On the morning of January 20, 2016, I made a public post that upset some of my more liberal friends. I called out what I thought was unhelpful behavior of disavowing the incoming president, who hadn’t so much as walked in the building yet. Certainly his track record was bad, Continue Reading
Current active weather advisories in DC: Flash Flood Warning, Areal Flood Warning, Coastal Flood Warning, Coastal Flood Watch, Flash Flood Watch We’re getting a bit of rain.
Now that everyone from Fox to NPR (the full range of the rationality spectrum) has called the presidential race… I just gotta say… listening to the results tonight, it sure sounds like the Republicans got their asses handed to them across the country. They kept the House, but that’s about Continue Reading
I like this article on gentrification in DC. (“Gentrification in D.C.: How will we remember those displaced?” in the Washington Post). While ‘gentrification’ is a loaded word, the article is one of the more balanced I’ve read on the topic. It doesn’t instantly assume that the new people moving into Continue Reading
For the nations who were deeply involved in World War II, the war effort was total, with women volunteering in huge numbers alongside men and filling traditionally male positions at home, in industry, and the military. Women took both active and supporting positions in factories, government organizations, military auxiliaries, resistance Continue Reading
Stupid little buggers. I went to take pictures at the Anonymous protest, yesterday. Anonymous — if you’re unaware — is a protest movement against the Church of Scientology. The movement’s organizers cloak themselves in anonymity to “protect” themselves from the Scientologist’s well-documented harassment of any critics. So the protests are Continue Reading
I am off in about an hour and a half, to spend Christmas with my family. (Am I worried about people knowing my apartment will be vacant? No. I have the attack cat.) So I’m flying home at the last minute to be with the family. Very Norman Rockwell. You Continue Reading
Interesting proposition from Wikipedia founder J. Wales, about what could you do with $100,000,000, in terms of freeing copyrights, with a teaser of the possibility of it becoming reality: I would like to gather from the community some examples of works you would like to see made free, works that Continue Reading
I was briefly talking to someone today about what comes after we stop fighting about oil. (If all else fails, when it runs out, there’s nothing left to fight over). And I said, as I’ve thought for a while, that drinking water is the next big resource to cause conflicts. Continue Reading
Have you ever read Syrup, by Max Barry*? Pretty good book, released years ago. Focuses on a drink concept created by a man, and his attempts to maintain control of it long enough to get Coke to give him money for it. Product is named Fukk, and comes in a Continue Reading
Audrey Tautou, of Amelie fame, is going to star in the movie version of The DaVinci Code.
This a day after watching Syriana, where it was a major plot point: “China has signed an agreement with Saudi Arabia that may boost Beijing’s purchases of Saudi oil. The deal came during a visit by Saudi King Abdullah to the Chinese capital.” — Voice of America
Guatemala’s two top anti-drug officials and one police officer were arrested in the United States for attempting to smuggle cocaine, Guatemalan Interior Minister Carlos Vielmann said on Wednesday. – xinhuanet.com
Remember, remember the Fifth of November gunpowder treason and plot. I see no reason why gunpowder treason should ever be forgot.
The bill would withhold for two years all federal economic development funds from states and localities that use economic development as a rationale for property seizures. It also would bar the federal government from using eminent domain powers for economic development. – San Francisco Gate
When a high school student takes a picture of themselves giving the thumbs-down to a tacked up magazine photo of The Shrub — as part of a project on the Bill of Rights –, the photo developer turns it over to the police, who refer it to the Secret Service. Continue Reading
Uh oh… bad sign. Reports that Bush says Miers won’t withdraw herself from consideration for the U.S. Supreme Court. I give it less than a week now before she withdraws, sword in chest.
As recent as yesterday, there is speculation that Ms. Miers will withdraw her name for consideration for the Supreme Court. Today, the Shrub is predicting that she will be confired. Someone is tragically out of touch. Of course, on both sides, it really amounts to nothing more than geurilla marketing.
From an ABC news story: The draft report of the federal government’s emergency plan predicts that as many as 200 million Americans could be infected and 200,000 could die within a few months if the avian flu came to the United States. Right now, there is no vaccine to stop Continue Reading
There’s a special place in hell reserved for people who lay on the horn while commuting through a residential neighborhood.
