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Wha!

And here I was hoping we could continue discussing (as a nation) the GOP's freakout over the student speech. I had no idea that the GOP would kick the disrespect and petty dickishness up to a hilarious new level.

Calling the president a liar on TV?

During a time of war? ZOMG!

Way to demonstrate for the whole country just what a bunch of petulant little douchebags you are.

It's like Obama doesn't even have to try - the GOP has whipped itself into such a frenzy that it can't even maintain a semblance of decorum in his presence. They turn into stampy little children, all red-faced and squinty.

Obama should just walk around the Capitol with a camera crew, egging-on the GOP hotheads and lunatics. See if he can get one to take a swing at him.

Update: looks like the guy who will challenge this little pissant has raised over $160,000 on actBlue (and growing by the second) since the speech last night. Goodbye Joe Wilson.

Update 2: Joe Wilson's supporters have put up a donation page to counter the evil liberal challenger. So far, he has raised $170. Goodbye Joe Wilson.

Happy Birthday Computer Bugs!

GeekDad:

On this date in 1947, the operators of the Mark II Aiken Relay Calculator removed a moth that was blocking a relay. While the term “bug” had been in use in engineering circles for quite a while before then, this was the first known incident of an actual bug causing a computer to malfunction. The operators preserved the bug in their log, which you can see in the photo below.

"...the term “bug” had been in use in engineering circles for quite a while before then..." ?

Another myth dies.

Flags?

I found a new channel on cable last night... I forget the name; it begins with a P, I think. Whatever it's called, it seems like another MTV/VH1 spin-off, showing only live (well, pre-recorded live concerts) concerts, in hi-def. That's pretty cool. For now anyway. Since it's likely an MTV sibling, I give them 6 months before they're running repeats of shitty music-related movies, nostalgia clip shows and crappy celebrity reality shows, and have moved the actual concerts to two hours late Sunday night - the way all the MTV spin-offs have. Until that happens, though, hi-def concerts!

Last night, they were showing some of the last Glastonbury Festival. I noticed something in the crowd that seemed especially strange to me, something that would never be allowed at shows in the US: people near the front of the stage were waving huge flags on really long poles (for example). Unlike that link, there were dozens and dozens of them. Some were national flags from around the world, some looked like sports teams, some were homemade fan signs, one really long tall one said "I ♥ Sausage". And when they switched to one of the crowd-view cameras, you literally couldn't see the stage for all the flags.

Why do concert venues in the UK allow / permit this?

In America, anyone waving a flag like that for more than a couple of minutes would get his ass beat by some meathead whose girlfriend couldn't see.