Sunday, February 08, 2009

American corruption and Obama's challenge

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I usually discount predictions of American outrage. As near as I can tell, America has been seriously stoned for at least 8 years. On the ot...
Saturday, February 07, 2009

Krugman on the GOP's latest blow

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The deal with the GOP "centrists", per Krugman: What the centrists have wrought - Paul Krugman ...The real question now is whether...

Dyer - 5 new articles

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Five more from Dyer (apologies for formatting): The Cuban Revolution at Fifty Thieves...

AT&T sends more SMS Spam, locusts infest exec underwear

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The phone chirped notice of an incoming text message. We don't have an SMS plan, so that's unusual. Was it an urgent message from my...

The straw that broke my iPhone love

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It is a small thing, by itself. Unfortunately, it is just one more bit of nasty among so many more , and it's such a quintessential bit...
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White house blog blows a rabbit ears post

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Geez. This stuff really isn't so hard. The headline on the White House Blog post today is: " A few more months of rabbit ears ...
Friday, February 06, 2009

A shameful secret shared

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A shameful secret ... Was Kevin Costner's Waterworld an ahead-of-its-time eco-parable? - By David Zax - Slate Magazine ...  I might as w...

Natural selection and executive compensation

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Imagine a world of sterile herbivores. No predators, no reproduction. Some are better at running, some are better at calculus, and some are ...
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Thursday, February 05, 2009

Death of a hero - Anastasia Baburova, a Russian journalist

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I hope there is some comfort for this young woman's grieving friends and family in the Economist's obituary ... Anastasia Babur...
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Unsurprising - the Party of Limbaugh doesn't want a stimulus package

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This is not surprising ... Talking Points Memo | Neanderthal Party ... 36 out of 41 Republican senators who voted to scrap all spen...
Wednesday, February 04, 2009

Daschle and my pen collection

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When Emily and I were residents, we thoroughly enjoyed our drug company dinners. Great company, great food, and, even then, the knowledge of...

The Obama-era CDC reaches out on the Salmonella infested peanut butter problem

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I'm on some CDC lists, so I got this email today: CDC - Social Media Tools for Consumers and Partners - Peanut Product Recall relat...

Buy.com: Queen of the named spammers

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The Buy.com spam has been flowing in lately.  Amazing variety, amazing volumes. I'd blacklisted them a year ago , so I was a bit surpri...
Monday, February 02, 2009

Oddities of an unusual name

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Faughnan is a relatively rare name, but, more interestingly, it seems to have a relatively recent origin in County Leitrim region of Ireland...
Sunday, February 01, 2009

Dad, why do they look weird? High def Botox ...

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Once a year we assemble a pseudo-hi def TV for my 12 yo's Super Bowl event. We've improved on the old rig ; the VRC am has been repl...