It's Spring, Time For A Familiar Rant
The ducks have returned, the cat has stopped laying on my lap, and baseball is back.
Have I mentioned that I hate the NY Yankees? Yes. I know I have. But it's sort of a tradition on Dimland Radio. Besides with the MN Twins have just lost four in a row to the Evil Empire, I just couldn't help myself.
How Can You Tell Penn Jillette Is A Vegan?
I sidetracked before getting into my Pedantic Moment by voicing my concern about Penn Jillette's veganism. It has helped him lose a considerable amount of weight and, if we can take him at his word, which I do, his health is much improved.
It's just that on his excellent podcast he tends to talk about being a vegan and it gets a little tiresome. (Hmm, I should keep that in mind when it comes to mind talking about a certain greatest rock band in the world.) Well, it is his show and he can talk about whatever he wants.
A Dimland Radio Pedantic Moment: Signs At The March For Our Lives Events
I don't want mass shootings happening anywhere, I think that's pretty much a given. Despite some of the rhetoric that gets tossed around, folks such as Ted Nugent and the NRA also don't want mass shootings either.
The March For Our Lives events of a month or so ago had thousands of people throughout America marching to make their voices heard about our country needing to do something to end gun violence. Exactly what? I don't know if there is any one thing that can be done.
But! I did see a few signs that I do know how to get all pedantic about.
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| Really? Where did you try buying that poster board? |
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| Um. I'm pretty sure hunting schoolchildren is illegal. |
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| Um. I'm pretty sure Heroin is illegal. |
Those were the dumb ones. This next one is a bit more historically complicated. The 3/5 Compromise was a complicated move made in the early days of the American government. It mandated that 3/5 of the slaves be counting when determining population totals. It was a compromise that gave Southern (slave-holding) states greater representation in the Federal government, but not as much as would have been given had slaves been counted as full persons.
It was an anti-slavery move, but what would be its historical impact?
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| It's complicated. |
And the last sign, I think, is pretty damn good. Whether or not an AR-15 would fire as many rounds in the time it takes to read the sign as it indicates is beside the point. It is very effective ad copy.
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| I count 39 bullet holes and it took 5 seconds to read. There's some math to be done here. |
Three Cool Things
3) This is a very cool perspective of Devils Tower.
2) And then NASA gave us this awesome animated image of a comet that was study as part of the Rosetta mission.
1) The Foo Fighters like to pull a fan out of the crowd during live performances and have them play along with the band. They want a fan who can play guitar, at least, a little. Well, recently they got more than they bargained for when they brought "Kiss Guy" on stage.
Music heard on the show...
Dimland Radio opening theme song: 'Ram' by The Yoleus
First ad break bumpers: 'She's On It' by Beastie Boys & 'We Got The Beat' by The Go-Go's
First ad break bumpers: 'She's On It' by Beastie Boys & 'We Got The Beat' by The Go-Go's
Second ad break bumpers: 'Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic' by The Police & 'Rat Patrol' by Naked Raygun
Closing song: 'Angler's Treble Hook' by $5 Fiddle
That's it! See you next Saturday night for Dimland Radio 11 Central, midnight Eastern on www.ztalkradio.com you can also download my show from the z talk show archives page. You can email your questions and comments to drdim@dimland.com
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