Category: Bits and Pieces

I got this in the mail, and love it.  Someone at Anchoress’ blog also had the nice idea of getting a universal remote control and, if technologically possible, messing with the CNN that blares away in every airport, bar, car rental place, etc. A “vote” is being taken by NOW

Watch this video about who the ostriches were then and who they are now (hint:  it starts with a “D”).  Then send it to friends and family: [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=exxVZTKq1vA[/youtube]

Yesterday, I posted about the Obama strategy of demoralization.  At the Strata-Sphere, you can read about the fact that many polls, even if not intentionally misleading, might be unintentionally misleading because it’s becoming impossible in this fluid race to figure out how to create a viable polling population of registered

This is brilliant.  Ignore the fact that Bush is painted as a drooling buffoon and focus on the substance: Hat tip to everyone who brought this to my attention. UPDATE:  As you can see, the video is gone from Hulu, which is where my link came from.  Even more interestingly,

A friend of mine is doing a doctoral survey about how the media changes our perceptions of climate change — something that should be right up everyone’s alley.  Here’s a link if you’re interested in helping out.  The deadline is Monday, so don’t wait too long.

Is it just me or did the New York Times not even bother to review An American Carol?  It’s just as well, of course, since its review would no doubt be vicious no matter the movie’s virtues or failings.

I’ve got an article at American Thinker.  It’s another one in my eternal question to figure out why in the world Americans would favor a man who bad mouths them a lot of the time, and whose track record makes it obvious that he will never follow through on his

Given how well the debate seems to have gone (yay!), I thought I’d dig out an Abba song to celebrate her wonderful energy and forward momentum, the way some people love her and some hate her, and even her occasional slip-ups.  (As you may all have figured out, Abba is

I really need to take a day off from all this.  I’m leaving you with a silly cheer infusion (and a chance to bone up on your pig Latin): [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8xTTWHMCXdg[/youtube]

Once again, Council members (moi-self included) have labored mightily to bring you brilliant, gem-like, insightful writing from all over the blogosphere — and, amazingly enough, I’m not even exaggerating when I use those adjectives.  I’ve skimmed some of the selections already and can tell you that, as the world churns

What’s bizarre and depressing about Condell’s biting satire is that there is only a single exaggeration in the whole thing. Everything else is just a statement of facts: [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ox2-Wun2dIg[/youtube] UPDATE:  YouTube deleted the video — apparently it hurt the Saudi’s feelings.  Fortunately, you can still see it here.

Squidoo has $80,000 to give away.  It wants people to vote on which charity (from a long list) should get some of that money.  For every vote cast for a specific charity, that charity receives $2.00, up until all of those $80,000 are gone.  My vote is for Soldier’s Angels. 

Ronald Hayden wandered over to my blog in connection with my post about the transgendered bathrooms in England, and stayed to make some good points.  I therefore decided to wander over to his blog, Better Angels, and discovered that the good points were not accidental. Better Angels is a good