Alternate WWII webcomic (superheroes), with a definite pulpish “mystery men” flavor to it. So far, so good.
Month: April 2011
‘The Singing Butler.’
This painting (presumably, the butler is singing) came up in a different context:
I like it, but do I like the sentiment? Is it romantic?
Name the Bronx Zoo Cobra!
That would be the escaped-and-now-found cobra, of course (turned out that the snake rather sensibly decided not to drift too far away from the free mice); the Bronx Zoo is calling for names. @BronxZoosCobra has a sssssssuggesssstion, which I heartily endorssssse…
Didn’t they shoot Cap in the back?
I distinctly remember that Marvel shot Captain America in the back. After mocking him, as I recall, for not having a MySpace page.
MySpace.
(pause)
Yeah, that reference aged well.
Moe Lane
(Via @kevinbinversie)
PS: Yes, Captain America’s been back for a while. I just wanted to mock the MySpace thing.
Tim Pawlenty’s new, entertaining, campaign ad.
(H/T: @jaketapper) Tim Pawlenty’s got a new campaign ad out (“A New Direction“) in response to the President’s formal announcement that he’s running again; and it features… Paul Krugman. Paul Krugman, criticizing Washington for giving up on jobs.
I don’t care who you are: that’s just funny, right there. If you’ve lost Paul Krugman…
Moe Lane (crosspost)
PS: Tim Pawlenty’s site is here.
PPS: Also: “How can America win the future if we’re losing the present?” I may not know who the nominee is going to be – but that’s going to be the question of the campaign, right there.
This ad about Wisconsin Democrat Joanne Kloppenburg scares the Left.
I’m repeating myself, but the Left keeps trying to push back on this ad highlighting Wisconsin Democrat (and candidate for Supreme Court Justice) Joanne Kloppenburg’s utter lack of compassion for abuse survivors:
…so pass it along. Make sure that the Wisconsin voter in your life watches it. The vote is tomorrow; the incumbent is David Prosser; and his site is here.
Moe Lane (crosspost)
“The Crow.”
Lemme get a bad taste out of my mouth.
This is the studio version, I think:
I dunno why, but Steve Martin playing the banjo always cheers me up. Maybe because the first time I heard him do that shtick I kept expecting him to pull a gag or something, and was delighted to see that he [did] not.
The Circle of Corn-based Ethanol.
It’s quite fun, for given values of “fun:”
- The US Government subsidizes the production of corn-based ethanol, as a substitute/supplement for gasoline.
- To maintain a demand, the US Government pushes for standard gasoline mixtures containing 10% ethanol. This will supposedly decrease pollution and increase efficiency.
- Corn is then turned into ethanol wholesale.
- Corn-based food prices rise. That includes critters that eat corn, by the way.
- This results in higher food prices domestically. This decreases efficiency.
- This also results in more food insecurity globally.
- Corn-based ethanol, being subsidized, crowds out other ethanol fuels. If this is confusing: please, reference Gresham’s Law, and generalize from its specific example.
- Ethanol, being less energy efficient than gasoline – which is why we weren’t using it to begin with – ends up causing effective inflation, as it costs more to go the same distance in your car. This also increases pollution.
- In short, 10% ethanol gasoline results in more pollution and less efficiency.
- Therefore, the only solution… is to raise the amount of ethanol in gasoline to 15%.
You have to realize, of course, that darn few DC bureaucrats actually drive anywhere. And the ones that do rarely pump their own gas.
Moe Lane (crosspost)
#rsrh The Wisconsin protests continue to self-marginalize…
…don’t get me wrong: I’m all about the zombies. All about the zombies. But when you start doing zombie political marches; well, let me put it this way. That soft, choking whimper that you just heard? Yeah, that’s what credibility sounds like when it dies.
Of course, note the really important noun there: “hundreds.” And note who ends up going through considerable amounts of verbal gyrations to avoid having to deal with said noun…
Via POWIP.
