“I do not think that ‘top-rock’ or ‘down-rock’ breakdance technique is compatible with alcohol or drugs,” Putin told cheering hip-hoppers who responded with chants of “Respect, Vladimir Vladimirovich”.
No, that’s not really taken out of context: Putin went to hang with Russian rappers. I think that I’ve mentioned before that the man really needs to get cracking with discovering that he’s actually descended from the Princess Anastasia?
Moe Lane
No, really.
Via here. I don’t want to turn this into ‘POTUS Goes To China’ Saturday, mind you – but, come on: flaming bust of Obama? You can’t expect me not to at least mention it.
Moe Lane
It’s not exactly a declaration of kanly and the starting of a blood feud, but this is actually a bit waspish of the New York Times:
Declaring himself “America’s first Pacific president” (a description that somehow ignored Richard Nixon and Ronald Reagan, two Californians)…
So much so that I’m startled. Perhaps one of the authors of the article is from California?
Moe Lane
Crossposted to RedState.
There’s Something About Mass Murder That Just Never Goes Out of Style.
There’s a few in this one:
Although I suppose that the last one is an improvement. Back in the day,
Moe Lane
PS: They’re available for sale here, which is a site that will cheerfully pander to both sides of the spectrum when selling you overpriced President-themed junk.
Because that’s AMERICA.
Crossposted to RedState.
I know it. If nothing else, I broke down and bought Dragon Age: Origins
Perhaps I’m just counting the days until I’m a parent of two. If you suddenly don’t hear from me for a day, that’s probably why.
Why? Simple. We’re using this technology to make better video games.
“I think I’d like to levitate something,” I said.
“Sure.”
To start you need to quickly synch your brain, teaching the computer to recognize the thought you use to perform the specific action. In my case I imagined the box in the center of the monitor drifting away.
After doing this for a second or two, while the program “recorded” they asked me to give it a try.. and it worked. Imagining the box floating up off the top of the screen, I was surprised to see it waver and then slowly move upwards until it disappeared.
We could, however, be fast-tracking a program that would let us combine rocket launchers with video telemetry to give our warfighters the technological equivalent of the Magic Missile spell. For that matter, I imagine that the need to ‘paint’ a target for our laser-guided ordinance might be made easier if all you had to do was keep looking at the target. And I can think of two or three ways how you could combine this tech with drones to wreck a lot of people’s days. But we’re not doing that. We’re making video games.
Take. The. Hint.
Moe Lane
(Via Penny Arcade)
Half of what they asked for, but he’s going away for a while.
ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) – A former Louisiana congressman who famously stashed cash in his freezer was sentenced Friday to 13 years in prison for taking hundreds of thousands in bribes in exchange for using his influence to broker business deals in Africa.
(H/T: Riehl World View) You know, when you’re faced with this sort of situation – one where you see a flawed, corrupted, fundamentally weak man finally be caught up by the impersonal forces of law and justice – there are times where you have to look on and ask yourself, Was it worth it to see the wreckage that has been made of this person’s life? Can there be satisfaction in seeing an elderly man sent to prison for what might be the rest of his days? Are you satisfied at the way that the foe has been relentlessly brought low?
(pause)
(Brightly) Yes!
Moe Lane
PS: …in his freezer.
Crossposted to RedState.
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again.