"Do you know how to make God laugh? You tell him your plans." Hari Sheldon – Foudation's Fear
Posted in Blog Post on Jun 30th, 2009
The Unreal Universe A Book on Physics and Philosophy “For thinking laymen.” Health care is not a bowl of cherries – Paul Krugman Blog – NYTimes.com. Krugman notes that Kenneth Arrow pointed out 45 years ago that competitive markets don’t work in health insurance market. I read and quoted Arrow in a paper I wrote [...]
Posted in Blog Post on Jun 30th, 2009
The Unreal Universe A Book on Physics and Philosophy “For thinking laymen.” Court Rules Franken Has Won Senate Seat – The Caucus Blog – NYTimes.com. Well OK then, can we finally move on now? Oh right not while there’s still wankers who want to mount challenges to the vote for no other reason than to [...]
Posted in Blog Post on Jun 28th, 2009
The Unreal Universe A Book on Physics and Philosophy “For thinking laymen.” The Daily Dish | By Andrew Sullivan. Andrew is pissed and cynical about the Waxman climate change bill and the federal government in general: Watching how this government can do nothing to reform healthcare, nothing to end the wars and occupations that drain [...]
Posted in Blog Post on Jun 27th, 2009
I’ve had a chance to spend a week with the new iPhone. Favorite new features: Landscape mode available in many more places Automatic login screen for encrypted wi-fi Speedier!! Upgraded CPU from 400 to 600 mhz Oleophobic screen coating (fewer greasy fingerprints) Brighter screen Louder external speaker Better (but not perfect) Bluetooth profiles Retained the [...]
Posted in Blog Post on Jun 25th, 2009
It fills me with sadness. I have conflicted feelings about Michael Jackson. He was a victim of his own family’s greed and a target for opportunists. He may well have been a serial child molester. I don’t know if he was or not. I am certain he was a truly one of a kind talent [...]
Posted in Blog Post on Jun 23rd, 2009
How exactly is justice served by not allowing existing evidence to be tested? The DNA testing is not expensive and the defendant has offered to pay the cost. Why not let him? Why exactly would Alaska oppose it in the first place? If it’s not his DNA, then justice is served by allowing him to [...]
Posted in Blog Post on Jun 22nd, 2009
Neda shot by the Basiji police – Iranian Riots and Protests The death of an innocent galvanizes protesters in Iran and across the globe. A man and his teen daughter are watching, but not participating in the protests, when an unseen sniper hits her in the upper chest. It’s hard to watch. She literally bleeds [...]
Posted in Blog Post on Jun 22nd, 2009
AMERICAblog News| A great nation deserves the truth: With poll numbers like this, why are Democrats caving?. Good Question indeed, with 72% supporting a public plan why are democrats running from it as if their lives depended on being as far away as possible? Hmmmm, maybe it has something to do with the money people [...]
Posted in Blog Post on Jun 16th, 2009
Economist’s View: “Russian Flat Tax Myth and Fact”. If facts do matter then here’s a study that says the productivity gains claimed by supply-side economics fans are small. Mark Thoma notes: The lack of a significant productivity response undercuts the main supply-side argument that cuts in taxes produce increased growth in output that generates a [...]
Posted in Blog Post on Jun 16th, 2009
Sadly, No » It’s Got A Good Beat And You Can Dance To It. Enjoy “God Hates the World” sang to the music of “We Are the World” by America’s sickest “church”. Sadly it’s not a parody, it’s normal fare for the Westboro Baptist Church.
Posted in Blog Post on Jun 10th, 2009
via HOW FOX NEWS OPENED AMERICA – New York Post. Favorite right wing warmonger Chuckie C, much like the man he’d most like to publicly fellate quoted above, drops this little nugget of truth: “What Fox did is not just create a venue for alternative opinion. It created an alternate reality.” The sad days of [...]
Posted in Blog Post on Jun 10th, 2009
Lieberman vs. Lieberman | Media Matters Action Network. Opposing funding the troops is only bad if your enemies do it, otherwise it’s a bold expression of patriotism!
Posted in Blog Post on Jun 10th, 2009
via How civilized, law-abiding countries imprison terrorists – Glenn Greenwald – Salon.com. Glenn points out that recently Turkey and Germany both managed to use actual legal means to prosecute and imprison terrorists: While the U.S. continues to debate whether it must imprison accused terrorists without charges or trial — and now even refuses to say whether [...]
Posted in Blog Post on Jun 10th, 2009
via Lawyers plan class-action to reclaim “$100M+” RIAA “stole” – Ars Technica. Not content simply to defend Jammie Thomas-Rasset in her high-profile retrial next week in Minnesota, lawyer Kiwi Camara is joining forces with Harvard Law professor Charles Nesson to file a class-action lawsuit against the recording industry later this summer. The goal is nothing [...]
Posted in Blog Post on Jun 8th, 2009
ABC News’ interview with Lakhdar Boumediene and our current policies – Glenn Greenwald – Salon.com. First of all Glenn Greenwald deserves a lot of credit for championing basic human rights for US prisoners. In this piece he recounts the plight of Boumediene: …who, while living in Bosnia working for the International Red Crescent, was arrested by [...]
Posted in Blog Post on Jun 8th, 2009
via News Analysis – State Coverage Model No Help for Uneasy Insurance Industry – NYTimes.com. Conservatives, insurers and big business complain about a public option where people but into a a Medicare like option has problems: But critics argue that with low administrative costs and no need to produce profits, a public plan will start [...]
Posted in Blog Post on Jun 3rd, 2009
Posted in Blog Post on Jun 2nd, 2009
Florida ranks 48th in state GDP growth. In case anyone around here didn’t know, Florida has really been hard hit by the recession. Only Alaska and Delaware fared worse last year.
Posted in Blog Post on Jun 2nd, 2009
Security Fix – Microsoft Update Quietly Installs Firefox Extension. I didn’t really need another reason. I already had plenty, but nevertheless the boys from Redmond provide another reason to loathe them and their products. During an update to the .NET framework MS quietly installs a Firefox extension that allows websites to install software on your [...]
Posted in Blog Post on Jun 2nd, 2009
Back to Business – Banks Dig In to Resist New Limits on Derivatives – Series – NYTimes.com. The looming fight over regulation is the beginning of a broader debate over the future of the financial industry. At the center of the argument: What is the right amount of regulation? Those who favor more regulation say [...]
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