President’s Day Linkage
Good times. I have a ton of stuff piled up - I wish I could say I was busy this weekend, but I won’t lie - I spent most of it playing Blue Dragon. If you’re reading on the LJ side, I’m getting intermittent comment notifications, so if I haven’t replied to your comments from earlier, it’s because I only saw them about 20 minutes ago.
* The closest thing to zombies of late. Personally, I’d consider myself blessed in a few ways.
* The rumored number two porn collection in the world doesn’t actually exist. One less reason to visit Cambridge University, I suppose.
* Reason covers the Hugo Chavez disaster. To me, the Chavez situation continues to be one of the great disasters of the world currently - not nearly as bad as the situations in Africa and the Middle East, but a horrible situation that should really get more honest coverage.
* Attention, Democratic voters who subscribe to the “the world hates us because Bush’s diplomacy sucks” meme: claiming that a world leader lacks a soul isn’t going to repair that. And I don’t especially care if she’s right (because I’m inclined to believe she is) - that’s not how you deal with it.
* A fun link for video game fans, especially those with any fond memories of the Ultima series: The Many Deaths of Lord British.
* Larry Kudlow reminds us that if a recession really is coming, it ain’t there yet. Expect the media to continue to push the issue regardless, however - they haven’t been honest about the economy in years, so why start now?
* A great story about the guy who moved into a homeless shelter with $25, and came out a year later with an apartment and $5000 in cash.
* Cato demonstrates the reality surrounding part of Hillary Clinton’s health care plan. Oops!
* England floats a smoking permit. The mind reels.
* I hate the Dolphins because I’m a Patriots fan, but I’ve always liked Zach Thomas. He’s set to meet with the Pats this week, and the thought of it excites me to see him in a New England uniform.
* Sometime last year, you’ll remember a video circulating from 1994 about Dick Cheney’s position about war in Iraq. Namely, that he was against it for reasons many believe actually occurred during the last few years. Of course, it’ll be interesting to see people spin the video of Bill “I was always against the Administration’s war” Clinton making the case Bush should have made. Video here. If we did it right the first time, or if Clinton actually acted as he should have in 1998, it’d be very interesting to see where we’d be today, 10 years later.
* A great spring training prank by the Phillies.
Dunno if I’ll get another post out today, but who knows.