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From ProPublica:
With the flurry of recent government bailouts–and a much larger one likely on the way–we decided to try to put them in perspective. The circles below represent the size of U.S. government bailout, calculated in 2008 dollars. They are also in chronological order.
From Wikipedia:
Jeanne Louise Calment (IPA: [ʒan lwiz kal'mɑ̃]; February 21, 1875 – August 4, 1997)[1] was a Frenchwoman with the longest confirmed lifespan in history at 122 years and 164 days (44,724 days in total).[2] She lived in Arles, France, for her entire life, and outlived both her daughter and grandson. Because her husband was wealthy, she never worked, instead living a comfortable lifestyle. She became well-known from the age of 113, when the centenary of Vincent van Gogh brought reporters to Arles, as she was the last person living to have met the artist.
Decisions by the Secretary pursuant to the authority of this Act are non-reviewable and committed to agency discretion, and may not be reviewed by any court of law or any administrative agency.
I can has above the law?
Felt like one of the contestants should have been a butcher.
(via Classic TV Showbiz)
Introduction to this truly unique no-cage, no-kill cat & dog sanctuary in Parlier, California.
(via Miss Cellania)
A cover of female pastors sends the christian taliban into a tizzy.
Gospel Today, the Fayetteville-published magazine, was pulled off the racks by the bookstores’ owner, the Southern Baptist Convention. The problem? The five smiling women on the cover are women of the cloth — church pastors.
Southern Baptist polity says that’s a role reserved for men.
Teresa Hairston, owner of Gospel Today, whose glossy pages feature upbeat articles about health, living, music and ministry, said she discovered by e-mail that the September/October issue of the magazine had been demoted to the realm of the risque.
(via J-Walk)
Even Wolf Blitzer was left scratching his beard on this cromulent answer.
From Happy Valley news:
The dead have not returned to life to feast on the flesh of the living (Note to self: double check on this!!)
US inflation rate is still lower than Zimbabwe’s.
California has not literally “fallen into the ocean†(though it has burnt to a crisp a few times).
Vampirism is on the decline.
(via Gerry Canavan)
I’ve spent most of my weekend (and Friday) avoiding the internet and media so I’m behind on the bailout fiasco. Gerry Canavan has rounded up some great opinion links for people who are behind on this as I am.
