Links With Your Coffee - Wednesday
- Edwards wants law against "Brownies"
Former Sen. John Edwards said at a Hurricane Katrina conference he would propose what he called "Brownie's Law" requiring that qualified people, not political hacks, lead key federal agencies.
- Majikthise : Vervet and Baboon Problems
I was camping in a wooded area near Lake Nakuru, and preparing a small lunch. I had a bunch of bananas which would play no small role in my lunch, dinner, and breakfast. But I made the error of turning my back on my bananas for one brief moment. The vervet, apparently watching me from a hidden spot, made its move and snatched the bananas. I gave pursuit.
- Jesus' General: Iraq The Belley of the Beast (video)
- The Swamp: Why would Bush cite 'The Quiet American'? In Dub's world where black is white and up is down I can't say I'm surprised, but this really is quite remarkable.
- 8 Months After He Was Stricken, a Slowed Senator Returns - New York Times
Now that is very good news. Best wishes to Sen (D) Tim Johnson for a continued recovery and a big welcome back, you've been missed.
- Not all risk is created equal
A camper who chases a grizzly but won't risk unprotected sex. A sky diver afraid to stand up to the boss. New research shows that not all risk is created equal and people show a mixture of both risky and non-risky behaviors.
Comments
In ten years from now, 'Brownie' will be a common phrase in the English lexicon synonymous to incompetent.
Brownie
Main Entry: brown·ie Pronunciation: 'brau-nE Function: noun Etymology: 1brown 1 : a legendary good-natured elf that performs helpful services at night
2 capitalized : a member of a program of the Girl Scouts for girls in the first through third grades in school
3 : a small square or rectangle of rich usually chocolate cake often containing nuts
4 : government official lacking any qualified skills for his or her position; aka a laughable crony that one would say is doing "heck of a job" in spite of insurmountable evidence to the contrary.
If it weren't for Katrinal everybody wouldn't have taken/given a second look/thought at/about the war, and all the other shit (e.g.g., abu grhhaib).
Brownie's (unimaginative) nickname alone was a heck of a clue that our upper crusties are notable for their complete and utter lack of imagination (nobody could have imagined flying planes into buildings even though in the 1960s the CIA's hypnosis experiments used precisely this scenario as a centerpiece of their case for its utility. The breakthrough came in imagining, under hypnosis, that, the [building] was a)a cloud, b) not there, c), never happened, never could have happened. Admiral Stockdale syndrome...
Can you c)?
4 hints (all redacted):
c)
l)
u)
e)
On a completely unrelated topic, Triceratops, i.e.,
c)Osama ibn Laden never worked for/with the CIA.
l)it isn't logically possible.
u)Berry's paradox...
e)Oops, I just crossed the line...Oh, hell...TriceraTOPS, TriceratOPS, Tricerat...
Let him among you who has eyes, c)...
OOPS! I just crossed the OOPS! I jOOPS.OO...
P.S...stay tuned, I mean tone-deafOOPS...(L)OOPS)
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