Posts Tagged ‘pandering’


A Note About Vice Presidential Candidates

August 29th, 2008 by Oskar Kennedy

As far as I’m concerned, the running mates of the major party candidates are a complete wash. Barack Obama picked an old, white man. John McCain picked a young woman. Two Vice Presidential nominees, two attempts at appealing to swing voters who might have been leaning in the direction of the other party. Both choices so horribly transparent, if you stood one in front of the other, you could still see the jungle through both of them.* Can we go back to talking about the candidates now?

* If it panders, we can kill it.

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Links For Brains: 12/19/2008

December 19th, 2008 by Oskar Kennedy

Today, an extra long Links For Brains, since I’m feeling extra guilty about not posting recently. Hopefully, some interesting links followed by one-liners will tide you over until I can get brain back in gear.

  • U.S. military developing combat robots controlled by Nintendo Wii accessories. (Evil plot from 1/5 of early 90s movies is suddenly reality.)
  • Glomarization dissects Obama’s pandering to evangelicals Inauguration Day invitation to Rick Warren. (Read the whole thing; she saves the best question for last.)
  • Kirsten Sanford points out that sufficient skepticism could have saved people from the Bernie Madoff thing going all implodey. (Short summary; thanks to monkey brains, the GNP of a sizeable nation has now evaporated. Stupid monkey brains.)
  • After assuaging billion-dollar losses with bailout dough, big banks are handing out millions in executive bonuses. (Greed is not only good, it’s a prerequisite.)
  • Christopher Hitchens remains an unrepentant Scrooge. (Lest you think this an insult, remember that Scrooge didn’t just take Marley’s word for it, he needed evidence. Time travel evidence.)
  • Ben Goldacre recommends some fantastic gifts for folks whose season needs a little more reason. (Is it a secret author’s requirement that you recommend your own book as a Christmas present?)
  • A letter to Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter about his handling of budget problems, and his insistence on closing libraries, primarily in poor neighborhoods. (Let’ s hope that Mayor Nutter gets around to googling himself in the next 24 hours.)
  • Tiffany’s (the jeweller, not the former pop princess) continues its potential eBay-killing lawsuit on appeal, after federal judge rules that trademark holders have to protect their own intellectual property. (Next week, they’ll sue the guy who runs your local flea market because someone rented a booth to sell knockoffs.)
  • Muslim think tank in the UK finds that some Imams discriminate against women when enforcing Sharia law. (Offers to arrange a marriage for anyone who expresses surprise.)
  • Marcus Brigstocke nominates a climate scientist for his own winter holiday. (Necessary, since rapidly melting polar ice means that Santa will likely drown in just a few summers.)
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