However I certainly hope that Ms. French has all of her anti-anxiety medications filled.
Because she's definitely going to need them.
So this just happened.
However I certainly hope that Ms. French has all of her anti-anxiety medications filled.
Because she's definitely going to need them.
Just a reminder that you can pause a video to make anybody look stupid.
You know like this one.
And this one.
However in my defense I would like to point out that when you hear Professor Tyson speak it immediately dissuades you from believing that he is intellectually impaired in any way.
Yet when you hear Sarah Palin speak people instead think, "That screen capture really failed to fully grasp the stupidity of this woman."
And the defense rests.
I think I found my next computer keyboard.
If you've ever been so frustrated with work email that you wanted to punch your computer—or toss it out the window, à la the Office Space printer beatdown—you might appreciate this new keyboard design. Designers replaced each letter with a punching bag, so if you want to write anything, you'll have to kick or bodyslam it out.
For the designers, the "workoutcomputer" was a more interesting way to approach our sedentary work lives than a typical standing or cycling desk. "We were inspired by personal needs for physical activity during daytime, and back pain in the evening after a full office day in front of the computer," say designers Desiree Heiss and Ines Kaag, from the European design studio Bless.
Instead of splitting the day into time for working and time for working out, the designers wanted to combine both simultaneously. Of course, it's not exactly the most efficient way to type a page.
"If you were using it the first time, it might take approximately two minutes per word, depending on the length," say Heiss and Kaag. "But when you know where all the keys are, you could actually write relatively fast. Of course, it still takes 10 times longer than using a normal keyboard, seeing that the distances between the keys are vaster."
As much as I like this concept, using it would probably mean I could only get out two or three posts a day. But damn those would be hard hitting posts. If you know what I mean.
Ah, but just imagine how much more satisfying it would be to type up a post on Republican trickery or Sarah Palin shenanigans with this bad boy.
I am actually fairly good at staying on a workout schedule and do a combination of resistance training and cardio at least five times a week, if not six.
And I actually used to box when I was younger, and fought in full contact Karate matches as well, so I am no stranger to the heavy and speed bags. Still I am trying to imagine my success at typing on this while trying to enjoy my evening glass of wine.
I am guessing it would even more full of typos and run on sentences than usual.
For those who missed it here is the audio from my visit with the folks over at Turn Up the Night.
As you can hear my I-Phone connection was not the best, and I clearly talk way too fast for radio.
But all in all I think it came out alright.
But all in all I think it came out alright.
The Immoral Minority goes talk radio.
I have not actually done any radio since way back in 2009, when I made a few appearances local progressive radio with the likes of CC and Shannyn Moore. Therefore I am probably a little rusty.
I do not know exactly what we will talk about, though it seems a fair guess that a certain half term governor's name will pop up a time or two.
If you want to listen just click here, and hopefully there will be no unexpected DDOS attack this time.
Let me know what you think in the comments and of course Kenny Pick has a comment section as well that you can access by clicking the link above.
Hopefully after the show Kenny will provide a Soundcloud link that I can embed so that all who missed it can listen to me hemming and hawing, and repeatedly clearing my throat, for themselves later.
While Mark Begich works his ground game Dan Sullivan brings in the old and the crazy.
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| Courtesy of the Fairbanks NewsMiner |
Begich and the Democratic Party have a roughly tenfold advantage in paid staff on the ground in Alaska, and their schedule for the next few days doesn’t include any particularly flashy events or guests -- Begich is campaigning in the Mat-Su, Anchorage, and Fairbanks, while his wife and mother make stops in rural Alaska.
Sullivan’s campaign, meanwhile, is relying on Cruz and 2012 GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney, who’s holding a rally Monday in Anchorage with Sullivan and Republican Gov. Sean Parnell.
The visit from Cruz, who’s stumped around the country for Republican Senate candidates, helps Sullivan’s campaign to stoke its conservative base and even generate enthusiasm among Libertarians, whom Cruz mentioned in a video he posted shortly after his arrival in Alaska.
Saturday’s event in Fairbanks was a showcase for that strategy.
“In three days, we’re going to retake the U.S. Senate and retire Harry Reid as majority leader,” Cruz said to sustained applause from the Chrysler showroom, telling the crowd that Begich’s support for Reid amounts to “a vote that says, ‘I hate oil.’”
“Let me tell you, in the fight for this country, for the direction of this country, Alaska is ground zero,” Cruz said.
Yeah Raphael Cruz is full of shit here.
While I agree that Alaska is grown zero in a lot of ways, there is NO politician elected in this state that hates oil.
After all that is the lifeblood of Alaska right now, and without it we would suffer greatly. Mark knows that quite well.
However I am sure that Begich realizes that it will not last forever, nor should it, and that it is time to start seriously finding alternative fuel sources.
Having said that I can certainly attest to the powerful ground game being used by the Democrats in support of Mark right now. I have personally been visited a whopping seven times by door knockers making sure that I am voting, and voting for our current Senator. (I actually voted earlier today, so maybe I'll put a sign in my yard attesting to that fact.)
I have seen NOBODY from the Sullivan campaign in my neighborhood, and if he is relying on those out of state funded ads and the likes of Mitt Romney and Ted Cruz to give him a boost I think he might be in for a very unpleasant surprise tomorrow evening. (Assuming of course we know anything by tomorrow evening.)
By the way Begich referred to Cruz as "the king of the government shutdown." which I think is too perfect.
Well I for one am responsible for at least three Begich votes. No I did not vote three times, but my family members did come to me for guidance and I think I set them on the path of righteousness.
So if you have not voted yet, make sure you do tomorrow.
It is not just your responsibility, it is your right. And keep in mind who is working to take that right away from many of you.
