I was browsing one of my daily reads and noticed something a bit odd. The proprietor of that site used to be a bit of a right winger (though I am hesitant to call him a loon, as he generally kept reasonable standards even then). In fact, he was one of the original suckers contributors in the Pajamas Media debacle experiment. So he still merits anti-Democratic Party ads. A little while ago, I spotted one that struck me as a bit odd. I didn’t really get it at first. Occasionally our brains are on to certain nuances our consciousness takes longer to parse. There was something a bit off in an anti-Obama ad. I went back and looked at it a while later. I did some manipulation in MS Paint to see if I could demonstrate the differences that I could not describe. This is what I found:

See if you notice any differences…

Basically, it comes down to this. Some Romney advertiser must have said something to the effect of, “We must make Barack Obama look slightly more… how should I say it… black, black, blackity, black in any depiction in our advertising.” And behold, we see the result.

I just saw a picture of Rob Pattison that, for some reason, made me think of John Belushi:

It’s just me, I suppose…

Yesterday, Senator Diane Feinstein (D-CA) declared that the Obama Administration has leaked classified information for its own benefit. I am sure the good Senator has met with the Justice Department and the FBI to ensure that justice is swiftly brought to the perpetrator or perpetrators. What’s that? She hasn’t? Surely Senator Feinstein knows that withholding evidence of a breach of national security is itself a crime. It would be quite odd that she should lay down her career and even her personal freedom for the sake of someone in the Obama administration. She hasn’t been particularly friendly thereto thus far.

Of course, it could be that she’s completely full of shit.

Either way, I’m sure some expensively coiffed professional news-read-aloud-person will declare that Senator Feinstein is taking a courageous stand against an out-of-control Obama “regime.”

I occasionally peruse right wing websites, but not a great amount. So I find it a little odd that the ads that show up on websites are heavily skewed in that direction. By heavily skewed, I mean about 100% of the political ads are of the following types:

1. Support of Romney
2. Criticism of Obama
3. Nutball conspiracy theories by clowns like Michelle Bachmann (R-Mars) or Sheriff Joe Arpaio (R-KKK)
4. “Join [Boehner, Ryan, or some other (R-Ayn Rand)] in defending America from that [dog whistle word or phrase meaning Negro]”

They must have a ton of money to burn. Thank you, Citizens United!

Charles Pierce at Esquire posted a screen cap of a tweet from Governor Scott Walker (R-WI):

Imagine if Noah needed help from the government to build the ark. It might have never been built.

A couple of things:

1. It was never built. Can’t you recognize a fairy tale when you hear one?
2. In the fairy tale, it was done with the direct supervision of the “government,” though in this case the government was a petulant prick named Jehovah (or Yahweh, or Yoohoo, depending on who you ask) with no redeeming qualities.
3. Said petulant prick’s tax scheme included the life of a child (before that was revealed to have been a sadistic practical joke).

Let’s play a game:

Imagine if John L. Savage needed help from the government to build the Hoover Dam. It might have never been built.

Imagine if J. Robert Oppenheimer needed help from the government to build the atomic bomb. It might have never been built.

Imagine if Neil Armstrong needed help from the government to build the Apollo 11 space vehicle. It might have never been built.

Imagine if J. C. R. Licklider needed help from the government to build the internet. It might have never been built.

All interesting facts…