Category: Humor
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The only glaring hiccup in Barack Obama's silky smooth campaign and transition to the presidency occurred on Inauguration Day when Chief Justice John Roberts stumbled during the administration of the presidential oath. The incongruity of the moment was noted by citizen observers and the media. Conspiracy theorists, as well as critics of President Obama raised questions about the legitimacy of his office, absent the…
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As long as we are enduring our final spasms of Bush anti-nostalgia this weekend, I thought I’d share a short video I made with some friends (including my lovely co-blogger and spouse Anna), back in early 2001. You may recall that after the tainted 2000 election, Al Gore seemed to disappear from public life for…
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Yesterday I had the opportunity to catch George W. Bush's final press conference on C-Span. Bush was at his amiable best, displaying the full gamut of predictable emotions we have come to expect from him. Alternately loopy, jokey, nostalgic and defensive, he reflected on his about-to-expire presidency and upcoming retirement. He expressed confidence that history will show him up…
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That’s the tally as I skim the responses to the 2009 Edge Annual Question: “What will change everything?”—or, more prosaically, “What game-changing scientific ideas and developments do you expect to live to see?” The respondents tend to represent the science crowd (of the hard, social, and popular varieties), with lots of neuro-this and that-ologists. There…
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Have you ever wondered how a woman's brain works? Well….it's finally explained here in one, easy-to-understand illustration: Every one of those little blue balls is a thought about something that needs to be done, a decision or a problem that needs to be solved. A man has only 2 balls and they take up…
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Denied respect and attention at home, George W. Bush recently made an unannounced visit to Iraq, hoping I am sure, to perform a victory lap of sorts in the last few remaining days in office. What greeted him there was not the confetti of a ticker tape parade, but two flying shoes aimed at his head…
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why Barack Obama decided to announce that his middle name was Steve in the Alfred E. Smith dinner. Could this be a reason why? Maybe not, but it would be fun if it were. "NCSE's "Project Steve" is a tongue-in-cheek parody of a long-standing creationist tradition of amassing lists of "scientists who doubt evolution" or…
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It is human nature to want to find a personal connection to triumph and tragedy. Cries of solidarity, "Today we are all Americans," (here, here and here) were heard from all over the world after 9/11/2001. John McCain declared, "Today we are all Georgians," during the recent Russian-Georgian conflict (although there is reason to believe…
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What the fluff is happening? (link) The Iraq war has ended, troops are coming home and Thomas Friedman has decided to stop scattering his pearls of wisdom. If you are scratching your head, see here. (link: Dean)
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War? Or Car? is really a pretty great blog. Check it out!
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Does the following story strike anyone else as a case of hilariously unintended irony? Or am I forcing an "unnatural" analogy in my wicked mind? The gnomes, along with plastic flowers and other decorations such as teddy bears, have been called "inappropriate" and tacky by the Diocese of Bath and Wells. The church banned the…
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Conservative blogger John Hinderaker has advice for Barack Obama: "Take public speaking lessons from George W. Bush!" (link: TPM) Obama thinks he is a good talker, but he is often undisciplined when he speaks. He needs to understand that as President, his words will be scrutinized and will have impact whether he intends it or…
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