Premeditated Misconduct

1) I just melted a plastic baking pan in the oven while trying to cook dinner.

Positives: I saved the pork chops; the melted plastic drips broke off of the metal baking rack easily under cold water.

Negatives: It was Jinya's mom's baking pan; there are now pools of superheated melted plastic in the bottom of the oven.



2) Jon Stewart has clarified that someone like me can, in fact, take part in governmental politics.
He said, "For God's sake, the whole point of being Vice-President is to be a snide humor magnet. To deflect any douche-arrows from people like me that might head toward the President. It's "Who's the best Executive Branch rodeo clown?"!

...I WOULD BE THE BEST FUCKING VICE-PRESIDENT EVER

EVER.

HEY, HEY.

A knowledgeable friend-- one who works in the industry-- told me this tonight:

IN JULY, THERE WILL BE A NEW STUDENT LOAN REPAYMENT OPTION: INCOME-BASED.

PAYMENTS CAN BE AS LOW AS ZERO (dollars/month).



That's not all.

There's also going to be a student loan forgiveness program for people working in certain job sectors. In this case, after ten years all remaining debt will be forgiven.



In other words, NOW is the time to start paying attention to any outstanding student debt. Collect company names, phone numbers, and account numbers-- you're going to need them come July!


Check it out!

Legistalker is possibly the most interesting and useful website I've found in a while.


On that note:

My congressman participated in some civil disobedience protesting the expulsion of aid groups from Darfur. And then got arrested for it. I'm-a gonna call his office and tell them that I approve of Mr. Ellison's actions.

The Democratic Congressional Committee made a Michele Bachmann watch website. This woman is batshit insane.

Republican Rep. Michele Bachmann of Minnesota recently said she fears that Obama will build "reeducation" camps to indoctrinate young people. -- taken from here.

"Reeducation"? Hmm... Sounds like...
HEY WAIT THAT SOUNDS KIND OF LIKE WHAT YOUR HUSBAND DOES TO "CURE" GAY PEOPLE DOESN'T IT?

Goddamn, I hate that woman.



Mr. Olbermann, I don't actually know you, but I think I love you for this.

Some of you may remember the shoot-out in the Tennessee Valley Unitarian Universalist Church last July that killed two people and wounded eight more.

There's been an update on that, and here's the word's straight from the horse's mouth: It was a deliberate hate crime against liberals.

Progressives should take three lessons away from Knoxville:

"One: we are no longer safe, not even in our own houses of worship. It's ironic that progressives -- the subgroup of Americans who were most determined not to abandon reason and succumb to overblown fears of Islamic terrorism in the wake of 9/11 -- now have good, serious reasons to fear real domestic terrorism against themselves.

"Two: A significant part of this country's media infrastructure is thoroughly devoted to inciting people to commit horrific acts of violence against us -- and now, we know for a fact that people are acting on those incitements. It's time to start taking this far more seriously. What goes out across our airwaves these days isn't all that different from what went out over Radio Rwanda a decade ago, spurring that country to genocide. At this point, it's only a difference of degree.

"Three: The right wing has, as usual, grossly underestimated our courage and our commitment. The members of Tennessee Valley Unitarian Universalist quickly and effectively disarmed and captured this man within seconds after he opened fire. Adkisson expected fear; what we got was determined resistance. It's why he's still alive today, and why more UUs aren't dead by his hand. The TVUUA congregation should be our enduring example of liberal grace under fire."



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Street Prophets has a new "News from the 'Net" up I recommend their NftN posts; they have a definite liberal bias, but it's nice to see someone on the religious left's political opinion and ideas of what's newsworthy.

WTFWTFWTF.

Travel's going to be impossible.
What's work going to be like?
Were any of my coworkers there?

My God, Tom had literally just crossed it when it collapsed. He said he heard the rumble of it falling and when he looked behind him the bridge was gone.

I'm kind of baffled as to what my week's now going to be like.


...although the woman on the radio saying repeatedly, "A bridge in America...just shouldn't fall down" is making me laugh a lot. Probably more than I should.