We got a bit of snow here in Chattanooga, so just about everything shut down this weekend. Which gave me a chance to finally get caught up on some blog reading for the month. My trip to Florida (and the relatively limited internet access that I had there) had put me way behind. So, here's a quick rundown of interesting links I found while buzzing from one side of the internet to the other. It's been a while since I've done this, so bear with me -- there're going to be some old links...
• The iPad is out, but I think I'm still more excited about the GooglePhone.
• I really want one of these (does that make me a dork?)!
• Are you a New York State voter? Watch out for this guy.
• Howard Zinn: How I want to be remembered.
• Some Jon Stewart... On the Massachusetts Senate race -- it's old, so you might want to scroll through the beginning and get to where Jon channels Lewis Black and comes close to expressing how frustrating it is to watch the Democrats (and especially the Blue Dogs!) these days... The First 364 Days 23 Hours... Supreme Corp... Oh, South Carolina... changing the game in banking.
• I've been learning a lot about nutrition lately. Between last year's adventure when G-Dog and I decided to give up processed food, to this year's experiments cooking for someone who is supposed to avoiding sodium, potassium and vitamin k, mostly what I've learned is that I'm easily confused. But Marion Nestle often comes to my rescue, and this time, it's with instructions for navigating the USDA's nutrition info.
• If you're like me and will always miss being a student, you're going to love these free lectures!
• Cool features like this one are what make me love google's rss reader (and many other google apps)!
• Overheard in New York still cracks me up.
• A fascinating collection of photos! Also, check out Tom's Hawaii slideshow!
• From Joe. My. God.: "Remember folks, the Christianist right is not about hatred and bigotry. It's about the gentle redemptive love of Jesus, forced upon you at the barrel of a gun in prison as they beat the gay out of you."
• And finally, the Devil wrote a letter to Pat Robertson.
• The iPad is out, but I think I'm still more excited about the GooglePhone.
• I really want one of these (does that make me a dork?)!
• Are you a New York State voter? Watch out for this guy.
• Howard Zinn: How I want to be remembered.
• Some Jon Stewart... On the Massachusetts Senate race -- it's old, so you might want to scroll through the beginning and get to where Jon channels Lewis Black and comes close to expressing how frustrating it is to watch the Democrats (and especially the Blue Dogs!) these days... The First 364 Days 23 Hours... Supreme Corp... Oh, South Carolina... changing the game in banking.
• I've been learning a lot about nutrition lately. Between last year's adventure when G-Dog and I decided to give up processed food, to this year's experiments cooking for someone who is supposed to avoiding sodium, potassium and vitamin k, mostly what I've learned is that I'm easily confused. But Marion Nestle often comes to my rescue, and this time, it's with instructions for navigating the USDA's nutrition info.
• If you're like me and will always miss being a student, you're going to love these free lectures!
• Cool features like this one are what make me love google's rss reader (and many other google apps)!
• Overheard in New York still cracks me up.
• A fascinating collection of photos! Also, check out Tom's Hawaii slideshow!
• From Joe. My. God.: "Remember folks, the Christianist right is not about hatred and bigotry. It's about the gentle redemptive love of Jesus, forced upon you at the barrel of a gun in prison as they beat the gay out of you."
• And finally, the Devil wrote a letter to Pat Robertson.
2 comments:
Zinn was a nice, pleasant fellow but his views were dangerous. He has written some outrageous lies about this country in the attempt to legitimize the poison of his pen. For while Utopian views are nice to dream about and wish for, they simply are not in the cards. And if not for the spilled blood and sacrifice of those men and women in the military Zinn so hates, his readers would not be enjoying his convenient little books in their dens tonight with the luxuries they possess. The man's entire premise is a lie and it saddens me so many Americans buy into such ludicrous views. If guys like Zinn had led America in the past century, none of you would be enjoying this cool blog for a variety of reasons.
I know, I'm a jerk for opposing this saint. No need to write long rebuttals, I know exactly all the arguments you're going to make. I made them myself when I believed guys like Zinn, which I did for a long, long time.
Jim, I hadn't heard of Zinn, but Alice's post made me buy some of his books. Going by the two clips she's linked to, I already live in the world he envisioned. Europe was tired of wars and formed the European Union after WWII in order to foster more cooperation and less aggression. It worked. And there's nothing scary about democratic socialism; it's what all European nations have with variations on the balance between socialism and capitalism in business (in Norway, where I live, it's about 50-50).
Alice, I checked out the Nexus One but it's not (yet) available in Norway. Neither are Macabi skirts but those are worth mail-ordering. What a practical garment!
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