Tidbits

How you guys talk gives away where you are from....

Diplomacy is better than genocide, oddly.

Cats and engineers.

A cube.  That can stand on a point.  And jump.  And I need to beat it to death...

Pharmacies deliberately misinforming teenagers about emergency contraception.

Parenting done right.

Voices from prison.

Monday mumbles

The first year of Parenting.

What others think about the US.

Reading between the lines ... historically.

Things that nom on radiation?!

Apparently this dude thinks rape can be enjoyed.

Noah... as a movie... subtitled God is PISSED.

Google supports solar.

Off to a running start...

The winners of the 2012 Golden Duke awards.

States that allow cameras in dressing rooms

Parenting in timelapse

Hunting pythons... in Florida.

Italy looks fondly back on Mussolini.. things must really be getting bad over there.

Ezra Klein's take on the fiscal cliff/ curve/ curb.  And BooMan reassures us.

Bobbles...

An awesome dad.

Why printers don't cancel printing right off...

The secret behind the empty chair.

Prisons for profit. Why change the system to serve justice when people are making money?

We are killing everything....

And after that, I need some animals:

Natural and unnatural disasters....

Oops.

Trojan asteroid in Earth's orbit.

Well, at least he admits it: Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC): “We’re not generating enough angry white guys to stay in business for the long term.”  So, back to the Dark Ages!

Krugman.

We're all gonna diiiiiieeeee.....By diseases:  TB.... West Nile virus.... Hantavirus.... or by extreme weather that causes  flooding, food wars, or by a Romney presidency....

Update:  The Heartland virus....

Update 8/31: Global warming...

And now they are after our books

Because who doesn't want to protect their children from those bad nasty thoughts out there?

Good news, educators: the book-banners are more organized than ever! Instead of lone nuts calling for books to be banned, now it's national groups of nuts, like the Parents Against Bad Books in Schools. And what makes a book "bad?"

Here's PABBIS' explanation of its philosophical beliefs: "Bad is not for us to determine. Bad is what you determine is bad. Bad is what you think is bad for your child. What each parent considers bad varies and depends on their unique situation, family and values. The main purpose of this webpage is to identify some books that might be considered bad and why someone might consider them bad."

Thank you, sir, for your service to our nation

Your patriotism, and your love of your sons. All of them.



h/t to JJ of Unrepentant Old Hippie

I love the expression

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And know what she's thinking. I've been there....

Love you, Mom.

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Blog sprinkles

Don't mess with Saint Ronnie!

When you need a costume quick!

Friday's Hope blogging.

Glen Beck is sure rampages are a logical outcome of liberals being in charge.

Ten times worse than purity balls.

Jim Cramer acted like all other main stream media employees, willingly letting themselves be used for propaganda and manipulation.

Ari on 9/11 happening on Bush's watch: How dare you?

Jupiter's shrinking red spot.

Best car commercial ever.

Parenting your spouse.

Preparing for the end of the economy: plant a garden!

The joys of air travel and luggage juggling.

An awards list that makes you snort with laughter.

How to destroy trust and alienate your children

By spying on them:

This company shows off the tools parents can use to spy on their children. You can get a keylogger that looks like just an extension to the USB keyboard. You can take their SIM card, transfer all the data to your computer, and then browse through all their calls and text messages using special software. You can install GPS in their shoes. You can use a handy little kit that easily and quickly detects the presence of semen on a surface.

It's not just about 'protecting' the children though, this stuff can be used against you as well. Good to know about it.

My daughter has a friend whose parents act like this. Of course her siblings and she use other teen's phones to make the illicit phone calls and use other people's computers to chat with creeps. And it is mainly because of the spying and the mistrust that they do it. Their parents also talk at their kids rather than with them, so in the end, more spy equipment will not help the parents connect.