But that’s about all it’ll get you. [Via The Consumerist]
Megacorporations are lying, thieving bastards. They always were, but they aren’t even bothering to pretend they’re not any more.
Internet
Interesting If True
Which of course it may not be, they’ve been wrong before. But then again it might.
Daily Kos: Breaking:Alleged Palin Affair w/ Husband’s Bus. Partner
Update & ObDisclaimer: as one of the commenters to this post points out this may be false flag strategy by the McCain campaign:
Promote the most outlandish stories.
Debunk them.
Obtain symparthy [sic] for Palin.
No one believes the true stuff.
He or she has a very good point: however I’m not sure that McCain’s people are that disciplined at this point. If true, that might really put the wind up the fundies; on the other hand they’ve shown their IOKIYAR reserves are just about inexhaustible. Whatever the outcome, you can tell I’m getting more than a little obsessed.
Update II
Curiouser and curiouser – one of the Right’s own organs, the NRO has taken up the story – is there an organised attempt to sink her from within the party?
Google Maps, Reassuring A Nation.
The best places to hide in Sacramento during a zombie attack.
Always nice to know.
Pandagon
Who the hell chose their new layout? That’s one seriously ugly site. I can’t believe somebody seriously thought two columns of blogroll plus ad and *then* the main content, squeezed up all the way to the right was a good idea.
Crooked Timber has the same problem, only there the two filler columns are on the right.
It’s Getting Hot Over There
Gasmap is a service that maps the US petrol price nationwide and maps it in terms of heat. As you can see, California is boiling.
This does not bode well. But hey, at least the site proves there’s still new niche markets to exploit, even in a recession and inflationary spiral.
Sarcasm aside, it is a very informative site. A comprehensive view of how the rest of the country is doing can only be useful for consumers, if only for the schadenfreude for heartlanders of seeing how much those up-themselves west and east-coasters have to pay.
However I fail to see the utility of being able to see where gas is cheap, if you have to use the expensive gas to go get the cheap gas.