There is a reason that Ron Paul is the High Chancellor of the Internet. The man exudes common sense. Here is an elected US official (and a Republican, at that) who makes no assertions that aren’t backed up by common sense, evidence, and historical precedent. Say what you will about Libertarians, but this one has some damn near impenetrable logic. The Obama administration needs to make more use out of this figure as soon as possible.
In this clip on the Real Time with Bill Mahr (via The Raw Story), he tells us why we need to end the War on Drugs.
Feel free to fast forward to four minues into this clip:
In case you haven’t already heard, a British and French nuclear-powered submarine collided about two weeks ago in the mid-Atlantic, though apparently nothing serious happened (otherwise I have a suspicion we would have, er, noticed). But you’ll be happy to know that the crack investigators of the respective militaries have just figured out why:
“The accident probably happened because the two submarines were not aware of each other.”
Oh, crazy veteran military investigators! Is there anything you can’t figure out?
ABC is reporting that Blackwater, violence outsourcer, has officially changed its name to Xe. Human rights advocates rejoiced at the news that no company named Blackwater exists any longer. Protesters of corporate death manufacturers have not scored a victory this big since Philip-Morris began a new assuredly benign existence as Altria.
In an unrelated story, shootings reported in Southern Los Angeles (formerly South Central) are from now on to be referred to as “Fluffy Bunnies.” City officials look forward to discussing the latest uptick in Fluffy Bunnies at their semantics symposium next week.
This Superbowl Sunday, as you’re huddling into your inflatable beer chairs with your Tostitos NachoMan helmet strapped firmly to your attentive brain cans, know this:
You are about to spend five to six hours watching an event in which you will see approximately twelve minutes of actual sport.
The rest of the time you will be a semi-conscious participant in the real event of the day. For, this day, America’s largest and most prestigious corporate advertisers will line up and attempt to sell you useless shit that you don’t need in a mind-bogglingly extravagant cavalcade of shilling.
If Greg’s Leg Offends Him Cut it Off, An Offer Cancer Just Can’t Refuse, Kurt Warner Knows His Dante, Yes We Can Discuss the Inauguration, America is Marginally Worse Off (so America is in Huge Trouble), Money for Nothing (and Our Stocks for Free), America is Depressed and Storey Couldn’t be Happier, Clea Defends Shades of Gray, and Russ Still Thinks Most People are Stupid.
I know I’m at risk of becoming a one-trick pony here in posting about news stories that are obvious and/or silly over and over, but hey – there’s been a flurry of same lately.
I could almost submit the above without comment, since it seems so self-evidently nonsensical to me. Does CNN think the nation was waiting, on pins and needles, for Hillary’s coin-toss decision between announcing that she would push for a smarter U.S. or a dumber U.S.? Did CNN have a potential article revved up in red “DEVELOPING STORY” border for Clinton announcing that she planned to sit on her duff for four years?
Or perhaps the only alternate headlines considered were “Clinton is this reporter’s personal favorite person alive” and “Clinton ‘could run for God’ in four years”.
If you ever wonder why everything in the financial world is a stunning surprise and all results are different than expectations, this article should help you stop wondering.
In it, we learn that a worsening economy that lost 2.6 million jobs in a year, almost all of them in the last 6 months, could (mind that word now, could) lose 2.0 million jobs in the next year.
WHAT?
So, economists’ math goes like this:
-2,600,000 jobs
+worse job market
——————
-2,000,000 million jobs
Apparently, a “worse job market” means “600,000 jobs better than a better job market”.
Former Senator Ted Stevens has been an internet punching bag for some time now. This was our attempt to get in on the Stevens-bashing action after the bribery scandal and indictment that marred his re-election campaign.
The video didn’t take off the way we had hoped, but it was insanely fun to produce.
