Miscellany (amusing things not fitting above, or below): Are Scientists Always Smart? [*13] -- In my experience of 18 years working at a university, some scientists are just brilliant, some are pretty darn smart, and some are basically idiot-savants--deeply knowledgeable in a small area of knowledge but utterly clueless in many--possibly most--other things encountered by humans in life. As usual, the really brilliant ones are rare, and the idiot-savants are the vast majority. For some reason, the idiot-savants usually carry themselves as smarter than the rest of us (insisting on being called "Doctor" and the like, while the brilliant ones are usually fairly humble and generally a lot of fun to be around--at least that was my experience in the ivory tower. Crooks libraries getting renovation -- Just because the headline amuses me (Crooks is a little town outside Sioux Falls, SD . . .) Jungle Trader [*14] -- Where some of the most amusing articles (animals/weirdness) come from . . . the war against plain [*15] -- Japanese rice cookers. Real oatmeal. Real grits.
(You know this is humor, right? Humor? Rats! Rats! Rats! Hundreds! Thousands! MILLIONS of them!)
A Bad Hairball Day For Sissypuss? [*30]
The reality of Washington Democrats (and Independents, and Socialists) as blithering idiots: Some House Dems wonder whether Obama wants them to lose [*31] -- Since Obama's default argument is "Those evil Republicans . . . who evilly refuse to come to the table of bi-partisanship to be harangued, lectured, and insulted by ME, the Speaker of All Truth!" yes, in a sense, it would be easier for him if Democrats did not control Congress . . .
Health care "reform" aka health insurance "reform" -- or should that be health care "change?" Perhaps "Global healthing?: What's worse than health care overhaul? No changes[*46] -- Propaganda piece from the Associated Press. Actually, socialism is worse than doing nothing. Much, much worse. Social Security is socialism. We can't afford that. Medicare is socialism. We can't afford that, either. Why would any rational human being think we can afford Medicare On Steroids?
Socialism? IT'S A TRAP!!!
Foreign affairs and National Security (Will blithering idiots get us all killed, or make us all speak Spanish--or Chinese--or Arabic--or all three?): Flying laser zaps missile in first for U.S. [*51] -- Frickin' "la-sers!"
The Morning Whip is a (mostly) daily review of what's out there that caught my attention, sometimes but not always posted before 11 am Central time in the U. S. of A., unless I just don't feel like it that day, am out doing something more important or more fun, or I've been abducted, detained, arrested, or otherwise flummoxed by the agents of blithering idiotry.
I surf the Web, so you don't have to! (which would be a trademark, but come on, who am I kidding?)