Industry Figure Tom Chappell

So, there we were, about 17 minutes through tonight’s episode of The Big Bang Theory, and suddenly, the closed captioning diverted radically from what the characters were actually saying.
Closed captions: [...going along normally, matching the acting, and suddenly:]
“…but if you think about it, it kind of makes sense, because her mouth is on her face, [...]

Industry Figure Bruce Lieberman sent me this link, and I have to say, I totally did not expect what happened half-way through:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=42E2fAWM6rA
It’s a Groundhog Day’s surprise!

I especially liked this part:
…Indeed, one of the great social benefits of the Madoff scandal may be to finally reveal the S.E.C. for what it has become.
Created to protect investors from financial predators, the commission has somehow evolved into a mechanism for protecting financial predators with political clout from investors. (The task it has performed [...]

A fire broke out today about a mile from the office where Industry Figure Larry Helmerich and I work in Calabasas, California.
We first noticed it was “a little smoky” around 1:00pm, and within 15 minutes, it looked like this, with the whole ridge on its way up to Smoky Town (this photo taken as we [...]

Seen on reddit:

Comments:
“This is precisely the sort of thing that’ll reduce readiness when a REAL zombie attack occurs!”
–pavel_lishin
“I know it’s supposed to be funny, but it’s only a matter of time, people!”
–TheColonel
“You know what’s scary? I’m not entirely sure what I would do if I would be driving home and saw that sign. I’ve been [...]

The wonderful Glen Greenwald has posted a terrific critique of Barack Obama’s defense of his abject cave on the FISA extension bill, featuring telecom immunity, after previously promising to veto it.
(”Freaking spineless Democrats!” — oh, uh… ok, all better now)
Obama says he will vote to remove immunity from the bill but knows full well that [...]

A US House of Representatives Resolution effectively requiring a naval blockade on Iran seems fast tracked for passage, gaining co-sponsors at a remarkable speed, but experts say the measures called for in the resolutions amount to an act of war.
H.CON.RES 362 calls on the president to stop all shipments of refined petroleum products from reaching [...]

“North Korea? Didn’t We Just Settle Things With Them?”
I don’t think so: the White House has issued an emergency order, extending hostilities, which hasn’t gotten even a peep of coverage in the mainstream media that I can find:
I, GEORGE W. BUSH, President of the United States of America, find that the current existence and risk [...]

Microsoft is [obviously] not going out of business any time soon, but it’s gotten to be just too much of a hassle for them to continue to support their PlaysForSure Digital Rights Management scheme that they pushed on device manufacturers and customers for years, before deciding that it wasn’t good enough for their own Zune. [...]

“Man, I will never get tired of hearing that.” –Athelind Stormdancer
35 Counts of Impeachment, filed by Congressman Dennis Kucinich (D-Ohio), on this day.