August 2009
209 posts
Video: Shea-Porter has constituent arrested at... →
Dissent used to the highest form of patriotism.
“But I think that a free market can address this better than complete government...”
– meckz|net: True.
Do you really think private business has shown a propensity toward effective management, particularly in this industry? GM, that titan of private industry, went bankrupt earlier this year. All of our investment banks failed, transformed, or were purchases. The federal government...
True. →
robot-heart-politics:
armeck:
I agree with you… But I think that a free market can address this better than complete government control. I do not think that the US federal gov’t has shown a propensity toward effective management.
And I do not think that a two-payer system or the free market have shown a propensity toward providing effective health care.
And that is why I still follow you...
True. →
robot-heart-politics:
armeck:robot-heart-politics:
I hear this all the time - that we are the best in the world. I do not support a single payer system, but I DO support some type of reform. There is no reason that we aren’t the best in every category.
There are many reasons why we aren’t the best in every category. It has to do with what motivates care in our system (money, not taking care...
“Stuntin like my guitar” - A-Trak
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Need help.
Just watched “Snatch”.
What is next up? “Bull Durham” or “Goodfellas”?
Vinny: Who the fuck is this man?
Tyrone: He's a man with four fingers and briefcase, Vinny.
True. →
robot-heart-politics:
“It is, I guess, politically correct, widely believed, that to say that American health care is the best in the world. It’s not. There’s a much more complicated story there. For some kinds of care my colleague Brent James calls it rescue care. Yes, we’re the best in the world. If you need very complex cardiac surgery or very advanced chemotherapy for your cancer or some...
I feel so stupid.
I finally got sick of my lowest tier internet service I was subscribed to (1.5 down!).
So I called my cable company and said bump me up to the mid level, I’m feeling like a big spender! Learned that to increase my throughput to almost 10x the current speed was going to cost me a whopping $5 extra a month. I wish I had known sooner.
WatchSnow Leopard Reviews: Speed Boosts and Subtle Improvements (for Cheap) | Smarterware
Wow, that is really a speed improvement. Hell yes, I’d pay (did pay) $30 for that.
TechVirtuoso » Enterprise technology for and by... →
This is a new tech news site founded by some friends of mine. Most are Neowin.net news and developer expats, so they have the experience to do this right. I recomend adding them to your daily read.
Some Surprised By 'Clunker' Tax →
Damn that’s pretty underhanded.
“One of his favorite topics of humor was indeed Chappaquiddick itself”
– Hot Air » Blog Archive » “One of his favorite topics of humor was indeed Chappaquiddick itself”
Sheehan returns to rebuke Obama →
At least she is consistent.
Charlie Rangel's Wealth Jumps After Disclosure →
How do you “forget” to disclose half a million dollars?
You are either:
An incompetent, demented idiot.
A crook.
Either way, he should be put to the curb.
True Blood rocks.
The show is pure brilliance. Lots of Twilight love story stuff for the ladies and plenty of T&A for the guys.
Another Sign of the End Times: Health Insurance... →
Start Your Christmas Shopping In August At This... →
Actually, shopping early and year ‘round is a pretty smart idea.
Mac Genius Reports Child Porn On Customer's... →
I think guys like this actually want to get caught.
Ted Kennedy Dead at 77, Mary Jo Kopechne still...
Why I don't care about Ted Kennedy
I just have a hard time saying, “He was a great man, well, except for that one little thing a long time ago where he was drunk, drove off a bridge, left a woman to drown, called his “handlers”, did damage control first, then contacted the police 8-10 hours later. Other than that one tiny blemish, what a great guy!”
Lessons in humanity
mikesova:
hereblog:
Clerk: “Can I help you, sir?”
Customer: “A packet of 20 Marlboro Lights, please.”
(Clerk hands him the cigarettes.)
Customer: “Wait, I don’t want these ones.
Clerk: “Why? They’re Marlboro Lights. Did you change your mind?”
Customer: “No, I don’t want ones with this health warning about cigarettes causing impotency.”
Clerk: “Ok. Do you want ’smoking harms those around...
“In a Senate of Harry Reids who can barely remember what they stand for from one...”
– May the Road Rise Up to Meet You (via AZspot)
This whole post is worth reading. On a day of glowing (and deserved) tributes to a somewhat unlikely elder statesman, I still can’t forget that Ted Kennedy had some failures. When an obituary proclaims the valor of the Lion of the Senate, I hear a small...
Conservatives have always had much to disagree...
complicatedshoes:
but that’s all water under the bridge.
Zing!
Every Critic a Racist - John Stossel's Take →
It was Obama’s supporters who hinted, teased, promised, and prophesied that Obama would help America “transcend race.” But now, it is they who shrink from their own promised land…
From Day 1, Obama’s supporters have tirelessly cultivated the idea that anything inconvenient for the first black president just might be terribly, terribly racist.
How to Live a Better Life with Less →
I deleted my Twitter account after reading this. Had to start somewhere…
Motorola holding Android event on September 10,... →
Hopefully there will be some AT&T bound phones.
Eating the last one.
squashed:
Nobody wants to eat the final donut at the office, the roll at the restaraunt, or the last mini-quiche on a platter. Perhaps somebody else wants it more than they do. Perhaps it would look piggish to take that last bit. So it sits there, all alone until somebody less socially graceful grabs it and devours it. That person is me.
Somebody has to do it. So there’s one scrap left, no more...
Ten Politically Incorrect Truths About Human... →
indefensible:
From the article:
Abuse, intimidation, and degradation are all part of men’s repertoire of tactics employed in competitive situations. In other words, men are not treating women differently from men—the definition of discrimination, under which sexual harassment legally falls—but the opposite: Men harass women precisely because they are not discriminating between men and women.
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U.S. Says Rendition to Continue, but With More... →
Meet the new boss, same as the old boss?