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Bigfoots Museum: Loren Coleman on his new cabinet of cryptozoology curiosities Boing Boing

Fri, 25 Dec 2009 13:12:03 -0800

The Cryptozoology Museum

Cryptozoology is the study of hidden or unknown animals. These are usually larger zoological species that, to-date, remain unverified by science, such as Yetis, Bigfoot, Lake Monsters, and Sea Serpents, as well as hundreds of other yet-to-be-found animals (cryptids) worldwide, but which compelling ethnoknown evidence has been collected for their possible existence. It also encompasses the study of animals of recent discovery, such as the coelacanth, okapi, megamouth shark, giant panda, and mountain gorilla.

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Fri, 25 Dec 2009 07:25:12 -0800

Political Quotes Of Note

Palin: Im Not the Biggest Liar of the Year -- Politics Daily

Fri, 25 Dec 2009 05:50:33 -0800

Palin: I'm Not the Biggest Liar of the Year

Responding to the initial Pants-on-Fire designation, Palin tried to have it both ways, claiming her phrase was metaphoric and accurate. In a Nov. 17 interview with National Review, she said she didn't regret the remark:

"To me, while reading that section of the bill, it became so evident that there would be a panel of bureaucrats who would decide on levels of health care, decide on those who are worthy or not worthy of receiving some government-controlled coverage," she said. "Since health care would have to be rationed if it were promised to everyone, it would therefore lead to harm for many individuals not able to receive the government care. That leads, of course, to death."

"The term I used to describe the panel making these decisions should not be taken literally," said Palin. The phrase is "a lot like when President Reagan used to refer to the Soviet Union as the 'evil empire.' He got his point across. He got people thinking and researching what he was talking about. It was quite effective. Same thing with the 'death panels.' I would characterize them like that again, in a heartbeat."

Not literal, but accurate -- as in, well, you know what I mean.

Now Palin is again taking issue with being called a liar. In a new Facebook posting, she scoffs at "Nancy Pelosi and friends who have tried to call 'death panels' the 'lie of the year.' " She doesn't mention it was the neutral PolitiFact.com that branded her statement the whopper of 2009. And she claims she has proof she was correct in the first place. The pending Senate health care bill, she says, calls for an Independent Medicare Advisory Board to find ways to cut costs. This, she writes, "is also known as rationing." If that's the case, then every insurance company and health care firm in America is a death panel, for that's what they do each day: seek ways to trim costs to bolster profits.

http://www.politicsdaily.com/2009/12/24/palin-im-not-the-biggest-liar-of-the-year/

Amazing Christmas Lights

Wed, 23 Dec 2009 22:53:47 -0800

Christmas Lights

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Tue, 22 Dec 2009 23:19:30 -0800

HAPPY FESTIVUS

Festivus is a secular holiday celebrated on December 23rd. It was created by writer Dan O'Keefe and introduced into popular culture by his son Daniel, a screenwriter for the TV show Seinfeld as part of a comical storyline on the show. The holiday's celebration, as shown on "Seinfeld", includes an aluminum "Festivus pole", practices such as the "Airing of Grievances" and the "Feats of Strength", and the labeling of easily explainable events as "Festivus miracles".

Celebrants of the holiday sometimes refer to it as "Festivus for the rest of us", a saying taken from the O'Keefe family traditions and popularized in the "Seinfeld" episode to describe Festivus as "another way" to celebrate the season without participating in its pressures and commercialism.

PolitiFact Picks 2009s Lie Of The Year: Death Panels! | TPM LiveWire

Tue, 22 Dec 2009 11:07:04 -0800

Politifact's Liar Of The Year

PolitiFact Picks 2009's 'Lie Of The Year': Death Panels!
Jillian Rayfield | December 21, 2009, 3:52PM

Facts have been having a tough year, which makes it all the more significant that PolitiFact http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/article/2009/dec/18/politifact-lie-year-death-panels/ has managed to pick a standout winner for its inaugural "Lie Of The Year" competition: Death Panels.

The site announced today that "of all the falsehoods and distortions in the political discourse this year, one stood out from the rest. 'Death panels.'" The site provided an explanation for its selection, which started to gain traction when Sarah Palin wrote about it on her Facebook page.

Her assertion -- that the government would set up boards to determine whether seniors and the disabled were worthy of care -- spread through newscasts, talk shows, blogs and town hall meetings. Opponents of health care legislation said it revealed the real goals of the Democratic proposals. Advocates for health reform said it showed the depths to which their opponents would sink. Still others scratched their heads and said, "Death panels? Really?"

http://tpmlivewire.talkingpointsmemo.com/2009/12/politifact-picks-2009s-lie-of-the-year-death-panels.php?ref=fpblt

Arnold Stang, actor known for nerdy roles, dies - Yahoo! News

Tue, 22 Dec 2009 10:29:05 -0800

Chunky, What A Chunk Of Chocolate

RIP

Funny Signs

Sun, 20 Dec 2009 09:40:20 -0800

Signs Of The Times

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Sun, 20 Dec 2009 08:01:22 -0800

Snow In Philadelphia

AP �" People dressed as Santa Claus cross a street on their way to a bar during a snow storm in Philadelphia

People walk across Broad Street through the snow during a storm, Saturday, Dec. 19, 2009, in Philadelphia.

(December 20) Today we're observing.&.&.& Cathode-Ray Tube Day | Holiday Rap - Holidays on the Net Holiday Blog

Sun, 20 Dec 2009 00:00:21 -0800

December 20~Today Is Cathode-Ray Tube Day!

Were would we be with out the Cathode-Ray Tube? No old school computer monitors! No video monitors and TVs! Oh the horror!

Take a Cathrode-Ray Tube out to lunch.