Thursday, April 19, 2012

Midday open thread

  • Today's comic by Jen Sorensen is Daddyshack:
    Cartoon by Jen Sorensen - Daddyshack
  • Check out the view three workers had of the Space Shuttle Discovery's last trip.
  • I've solved the mystery on why Republicans are so hell-bent on keeping their old-style lightbulbs ... Albert Einstein was an asshole when it came to the treatment of women.
  • From Politico's lips to God's ear:
    As expected, Florida Rep. Allen West had another terrific quarter of raising money, in keeping with his stellar record.

    Look for him as a presidential candidate in 2016 or 2020.

  • Nice!
    The congregation at Seattle's Our Lady of the Lake Catholic Church gave the Rev. Tim Clark a standing ovation Sunday when he announced that the parish would not gather signatures for a referendum to repeal same-sex marriage.

    The parish became the sixth in Seattle to opt out of the petition drive for Referendum 74 that has been endorsed and foisted on parishes by Archbishop J. Peter Sartain.

  • Uh, what?
    Fifty-one years after the failed attempt to invade Cuba, the Central Intelligence Agency and Department of Justice continue to claim that releasing the final volume of a CIA history of the debacle would 'confuse the public' and should therefore remain withheld.
  • The San Francisco earthquake happened on this day in 1906 ... check out some amazing images from that day.
  • And keeping with the on-this-day theme, "Listen my children and you shall hear, of the midnight ride of Paul Revere. 'Twas the eighteenth of April in '75 ...
  • Who needs a smokin' fastball?
    Jamie Moyer is headed to the Hall of Fame.

    Well, maybe his uniform anyway. Or perhaps even his glove.

    Cooperstown has asked for some sort of memorabilia from Moyer to commemorate his record-setting night as the 49-year-old left-hander became the oldest pitcher to ever win a major league contest.



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