I’ve decided to take a blog-free month and a half, and enjoy the rest of the summer in that area where there are trees, the sun, the sky and other beautiful things. Go outside, and come back September 10th.
How do you rehydrate water, then?
The US Army is making dehydrated food that can be rehydrated using urine.
An Australian official calls Michael Moore “the quintessential ugly American”, in response to a Fahrenheit 9/11 scene about John Howard, the Australian Prime Minister. Honestly, I don’t think either Moore or Linda Ronstadt are ugly. Speaking the truth against the neocons is an attractive quality, I’d say.
God violates the Intel trademark.
Outfoxed
Scientists at Moscow’s Voronezh State Technological Academy Turn Blood into Coffee, Milk, Chocolate.
Outfoxed, the number two selling DVD on Amazon. Not in theatres, but at house parties.
Da Senate… not.
Despite Congress and the public having spoken, Bush still wants to pursue a gay marriage ban.
The Ken Jennings Jeopardy phenomenon.
Find out anyone’s political contributions at Fundrace.org.
“If everything matters, then nothing matters very much.”
Overheard
Mike Ditka decides not to run for the Senate.
Greens for Kerry, using a swing-state strategy.
Sisters
Office Depot to recycle old PCs for free — other vendors are following a good business and PR move.
Nigerian email scammers — in your face!
“We must not confuse dissent with disloyalty… We will not be driven by fear into an age of unreason, if we dig deep in our history and our doctrine and remember that we are not descended from fearful men – not from men who feared to write, to speak, to associate and to defend causes that were, for the moment, unpopular… We proclaim ourselves, as indeed we are, the defenders of freedom, wherever it continues to exist in the world, but we cannot defend freedom abroad by deserting it at home.”
Edward R. Murrow, excerpted from Reason by Robert B. Reich
The Lynne Cheney torrid sexual coming-of-age novel: sadly, out of print.
Oh, you’ll *pay* for tobacco…
Phillip Morris pays $1.25 billion settlement to European Union.
Exploring the idea of postponing the election.
Ron Reagan to address Democrats at the Democratic National Convention, possibly to counteract Democrat Zell Miller addressing Republicans at theirs.
The Union of Concerned Scientists are horrified by Bush’s idea of science.
Vintage menus
George Michael shuts down his chatroom as the insults fly.
Neat collection of vintage menus.
Bush’s military records were destroyed – specifically, the time in question where he might have been AWOL.
Great site with campaign commercials: The Living Room Candidate.
Fit But You Know It
Congresswoman Eddie Bernice Johnson asks that the UN monitor the American elections this fall.
MY NEW FAVORITE MUSIC VIDEO.
The Streets Fit But You Know It
Whoops.
The Progressive Case for Patriotism
Colin Powell does a disco number. The US isn’t the only nation having a problem with guns – Brazil’s gun ban goes into effect.
Marlon Brando moves to the big gig in the sky.
“There are too many ideas and things and people. Too many directions to go. I was starting to believe the reason it matters to care passionately about something is that it whittles the world down to a more manageable size.”
The Orchid Thief by Susan Orlean, from Adaptation
Utah Boy Scouts sell $250 glasses of lemonade to defray likely arson charge for state Scout Council.
Students start to worry about a possible draft next year.
Great article on AlterNet: The Progressive Case for Patriotism.