Linky Links

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

- I've always fantasized about living in a treehouse (or a sailboat)

- The dirty truth about hand dryers. I hate hand dryers. Bring back paper towels!

- Not all Olympic heroes wear capes

- Bad news for network TV and newspapers - Google and Facebook are dominating the ad business

- Heh heh - Black Panther spoiler

- When the Russians first spoke about American "useful idiots" it is people like Michael Moore they had in mind.

- Austin Carr is a good person

Michigan Results in a Nutshell

Last night Ann Romney at the end of a long list thanked Kid Rock for helping her husband win the Michigan Primary. And last night Rick Santorum failed to thank Michael Moore even though Santorum's plea for Democrats to cross over and vote for him was a cause that the fat film-maker took up con mucho gusto.

Some people have speculated that the cross-over - voting as a joke - support was equal to about 6% of Santorum's overall total in Michigan. That 6% may get him a couple of delegates but it will in hindsight be the final nail in the coffin of his campaign. I hope the Romney campaign doesn't miss the opportunity to cudgel Santorum over the head with this issue. Stress things like "Santorum claims to be the real conservative in the race but then he looks for support from people like Michael Moore. Who does he think he is? Arlen Spector?"

Politics ain't beanbag.

Michael Moore and Cuba

"...Cuba is now the world's biggest prison for journalists and President Castro has become the 'Maximum Leader' of predators of press freedom." - Reporters Without Borders "Cuba" page

By now you may have heard that Michael Moore is in trouble for going to Cuba without the proper paperwork to film a "documentary" about how great the Cuban healthcare system is (because we all know that when people get really sick they skip places like Sloan Kettering and the Mayo Clinic in the US to go to Cuba). You may have also seen Fred Thompson's video response to Michael Moore too.

This situation made me think of a post I read from a couple of years ago. Especially this part:

The hideously depressing thing is that Cuba under Battista--Cuba in 1957--was a developed country. Cuba in 1957 had lower infant mortality than France, Belgium, West Germany, Israel, Japan, Austria, Italy, Spain, and Portugal. Cuba in 1957 had doctors and nurses: as many doctors and nurses per capita as the Netherlands, and more than Britain or Finland. Cuba in 1957 had as many vehicles per capita as Uruguay, Italy, or Portugal. Cuba in 1957 had 45 TVs per 1000 people--fifth highest in the world. Cuba today has fewer telephones per capita than it had TVs in 1957.

Castro's government will allow Michael Moore to visit and make a "documentary" (is calling it propaganda too strong?) but they won't allow in the International Red Cross to visit the imprisoned journalists. What does that tell you? And what does that tell you about Michael Moore?