“The laymen and masons that were attending the ceremony thought that
they should have some souvenir of Galileo’s body,” Paolo Galluzzi,
director of Florence’s Galileo Museum, told Reuters in an interview.

“They thought that having a piece of the man would have been a homage to
his tradition. The idea of having relics of science is very similar, is
a mirror of the relics of religion,” he said.

What a tremendous shame. One of the greatest minds that ever lived has a portion of his body on display, ogled by crowds as a carnival freakshow. While we are at it, I offer the following video to the organizers of this show as an equally classy show of behavior: chimpanzee facefucks a frog.

Biodiversity, it seems, is overrated. So is human existence, in my opinion. What a waste. Other than being a hedonist, is there any real way to get through your week without burying your head in either the blessed calm of ignorance or the burning repulsion of unending shame? Really, how do people do it? I’m beginning to understand, if not admire, addicts of all stripes. Find a place to shelve your sorrows and push everything else out of the way to get there.

I’m sorry, I don’t mean to be such a downer. But I’m just tired of all the shitty news, endless stories of powerful pricks who are fucking with the odds of the survival of human civilization, to the extent we ever really were civilized. To the extent that there are many, many, amazing people out there doing incredible things, I want them to win. I want the people on the side of love, of peace, of humor, of free will, of knowledge, of openness, of allowance, of progress to fucking win this seemingly endless shitfest power struggle that is reality at this juncture. Let it be known.

The sad part is, the YEARS of hyper intense study that he had to undergo at the prodding of an intractable mother, which culminated in scholarships to Harvard and a professorship in constitutional law at the University of Chicago (as chronicled in his first book, one I cannot recommend highly enough: “Dreams of my Father”), passes unnoticed in Sarah Palin-land.

He is eloquent because he has read more words in his life than about 1/3 of the GOP *combined*. If that is something of an exaggeration, it is not too far off the mark. Worse, not only can few in the GOP dispute that claim publicly (or risk being part of the “liberal education establishment”), they see it as an asset - their ignorance shtick (to the extent that it is a show) approximates them to their constituents, á la “rancher” Bush.

Maybe all of the above is why I get such a kick out of Tina Fey doing Sarah Palin. Awesome.

If it doesn’t load, here’s a link  (You can accelerate or slow down the image pace under “options”, in the upper right hand corner).

*edit: I didn’t realize that someone has done this superbly at www.teabonics.com. no ads, just 100% juice. nice.

NEW Pelada Trailer from Rebekah Fergusson on Vimeo.

(yes, I cannot spell “Bill Maher”. This is why comments are disabled on this blog.)