mondrian's neon fantod

So you ask the internet…

yongi — Sat, 04 Apr 2009 15:43:05 +0000

“Gosh, internet, you sure do have a lot of sites. You even seem to have sites even for very unlikely things. I wonder if you have a site dedicated to that most famous ancient weapon, the sling, and people who embrace this archaic method of hurling little bits of heavy stuff at their enemies?”

And the internet answers, “Of course.”

the death of a statesman

yongi — Sat, 14 Mar 2009 17:34:56 +0000

Ben Sargent is leaving the local rag. Newspapers really are dying, eh?

google loves you

yongi — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 15:28:46 +0000

or at least, they love the idea of commodifying and selling you…

Say hello

yongi — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 02:34:10 +0000

To the largest stingray in the world.

data nerds rejoice!

yongi — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 15:42:44 +0000

It’s the thing you’ve been waiting for! Well, maybe ,em>you haven’t. But I have.

Mark Newman, from the Department of Physics and Center for the Study of Complex Systems at the University of Michigan has posted the yummy cartograms of the 2008 US Presidential Election results. I could bore you with discussions, but instead, I suggest you go check out his work.

It’s awfully nice, as a Texan, not to have Travis County as a remote little island of blue in a sea of red. This time around the central counties of our major metropolitan areas all went blue, too. So here’s to you, Harris, Dallas, Bexar, El Paso and Jefferson counties. And three cheers for all you folks in the Valley and out West, too. Especially my dear friends in Maverick County!

yongi — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 23:57:13 +0000

Dead Milkmen – Oct. 26, 2008 – Bitchin’ Camaro / VFW

Look! It’s Rodney Anonymous ranting some quality old style punk ethos. Plus, the Milkmen run through a couple of hits.

Obama fends off Palin charge of ’socialist’ tax plan

yongi — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 16:01:58 +0000

And he’s not alone. Here’s what that notorious commie General Colin Powell had to say on the matter:

Taxes are always a redistribution of money. Most of the taxes that are redistributed go back to those who pay them — in roads and airports and hospitals and schools. And taxes are necessary for the common good, and there’s nothing wrong with examining what our tax structure is or who should be paying more, who should be paying less. For us to say that makes you a socialist, I think, is an unfortunate characterization that isn’t accurate.

source: CNN

It’s Time To Move On

yongi — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 14:33:24 +0000

This is nothing short of brilliant.

Comedy Jokes

yongi — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 16:41:11 +0000

I just saw this in my RSS reader and thought “Hey, I bet it would be possible to make fun of Bush by continuing the story in a humorous fashion, like the comedy guys do!”

White House: Bush concerned about food shortages
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President George W. Bush is very concerned about global food shortages and has asked senior aides to look into how the United States can help alleviate the problem, the White House said on Monday.

By engaging in a war of choice against the hungriest countries so that, after countless civilian deaths, there winds up being a surplus of food?
By blatantly denying the science of counting so that there appears to be a surplus of food?
By appointing some talentless crony to oversee the issue so that enough people die of starvation that there winds up being a surplus of food?

Hmmm. Comedy that makes you cry. I might be on to something here.

Extra! Funny guy Kareem (of improv fame) had the following punch lines to add:

By changing the definition of the word “starving” to mean “playing dance dance revolution”, so when foreign media reports that “millions of children are starving”, Americans think they’re having a big party.

By engaging in an ad campaign that claims all foreign food is actually poisonous, and the US has taken steps to make sure there is less of the poison food in the world. The starving people of the world have greeted us as liberators.

By having a press conference in which President Bush shrugs and chuckles, refers to a reporter by a in-jokey pet-name, and organizes a touch-football game in the Whitehouse Rose Garden.

universal healthcare

yongi — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 20:17:45 +0000

O, Canada. We on the left like to hold up your healthcare system as an example. Those on the right attempt to do the same. But they get it wrong.

Mythbusting Canadian Healthcare, pt 1

Mythbusting Canadian Healthcare, pt 2

Good reads, both. Especially if you want the ground-level view from someone who lives there to use against people who speak loudly about it even though they don’t have first hand knowledge of it.