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in the U.S. attorney firings. “The White House acknowledged on Sunday that presidential adviser Karl Rove served as a conduit for complaints about federal prosecutors as House investigators declared their intention to question him about any role he may have played in the firing of eight U.S. attorneys.”
(Via Think Progress.)
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(Via Engadget.)
Before you go to bed tonight in the U.S., make sure you set your clocks ahead one hour; you know, spring forward, fall back, daylight savings, etc. You might also want to update your PC since this is a new thing; last year, daylight savings was on April 2. One less hour of sleep, dammit. — Wendy Boswell
(Via Lifehacker.)
This is a fun friday afternoon post before heading out to see 300. Now, I want to warn everyone in Boston before hand…don’t freak out…this is just a widget. It is not a terrorist attack on your Mac.
This cool little widget lets your gaphitti your own Dashboard with either Err or ignignokt, the Mooninites from the hilarious Aqua Teen Hunger Force on Adult Swim.
You can adjust the blinking of the LED or make them into their cartoon show versions, as well as switch between SFW and NSFW versions of the characters.
Click Here to download
(Via Apple Gazette.)
Yesterday, Citizens Against Government Waste (CAGW) released the “Pig Book,” its annual compilation of all the pork-barrel projects in the federal budget. This year’s edition contained some welcome news: “thanks to voter outrage and a one-year moratorium imposed by Democrats after taking over Congress,” the “number and cost of pork-barrel projects is way down” after years of record pork-barrel spending.
But the news was not all good. CAGW found that in last year’s defense spending bill, Sen. Ted Stevens (R-AK) included $209,900,000 for projects in his state. The level of spending represented “an increase of 127 percent over the $92,425,000 for Alaska in the fiscal 2006 defense bill.” Stevens is no stranger to pork — he championed the infamous “Bridge to Nowhere,” and is one the Senate’s most prolific earmarkers. One egregious pork request from Stevens could be called the “Polar Express to Nowhere”:
$4,000,000 for the Northern Line Extension … The Northern Line Extension will provide a direct route from North Pole (pop. 1,778 in 2005) to Delta Junction (pop. 840 in 2000), which is a whopping 82.1 mile drive on one highway between the two villages … The Alaska Railroad Corporation said, “The proposed rail line would provide freight and potentially passenger rail services serving commercial interests and communities in or near the project corridor.”
For a sense of the metropolises that are the “communities in or near the project corridor,” here is a map of the area via Google:
Stevens is no fan of CAGW or their reports. “All they are is a bunch of psychopaths,” he said in 1999. “They are idiots.”
(Via Think Progress.)
Mark Frauenfelder:
I had a lot of fun on The Colbert Report last night. All the people who work on the show were really friendly and put me at ease. Stephen Colbert came to the green room after the show and chatted with me and my friends, and apologized for breaking my mouse robot. (That's OK, Phil Torrone can fix it).
Here's a video of my appearance. Link
(Via Boing Boing.)
