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(A.K.A. Non-Original Rants)

–Co-opting good stuff from all over the ‘Net and maybe some original thoughts—ΜΟΛΩΝ ΛΑΒE

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  • Ben Hur, eat your heart out….

    Chariot-racing, Roman-style, but updated for the 21st century, sorta.  ht:  Bayou Reinaissance Man via Lawdog. Continue reading

  • So Elizabeth Bathory was right??

    This article from Technology Review says that young mouse blood has a rejuvenating effect on old mice.  So maybe Bathory was on to something back in the 1610.  Rumor has it she killed over 600 girls and young women and bathed in their blood to maintain her youth.  Right idea, wrong method since the Technology… Continue reading

  • Okay, at least they're admitting it now (some of the FORMER Obama supporters)

    Latest one to jump ship–The Obama Girl.  It’s interesting that she was one of those viral media sensations that really helped put Obama over the top, but now it seems that she’s actually THINKING!  Best quote: “He did create some jobs, but most of them were government jobs and that doesn’t really help the middle… Continue reading

  • Something that just jelled for me from the SOTU address

    One of the things that I’ve been hearing about a lot, and have even blogged about, is that the folks in power in Washington right now, for the most part, seem to have elitist ‘we’re smarter than you because we’re elite and we know better because we went to Ivy League schools’.  I don’t think… Continue reading

  • Quote of the Day

    Stephen Green, the VodkaPundit, was drunkblogging the SOTU address last night.  For my money, here’s his best line: 6:36PM Pelosi jumped up so fast on that “cap and trade” line that she didn’t even leave a wet spot on her chair. Continue reading

  • Dungeons and Dragons post from The Volokh Conspiracy

    Being one of the few D&D nerd chicks in the world, this post at The Volokh Conspiracy discussing the Wisconsin court decision to not allow inmates to play D&D (ht Insty) really tickled my funny bone.  Makes me wonder how many bloggers are former (or are still) D&D players??  I haven’t picked up my twelve… Continue reading

  • SOTU (First Draft)–Telling it like it is rather than what's actually going to be said.

    Mr. B is on a roll with this one!  My favorite part: It appears that my predecessors’ policies are not actually that bad. We will, however, do our best to send a muddled and unclear message to the world in the future in order to keep them off balance and prevent any significant changes or… Continue reading

  • Pre-activism raises its ugly head at the Superbowl

    Apparently there is a group, Focus on the Family, who is paying to run an ad that celebrates life.  From what I’ve heard, because no one has actually SEEN the ad, that it is pro-life, pro-family, etc.  Now, as a full-disclosure, I am pro-choice.  I personally would never get an abortion and I’ve always tried… Continue reading

  • Academia and Politics

    Aside from the other ills about academia that I have catalogued ad nausiem in previous posts is the surprising myopia that many academics seem to have.  It’s almost like having to do all of the (what seems to me to be pointless) work, politics (kowtowing to senior faculty, especially those on your dissertation committee), addtional… Continue reading

  • Nice to know I'm ahead of the curve on SOMETHING

    Check out this article at Investors.com regarding the fact that Even Bayh is lagging on a hypothetical matchup with Mike Pence (who hasn’t decided to run yet, but may after seeing the results of this poll).  I said last week that Bayh’s finger pointing at the lefter-leaning folks in his party isn’t going to do… Continue reading