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Day: August 24, 2011
THIS IS THE GREATEST THING EVER…
…for ten bucks, and in the admittedly-specific field of ‘silicon Star Wars-themed ice cube molds:’
Han Solo-in-carbonite ice cubes. Also suitable for chocolate.
Heck yes we all need these.
Steve Jobs retiring. Or switching career tracks. Or something.
No, I’m not jumping up and down in joy: it’s probably medical in nature. Besides, he’s now chairman (Tim Cook is CEO), so it could also just be a reorganization.
But I still want Flash on the iPad2*, and the ability to use a variety of cameras in iMovie for the iPad2. Frankly, the iPhone is virtually useless for guerrilla video. And, while I’m on the subject of iPads: may I point out that the question “Can I get an USB hub for this thing?” should not result in a blank look and a scratching of the head? – Well, I’m going to point it out anyway.
Moe Lane Continue reading Steve Jobs retiring. Or switching career tracks. Or something.
#rsrh Primary challenger to Gabriel Giffords (D, AZ)?
Via Drudge, this is a somewhat… surprising reaction to local Democrat Anthony Prowell’s attempts to run in the Democrat primary against Rep. Giffords:
Initially looking to run for office as a Democrat, Prowell has been subjected to the ire of local party officials and everyday citizens aghast that he would challenge Giffords, who has only cast one congressional vote since a near-fatal shooting in January.
The few local Democratic Party officials he has spoken with on the phone are “livid” and have “flat out said, ‘we already have a congresswoman and I will not support you in any means whatsoever’” before hanging up, Prowell said.
Continue reading #rsrh Primary challenger to Gabriel Giffords (D, AZ)?
Barack Obama and the *second* YouTube election.
First off, let’s peruse this video very quickly: via Hot Air, it shows Senator Barack Obama claiming that it was ‘unpatriotic’ for President George Bush to oversee an increase in the debt of four trillion dollars over eight years…
…because apparently it’s much more patriotic to increase the debt by four trillion in two years, seven months. Which is how much Barack Obama has used… what was the phrase? Ah, yes: “the credit card from the Bank of China” …to provide us with – well, nothing in particular except a lot of excuses and a lowered credit rating. I for one applaud this demonstration that Barack Obama can be more efficient than George W Bush was in something: frankly, we were all starting to wonder.
But we’re not going to talk about that. What we are going to talk about is the way that this conversation wouldn’t have been as easy to have in 2004, or even 2008. Continue reading Barack Obama and the *second* YouTube election.
Michael Bay’s Ouija movie in doubt.
Yes, I’ll wait until you recover from the title.
(pause)
Ready to go? …What, no, take your time.
(pause)
Oh, come on. Now you’re just milking the moment. Continue reading Michael Bay’s Ouija movie in doubt.
Rubio. Birthers.
Well alrighty, then.
The Daily Caller has the details*:
Here’s how the logic works (according to World Net Daily’s Joe Kovacs): “While the Constitution does not define ‘natural-born citizen,’ there is strong evidence that the Founding Fathers understood it to mean someone born of two American citizens.”
Kovacs (and he is not alone) goes on to reason that Rubio’s “eligibility is in doubt” because — though his parents were legal U.S. residents when he was born — they were not yet naturalized citizens.
:Rolling eyes: ‘Going viral.’
For my regular readers: forgive me for revisiting this issue one last time; but every so often I gotta talk about the stuff that interests me even if it doesn’t interest anybody else. We’ll get into other stuff after this, I promise. Continue reading :Rolling eyes: ‘Going viral.’