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Everything about BHO leans left
7 November 2008All you guys hoping BHO would govern from the center
6 November 2008Need to read change.gov.
From service:
Require 100 Hours of Service in College: Obama and Biden will establish a new American Opportunity Tax Credit that is worth $4,000 a year in exchange for 100 hours of public service a year.
From urban policy:
Address Gun Violence in Cities: As president, Barack Obama would repeal the Tiahrt Amendment, which restricts the ability of local law enforcement to access important gun trace information, and give police officers across the nation the tools they need to solve gun crimes and fight the illegal arms trade. Obama and Biden also favor commonsense measures that respect the Second Amendment rights of gun owners, while keeping guns away from children and from criminals who shouldn’t have them. They support closing the gun show loophole and making guns in this country childproof. They also support making the expired federal Assault Weapons Ban permanent, as such weapons belong on foreign battlefields and not on our streets.
Plenty more; just click around.
Dear Lazyweb
3 November 2008I’m looking for a movie that was heavily excerpted on the Comedy Channel (when it was a clip channel; Night After Night starring Allan Havey was a staple). The one scene I recall most was someone that looked like Anthony Michael Hall sitting at a desk; his position was to take insane complaints.
That’s the end of the concrete recall; I associate the CEO dying and the former complaint-taker somehow worming his way in as a replacement (à la Weekend at Bernie’s). I also had this movie confused with Network and Broadcast News; based on the air dates of Comedy Channel (1989-1991), I think they’re both eliminated.
So, crazy complaint desk scene, probably already on video by 1990. Thanks.
You know why I love reading Sharp as a Marble?
29 October 2008It reminds me of what I blogged about half a day before.
Snap!
$1000 looks like this
23 October 2008
Driver’s side rear half-shaft, originally uploaded by Ry Jones.
Well, that includes doing the front brakes, too. Replacing this axle was half of the total.
Ouch.
18 October 2008If you’re going to get a compass as a design element of your house, make sure your subcontractors know which way is north. Best part? Poured concrete, baby.
Microsoft Giving Campaign
16 October 2008
Microsoft Giving Campaign, originally uploaded by Ry Jones.
I quadrupled my impact by giving to American Snipers.
Incomplete information to make a judgment
7 October 200818 CHIEF JUSTICE ROBERTS: I don’t know what
19 the situation is like in Dale County. They probably
20 don’t have the latest version of WordPerfect, or
21 whatever it is. They are probably making do with
22 whatever they can under their budget and doing the best
23 they can.
There are several ways to read this statement.
- Roberts doesn’t know that WordPerfect isn’t used any more. This means Roberts has been out of touch for 20+ years with the development of technology.
- Roberts is a geek, and knows that WordPerfect isn’t used any more; by saying Dale County doesn’t have the latest version, he’s saying that they’re just a level above banging rocks together to manage warrants. This means Roberts is an alpha-geek, inserting /.-level slams on other people into random chatter at the Supreme Court.
- WordPerfect is far more prevalent in the legal world that I was previously aware.
I don’t know which of the three is more frightening.
From Herring v United States (pdf), via Orin Kerr
Name that bailout
2 October 2008Following a pattern it had set in earlier bailouts of smaller banks, the government set up a holding company, which it financed together with the central bank. This company acquired all the corporate shares held in the portfolios of the banks at the higher historical, not current prices. Thus, the government not only provided liquidity to the banking system, but it also absorbed part of its losses. It also became the largest shareholder in a number of firms. Many of the industrial firms thus acquired were themselves on the verge of failing and benefited not just from the rescue of their banks but also from the direct infusion of public money… The cost of the entire bailout was a staggering 10 percent of GDP — the comparable amount in the United States today would be about $1 trillion.
Sorry about that
30 September 2008If you tried to visit microsoft.com today and got a 404, that was me.
