George Carlin pretty much predicts the GOP’s attempts to end Medicare:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dpcd0woY2KY

The Management apologizes in advance for spoiling whatever delicious holiday meal you have planned today, but after spending a couple of hours trying to nail down any fact whatsoever about the yfrog stuffed-undies photo, The Management can only wonder whether it’s even Weiner’s wiener.

All we can say with certainty is that late Friday night, Andrew Breitbart’s Big Government website posted a screenshot purportedly from Weiner’s Twitter-linked yfrog photo account, and showing some tighty grays stretched over a suspiciously large package:

The photo was reportedly sent to a woman on Twitter. We’ve protected her name and her account, which was at one time verified to be active but has since been deleted after the photo in question was deleted. Coincidentally, the rest of the photos in the congressman’s alleged yfrog account were also deleted around 11 p.m. eastern.

“Hacked or hung?” asked writer Publius — being very clear not to say, or even strongly imply, that Weiner himself posted the photo.

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So I ordered the Stinque water bottle (made in Switzerland!) and it’s here! And it’s quality gear! And what does it say?

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Title: “Knowing Your Value: Women, Money and Getting What You’re Worth”

Author: Mika Brzezinski

Rank: 73

Blurb: “It’s no secret that women have long been overlooked and under-compensated, and while great strides have made in recent decades, the value placed on women versus their male counterparts is still consistently unbalanced. In Knowing Your Value, bestselling author Mika Brzezinski takes an in-depth look at how women today achieve their deserved recognition and financial worth.”

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Researchers have for the first time successfully recorded sound waves emanating from a trombone.  They used a technique known as schlieren photography, which captures the refractive index of air, in order to record the shock wave.

[BBC]

Sometimes reality and journalistic convention combine to create magic:

Horse herpes outbreak forces rodeo queens to ride stick ponies

This is one of those moments.

[KSL, via Rachel]

Gil Scott-Heron, Poet And Musician, Has Died [NPR]