Wrath of Blog

Mar 08

10 International Women’s Day Posters | Listicles From the article: “The holiday grew out of what used to be a Soviet block [sic] celebration known as International Working Women’s Day, and is now celebrated in most of the civilized world. Barbarian countries that have yet to recognize the day include the United States of America, the United Kingdon, France, Germany and Canada.”

10 International Women’s Day Posters | Listicles

From the article:

“The holiday grew out of what used to be a Soviet block [sic] celebration known as International Working Women’s Day, and is now celebrated in most of the civilized world. Barbarian countries that have yet to recognize the day include the United States of America, the United Kingdon, France, Germany and Canada.”

Mar 05

Fear & Loathing On Sesame Street

pbh3:

fear and Loathing On Sesame Street We can’t stop here… this is Cookie Monster country!

Did someone think this wasn’t the reason? pbh3: Super Mario finally explained.

Did someone think this wasn’t the reason?

pbh3:

Super Mario finally explained.

“The new antinucleus, discovered at RHIC’s STAR detector, is a negatively charged state of antimatter containing an antiproton, an antineutron, and an anti-Lambda particle. It is also the first antinucleus containing an anti-strange quark.” —

From two-trillion-degree heat, researchers create new matter — and new questions

You don’t often get to say “anti-strange quark.”

Save the earth…kill the kids? PassiveAggressiveNotes.com A nasty, unwarranted flame note from someone who’s gotten themselves a wee bit too bent out of shape about that whole environmental thing. Bet it’s a defensive Hummer or Excursion owner.

Save the earth…kill the kids? PassiveAggressiveNotes.com

A nasty, unwarranted flame note from someone who’s gotten themselves a wee bit too bent out of shape about that whole environmental thing.

Bet it’s a defensive Hummer or Excursion owner.

Mar 04

Universal Health Care: How Stupid Have They Figured Out We Are? | The Politics of Debt Posting this after speaking with not one but 2 people who ended up on my phone just needing to talk to someone to figure out how to get non-insurance medical care today. I had answers, sure, I know the system here in Austin, but they were depressing. Every time someone talks about how awesome this state is for not having income tax or how few days the legislature meets … yeah, sweet, in a short-sighted way. But I remember instead how low we rank for healthcare and education. In return for not paying taxes, the people of this state will inevitably pay for these things in avoidable illnesses and accidents, deaths from untreated chronic disease, and the ignorance of our children. I guess it depends on what cost you prefer. It’s not the government’s job to do everything, but surely it’s one appropriate forum in which we can gather together and take care of each other in some really crucial ways. Or maybe we are each an island.

Universal Health Care: How Stupid Have They Figured Out We Are? | The Politics of Debt

Posting this after speaking with not one but 2 people who ended up on my phone just needing to talk to someone to figure out how to get non-insurance medical care today. I had answers, sure, I know the system here in Austin, but they were depressing.

Every time someone talks about how awesome this state is for not having income tax or how few days the legislature meets … yeah, sweet, in a short-sighted way. But I remember instead how low we rank for healthcare and education.

In return for not paying taxes, the people of this state will inevitably pay for these things in avoidable illnesses and accidents, deaths from untreated chronic disease, and the ignorance of our children. I guess it depends on what cost you prefer.

It’s not the government’s job to do everything, but surely it’s one appropriate forum in which we can gather together and take care of each other in some really crucial ways.

Or maybe we are each an island.

“Whenever you have an efficient government you have a dictatorship.” — Harry S Truman, Lecture at Columbia University 4-28-59

Mar 03

The State of Texas: Third-World Justice -

Yeowch. This is just depressing.

Mar 02

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