Sentential Links (Page 32)

Here we go this week. More political ones than most weeks, mainly because I’m annoyed and the best way for me to be all pithy about political stuff is through Sentential Links. :: Strange how the Republicans keep falling afoul of family values. :: Protecting 16 year old boys wasn’t his priority. Protecting the Republican majority was. Even if it included a generous pedophile. :: As it stands right now, it looks like Tom Reynolds has something in common with former Boston Archbishop Bernard Law. (Two links about Tom Reynolds, because he’s a Big Head in the Republican leadership andDown the rabbit hole….

I did less link-mining than usual this week…. :: I’m impressed by MKG’s ability to dumb down any issue, making it seem as if the solution is as easy as instant pudding, and everyone has just been standing around the kitchen waiting for her to show up and add the milk. (MKG is Buffalo News columnist Mary Kunz Goldman, a favorite target of those of us inhabiting the Buffalo Prefecture of Blogistan.) :: Other Chicago notes: this is the third or forth time I have been to this city, and I have finally had a Chicago-style hot dog. (Never hadDown the rabbit hole….

Here we go again! Click and read. Or just click. Or just read. Or just sit there drooling. Hey, it’s your life. :: A little birdy once told me that the meaning of life is to acheive perfect roundness so we can launch into orbit around the great and bountiful Harvest Lord. (The solution to this problem is: Get rid of cable. That’s how we did it!) :: Corporate Conspiracy # 3,068: Whatever you do, don’t get your hands dirty! Dirt is dirty! Germy, must sterilize, gross. Here are 5 billion toxic chemical products to clean and sterilize you. (ShadesDown the rabbit hole….

Time, once again, for our weekly jaunt ’round Blogistan…. :: Once and Again: Oh, YAWN! Gorgeous, well-to-do suburbanites with minuscule problems examined in detail once and again and over and over again. I could not care less. (Aieee!) :: In my undergrad years I was part of an intense small theatre group that has remained in touch and sometimes close for nearly half a century. I had thought a church might be like repertory theatre and that ministers might be like English actors, moving from part to part smoothly. One for all and all for one. :: September 11, 2001Down the rabbit hole….

It’s that time again…. :: T minus two months or so until we have to name a baby girl, and I can promise you it won’t be “Emmillie” or “Graiyce” or “Wrooth.” (I wonder what Mr. Jennings thinks of the popular new name, “Nevaeh”? Personally, I think that name is about as stupid as anything I can think of. All the amazing names in the Bible, and we’ve got to start spelling shit backwards?) :: Of course, “Nevaeh” is an order of magnitude sillier even than Remington, simply because it takes an linguistic epiphany that would embarass a stoner (“HeyDown the rabbit hole….

Some of these deal with the recent decision to strip Pluto of its planetary status (as though the little planet-that-could had been caught doping in an attempt to pack on extra mass so it could maintain its position of planethood). Others deal with other stuff. :: Just a little refresher: Pluto is smaller than our moon, people! :: Pluto’s been demoted? That’s crap! (No, dearie: if it’s not Scottish, it’s crap. But I get the sentiment.) (Oh, and congrats to the new Campbell award winner, who unfortunately decided to model the tiara that is now associated with this award, thusDown the rabbit hole….

I know these are appearing fairly late in the day, but it’s awful nice outside. That’s my story and I’m sticking with it. Anyhow, here are this week’s links: :: Here we are near the end of August without a single hurricane to date because, as we’re told, the surface waters of the Atlantic have cooled. What do you want to bet that someone will soon blame those cool waters on those melting glaciers. (Well, they could try to say that, but they’d be crazy because Greenland is too far north for its melting glaciers to significantly cool the watersDown the rabbit hole….

Here we go: :: So much faith in the Lebanese government I do not understand. A puppet of Syria, who is a puppet of Iran. Iran is Barzini here. You see the Godfather? Okay? So a question about it. Who props up that government? I mean if the Israeli, if the IDF, which is, although when I was in Israel, I gotta tell you, a bunch of baby-faced kids. I know they’re always portrayed in the media with Darth Vader helmets and the Israeli war machine. I’m telling you, the cutest kids ever. But if they couldn’t contain, and IDown the rabbit hole….

Crackle crackle crackle crackle BZZZZZZT! The following links take place between 11:00 a.m. and 12:00 p.m. :: You know what sucks? (So how long are you going to stay at that job, Aaron?) :: So, why do I care? Because dammit, he’s my little brother and I feel like I should go beat them up. (Someone should go beat them up regardless of whether he’s their little brother. Man, what a wuss thing to lose one’s job over. But hey, maybe he can come back up here — Ed Kilgore bugs me.) :: When hammers are swinging and saws areDown the rabbit hole….

It’s that time again. I’m doing something new this time out: none of the blogs linked below have ever been linked by me before. In fact, few of them have ever been seen by me before. I’m just doing some Googling and linking, in an effort to shake things up a little. Some of this will be exceedingly weird; some of it will be perfectly normal. And you won’t know until you click which are the weird ones! Ha! :: THE PLANES USED IN THE ATTACKS ON THE TWIN TOWERS WERE PILOTED BY REMOTE CONTROL. (Well, you can probably tellDown the rabbit hole….