Wednesday, February 17, 2016

JebBush.com redirects to Donald Trump's official website

By Mona Goldwater, Errors & Omissions Ed.


At some point along the road to the White House, Jeb Bush's team forgot to renew the domain jebbush.com.  While their official site is JebBush2016.com, clicking on jebbush.com now takes you to Donald Trump's page. . .which Trump recently and gleefully announced. This typifies the sad arc and ending of a bumbling campaign. 
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George F. Will wrote in August "Republican field is the most impressive since 1980"

By Jack Brummet, National Affairs Ed.


George F. Will wrote last August that, “This year’s Republican field is the most impressive since 1980, and perhaps the most talent-rich since the party first had a presidential nominee, in 1856."

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How 43 gigantic and crumbling POTUS heads ended up in a Virginia field

How 43 crumbling presidential heads ended up in a Virginia field

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Tuesday, February 16, 2016

Creepy doll images

By Jack Brummet, Ed.

Thanks to Getty Images for the use of their copyright images here.




















A ginormous piece of driftwood in La Push, Washington

Six foot Amanda Lachman in front of the driftlog 

"The wind was howling and there were rain squalls at times," said Phillip Lachman, a retired school teacher who photographed the drift log on April 5, 2010. "On the beach at La Push there was a huge amount of driftwood of all sizes and there in the middle of the beach was this tree. We were mesmerized by the sheer size of it and wondered at the force of the wind that brought it here."  


This was probably the result of a tree on a crumbling hillside being swept off during gale force winds, along with very high tides last spring. They don't know what brand of tree it is (probably Western Red Cedar, Sitka Spruce, or Douglas Fir).  I don't know if it's still on the beach or not...
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Monday, February 15, 2016

GOP-Tea Party Fact Check on nominations in a President's final year

By Mona Goldwater

Justice Scalia was nominated by President Reagan in July 1986. He was confirmed September 17th, a month and a half before Election Day (when Democrats regained control of the Senate). As Charles Clymer wrote recently "When things go their way, the system is working just fine. When the rules are inconvenient, the Constitution suddenly becomes a living document open to interpretation."
Photo: RWR and Scalia after the nomination announcement.


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Drawing: Faces #1340 - scratchboard: The Expediters

By Jack Brummet


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Thursday, February 11, 2016

NASA/JPL releases a set of amazing interstellar travel posters

By Jack Brummet, Alien Lore and Space Travel Ed.

NASA/JPL has just released some pretty amazing and aspirational travel posters.  "As you look through these images of imaginative travel destinations, remember that you can be an architect of the future."  Jump here to see the entire set and download any or all of them.  



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