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While I am not a fan of Mitt, he’s head and shoulders above Mr. Exorcism and Ms. Not-Ready-For-Prime-Time.Romney picked as 2012 GOP front-runner – CNN.com

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Apple – Movie Trailers – Big Man Japan
A middle-aged slacker living in a rundown, graffiti-ridden slum, Daisato’s job involves being shocked by bolts of electricity that transform him into a stocky, stick-wielding giant several stories high who is entrusted with defending Japan from a host of bizarre monsters. But while his predecessors were national heroes, [...]

And another tool I use a lot.
I often get asked to export all the (relatively small) tables in a schema into worksheets in an excel workbook, one per tab.
Usually, theres a back and forth first with me trying to explain how this probably won’t mean much, the user
not understanding, me explaining, the user either not [...]

Just a little geek moment here.
For my job, I do a lot of dataloads. Its actually kind of annoying because ctl files are kind of annoying.
ANYHOO, I got tired of writing the things and the typos and such, so I made a little VBA app in Excel.
The code assumes that the column names are [...]

Dear Rick, your kids shouldn’t be nervous to go to school because of a statement which was obviously not a threat UNLESS you take just a few words of it out of context.Your kids should be nervous because you called their friend’s parents losers who deserve what they get.
Think Progress » Santelli Claims The White [...]

Now, if you read the list here, there are things in it that I can see as valid points of disagreement.  But this…well, I’ll say this for these guys, they really do know how to sum up the insanity, fear, and hatred or the rightwing conservative movement.  Again, in just one line, the get at [...]

Americans Pick Obama as Personal Hero; Jesus Comes Second| Christianpost.com
Respondents gave multiple reasons for their choice of heroes, including: doing what’s right regardless of personal consequences (89 percent); not giving up until the goal is accomplished (83 percent); doing more than what other people expect of them (82 percent); overcoming adversity (81 percent); and staying [...]

xkcd – A Webcomic – TED Talk

Here we have the social conservative viewpoint in a nutshell. There’s really nothing else that needs to be said.
Intellectual Conservative Politics and Philosophy

In arguing that you be convicted in the court of public opinion of supporting tyranny, let me present the evidence. You said:

American constitutional practice has generally been to [...]

A fetus has a right to life, but that right doesn’t ban abortion?
North Dakoa Close To Banning Aortion
The measure’s sponsor, Rep. Dan Ruby, R-Minot, said the legislation did not automatically ban abortion. Ruby has introduced bills in previous sessions of the Legislature to prohibit abortion in North Dakota.
“This language is not as aggressive as [...]