Some things are better left unexplained
Reminds me of Granny
the Mos Eisley of the planet Earth
Just found this shirt while cruising cafepress. Pure unadulterated genius.
Worcester, MA may have been the Paris of the 80’s but now it is the Mos Eisley of the planet Earth. Great gift for Clarkies!
Greenwald on Nystrom
It’s easy to forget that all news is local news somewhere; even a paper like the New York Times is just a daily rag if you live in one of the boroughs. Well, leave it to former Worcester resident and all around superhero, Paul Nystrom to lend a hand in bringing national news back down to a local level and vice versa. As pointed out by non-other than Glen Greenwald over at salon.com, Paul wrote a letter to the editor of the The Salem News which managed to successfully obliterate an earlier op-ed written by 2006 Republican congressional candidate Rick Barton. Paul successfully dismantles Barton’s FISA fear-mongering in a rather eloquent manner and Greenwald presents an equally eloquent summary of why local debate on what is regularly perceived as national news is so important, using Paul as an example.
Barton’s Op-Ed attempted to smear Rep. Tierney as endangering Americans by opposing the Senate FISA bill using all the standard GOP fear-mongering talking points, and Paul’s Letter to the Editor eviscerates every one of those arguments. I highlight this to underscore the fact that submitting such letters to your local papers, and especially submitting Op-Eds, can have a very substantial impact on how these matters are debated and understood, particularly where the submission is well-informed and well-argued. Many Americans still trust their local newspapers and have their opinions shaped by what they read there as much as, and often more than, national news outlets.
link (at the end of the column)
original Barton op-Ed
Nystrom letter
That will leave a mark
In my past few lives, I’ve taken my share of OSHA workplace safety classes. At least one per year, if you’re keeping score. And although I can recite the questions - which never change - from memory, this one short video from the Workplace Safety and Insurance Board in Ontario Canada has years of training beat x10. Amazing.
Hot Chicks with Douchebags
This goes immediately into the best of the web category.
hotchickswithdouchebags.com
Pictures of hot chicks with total and complete douchebags.
With commentary.
What can I possibly add to that simple yet elegant description? A sample, perhaps?
FIRE DOUCHE
When attempting an upper level ‘bag hunt like the aristocrats used to do in England, to hunt the truly repugnant ‘bag/hott duality, there are some test cases worth avoiding entirely.Beyond even helping through the benefits of the collective mock that we provide here at HCwDB on a daily basis.
Can’t help save ya, perky ski slope nose brunette hottie with ample bosom. Your proximity to Fire Douche means any attempted saving would result in my whiskers getting singed by the sheer force of uber-scrotology.
But the choke necklace is choice.
I’m sold. link
