Day: August 22, 2008

Dollar Bill

Earlier this week the Daily Howler suggested, just maybe, Obama’s VP choice was three-term U.S. senator, NY Knicks star, Rhodes scholar and Princeton All-American Bill Bradley.

The more I think about it, the better and more plausible it seems.

What sport does Obama play? Where did Michelle Obama (and Michelle’s brother) go to college? Bradley is originally from a swing state, Missouri. He’s mature (65 last month), but not old. Bradley even has an Olympic gold medal (basketball, 1964).

And Bradley endorsed Obama last January, when it mattered.

Update: Or not.

NBC sucks

Once again NBC shafts half the nation by tape-delaying the USA-Argentina basketball game.

It’s live, but only in the eastern time zone.

Best line of the day, so far

At FunctionalAmbivalent, Tom feels he could do a “viciously satirical blog” just with comments from Squidley (who used to lurk around these parts too).

Here is Tom’s example of Squidley’s insight:

“Many Americans feel, for reasons that have nothing to do with racism™, that a black man is an inappropriate choice for POTUS.”

That’s rank

US News and World Report has published its 2009 college rankings. Harvard is at the top. The highest ranked public university is Cal Berkeley at 21st; Virginia is 23rd, UCLA 25th, Michigan 26th, UNC 30th and William & Mary 32nd. California and Virginia are fine places to live.

NewMexiKen’s alma mater, The University of Arizona, is rated 96th among national universities — about the same overall then as its football team.

National universities according to USNews “offer a full range of undergraduate majors, master’s, and doctoral degrees.” Liberal Arts Colleges, such as Amherst and Swarthmore, are ranked in a separate list.

TGINSD

Not only is it Friday, but in Britain it’s also National Slackers Day.

Yes folks, Friday 22nd August is National Slackers Day, and for the sake of your health, you’re strongly advised to do whatever it takes to avoid any work whatsoever – whether it’s going into the office, doing the hoovering, going to the supermarket or even feeding the kids. It may sound harsh, but if it makes you happier and less stressed, we think you’ll agree it’ll benefit everyone in the long run.

BBC – Cambridgeshire Features

Cedar Breaks National Monument (Utah)

… was proclaimed as such 75 years ago today. This from the National Park Service:

Cedar Breaks
A huge natural amphitheater has been eroded out of the variegated Pink Cliffs (Claron Formation) near Cedar City, Utah. Millions of years of sedimentation, uplift and erosion have created a deep canyon of rock walls, fins, spires and columns, that spans some three miles, and is over 2,000 feet deep. The rim of the canyon is over 10,000 feet above sea level, and is forested with islands of Englemann spruce, subalpine fir and aspen; separated by broad meadows of brilliant summertime wild flowers.