Capitalism - Feudalism without the Kings
Website WednesdayI've been thinking a lot lately (as if there are periods of time when I don't think a lot.) But I've been thinking the big questions like: Why are so, so many Americans so stupid? or: Is this whole idea of looking beyond surface beauty for the true worth of an individual crap and humans are really only shallow and silly? or: Is this new, controversial unemployment extensions/tax-cuts for the rich (two issues with absolutely no connecting dots) Obama's holiday gift to Congress?
We know how he loves to make everyone happy (except liberals as he pointedly told the world at a recent press conference, though I don't remember the world asking.) This bill is a Republican gift because it gives them cover when constituents scream: You voted for a unemployment benefits extension!!!! And the Republican Congressperson can simply answer: But we extended the tax cuts for the rich. So there, you putz! (I added the last sentence. No Congressperson would say that to a constituents; unless he/she identified as a liberal because we all know that liberals have fewer rights than bears during a bear hunt.)
This bill is also a Democrat gift because it gives them cover when their constituents scream: You voted to extend the tax cut for the rich!!!!! And the Democrat Congressperson can simply say: But we got an unemployment benefits extension for the unemployed. Of course, we all know this part of the bill can be easily excised in the future while the tax cut part is drying in cement as we speak; but then we also know that you, putzs, have no long-term memory and when we revisit these issues you will probably be engrossed in voting for a new American Idol. (Once again, that last sentence is my jaded stream of consciousness.)
So while I am in this Happy Holiday frame of thinking, let me give you a website pick:
http://www.themysteryworld.com/
Reading the title from the url, its name is the The Mystery World but it goes by the handle World of Mysteries on the website. Whatever.
What can I say about this site? Not much since I can't find an "About." It's current. It's photo and art-filled. It's eclectic in its topic picks. The current page has 18 pictures of Dog Fort animals (many dogs and a few cats) with captions. It's a graphic novel dog action tale, well-worth the read and the laughs. (Disclaimer: I am a sucker for animal pics.)
What follows this posting is astounding. We go from eye candy to a published research paper titled: An evaluation of airport x-ray backscatter unites based on image characteristics by Kaufman and Carlson. Now this is a genuine recently published paper which looks into the effectiveness of airport x-ray scanners. I am really excited that their abstract states that "We implement a Monte Carlo implementation......" because the Monte Carlo method was my husband's Master's thesis! Oh, he is so going to read this paper for me!
And just an aside: they have pictures of whole body scans and I can see your junk.
This article is followed by vintage skate board ads from 1970 - 1990. If you scroll down the right column to "Labels" you'll find a "Post Archives" (sic) clickable button. It looks like this site began in June of 2010 so it's just a baby.
But World of Mysteries definitely deserves an audience. This website exemplifies what the worldwide web is for.
P.S. Just in the time I've been typing this, the home page has been updated. Now, the first article is called the Tree of Life, followed by Every Space Mission for the Last 50 Years on one Map. Third entry is now Dog Forts.
This is obviously a website maintained by an interesting and interested person. Be sure to take a look.
We know how he loves to make everyone happy (except liberals as he pointedly told the world at a recent press conference, though I don't remember the world asking.) This bill is a Republican gift because it gives them cover when constituents scream: You voted for a unemployment benefits extension!!!! And the Republican Congressperson can simply answer: But we extended the tax cuts for the rich. So there, you putz! (I added the last sentence. No Congressperson would say that to a constituents; unless he/she identified as a liberal because we all know that liberals have fewer rights than bears during a bear hunt.)
This bill is also a Democrat gift because it gives them cover when their constituents scream: You voted to extend the tax cut for the rich!!!!! And the Democrat Congressperson can simply say: But we got an unemployment benefits extension for the unemployed. Of course, we all know this part of the bill can be easily excised in the future while the tax cut part is drying in cement as we speak; but then we also know that you, putzs, have no long-term memory and when we revisit these issues you will probably be engrossed in voting for a new American Idol. (Once again, that last sentence is my jaded stream of consciousness.)
So while I am in this Happy Holiday frame of thinking, let me give you a website pick:
http://www.themysteryworld.com/
Reading the title from the url, its name is the The Mystery World but it goes by the handle World of Mysteries on the website. Whatever.
What can I say about this site? Not much since I can't find an "About." It's current. It's photo and art-filled. It's eclectic in its topic picks. The current page has 18 pictures of Dog Fort animals (many dogs and a few cats) with captions. It's a graphic novel dog action tale, well-worth the read and the laughs. (Disclaimer: I am a sucker for animal pics.)
What follows this posting is astounding. We go from eye candy to a published research paper titled: An evaluation of airport x-ray backscatter unites based on image characteristics by Kaufman and Carlson. Now this is a genuine recently published paper which looks into the effectiveness of airport x-ray scanners. I am really excited that their abstract states that "We implement a Monte Carlo implementation......" because the Monte Carlo method was my husband's Master's thesis! Oh, he is so going to read this paper for me!
And just an aside: they have pictures of whole body scans and I can see your junk.
This article is followed by vintage skate board ads from 1970 - 1990. If you scroll down the right column to "Labels" you'll find a "Post Archives" (sic) clickable button. It looks like this site began in June of 2010 so it's just a baby.
But World of Mysteries definitely deserves an audience. This website exemplifies what the worldwide web is for.
P.S. Just in the time I've been typing this, the home page has been updated. Now, the first article is called the Tree of Life, followed by Every Space Mission for the Last 50 Years on one Map. Third entry is now Dog Forts.
This is obviously a website maintained by an interesting and interested person. Be sure to take a look.
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