Keith Olbermann

Bush's Legacy: The President who called Wolf.

Links for Thursday

Bill Moyers Has Harsh Words for President, Christian Right.

James Ridgeway at Mother Jones compares Bush's speech to Kissinger's indirection during the 1972 negotiations with the N. Vietnamese.

Juan Cole: Bush sends GIs to his private Fantasyland.

Mark Levine: George Bush is a Psychopath, and we are his enablers.

Jesus: Original or fake? There is nothing new under the sun.

Institute for the Analysis of Global Security. Rational thinking for troubled times.

Panoramas of Spain. I'm going there (Barcelona) next month!

Socalled sings "These are the Good Old Days"

Montreal artist Socalled (Josh Dolgin) turned himself into a ‘human centipede’ in this weird music video (oh yeah, did I mention that he turned traditional Jewish music into hip-hop?)

Found on the Barr Trail this morning

Williams Canyon this morning

Iraq: A Picture is worth a thousand words.

Amazing but true: Look at your zipper. See the initials YKK? It stands for Yoshida Kogyo Kabushibibaisha, the world's largest zipper manufacturer.

"We were talking in a half-assed way. I forgot about the eggshells for a moment and said something that offended her, and she told me to go fuck myself. She'd been driving me crazy all weekend, so I said “okay!” and dove to the bottom of the pool, where I thought: I am done. And when I surfaced the friendship was over." Rowing the Pool.


It's snowing again. They advertised 3-5 inches for today. We already have it here in Manitou Springs and it's still snowing.

GWB Raps the Truth

Sadaam: Thanks for the memories.

Buzzflash interviews Dr. Justin Frank on our illustrious prez and his inimitable psychological profile.

Do Galaxies follow Darwinian evolution?

“The one duty we owe to history,” said Oscar Wilde, “is to rewrite it.”

The Flying Spaghetti Monster religion.

Capitol Peak to the far left, Mount Sopris to the right. Sam the Wolfdog on road.

Daughter Marlene's cabin perched high above Fryingpan Valley in Basalt, Colorado. Very quiet and secluded if primitive living.

My daughter, Marlene and "son-in-love" Dennis.

Marlene, Dennis, and Rebekka on the way to our "attempt" on Basalt Mountain on New Year's Day. I gave them a 66% for effort. We made it to the final ridge to the left before we turned around. Believe it or not the snow was deep up there.

Links asunder and unrelated

Good set of videos on "The Future of Science" from a conference in Venice last September.

Unrelated theme: Bush Flashback from 2001: 'Our Long National Nightmare Of Peace And Prosperity Is Finally Over'

Lousiana is slipping into the Gulf of Mexico.

Bush team throwing General Casey overboard in futile attempt to salvage "legacy".

Andes Adventure run 100-mile stage race including Machu Pichu.

I just watched the Lehrer News Hour where David Brooks pretended that the Democrats under Nancy Pelosi's leadership would not reach out and try for reconciliation; would not try to reverse the partisanship and mean spirited governance of the last 14 years of GOP domination. Well they tried but look where it gets them:


Pelosi Seeks House Minority 'Bill of Rights'

BUT

Hastert Dismisses Democrats' Complaint, Saying GOP Record Is Better Than Foes'

Pelosi's letter to the GOP minority.