevators of all shapes and sizes — and probably will think twice as you cross the threshold next time you’re stepping through those automatic double doors… (via Towleroad).
I almost missed this one, as it’s been another crazy day (in a good way!). Today is World Autism Awareness Day.
Autism is a broad spectrum disorder, and symptoms can range from the subtle to the devastating. Chances are, you know someone whose life has been effected by autism, as the incidence has been rising dramatically in recent years (no one really knows why). For a glimpse into the life of an autistic adult, check out the link recently featured on Tennessee Ticket!
