http://blog.thorg.com/ en-us alice@thorg.com 2008-05-11T13:53:19-05:00 hourly 1 2000-01-01T12:00+00:00 http://blog.thorg.com/archives/070277.html This is not good news for the beef industry. The Bush administration wants to stop all this crazy testing for mad cow disease! They're afraid the consumer might be freaked out by too much information. Seriously. But you're not... 70277@http://blog.thorg.com/ politics 2008-05-11T13:53:19-05:00 http://blog.thorg.com/archives/070265.html While the rest of the county will be honoring maternity today (Oliver Willis is 100% pro-mother), the House Republicans just threw mothers under the bus. Can someone go check their meds? In the meantime, have a great day, everyone! Give... 70265@http://blog.thorg.com/ politics 2008-05-11T00:03:50-05:00 http://blog.thorg.com/archives/070256.html I was going to post about trains tomorrow, on Mother's Day, because my mother was one of the biggest fans of trains. She journeyed across America and back numerous times on the train, enjoyed the gorgeous ride across Canada, rode... 70256@http://blog.thorg.com/ politics 2008-05-10T15:53:17-05:00 http://blog.thorg.com/archives/070247.html Here's a bit of what's going on out there on the net this weekend! Check out the weather forecast in Crawford, TX. According to John McCain's chief spiritual advisor, John "America is Damned" Hagee, this clearly means that God hates... 70247@http://blog.thorg.com/ politics 2008-05-10T12:42:41-05:00 http://blog.thorg.com/archives/070240.html There are 6,666,666,666 of us now (via newscoma). It's going to take a lot of pizza to feed everyone.... 70240@http://blog.thorg.com/ politics 2008-05-09T23:31:47-05:00 http://blog.thorg.com/archives/070229.html Here's a little food for thought on the Friday before Mother's Day: Ahh, Mother's Day. A day to show our mothers how much we appreciate them by killing flowers, pulpifying trees, and gorging on sweets by way of the plantation.... 70229@http://blog.thorg.com/ politics 2008-05-09T14:34:52-05:00 http://blog.thorg.com/archives/070227.html Despite the barriers, relief is making it to Myanmar. If you want to help, you can contribute here: International Rescue Committee International Medical Corps Save the Children World Vision ADRA International Other U.S.-based charities UPDATE: more here.... 70227@http://blog.thorg.com/ politics 2008-05-09T13:44:11-05:00 http://blog.thorg.com/archives/070208.html Here is a human's-eye view of a cardinal to help usher in the weekend. Have a great one, folks! Swing by and give the critters on the Ark a nod and be safe!... 70208@http://blog.thorg.com/ friday creature 2008-05-09T10:20:33-05:00 http://blog.thorg.com/archives/070183.html Congressman Ron Wyden is awesome. Comcast is not.... 70183@http://blog.thorg.com/ politics 2008-05-08T12:54:56-05:00 http://blog.thorg.com/archives/070177.html State Rep. Joe McCord (R-Maryville) may get to write the laws, but he's also exempt from them, right?... 70177@http://blog.thorg.com/ politics 2008-05-08T11:30:08-05:00 http://blog.thorg.com/archives/070172.html A committee of the Senate is meeting today to discuss health care in America. Elizabeth Edwards, who is living with cancer, is speaking before that group right now. I'm not sure what the point of the hearing is, since the... 70172@http://blog.thorg.com/ politics 2008-05-08T10:00:53-05:00 http://blog.thorg.com/archives/070136.html Blu-ray may have won the format war when it knocked HD-DVD off the market earlier this year, but it was still just boring tech news until this week when Neil Young made it cool.... 70136@http://blog.thorg.com/ random tidbits 2008-05-07T14:57:22-05:00 http://blog.thorg.com/archives/070126.html Nerve.com has compiled a list -- with accompanying video clips -- of the 50 Greatest Commercial Parodies. There's some great stuff on this list, which is, rightfully, dominated by the efforts of the SNL cast over the years.... 70126@http://blog.thorg.com/ random tidbits 2008-05-07T10:12:43-05:00 http://blog.thorg.com/archives/070124.html Wordless Wednesday... 70124@http://blog.thorg.com/ wordless wednesday 2008-05-07T09:20:12-05:00 http://blog.thorg.com/archives/070097.html Oh, please, let this be the night that puts us all out of our misery. UPDATE: Clinton has cancelled all public events for tomorrow (except for a fundraiser tomorrow night). The results from Lake County look like they might be... 70097@http://blog.thorg.com/ politics 2008-05-06T19:01:39-05:00