The title of the lecture is “From Ayn Rand to Ken Feinberg — How Quickly the Paradigm Shifts. What Should Be the Rationale for Government Participation in the Market?” We guess he will talk about how different New York would be if he could take down Wall Street and whatnot. That and/or prostitutes. [Edmond J. Safra Foundation Center for Ethics at Harvard] [Office of the Arts at Harvard]
A couple of weeks old but it doesn’t have too many views to show for, especially considering the sheer degree of awesome which is this video [Nancy Pelosi's YouTube Channel, via somebody's LJ]:
When it comes to enjoying the Olympics, George W. Bush still Leads the Free World. [Photos courtesy of China Daily and Xinhua]
And his divinely annointed successor Barack proves himself equal to the same task, of taking the right opportunities to relax. [AP/Google]
Because he needs some rest in order to PWN. [Wonkette]
And how about everything else that Bush has managed to avoid screwing up? The Newsweek cover article might be worth a read if it weren’t by Zakaria. [Newsweek]
HM the King, Barack I, will appoint The Hon. John McCain as the leader of His Majesty’s Loyal Opposition soon after the coronation, which was postponed to January next year. [CNN]
How many times have we mentioned that King Barack is The Chosen One? [YouTube]
The Ron Paul Rocket will be the first mission to really put a man on the the Moon, because the Apollo “landings” were carefully orchestrated hoaxes. [RPSSG, courtesy of Wonkette]
The IOC insults China’s intelligence by claiming that they unilaterally censored the media’s Internet access without an implicit deal condoning the restrictions. [BBC]
Speaking of China, the only reason the country is hosting the Olympics is because it has a small penis. [Newsweek]
Here, Reuters forgets to mention the standard formula for determining whether an eclipse is a good or bad omen: an unforeseen eclipse is bad—one predicted in advance is good. [Reuters]
Jesse Ventura will speak at St. Ron Paul’s counterconvention. Rockie Lynne (we confess: we’ve never heard of this guy before) will perform, and Tucker Carlson is the emcee. Where is Lyndon LaRouche? [AP/Google, Rally for the Republic]
One sacred rule of the international community is that a government must not negotiate a treaty which it cannot reasonably expect to ratify. Then it’s no surprise that the Doha round of talks collapsed, and we’re all just twiddling our thumbs waiting for the One. [IHT, AFP/Google, YouTube]
But hey, who needs Doha Round when globalization is already here? [WP]
And God sent a mighty hurricane to greet John McCain at his oil rig photo-op. [IHT, Wonkette]
China, an old and decrepit civilization, has an old and decrepit population. [WP's J. Pomfret]
They also opened a “village” to “house” and provide “services” to over 16,000 athletes. Take a hint, FEMA. [China Daily]
Chinese Muslim Communists terrorists declare a Jihad on the Olympics. Holy Hu Jintao, China. [The Sunday Times]. The Muslims are still pissed off at this:
In an apparent payback for China’s humiliating World Cup pwnage in the hands of Iraq, Iraqi athletes have been banned from the Olympics. They are accused of political interference in sports. Really? government getting its hands in sports? The ruling party picking who’s on the National Olympic Committee? China couldn’t help but be simply appalled. appalled. [CNN]
We knew John Edwards was the worldly incarnation of transcendent evil, but does he really have to be so tasteless? [National Enquirer]
In India, the Communists are defeated, and Freedom wins. [BBC]
Radovan Karadzic, the Butcher of Bosnia and later the Hobo from Serbia, is captured. Pro-western politicians win. [BBC Profile, The Guardian]
Reverend Jesse Jackson (D-Opportunism) wants to crack some nuts. Bill O’Reilly takes the time to mention how awesome Fox News really is and why it’s better than liberal satanic channels CNN and MSOlbermanNBC.
Iran’s army uses the most advanced military technology, Photoshop.
John McCain’s economic adviser says that America has become “a nation of whiners.”McCain promises to banish the freedom-hater to anti-American Belarus. Perhaps to a secret CIA prison. Hopefully.
