Whimsy Speaks Again

I don't know what's funnier, the uncyclopedia, or the Conservapedia.  The former calls itself the "content-free encyclopedia", and also maintains pages of UnNews, such as "All atheists proven to be Muslims", and this:

"Genetic" disorders shown to be the fault of the baby

The Conservapedia may be funnier, if only because, they're serious, with scholarly articles like these: 

An amazing number of articles have as their only source reference a Dr. Jay L. Wile, author of "Exploring Creation With Physical Science", produced by that noted scientific publishing firm, "Apologia Educational Ministries".

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Cheney may soon be sorry that he told Senator Patrick Leahy to fuck off in 2004.  This is all about the eight U.S. attorneys who were dismissed for what some feel was political reasons.  Eight?  Hey, that's nothing.  The White House wanted to fire them all a couple of years ago, an idea suggested by Harriet Miers.    You know, the lady who was nominated to be a Supreme Court justice.  One day soon, we will look back at the hubris of this administration with wonderment.

BTW, Clinton forced some U.S. attorneys to resign.  Two, in fact.  According to the Congressional Research Service, "It appears two resigned under pressure -- one because he grabbed a TV reporter by the throat on camera, and the second having been accused of biting a topless dancer."

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The 2008 AWP will be in NYC as probably every poet on the planet now knows.  It's running from 30 January to 2 February, which seems a month earlier than normal, doesn't it?  I note that the standard rates for rooms at the Hilton and Sheraton are north of $250 a night.  I wonder if there will be a discounted rate.

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Time's cover has Cheney under a raincloud.  The article details how Cheney was chosen because he was "safe", but now his "overbearing style" is one of the Administrations "biggest problems".  Christ, give me a break.  10 Questions for Norah Jones (yawn).  Primary states are ratcheting up their primary dates, begging the question "what's the point", it just moves the whole nomination process up.  Those cavemen on the Geico commercials will star in a sitcom about age discrimination (huh?).  Ernest Gallo, vintner tycoon, died at 97.  China's military budget is projected to be $45 billion, prompting congressional outrage (ours is north of $500 billion).  The biggest scientific experiment in history is being built by the Europeans — the Large Hadron Collider will attempt to isolate the Higgs particle, the missing link in the search for the ultimate source of gravity (we're too busy funding anti-environmental research, apparently).   The scientific consensus is that if bird flu was going to mutate and decimate humanity, it would have already, so breathe easier.   Our support of warlords in Afghanistan has helped the region to the point that at least 80% of the world's opium is a result of their poppy harvest.  The Supreme Court should be weighing in on abortion and affirmative action this year.  There's a piece on Roger Federer who is a phenomenal tennis player that proves that being a phenomenal tennis player isn't enough to capture our collective imaginations.  Oh, also a piece on cricket.  You can imagine how much time I spent with that.  J. K. Rowlings published the first Harry Potter book 10 years ago, and is about to finish it, which represents an outstanding display of character as far as I'm concerned.  Nice piece on the year 1848.  All kinds of stuff happened, including our kicking some Mexican ass (their assessment, not mine) to acquire NM, AZ, CA and other useful bits of territory.  Oh, also the start of the Gold Rush, the proliferation of the telegraph, and the invention of Communism.  Really rich people and corporations have swelled the tax coffers so much that Bush's deficit is down by 50%.  Of course, the rest of us aren't doing so well, but that's because of a lack of ambition

See you tomorrow.