Just A Thought, Jabroni

  Civilizer
I was thinking today that Barack Obama can’t keep relying on his own oratory; it can only take him so far.  It’s been great for the primary, serving to perfectly contrast himself with his dour, nasty, petty shrew of an opponent.  But once we get to the general, it’s going to be same old, same old, [...]

Barack Obama Opens A Can On Nader’s Candy Ass: Quote Of The Day

“My sense is, is that Mr. Nader is somebody who if you don’t listen and adopt all of his policies, thinks you’re not substantive.  He seems to have a pretty high opinion of his own work…I do think there’s a sense now that if somebody is not hewing to the Ralph Nader agenda then you must [...]

Middle Finger Of The Apocalpyse: Ralph Nader

I think Ralph Nader enjoys crapping all over his heretofore proud legacy as a consumer advocate.  That, and he’s really a big fan of himself.  As I’m sure you’ve all heard by now, the Green Party’s cranky old man is launching his third straight “bid” for the presidency.  I put “bid” in quotations marks because [...]

The Republicans’ Conservative Test Will Do More Harm Than Good

 Civilizer
The GOP is a perplexing party this election.  Say what you will about their legislative record during the past several years, or the family values Congressmen that like to have sex with dudes, but the GOP’s behavior as a party has been nothing if not unified and consistent.  Very rarely do you see internal policy squabbling [...]

100 Posts! I Thought This Would Hold My Interest For 12, Tops

 Civilizer
This is the 100th post on All Things In Their Place.  I swear, I never thought I would still be doing this.  The odds are stacked against any new blogger – most of them grossly overestimate the audience for poorly punctuated histrionics, political jeremiads, and One Tree Hill-style emoting.  Even for bloggers like me, who [...]

Another Latin Name That Sounds Awesome In English

Meet Eocarcharia dinops:

Which means “fierce-eyed dawn shark.”  It had “powerful limbs and 3-inch-long blade-shaped teeth, likely for disabling prey and severing body parts.” 

Steven Spielberg Shows Up The State Department And The U.N.

 Civilizer
My reaction to celebrities “taking a stand” on political issues has evolved from moderate annoyance to a shrugging indifference, but I really must applaud Steven Spielberg for the way he pantsed the Chinese government this week.  Spielberg pulled out of his role as artistic director for the Beijing Olympics scheduled for this summer over Chinese inaction [...]

They Don’t Make Marsupials Like They Used To

 Tree-Hugger Civilizer
I friggin’ love when paleontologists find the fossils of prehistoric predators.  Up until now, I’ve had two clear favorites – terror birds and the sabertooth tiger:
   
I like these guys for a lot of reasons, and mostly because they both possess the physical tools to shred me to bloody ribbons – or, as National Geographic.com [...]

Super Tuesday: Please, Please Don’t Give Us McCain-Huckabee ‘08

 Civilizer

Ok, a few points. 
1.  The story on the Republican side tonight and for most of this post-Iowa campaign has been Huckabee essentially running interference for McCain and luring away a lot of conservative voters that would otherwise go for Romney.  Huckabee, at least as of 11:15 PM EST (early, I know), is helping McCain especially [...]

The Democratic Process: A History In Pictures

We’ve gone from this:

To this:

So Happy Super Tuesday, America!  Now you can quit wondering how we get people like Tom DeLay!