August 31, 2012

Drive-By Daybook August 31

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Last 'blue moon' until 2015 lights up night sky tonight Tonight's blue moon also happens to fall on the day of late astronaut Neil Armstrong's memorial service.

Catchy headline of the day from the oneCʘsmos' most demented wordsmith: The Satanic Fecundity of Envy


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Raskols: The Gangs of Papua New Guinea PDN Photo of the Day

Why Everyone Else is Wrong "Whenever people have the slightest interest in an outcome, they can be counted on to “reason” it out to their own advantage...."

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Spectacular Underwater Acrobatics Using a Self-Propelled Wheelchair Austin explores the world without limitations as she swims among the fish in a self-propelled wheelchair. For months, she and a team worked together to develop a wheelchair that floats and easily glides through water.

The Awesome $5-Billion Airborne Laser Is in The Boneyard, Never to Fire Again

Crony Chronicles: I Want To Be A Crony - YouTube

Asked for specific budget cuts, Romney listed “the subsidy for PBS, the subsidy for Amtrak, the subsidy for the National Endowment for the Arts” and “the subsidy for the National Endowment for the Humanities.” -- Curmudgeonly & Skeptical

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Discount Lamborghini: Homemade Lamborghini replica draws admiring glances from Chinese drivers. The self-made roadster cost Wang around 60,000 RMB ($9,450) and can reach a maximum speed of 160mph.

Mrs. Easton wonders how Sergio Mian feels about having his Baba Barstool co-opted by Clint Eastwood, the RNC and Invisible Obama.

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Sweet Sleeping Newborns @ My Modern

neo-neocon / Getting to know Romney the do-gooder Whatever the reasons, the degree to which Romney has been a practitioner of personal kindness and good works is extraordinary. Whether he wins the election or not, it's clear that Romney is a very unusual human being, with a combination of brains, hard-nosed business sense and competitiveness, and personal kindness that goes way beyond anything most people consider necessary or even possible. For a politician, this is so unusual as to be unique.

Fast Eddie Friday.....Big Foot, Big Vagina, Big Mistake.

"Sometimes it gets so hard to care / It can't be this way everywhere..."Insight: Brutality, anger fuel jihad in Russia's Caucasus - World news - NBCNews.com

Do. Not. Want: The Mites That Crawl, Eat, and Have Sex on Your Face - Neatorama

Posted by gerardvanderleun at August 31, 2012 10:38 AM
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Re: Neo, yes he is a very kind and generous person, but that's part and parcel of being a Mormon.Harry Reid is a convert who only joined up to fleece the flock.

Posted by: ck at August 31, 2012 5:23 PM

Wang is full of shit. You'd have to be pretty damned stupid to think that thing would do 160, and confuse it with a Lamborghini.

Posted by: Casca at August 31, 2012 10:07 PM

Well, it could probably hit 160 when airdropped from 36,000 feet.

Posted by: vanderleun at September 1, 2012 10:05 AM