Feb 28, 2008
Jon took me to task for drawing distinctions between Right and Left with respect to energy policy and its role in inflation.Core inflation -- which measures CPI excluding energy and food, both of whic...
Feb 28, 2008
I don't normally take these things public, but this one deserves it. I just got the following note:---- Original Message -----From: amerigobardSubject: Re: Re: Reply To Your CommentSent: Feb 27, 2008 ...
Feb 27, 2008
Here's a summary...House GOP leaders have instituted a moratorium on earmarks -- pork barrel spending -- tucked into legislation and asked their Democrat colleagues to join them. The Democrat leadersh...
Feb 26, 2008
Americans United for Separation of Church and State yesterday urged several federal agencies to refuse to distribute earmarks to religious groups that will use the money for programs that appear to vi...
Feb 25, 2008
I've defended Barack Obama here and at the other site from racist attacks and insinuations about his family, patriotism, and religion. I won't get into that again, except the attacks continue to come ...
Feb 24, 2008
I love this time of year. I also love some KDE's little applets. Here's my clock and kweather (the airport is a couple degrees cooler than I am here in the city) in my KDE panel (or kicker)....
Feb 23, 2008
Officials in Saudi Arabia are investigating 57 young men for flirtatious behavior.Their crimes? Dressing provocatively. Listening to loud music. Dancing. Impressing girls.They were arrested following ...
Feb 21, 2008
I don't know what to say about this except Kirk Watson is our former mayor and current state senator (he's been active in Democrat circles for a long time). Is Watson an empty suit or is the real prob...
Feb 21, 2008
The debris of the errant satellite is beginning to re-enter the atmosphere and burn up. Here's a photo of fragments in a photo. (I think that gallery is for an astronomer in Hawaii.)Video of the explo...
Feb 21, 2008
Our weapons technology rocks. Marine Gen. James Cartwright, vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, told a Pentagon press conference Thursday that he couldn't rule out that hazardous material woul...
Feb 20, 2008
Someone has made the move from that other blog site to here and brought his hatred and intolerance with him. ("Edjamacator"? Who knows, it's certainly one of those from the extra chromosome crowd.)He ...
Feb 19, 2008
Shit, I need to try harder.The Dante's Inferno Test has banished you to the Fifth Level of Hell!Here is how you matched up against all the levels:LevelScorePurgatory (Repenting Believers)Very LowLevel...
Feb 19, 2008
Science education took a hit from religionists in Florida today when the Florida State Board of Education decreed today that evolution must be taught as "a theory rather than a settled fact." Science ...
Feb 19, 2008
I'm only posting the image I put together, not the body of the post that went with it. New text for this.This was one of the funnier moments at that other site for me because it was a broader message ...
Feb 18, 2008
I think this is retarded. Not their choice, just the way they handle this stuff.I think it's lovely they finally removed milk carton boy. Now he can get back to work. Or hire someone able to fix the m...
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