LARS BLACKMORE Posts
Sometimes we granola Vermonters seem to want to forget that choices have consequences — not least of all for ourselves. And so, we re-elect complete suckers like Jim Douglas to term after term, in spite of everything he hasn't done for our state. He's up for re-election again in Novermber, and evidently he's decided to…
A completely phenomenal photo by Luiz Vasconcelos-A Critica, shot for Reuters in Brazil. You want a picture that depicts a conflict and the human angle and all that — doens’t get much better. (Found it at frostfirezoo, sourced it here.)
I had forgotten all about this: H.RES.333 Title: Impeaching Richard B. Cheney, Vice President of the United States, for high crimes and misdemeanors. Sponsor: Rep Kucinich, Dennis J. [OH-10] (introduced 4/24/2007) Cosponsors (26) Related Bills: H.RES.799 Latest Major Action: 5/4/2007 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and…
… I’m *so* getting my kids a Playmobil Security Checkpoint set. If only to reward all the wonderful commenters over at Amazon.com — such a great outlet for choice snark at the expense of ludicrous products and brands. But I do agree with most of the disappointed parents: the set is far from complete. Where…
What a cringefest. Senator Tom Harkin (D-Clueless) trots out his take on why marijuana should remain illegal. It’s just pathetic. He’s either a) willfully ignorant, or b) stubbornly pushing a failed policy just for the hell of it. Either way, he’s a disgrace as a supposed liberal, and his logic is is so failed it’s…
Oh, good stuff. Apropos of nothing, this is by far the best light switch design ever. Cheezy, disturbing, becoming and practical. The perfect gift for the Catholic priest who has everything. Found it here, and traced back the earliest mention here. Now, enjoy and insert your own “rise and shine” or “let the little children…
The “land of the free” where the 1st amendment protects free speech and all that now appears to finally have caught up with our role models in China. And, after almost eight years of the Bush administration chipping away at the Constitution, we’re now the kind of place where a judge can order a website…
{gallery}morse_farm_bkl_08:::1{/gallery} Wonderful event put on by the friendly crowd at the Morse Farm Ski Touring Center just north of Montpelier. Great conditions, albeit a bit cold with a bitter wind… Kids still had fun. Biggest lollipop crowd we’ve seen in quite a while. [Click image for more…]
This is just plain ridiculous. Old poll from last year, but still an eye-opener: in this wonderful secular society where state and religion are supposed to be separate and freedom of (from?) religion is enshrined in the 1st Amendment, it appears that, well, most people haven’t gotten the hint. They still seem to insist that…
