(Supposedly) deep thoughts I’m having
Boing Boing has a great blurb on using the absentee ballot as a way of avoiding the flaw-riddled fiasco that masquerades as electronic voting in far too many American jurisdictions. Is it possible that we could have a system of collecting votes that is based on the laughable principle of …
In response to my friends at Reasonable Nuts: What I don’t understand is how anyone can claim this is some kind of unsung victory. The budget deficit is just the amount that the government overspent this year. The fact that it fell does not mean we are somehow magically paying …
The typically erudite and well-informed Captain’s Quarters has the latest on what looks to be a terrible atrocity in Haditha. That numerous Pentagon sources are leaking the story could be a terrible indication of what is to come. The backlash could be reminiscent of those from My Lai.
This from Massachusetts, left-leaning stronghold of the USA? What happened to freedom of expression, to lawful and peaceful protest? I know I’m late to this particular piece of news, that’s nothing new. I’m kind of like that “inside Hollywood” reporter from The Onion in that way. But this really got …
I heard this word today on the news and actually want no part of it. But the rest of the report was interesting in that it said that Iraqis are investing in real estate (as opposed to gold), and that refugees are returning, overall, in droves, which hardly seem like …
Fortunately my fears about an internationally-managed Internet (UN management, anyone?) did not come to pass. Which means sanity will prevail in the small areas in which it is in fact present on the Internet already.
My Internet in the hands of the UN? I guess this means when someone poisons DNS they will send a sharply-worded letter, or maybe Hans Blix will come inspect the offender’s UNIX servers.
Ed Klein is best known for his years as an editor at the New York Times Magazine, but his new book on Hillary Clinton rarely rises above tabloid journalism. Klein has been largely shunned by MSM outlets, which has caused him to cry “wolf” and some other folks to at …
I contacted my friends who live and work around downtown London this morning and they and their loved ones are, fortunately, all in good health. I want to post here the comments of Prime Minister Blair: It’s important… that those engaged in terrorism realize that our determination to defend our …
And in an age where computers roam the Internet automtically archiving your thoughts, and invariably it becomes easier to authenticate them, be careful what you post.