All the news that shouldn’t be news for Friday, January 29, 2010, including:
Obama’s SOTU Address: Balls!
Pope regrets brutality of Holocaust
John Tavolta: Being John Travolta
This Week In Historicity with Ollie Oliphant
Apple Introduces iPad - Next year: iPud
Look Who’s Dead!
This fascinating TED talk discusses an idea I posted on this very blog nearly two years ago.
My rough notes from President Obama’s 2010 State of the Union Address:
Obama takes his time getting to the podium.
People are obviously fatigued with clapping.
10 minutes in, still applauding.
gavel, introduction, standing ovation. crap.
Sit the fuck down.
stop clapping. really.
OK, here, we go.
The economy is in shambles. OK, got that.. what now?
Nice shot of Uncle Joe’s nodding chin.
“I have never been more hopeful about America’s future than I am tonight”… because, hopefully, we’ve hit rock bottom.
Call for decent, strong government… good luck with that.
Obama equates Bank Bailout to root canal. Bad. A root canal has benefits.
Obama treads in minefield, asking banks to get onboard with fees. Good luck with THAT!
Nancy Pelosi is obviously Obama’s applause-whore. — Not even Biden clapped as much.
Call for “Jobs Bill” … whatever that is.
Slashing tax breaks for shipping jobs overseas? Good luck with that!
“How Long Should We Wait?” How much longer CAN we wait?
“I do not accept second place for the United States of America” … wow…
Makes a good case for clean energy… even for the dirty energy people. Well done!
Export more goods? Isn’t that China’s job?!
How did we end up with such a smart president?
Math? Science? Didn’t Jesus invent those?!
Revitalize community colleges? What is wrong with him?!
$10,000 tax credit and increased Pell grants?! College debt forgiveness?! Whoa.
“Health Insurance Reform”?! What’s that?!
“I will not walk away from these Americans, and neither should the people in this chamber.” — is it his speech writers… or is it him?
“All this was before I walked in the door.” Sweet.
“If I have to enforce this discipline by veto, I will.” Balls.
“I refuse to pass this problem on to another generation of Americans.” Is he for real?
“Pay as you go”? What does that mean?
“The problem is: That’s what we did for eight years” …nice.
“Let’s meet the responsibility of the people who sent us here.” Damn.
Condemned Supreme Court cutting of election funding,
Suggests the permanent campaign is faulty. Wow.
“We were sent here to serve our citizens, not our ambitions.” I love this man.
Repeal DADT, Equal pay for women… holy cow…
“Change we can believe in.” revisiting campaign slogan and what it meant… very nice.
“We don’t quit. I don’t quit.” Nice ending. I could have done without the “god bless” tho…
Mark Sanford Still Gov of SC
No Word Yet From God: Haiti, Limbaugh, Robertson
Conan And Jay - What Now?
Apple Responds to Google Threat With Microsoft Talks
MLK to Obama: The Weakest Link?
Ted Kennedy Finally Replaced - With A Republican!
OpposingViewpoints: US Role in Haiti
Moose Weintraub’s Sports Half-Minute (BrewSkee Ball)
Gunsights for Jesus
Prayer
Heidi Montag
Citigroup
Vermont to secede?
Pope Denounces Politicians for Climate Failure
Palin Takes Commentator Role at Fox
OpposingViewpoints: Pat Robertson on Haiti
Google May Leave China
Doomsday Clock Rolls Back :60
and much much more!
Rick Warren Rakes In $2.4M
Tila Tequila: Weirdness Gets Weirder
OpposingViewpoints: Full Body Scanning?
Moose Wientraub’s Sports Half Minute
Microsoft Goes Tablet Again (again)
Harold and Maude gone mad
Burj Khalifa Opens. Fanfare yields yawns
…and much, much more!
Wow!
I’ve been invited to join the panel on a local radio show, called Freethought Rhode Island (again - this time Wednesday, February 6 at 9:00 PM). The weekly show is put on by members of the Rhode Island Atheist Society and the Rhode Island Skeptics’ Society.
You can listen live on radio in the Providence, RI market on 88.1 WELH-FM
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The live broadcast and stream starts at 9:00 PM EST
It’s a call-in show, so… listen, and call in!