Lembas bread as needed
Once again, the greatest cinema in the world, Alamo Drafhouse is presenting all the Lord of The Rings trilogy back-to-back with a Hobbit-style feast.
Red Lights
A breakdown of the red-light robot-overlord-cameras in Texas. Ducnanville has made over a million on theirs.
Refunds
Ok, so the amendment blocking abortion funding was stripped out for time being, but….
As written, the Senate health care bill allows taxpayer dollars, directly and indirectly, to pay for insurance plans that cover abortion,” Nelson said in a statement. “Most Nebraskans, and Americans, do not favor using public funds to cover abortion and as a result this bill shouldn’t open the door to do so.”
And…
(Senator) Hatch argued Tuesday that the Senate proposal as originally written provides a loophole for the use of federal money to subsidize health insurance that would cover abortion. “Taxpayers should not be called upon to pay for abortion,” Hatch said.
Cool, so Senators, since you’re for allowing everybody to opt-out of paying for anything they don’t agree with (like the aforementioned legal medical procedure), I would like a refund for the portion of my taxes that you you used for that illegal The Iraq war you authorized back in 2002. If you need to wait till after you guys collect taxes in April, that’s cool, I know you’re a little short on cash of late.
While we’re at it, I’d also like a refund for what you spent on FEMA during hurricanes Katrina and Rita, on the Eastern European missile shield program, the secret CIA prisons, Dick Cheney’s man-sized safe and on those fancy presidential helicopters that your party signed off on. I found all these things (just to name a few) morally objectionable, and I really don’t feel comfortable with you using my tax dollars for them. Just shoot me an email and I’ll get you my Paypal info. Appreciate it.
The Afghan War
A brief history of the past eight years, from ZeFrank
Muppets
The little tidbit thrown in at the bottom is of great interest – Jason Segel is writing the next Muppet movie!?
Pompeii
Streetview for the ruins of Pomepeii – this is so cool, the weather in streetview is much better than when i was there.
Unfortunate Trends
The unfortunate prominence of an ill-advised trend in young adult fiction and broader American pop-culture (this retarded vampire thing) continues, prompting Wesley Snipes to get back into method-acting, reprising his role as Blade.
I will infiltrate the major networks and destroy the casts from next season’s crop of vampire shows before they even make it to the airwaves. I will do so in the middle of an impressive series of flips and then I will put on my sunglasses, even though it will most likely be dark outside.
Wesley/Blade, we the non-retarded of this country, support you 1000%.