Zaphod for President

From enn.com:
Wind power is breaking new records in Spain, accounting for just over 40 percent of all electricity consumed during a brief period last weekend. As heavy winds lashed Spain on Saturday evening wind parks generated 9,862 megawatts of power which translated to 40.8 percent of total consumption. Between Friday and Sunday wind power accounted […]

This morning, on Meet the Press, Ralph Nader officially announced that he is once again running for president. Of course, I respect anyone’s right to run for elected office; but come on! Let’s not forget Ralph Nader’s effects on the 2000 election. Arguably, he deprived us of one of the most environmentally progressive presidential candidates […]

This is NOT a joke. This is NOT satire. This is for REAL. Alright, NOT actual war but close enough. More to come soon.

Our buddy Karl Whitney has opened a real can of worms by pointing me over to this article on Firedoglake.

A more important point, though, that’s overlooked in all this is that Ron Paul has made a career out of transmitting extremist beliefs, particularly far-right conspiracy theories about a looming “New World Order,” into the […]

Some sad news this morning: the bird-in-a-box didn’t make it through the night. I can only hope that this bird has gone to a better place, and that such places exist.
Oh little bird, why must you break my heart? Why didn’t you try to fly away? Where did your parents go? Is there something […]

A strange thing happened today: I found a small bird doing laps in the swimming pool. On closer inspection, I realized that it was not swimming, so much as floating, but at least it had not drowned. Not knowing what else to do, I scooped the bird out of the pool, and placed him gently […]

Chris Dodd voted in favor of the Iraq War, and in favor of reauthorizing the Patriot Act. He’s another warmongering Democrat who now regrets sending our troops to die while killing Iraqi civilians. Just like Joe Biden and Hillary Clinton, Dodd saved all of his anti-Iraq rhetoric until long after he had already enabled the […]

Meet Twitch:

Twitch is my little friend, emphasis on little. She is a year-old daschund, and only weighs eight pounds. She is sleeping beside me on this Earth Day morning. I will remain in bed with her, and listen to the birds outside my window squawk at one another for awhile. Everything would be perfect […]