Wednesday, October 10, 2007

Assorted Other Clips

Bits and pieces of other interesting posts from the blogosphere.  As they say, perhaps not important enough to warrant a full conversation, but certainly something worth a moment, or two, of your time.


North American Union Takes Another Step Towards Reality



The Ross Report by Richard Ross of Conservatives with Attitude! "The North American Union is another step closer to reality. WND is reporting that former Mexican President Vicente Fox confirmed the existence of a plan conceived with President Bush to create a new regional currency in the Americas, in an interview [...]



Video: Pain Ray Zaps Through Windows, Fries Sailors



The Pentagon's pain ray was originally developed as a crowd-control tool. But, as these clips from military tests show, the millimeter-wave weapon could have a whole bunch of other applications, too. ALSO: * Pain Ray 2.0: People-Zapper on the Move [...]



Back to the Graeme Frost issue.  Indulge me, for one more excellent post -


(Updated) Graeme Frost & Why I’m Ashamed to Be a Blogger Today



 ...The vicious underbelly of the blogosphere is in full-howl display over the story of Graeme Frost, the 12-year-old who gave a Democratic Party radio rebuttal to President Bush’s veto of a bill to expand the State Children’s Health Insurance Program that had passed Congress with broad bipartisan support. Before you [...]



Hate-Crime Investigation at Columbia



A hangman’s noose was found hanging on the door of a black professor’s office at Columbia University Teacher’s College on Tuesday morning, prompting the police to start a hate-crime investigation [...]



Countdown’s Worst Person In The World: O’Reilly



I don’t think there are three more deserved awards. This, ladies and gentlemen, is the embodiment of all that is wrong with political discourse nowadays…the unapologetic rationalization and justification for treason, rank (and ignorant) partisanship and the victimization of private citizens and children for cheap political shots. [...]



Just in case you think sports doesn't dominate the American psyche - assuming you consider "wrestlin'" a sport, sports had a clean sweep last week..


Nielsen cable ratings for the week ending October 7


Speaking of Cable TV -


Not VRM. But a good reason for it.



From Broadband Reports:   75-year-old Mona Shaw was angry after constant delays and broken promises derailed her Comcast Triple Play installation. Her solution? The woman took a hammer to a local payment center (via) and [...]



One more from the Cable TV realm - I tried this out. If I didn't know what it was, it would be seriously freaking me out, it's THAT well done and believable -


‘Dexter’ campaign gets away with murder



It’s not just kids who are freaked out by Showtime’s advertising for Dexter, the program about a forensics expert who moonlights as a serial killer. A new viral campaign is scaring the bejeezus out of plenty of adults. Those with [...]



I've saved the most incredulous post for last.  Mr. Gorbachev.  In New Orleans. Promising to organize a "revolution" if our own government doesn't live up to promises - Really -


Revolution



Someone emailed this to me a few days ago. I had been been trying to come up with a parody but as is far too often the case these days, reality is our new parody...... "Mikhail Gorbachev drew loud cheers [...]



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