Linky Links

Stuff I found interesting or amusing and thought I'd share.

- Glenn Reynolds: Goodbye Dolly. There's the famous buoy marking the furthest point south in the US and the statue of Dolly may come to represent the furthest point on Earth closest to Heaven.

- Jonathan Turley: Clyburn calls for packing the court with "bakers dozen" to flip cases.

- Icelandic voters reject proposal to restart talks to join EU. Although think it should be pointed out there's roughly 48 US cities with greater populations than Iceland - just saying.

- How the strategic petroleum reserve works. With the news out of Venezuela thought this was a good refresher. 

Linky Links

 Stuff I found interesting or amusing and thought I'd share.

- Ben Askren back in hospital after double lung transplant. Was not aware he had a transplant (or that he was already 41).

- Reminder - aircraft carriers of the world. USA! USA!

- UCLA to pay $6 million to settle discrimination suit brought by Jewish students. Good! Still say any person arrested for protesting on university grounds who is not a student should be arrested.

- Iceland is an interesting place. Long but interesting read.

I Like Both the Tradition and This Word

Linky Links

Stuff I found interesting or amusing and thought I'd share.

- Iceland taps into volcano for power. Is it bad that my first though was unlimited power could make Iceland a Bitcoin haven?

- Hard to believe Harvard was once a leader in biology.

- Morgan Housel on Information That Would Get Your Attention

- The Truth About Banned Books

I Like Both this Tradition and This Word

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Flotsam and Jetsam

Miscellaneous thoughts and observations.

Any time you see him on one of those Sunday talk shows remember that Joe Biden is an anagram for "I need job"... This is awesome! USA! USA! USA!... Block Me Amadeus would be a good name for a fantasy football team (or a Twitter handle)... Speaking of anagrams - remember that the word "listen" contains the same letters as the word "silent"... Car & Drivers review of the 2018 Tesla Model S (starting at $75,000 so a little out of my range)... Would "The Taint of History" be a good name for a band or fantasy team?...  I love the Red Sox trolling the Yankees after winning the World Series...

Linky Links

Stuff I found interesting and thought I'd share.

- Interesting - Lloyd's of London sues Saudi Arabia over 9/11 attacks. I wouldn't be surprised if this wasn't settled out of court so that Saudi Arabian leaders don't have to undergo the discovery process.

- This was funny and disturbing - what's the weirdest things you've caught hotel guests doing?

- I wasn't aware of the "Santorum" Google problem till I read this. Does it make me a bad person that I found this amusing?

- 27 amazing photos of Iceland

- Interesting behind the scenes look at the filming of the Bill Belichick NFL films documentary

- Interesting interview with Nathan Fillion about one of my favorite shows Castle

- You cannot hope to stop Tom Selleck's mustache - you can only hope to contain it

- Who knew? Thomas Jefferson - Bad Alumnus