The End Is Still Nigh

Someone posted an hour long phone call between industry big wigs to Wikileaks & my favorite news website HuffingtonPost.com wrote a story on it. In spite of the detestable behavior we already know these men from the participating companies are capable of (including Bank of America, AIG, Rick Bergman & Bernie Marcus), they have this time reached a new low...the idea of using bailout money to lobby congress against the Employee Free Choice Act. Huntington has portion of the audio or you can listen to the entire call at Wikileaks.

During the call, there was a comment made by the co-founder of Home Depot regarding how the EFCA bill could effect America...ironically, it sounds like a statement made by someone like...well...me, looking in on their economy killing practices and principles. It went like this:

"This is the demise of a civilization.  This is how a civilization disappears.  I am sitting here as an elder statesman and I'm watching this happen and I don't believe it."

2009 Year of the Fro

2009 will be the year of the fro, with the triumphant return of our favorite sword wielding bad ass, Afro Samurai. Not only does he have a new season of animated goodness entitled Afro Samurai: Resurrection that premiered last night on Spike, but there is also Afro Samurai the video game due in stores Tuesday, just in time to take advantage of the rebirth of the animated series. The new season is really just a animated movie-length sequel to the original series, being shown on TV first and to then be released on DVD in February. Samuel L. Jackson, Ron Pearlman and other original voices are back for both titles. Below is a trailer for the new series, the game and the original series from 2007. Enjoy.

Resurrection

The Game

Original Series

Mr. President, Rebuild That Wall!

1474-Megapixel Panoramic Photo Of Obama Inauguration

What more has to be said than the title? I couldn't embed it here (honestly it wouldn't do the photo justice), but there is a flash player after the jump that allows you to zoom in so close, you can almost read the notes on the bands sheet music. The final image consists of 220 images taken with a Gigapan and it took over 6 hours for the software to construct them into one image. Enjoy!

The photographers name is David Bergman and I highly recommend reading about how he made this image at his blog. You can even request to be notified when a print becomes available for purchase. If you just want to see the picture in all its glory, you can skip right to the full screen viewing by clicking on the photo below. Enjoy!

Obama's First Executive Orders!

President Obama has issued his first executive orders...forget taking steps forward, today our new leader took a couple of flying leaps down the path of righting the capsizing boat that is our country. Here is the low down:

• He froze salaries on all senior staff.
• He imposed tough lobbying restrictions. If you are part of the senior staff, no lobbying for 2 years. If you are a lobbyist, no working in departments you have lobbied for 2 years. If you are part of the current administration and leave, you cannot lobby the current administration as long as Obama is in office.
• Re-stated that the current administration will be transparent and abide Freedom of Information Act requests. Request to withhold info will be subject to review by Justice Dept.
• Most importantly the Former Presidents claim of executive privilege to withhold his records will be up for review too! (see my previous post for why).

Way to hit the ground running President O! Keep up the good work. You can read the orders in full at the White House website.

Bush Confesses To War Crime On Video

Once again, one of the finest media personalities alive, brings us a special comment regarding Bush. This time he is speaking directly to President Obama (it feels great writing those two words together) and urging him to act appropriately. Enjoy.

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What Should Be The Punishment For Illegal Abortion?

One of my new favorite blogs is "Unreasonable Faith - a former Christian's thoughts on faith, science and skepticism" (which I mentioned previously in a December post).  The writer Daniel Florian has a very interesting back story worth reading.  Anyway, today he posted a great video asking anti-abortion protesters one simple question: "If abortion becomes illegal, what should be the punishment for women who have illegal abortions?".  You will be surprised at how little thought has been put into the ramifications of illegal abortion, by the very people promoting it.  Enjoy.