Readables

Because sometimes they say it best:

• Washington Monthly: Here’s to seven years of Steve Benen.
• Mock, Paper, Scissors: Is Sally Quinn’s insipid inside column over?
• Sadly, No!: An honest apology to James O’Keefe.
• Bob Cesca: Tea Partiers wouldn’t know financial responsibility if it dropped from the sky and landed on their face.
• Gary Weiss: A Tim Geithner fantasy.
• Political Carnival: According to CNN, Democrats have an unfair advantage because Obama is President.

–WKW

Readables

Because apparently other people write things on the Internet, as well:

• Newsweek: The government is tracking you through your cell phone. But, as long as you do nothing wrong, right?
• Talk Left: Why have a Supreme Court unless all they did was take away citizens’ rights?
• Pulse 2: If you haven’t got a Hummer yet, you may be running out of time.
• Columbia Journalism Review: Actually, editing a CJR article is much different than being a pen-for-hire for Scientologists.
• Joe. My. God.: They must have made some type of change in beauty contests, as now Miss Beverly Hills 2010, Lauren Ashley, says it’s God’s word that all Gays & Lesbians should die.
• Deadline Hollywood: Just when all appeared lost, we learn that Zoolander 2 is in the works.

–WKW

This and thats

Some thoughts …

• Maybe Barack Obama is figuring this legislation thing out. After slamming Republicans as obstructionist and calling for bipartisanship, Obama smartly called his second stimulus package a “Jobs Bill” and got it through the Senate with Republican help. Like the legislation or not, it was good politicking from the President.
• No one could have anticipated that a Massachusetts guy like Scott Brown would not care about Tea Party beliefs.
• Anyone think that being spied on by the FBI is reason enough to ditch your cell phone? I didn’t think so.
• Well, Hamid Karzai is working out well so far in Afghanistan, eh?
• A perfect capitalist concept – now calling 911 will cost you in Tracy, Calif.
• Seth McFarlane being a douche does not in any way make Sarah Palin astute.

–WKW

Readables

Because studies have shown most my readers don’t just sit at my Web site waiting for me to write something:

Atrios: The only thing holding this country together is Ben Bernanke.

BuzzFlash: Bernie Sanders lists why Bernanke has to go.

White Collar Crime: CFO David Chidester either jumped, or was thrown from the shaky ship that is Overstock.com.

The Political Carnival: Gotta Laff delivers the laughs.

Crooks & Liars: Smart folks say that Fascism is a right-wing phenomenon. Dumb people whose every action is based on promoting the right-wing disagree.

Naomi Klein: The biggest aftershock of the Haiti earthquake will be the Disaster Capitalists rocking the economy.

Mouthpiece: Why wouldn’t Brett Favre return for another year?

Blue Gal: BG and Driftglass now hosting the can’t-miss Podcast of 2010.

Lance Mannion: The Dick Van Dyke Show destroyed his life.

–WKW

Random thoughts, random things

Just thinking …

One wonders if the allegedly hyper-liberal U.S. media will get around to talking about decades of U.S. involvement in Haiti and the results of that involvement. Ok, no need to wonder – never. So here’s some Chomsky from 2004 to help balance the scales.

In his first-round KO loss to Australian Danny Green, Roy Jones Jr. showed that he no longer has a chin. Or reflexes. Or hunger. Or just about anything a human would need to be a competitive boxer. The result? Big payday versus Bernard Hopkins!

No one could have ever anticipated that Rush Limbaugh and Glenn Beck, in actuality, are mindless racist attention whores, dedicated to ratings and nothing else.

Thank God that Barack Obama finally took the war against Afghanistan seriously. Finally, we’re seeing the number of civilian deaths go up.

Maybe the next President will get around to regulating a financial industry gone mad.

So Arizona is closing its National Parks? If something doesn’t make money, it has no business existing in the U.S. Culture and society be damned.

The year is 2010. And people are standing in a federal court debatying whether Gay and Lesbians are harmful to their own children. Oh yeah, and if you’re Gay or Lesbian and in the military, you’re fucking fired.

If the Saints manage to win tomorrow, I could conceivably get interested in the NFL Playoffs this year. Even though the average NFL game only gives you 11 minutes of actual action.

–WKW

Haiti Earthquake News, updates and links

As the world tries to comprehend just how horrifying the situation is in Haiti, news of the fall-out from the 7.0 Earthquake has steadily been coming in throughout the early morning.

The Christopher Hotel, where the Haitian headquarters of the United Nations were housed, collapsed during the earthquake. With up to 100 U.N. personnel unaccounted for, 16 have been confirmed dead, including 11 Brazilians. (Update: Brazil has now said that 14 Brazilians are among the dead.)

Boing Boing has a collection of links from around the Web, including Pat Robertson’s admission that he’s a soul-less demon.

Google Earth’s satellite images are helping relief organizers and the general public understand the damage that has hit Haiti.

The Huffington Post has updates, as well as video of the quake actually hitting.

The New York Times has photographs that detail some of the destruction.

Crooks and Liars has President Obama’s speech on the Haiti earthquake.

Ways to Help

Several blogs and Web sites have shared ways you can help the international effort in Haiti, including:

• Wyclef Jean
• Google
• Twitter Blog
• 3 Quarks Daily
• Michelle Malkin
• Shakesville
• Blogger Buzz
• Science Blogs
• Friendly Atheist
• Red Cross
• UNICEF
• Partners in Health
• Doctors without Borders

–WKW

Just don’t

Please don’t …

… leave $1 million worth of stuff in your car, like Usher.

… get too clever with a “Got Milk” ad with Rebecca Romijn.

… let Harold Ford fool you.

… eat too much salt.

… pay attention to the Dutch.

… try and pretend you’re Amish.

… forget Haiti.

–WKW

Blog Around & Blog note

William K. Wolfrum: Remember, it was May 2009 when I brought up Tiger Woods and steroids. And wrote this story 2.5 years ago showcasing how and why steroids would benefit golfers. Just sayin`.

Juan Cole: Isn`t Obama supposed to be smart enough to know that patting down people on lists and racial profiling is just plain stupid?

Isn’t it odd that one of the guys from Crazy Eddie’s – convicted felon Sam Antar – is giving Patrick Byrne so much trouble. It’s like Byrne can’t get away with a single lie without Antar on him. And like most bullies, Byrne’s a weakling who has been the CEO with the vapors. Losing that school voucher thing in Utah took all the sanity and courage out of him, I reckon. People with moral strength don’t flee from Sam Antar. They don’t flee from or hire mercaneries to fight off someone who OK`d this video.

Blog Note: This post can also be used to give me any comments you have on the current site theme. It has some changes to be made yet, but this is essentially what it will be. I am open to ideas, however.

-WKW

No One Expects a Blogaround – Other Web Dwellers

Because shockingly, the Internets aren’t all about me. Yet.

Blue Gal: What feminism is all about at Fran’s place.

Joe.My.God: You know, I’m starting to think the Pope may not like Gay folks.

Phydeaux: Bob’s life is now officially a movie.

Jesus’ General: No one could have anticipated that R.Crumb would go over the line.

Talking Points Memo:“Ok, President Bush, you’ll be speaking after Zig Zigler but before Terry Bradshaw.”

DagBlog: All we need to do to get people more interested in politics is to get a ball involved some how.

Alan Colmes: Just a normal day of Hate Tweets for Alan.

The Joshua Blog: Spine flu decimating Democrats.

Shoq Value: The best Letter to the Editor ever?

–WKW

No One Expects a Blogaround – No One!

Here. There. Everywhere. Mostly There, though.

Wise Web Woman: Mary Travers, RIP.

Konagod: Reality seems to be an unpopular basis for debate these days.

Political Animal: Put down the porn, kids. It’ll give you teh gay.

Lance Mannion: Live from the Cinton Global Initiative.

Whiskey Fire: When conservatives need a story, they read Pravda.

That’s Why: This ain’t no disco. This ain’t no debate.

Political Carnival: You just Gotta Laff.

–WKW

No one expects a blogaround: Heaven help us

Thank God it’s Friday. Now if he could just help us out with the economy and health care reform.

TPM Cafe: This is the Public option, as it currently stands.

Glenn Greenwald: Mike Huckabee actively involved in treasonous activities? It’s cool, he’s Republican.

JC Christian: Breaking news from TownHall – the black people in the White House are practicing voodoo.

Vagabond Scholar: It seems there are Hitlers everywhere these days.

Eternal Earth-Bound U.S. Pets: When Jesus calls you to heaven, who will take care of your pets? I will, for one.

WorldGolf.com: The Solheim Cup is here!

–WKW

No one expects a blogaround – In the News

And now, the news:

White Collar Fraud: It’s time for the SEC to investigate Overstock.com’s repeated GAAP violations.

Marc Armbinder: Of course Republicans are astroturfing Health Care Townhall meetings. This proves the incredible opposition against Obama’s plans.

Rude Pundit: Ok, old people., you got us. We want to kill you.

Maureen Dowd: Bill Clinton went and met Kim Jong-Il. And Maureen Dowd hates Hillary Clinton.

Save the News: A new organization fighting to fix the U.S. journalistic wasteland.

–WKW

No one expects a blogaround – Who are these guys?

None of the bloggers below have shown me their birth certificates. So whether you trust them or not is up to you.

ePluribus Media: Oh that Barack Obama. Looks like this time he’ll be using swine flu shots to commit genocide.

Boztopia: A personal look at why theU.S. desperately needs health care reform.

Eclectablog: The Birthers are right – here’s how it happened.

Konagod: Always willing to lend sell you an arm.

Cogitamus: An interesting discussion on where the U.S. stands today and where it may be going.

Rising Hegemon: Go wish John McCain a happy birthday.

–WKW

No one expects a blogaround – On Second Thought

This started out as a satirical masterwork about how Jesus had a tail. But then I scapped it.

DailyKos: Diarist writes “Bloggers Need to Steer Clear of Phony ‘Populist’ Patrick Byrne” and the Overstock CEO responds. And responds. And responds.

WorldGolf.com (From yours truly): Let us thank Tom Watson for giving us a Tiger Woods-free weekend.

The Volokh Conspiracy: Henry Gates Jr. could have avoided being arrested for a black man if only he’d heeded David Bernstein’s advice and abandoned any shed of dignity in front of authority figures.

Sadly, No!: Martin Eisenstadt meet Cynthia Yockey.

–WKW

No one expects a blogaround – will you take an IOU?

Admit it, you never saw this coming:

Konagod: California can’t manage to even send out IOU’s? And does anyone even want them?

Group News Blog: Forty-three percent of homeless men over 25 are veterans, although veterans represent only 27% of men over 25 in the population at large.

Talking Points Memo: Yes, you heard it right – Karl Rove testified under oath. Now what?

TransGriot: BET forgets about the “T’s” in its ‘Who’s Who In Black GLBT America’ feature.

Hot Air: 52 percent of Republicans say they are willing to go down with Sarah Palin’s ship.

Jesus’ General: It’s like a good, white Christian can’t do or say anything without being slapped down by the politically correct.

Firedoglake: FDL still working hard to ensure a public option is included in health care reform.

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