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  1. NJ Woman Upset that Her Car Saved Suicide Jumpera s Life

    → Top Stories in the Blogosphere | 2 Sep 2010 | 4:43 pm MDT

    Poor Maria McCormack. It was her Dodge Charger that was crushed by an inconsiderate suicidal man who had the nerve to land on her car after leaping from a building.



  2. Oil roars into September 'like a lion'

    → Latest financial news - CNNMoney.com | 2 Sep 2010 | 3:58 pm MDT

    After ending August in a slump, oil prices surged into September, rallying nearly 3% Wednesday, and continuing to move higher Thursday following news of an oil platform explosion in the Gulf of Mexico.

  3. Quit whining, Wall Street. Nothing has changed.

    → Latest financial news - CNNMoney.com | 2 Sep 2010 | 3:34 pm MDT

    There goes Dan Loeb again, sounding off to great effect. He used to confine himself to criticizing overreaching and overcompensated CEOs, targets we could pretty much all agree on. But the prickly hedge fund manager decided to join the chorus of aggrieved financiers in his latest missive, setting his sights on today's bogeyman of choice: oppressive government.

  4. Do Not Use U.S. Taxpayer Money To Bail Out Kabul Bank

    → All articles at Technorati | 2 Sep 2010 | 3:08 pm MDT

    The Fed Chairman Wises up after the event

  5. Stocks drift higher ahead of jobs report

    → Latest financial news - CNNMoney.com | 2 Sep 2010 | 3:00 pm MDT

    Stocks pushed higher at the end of a listless session Thursday, extending gains from the previous day, as investors prepare for a critical report on the U.S. job market on Friday.

  6. Treasurys fall on good, but not great, data

    → Latest financial news - CNNMoney.com | 2 Sep 2010 | 2:26 pm MDT

    The economic outlook doesn't have to be entirely rosy for investors to shy away from the safety of Treasurys. Sometimes, all it takes is a little news that isn't completely terrible.

  7. Das Racist Go 8-Bit in New Video

    → All articles at Technorati | 2 Sep 2010 | 2:23 pm MDT

    Check out a pixelated, bikini-clad Sarah Palin in Das Racist's new 8-bit video.

  8. Early Zach Galifianakis Performance

    → All articles at Technorati | 2 Sep 2010 | 2:16 pm MDT

    Eight years ago, Zach Galifianakis was still doing the same bits we know and love today.

  9. How to Secure Your IT Infrastructure And Save Money!

    → All articles at Technorati | 2 Sep 2010 | 2:09 pm MDT

    Manage your users and train them in IT Security

  10. Watch Radiohead's Fan-Made Live in Praha Recordings

    → All articles at Technorati | 2 Sep 2010 | 2:09 pm MDT

    Live in Praha was shot by 50 Czech Radiohead fans with HD cameras.

  11. Blowing Bubbles, U.S. Treasury Bonds

    → The Market Oracle | 2 Sep 2010 | 2:03 pm MDT

    Common sense is the knack of seeing things as they are, and doing things as they ought to be done – C.E. Stowe The American media is officially obsessed with sensational terminology when describing the financial markets these days. Nothing trends, it either explodes higher or melts down. We have “flash crashes”, a “new normal” and the frightening “double dip”. We also see bubbles about to burst everywhere.

  12. Powerful Silver SLV ETF Uptrend

    → The Market Oracle | 2 Sep 2010 | 1:53 pm MDT

    The iShares Silver Trust ETF (NYSE: SLV) acts very powerfully as the price structure continues to stair-step higher within a well-defined trend channel in the aftermath of the completion of the May-Aug. bullish coil pattern. The optimal target zone for the completion of the current upleg is 19.90-20.00.

  13. Stars Whose Loved Ones Turn Into Vultures

    → All articles at Technorati | 2 Sep 2010 | 1:46 pm MDT

    What happens to stars who's parents or lovers turn on them and begin to use them?

  14. Vehicular homicide charged in May crash that killed Liverpool High School senior

    → Top Stories in the Blogosphere | 2 Sep 2010 | 1:28 pm MDT

    The driver of a vehicle involved in a crash that killed Liverpool High School senior and injured a Bridgeport woman was charged this morning with aggravated vehicular homicide, aggravated vehicular assault and driving while intoxicated.



  15. 5 things you must know about homeowners insurance

    → Latest financial news - CNNMoney.com | 2 Sep 2010 | 1:14 pm MDT

    1. Loyalty is overrated

  16. Do you sincerely want to be rich? Well, tough

    → Reflecting Light | 2 Sep 2010 | 12:54 pm MDT

    When an aristocratic Victorian paterfamilias gambled or drank away the family fortune, leaving his heirs a coat of arms and a few soup plates, the genteel expression for their plight was that they were living in reduced circumstances. If the American economy continues on its present course, most of the middle class will be living in reduced circumstances. The difference is that it will be

  17. The fading iPod Classic

    → Latest financial news - CNNMoney.com | 2 Sep 2010 | 12:41 pm MDT

    The iPod helped Apple rise from the dead in the last decade. But the iPod Classic, the device that jump-started that resurrection, didn't get so much as a mention from Steve Jobs at Apple's iPod event on Wednesday.

  18. Writer Eats a Mrs. Baird's Fruit Pie; Tweets about it from his iPad

    → All articles at Technorati | 2 Sep 2010 | 12:40 pm MDT

    Twitter has finally released an official app for ipad. The writer uses it to tweet about a delicious desert.

  19. Three Ways to Help “Do-It-All” Employees Start to Delegate

    → All articles at Technorati | 2 Sep 2010 | 12:38 pm MDT

    Delegating makes the workplace go round

  20. Four Unique and Innovative Ways Charities are Using Twitter

    → All articles at Technorati | 2 Sep 2010 | 12:35 pm MDT

    Learn how organizations are using Twitter to change the world - one tweet at a time.

  21. Cannabis Coming Soon To a TV Near You

    → All articles at Technorati | 2 Sep 2010 | 12:13 pm MDT

    Cannabis advertising on television? Whatever next?

  22. Americans in the dark about energy use

    → Latest financial news - CNNMoney.com | 2 Sep 2010 | 11:55 am MDT

    Americans aren't known for their energy-thrift ways. Maybe that's because they have little idea as to how much energy things use.

  23. Back-to-school checklist: Whiter teeth & tattoos

    → Latest financial news - CNNMoney.com | 2 Sep 2010 | 11:34 am MDT

    Shopping for back-to-school "basics" used to mean T-shirts, jeans, socks and some notebooks. This year, parents added a few other things with one item that really stands out: tattoos.

  24. Mariner Energy shares fall after platform explodes

    → Latest financial news - CNNMoney.com | 2 Sep 2010 | 11:20 am MDT

    Shares of Mariner Energy tumbled Thursday after an explosion in one of the company's production platforms in the Gulf of Mexico.

  25. Family insurance costs skyrocket 14%

    → Latest financial news - CNNMoney.com | 2 Sep 2010 | 11:17 am MDT

    American workers are taking yet another blow to their wallets this year -- a whopping 14% jump in costs to insure their families.

  26. Ferrari recalls $230,000 458 Italia supercar

    → Latest financial news - CNNMoney.com | 2 Sep 2010 | 10:06 am MDT

    Ferrari is recalling its new 458 Italia model after several vehicles were reported to have burst into flames.

  27. Second act: From software to wind energy

    → Latest financial news - CNNMoney.com | 2 Sep 2010 | 10:06 am MDT

    Jim Maguire describes himself as being ahead of his time, and he's hardly bragging. In 2002, Maguire -- who managed software projects for large companies -- was consulting in Germany when he discovered "the next big thing."

  28. How trader Dick morphed into banker CEO Dick Fuld

    → Latest financial news - CNNMoney.com | 2 Sep 2010 | 9:48 am MDT

    The rumors persisted of Lehman Brothers' being taken over again, and it was against such a background that Dick devised his pièce de résistance.

  29. Opel: The achilles heel in GM's IPO

    → Latest financial news - CNNMoney.com | 2 Sep 2010 | 9:45 am MDT

    As General Motors gets ready to take its show on the road in support of its initial public offering after Election Day, one of its biggest question marks is the future of Opel and its European division.

  30. Sheriff: Mexican Cartels Control Parts of Arizona

    → The TexasFred Blog | 2 Sep 2010 | 9:36 am MDT

    Sheriff: Mexican Cartels Control Parts of Arizona The federal government has posted signs along a major interstate highway in Arizona, more than 100 miles north of the U.S.-Mexico border, warning travelers the area is unsafe because of drug and alien smugglers, and a local sheriff says Mexican drug cartels now control some parts of the [...]

  31. Harrisburg, Pa., defaulting on its bonds

    → Latest financial news - CNNMoney.com | 2 Sep 2010 | 9:22 am MDT

    The capital city Pennsylvania is broke and will be skipping this month's multi-million dollar bond payment.

  32. Genomics in target and drug discovery.

    → Top Stories in the Blogosphere | 2 Sep 2010 | 9:09 am MDT

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  33. PlayStation3 to come loaded with Blu-ray in 3D next month

    → Top Stories in the Blogosphere | 2 Sep 2010 | 9:09 am MDT

    PlayStation3 from Sony is all set to be rolled out with 3D playback this October.



  34. What to Expect for Future Potash Prices

    → The Market Oracle | 2 Sep 2010 | 9:08 am MDT

    Tony Daltorio writes: One of the main ingredients in fertilizer, Potash helps plants resist disease, thereby improving crop yields. Now, some investors think it can revitalize their portfolios… They have some reason to, considering that demand should only rise from here.

  35. Is Asia’s Economic Rebound Sustainable?

    → The Market Oracle | 2 Sep 2010 | 9:05 am MDT

    Tony Daltorio writes: The United States is fretting about the possibility of a double-dip recession. Europe is looking for signs of the next sovereign debt default crisis. And Asia… Well, Asia has no such worries. This year, economies from the Indian subcontinent to Australia – though not Japan – will expand by 8.6%, their fastest pace in 20 years!

  36. Two Ways to Protect Your Retirement Portfolio From a Falling Stock Market

    → The Market Oracle | 2 Sep 2010 | 8:58 am MDT

    One of the oldest methods of protecting your retirement money is by spreading risk out among different stocks and sectors. While this may be a partially effective way of mitigating the risk of a major drawdown in your account, it does NOT ensure success. In fact, in a broad market sell-off, you may see several sectors moving lower at the same time, similar to what we've experienced over the past couple months.

  37. UK House Prices Fall For Second Consecutive Month

    → The Market Oracle | 2 Sep 2010 | 8:52 am MDT

    House prices fell by 0.9% in August Three month rate of change shows price stagnation over the summer Percentage of borrowers on variable rates has increased

  38. China MFG Growth Fuels Global Stock Market Bullishness...

    → The Market Oracle | 2 Sep 2010 | 8:09 am MDT

    China reports better than expected factory activity and U.S. markets follow Asian and European markets higher... Recommendation: Buy shares of DIA at a limit of $102.80. Buy shares of QQQQ at a limit of $44.76. Buy shares of SPY at a limit of $108.46.

  39. Think Small Cap Stocks When Investing International

    → The Market Oracle | 2 Sep 2010 | 8:01 am MDT

    You won’t be surprised when I say the U.S. markets are lousy right now. Can you find niches that are performing well? Sure — I often highlight these for you when I see them. But most U.S. stocks and sectors are going sideways at best. Moreover, I don’t see the situation changing in the near future.

  40. Silver About To Break Out Big!

    → The Market Oracle | 2 Sep 2010 | 7:39 am MDT

    (Excerpted from August 31st forecast to our Paying subscribers, who were alerted at $18.73 per ounce, now $19.50) Silver is one asset class I do not cover very often, but have been largely bullish on since $6 an ounce many years ago.  It can be considered “poor man’s Gold” as they say.  I believe Silver is about to stage a pretty large advance based loosely on the Elliott Wave pattern I see unfolding after a 9 odd month consolidation. (Obviously, there are also fundamental fiat currency/debt events worldwide that give it the underlying bull chart pattern). 

  41. Gold Ignored and Still Dismissed by U.S. Media

    → The Market Oracle | 2 Sep 2010 | 7:35 am MDT

    THE PRICE OF GOLD rose back above $1250 an ounce for the second time this week – and the sixth time since May – on Thursday morning in London, as government bonds ticked lower together with energy prices. Soft commodities rose, as did base metals and platinum. Silver prices touched a new 16-week high at $19.57 an ounce.

  42. Nine more thoughts about the Pakistan cricket corruption story

    → Samizdata.net | 2 Sep 2010 | 7:33 am MDT

    My original thoughts having been here. First: The Pakistani tour bosses have been saying that because there has as yet been no decision under British law to prosecute anyone, no wrongdoing has yet been proved. But the legal problem is that there has to be someone who lost a fraudulent bet, and finding such a person may be difficult, even impossible. But just because the British law may do nothing, that doesn't mean that cricket...

  43. The Tea Party movement

    → Samizdata.net | 2 Sep 2010 | 7:23 am MDT

    A pretty fair summary of what the Tea Party movement means for current US politics and the races leading up to the mid-term elections. For non-US readers who are unfamiliar with all this, the article is not a bad introduction. At least the Reuters report does not write it off as full of racist nutballs or religious bigots, and actually focuses on the anti-tax, anti-spending viewpoint of the Tea Partiers....

  44. Stock Markets Treading Water After a Big Up Day

    → The Market Oracle | 2 Sep 2010 | 6:59 am MDT

    A hump day rally sparked by strong Chinese PMI and Aussie GDP data was followed up by much better than expected US ISM and the sentiment was for sure “RISK-ON” this was also helped by WSJ article about further stimulus from Obama administration and rumours of massive $6bn asset reallocation trade out of German bunds (the bond bubble) into S&P 500 futures as it was the start of a new quarter.

  45. Militancy and the U.S. Drawdown in Afghanistan

    → The Market Oracle | 2 Sep 2010 | 6:51 am MDT

    The drawdown of U.S. forces in Iraq has served to shift attention toward Afghanistan, where the United States has been increasing its troop strength in hopes of forming conditions conducive to a political settlement. This is similar to the way it used the 2007 surge in Iraq to help reach a negotiated settlement with the Sunni insurgents that eventually set the stage for withdrawal there. As we’ve discussed elsewhere, the Taliban at this point do not feel the pressure required for them to capitulate or negotiate and therefore continue to follow their strategy of surviving and waiting for the coalition forces to depart so that they can again make a move to assume control over Afghanistan.

  46. The Surprise Threat to BP's Future

    → The Market Oracle | 2 Sep 2010 | 5:38 am MDT

    Kent Moors, Ph.D writes: In the aftermath of the biggest environmental disaster in U.S. history, the Gulf of Mexico relief-well saga continues to monopolize our attention. But here's the reality: Money problems - not the relief wells - could prove to be the undoing of BP PLC (NYSE ADR: BP). And that means the company's fate is most closely tied to its ongoing efforts to raise money by selling key assets from around the world.

  47. Gold and Silver Challenge Resistance Levels as Physical Market Remains Tight

    → The Market Oracle | 2 Sep 2010 | 5:26 am MDT

    Risk appetite increased yesterday as the first day of the new month saw equity buyers return and bond prices fall. Gold and silver prices fell marginally but remained near multi week highs and in gold's case very near the all time record high (nominally). European equity markets are a bit more tentative this morning and the pound and the dollar have come under selling pressure.

  48. Four dead, 44 missing in Yunnan landslide

    → Top Stories in the Blogosphere | 2 Sep 2010 | 5:04 am MDT

    Rescue work is under way as mudslides hit a village in southwest China's Yunnan Province late yesterday, killing four.



  49. U.S. Economic Recovery Collapses

    → The Market Oracle | 2 Sep 2010 | 4:09 am MDT

    Recent weeks have seen a collapse in US home sales, a weakening of manufacturing activity, an upward trend in jobless benefit claims and, on Friday, a downward revision of second-quarter gross domestic product growth from 2.4 percent to 1.6 percent. The latter figure is far below the rate of economic expansion needed to bring down unemployment, now at its highest levels since the Great Depression. On the contrary, the sharp slowdown in economic growth heralds a further rise in the jobless rate.

  50. Sensitive Brits Upset Over Dead Princess Lingerie Tribute

    → Top Stories in the Blogosphere | 2 Sep 2010 | 12:59 am MDT

    To tastefully honor the late Princess Diana on the anniversary of her death, a Chinese lingerie company made this ad urging you to "Feel the Romance of British Royalty." That's so thoughtful.



  51. E-mail this page

    → Top Stories in the Blogosphere | 1 Sep 2010 | 8:55 pm MDT

    NOTE: We only request your e-mail address so that the person you are forwarding the page to knows that you wanted them to see it, and that it is not junk mail.



  52. Have You Considered A 15 Year Mortgage?

    → Top Stories in the Blogosphere | 1 Sep 2010 | 8:55 pm MDT

    With 15 year interest rates in theA mid 3% range, it might be a once in a lifetime opportunity to grab that rate.



  53. 5 big-budget sci-fi films that actually got their science right

    → digg.com: Top News | 1 Sep 2010 | 7:49 pm MDT

    I always yell at the screen when a movie spaceship make a "whooshing" noise when it flies past. Such is the life of an evil-hearted nerd scientist critic of science fiction movies. Still, it's not all bad. As rare as good stuff in movies can be, maybe it's time to recognize it. I love a challenge, so let's take a look: What movies got their science right?

  54. Today In History September 1,1752;The Liberty Bell arrives in Philadelphia.

    → Top Stories in the Blogosphere | 1 Sep 2010 | 4:35 pm MDT

    The Bell arrived in Philadelphia on September 1,1752, but was not hung until March 10,1753. The old cracked Bell still proclaims Liberty, and Independence Hall echoes the words,"We the People." TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism ; News/Current Events ; US: Pennsylvania KEYWORDS: History is Fascinating! 1 posted on 09/01/2010 2:27:32 PM PDT by ...



  55. Sports Car Breaks Suicide Jumper's Fall

    → digg.com: Top News | 1 Sep 2010 | 1:45 pm MDT

    In a city with so many skyscrapers, we can understand the allure of jumping off the top of one to end it all. It's faster than pills and cheaper than buying a gun. Unless you happen to land on somebody's parked sports car. And live. And that's exactly what happened to New York resident Todd Magill, who jumped 40 floors to what probably should have been certain death, only to wind up with only a broken leg, collapsed lung and shattered ankle. Oh, and he freaking totaled Guy McCormack's 2008 red Dodge Charger (above). Well, technically it belonged to McCormack's wife. Hopefully he's not in trouble with the missus. Magill jumped off the rooftop of the West End Towers on 52nd Street, where he lived a year ago (apparently security's a little lax), and reached a drop speed of 126 miles per hour before crashing McCormack's car. He's expected to make a full recovery. Aside from the embarrassment, that is. That's probably going to stick around for a while. ...

  56. Back-In-Time 2.0

    → Top Stories in the Blogosphere | 1 Sep 2010 | 12:26 pm MDT

    Today's SuperMaX hackintosh review from Robert Mohns examines this custom-built monster of a computer that's far faster than any Mac Pro sold by Apple but which also runs Mac OS X . Robert includes performance benchmarks and hands-on experiences, along with a breakdown of hardware features, software issues and links to related information.



  57. The TexasFred Blog – Political Roundup for Sept. 1, 2010

    → The TexasFred Blog | 1 Sep 2010 | 10:52 am MDT

    The TexasFred Blog – Political Roundup for Sept. 1, 2010 ANCHORAGE — Senator Lisa Murkowski of Alaska conceded late Tuesday in her Republican primary race against Joe Miller, a lawyer from Fairbanks who was backed by Tea Party activists, Sarah Palin and other conservatives. Mr. Miller shocked the political establishment here and in Washington last [...]

  58. Interlude

    → Reflecting Light | 1 Sep 2010 | 9:23 am MDT

    Reclaiming Western civilization is hard work. Take a little break. You've earned it.I wrote about Tommy Cooper here and here.

  59. ESB confirms electricity price rise

    → Top Stories in the Blogosphere | 1 Sep 2010 | 8:11 am MDT

    It has been confrimed that electricity prices will rise at the beginning of next month.



  60. The time taken to build on Ground Zero is the real issue

    → Samizdata.net | 1 Sep 2010 | 5:32 am MDT

    I think that in the light of the recent controversy about the place possibly known as the Cordoba Center near Ground Zero, the real cause for annoyance on the part of any New Yorker, surely, is why it has taken so long to get going with any serious construction down there. This Wikipedia entry on the Empire State Building, for example, suggests that the building in Midtown was erected in a space of only a...

  61. Mobile police arrest suspect in June slaying of Zoa White

    → Top Stories in the Blogosphere | 1 Sep 2010 | 4:07 am MDT

    Mobile police late Tuesday arrested a 24-year-old man in connection with the killing of Zoa White, a 69-year-old community leader who was found dead in her home at 1906 Spring Hill Ave.



  62. Hamas Terror Attack Unmasks Fatal Weakness of Peace Talks

    → Top Stories in the Blogosphere | 31 Aug 2010 | 11:47 pm MDT

    Israeli police examine car attacked by Hamas gunmen There have been so many miscalculations going into the Israeli-Palestinian peace talks one hardly knows where to begin in portraying them.



  63. Samantha Ronson's Dog Attacks and Kills Another Dog

    → Top Stories in the Blogosphere | 31 Aug 2010 | 7:42 pm MDT

    Gossip Cop has confirmed that Samantha Ronson's bulldog, Cadillac, killed a smaller dog on Monday.



  64. Samizdata quote of the day

    → Samizdata.net | 31 Aug 2010 | 5:45 pm MDT

    A Conservative Government is an organized hypocrisy. - Benjamin Disraeli Plus ça change, plus c'est la même chose...

  65. It's wearing thin

    → Top Stories in the Blogosphere | 31 Aug 2010 | 3:28 pm MDT

    Most phasmids strive for invisibility, assuming the drab forms of twigs , leaves, stubs and stalks .



  66. Barack and Dave

    → Samizdata.net | 31 Aug 2010 | 3:24 pm MDT

    This is about Barack Obama's relationship to a charming, well-meaning but ultimately rather contemptible chap called Dave. This Dave. Another guy called Lawrence also comes into it as well. I loathe the film Dave. As entertainment it's fine. Politically it is a liberal (US sense) wish fulfillment fantasy with the sole redeeming virtue that it implicitly acknowledges that the only way they would get their way is by lies. In it a nice but dopey...

  67. Obama Refuses to Meet Gov. Perry to Discuss Border Security

    → The TexasFred Blog | 31 Aug 2010 | 12:54 pm MDT

    Obama Refuses to Meet Gov. Perry to Discuss Border Security President Barack Obama is refusing to meet Gov. Rick Perry (R.-Tx.) during his scheduled visit to Fort Bliss, Texas on Tuesday, as disclosed by the governor’s spokeswoman. The Houston Chronicle reports that, “Perry spokewoman Katherine Cessinger says the Republican governor had asked to meet with [...]

  68. Sock-Sorting Robot Is Finally a Reality

    → digg.com: Top News | 31 Aug 2010 | 10:36 am MDT

    It looks like our constant paranoia about the impending robot uprising may have been a little premature -- they've just worked out how to sort socks. A team from the University of California, Berkeley, say it's been able to program a high-tech "PR2" robot to match a pair of socks, turn them the right way and bundle them into pairs. Currently the bot, which we will call the Sockinator, takes around 15 minutes to pick up two socks from a table, identify they are a match, and bunch them together. Check out a video of the sock-pairing robot in action ... ...

  69. Hitchens post

    → Reflecting Light | 31 Aug 2010 | 8:05 am MDT

    Anybody who writes a book attacking Mother Teresa can't be all bad. I've always had a soft spot for Christopher Hitchens, despite his political and philosophical positions, because he writes like an angel sniffing glue and because he is perhaps the last of his tribe — the old school English literary eccentric.One of the first posts I wrote for Reflecting Light concerned his televised debate with

  70. Biden To Cool His Heels In Mexico For A While

    → digg.com: Top News | 31 Aug 2010 | 6:09 am MDT

    JUREZ, MEXICO"I need to steer clear of D.C. until some shit blows over," said Biden, sitting in the far corner of a Mexican cantina with his back to the wall and taking a long swig from a bottle of Tecate Light.

  71. 35 Ingenious Life Hacks

    → digg.com: Top News | 31 Aug 2010 | 6:01 am MDT

    From chilling a hot beer in three minutes to accessing free hotel porn, here are 35 killer life hacks you might actually use. Via: buzzfeed

  72. Gov. Rick Perry: Play OUR way or we won’t play!

    → The TexasFred Blog | 30 Aug 2010 | 6:35 pm MDT

    Gov. Rick Perry: Play OUR way or we won’t play! I have never been a huge fan of Texas Gov. Rick Perry. I have long believed that he is a talker and not a doer. I also believe Perry to be nothing more than a pandering RINO. That said, in my capacity with the TEA [...]

  73. O Tempora! O Mores!

    → Samizdata.net | 30 Aug 2010 | 4:16 pm MDT

    Two articles. Right next to each other on page 7 of today's Times. I hope you lot are grateful; I can no longer link to the Times so I had to type all these quotes out myself. The first article is by Ashling O'Connor and Andy Stephens and is headed "Call for action against novelty sport bets". The "action" to which it approvingly refers* is that of the government passing more laws to regulate cricket....

  74. Who'd Make the Best Fighting-Game Drinking Buddies?

    → digg.com: Top News | 30 Aug 2010 | 12:13 pm MDT

    Drinking buddies. Wing men. Boozin' brothers. We've all got them -- those guys whose entire friendship is entirely based on a shared passion for the pub. We at Asylum have given plenty of thought to drinking buddies in the past, taking the time to consider who'd make the best animal and the pro-wrestling drinking buddies. The next logical step, of course, was to compile a list of the ultimate fighting-game drinking buddies. Game: "Street Fighter II Turbo" Character: Zangief Role in the group: The lovable Russian Drink of choice: Vodka neat "Street Fighter" is full of awesome characters. Everymen Ken, Guile and Ryu are a bit dull; Blanka is liable to electrocute you; and the less said about M. Bison and Dhalsim the better. In our eyes, we'd choose between Chun-Li, E. Honda and Zangief. Well, Chun-Li isn't old enough to get into a pub and E. Honda is just too fat to sit on a bar stool. We had to go for the massive Russian. Keep reading for six more characters we'd like to do shots with. ... Game: "Tekken" Character: King Role in the group: The one with the animal head Drink of choice: Rum and Diet Coke Geeks among you will point out that King is in fact dead, and therefore won't reply to our Facebook invite to join us down at the bar. Well, this is all hypothetical, so just let us fantasize about drinking with an orphaned Mexican street fighter who becomes a monk and fights to get the cash to build an orphanage. Game: "Killer Instinct" Character: Chief Thunder Role in the group: The wise one Drink of choice: A Corona with lime? We've never met a Native American chief before, let alone a Native American chief who's fought in the "Killer Instinct" tournament, let alone a Native American chief who's fought in the "Killer Instinct" tournament and can do a reverse triplax. This was an easy decision. The thing is, would he want us to call him "Chief Thunder" all the time, or would just "Chief" be okay? Game: "Super Smash Bros." Character: Fox McCloud Role in the group: The one with military service Drink of choice: Erdinger, for some reason Fox McCloud is one of every young boy's childhood heroes, and thankfully his appearance in the fantastic "Super Smash Bros" made him eligible for our next bender. A consummate professional, Fox would make a great drinking buddy, telling his tales of intergalactic warfare. Game: "Mortal Kombat" Character: Sonya Blade Role in the group: The female friend Drink of choice: Scotch on the rocks Up to now our table is surrounded by an anthropomorphic fox, a Native American chief, a man with a leopard head and a massive Russian in a Speedo. Suffice it to say, we could use a woman's touch. That's where Sonya comes in. The original fighting-game hottie, Sonya is a special-forces agent who we reckon would be delightful company. Game: "Star Wars: Masters of Teras Karsi" Character: Chewbacca Role in the group: The hairy one Drink of choice: Chewie is a beer guy, surely OK, so "Masters of Teras Karsi" isn't exactly a classic. In fact, it was a much-maligned part of Lucasfilm's continuing merchandise onslaught, but that doesn't matter. It was a fighting game and Chewie was in it, so he's here in the pub with us. Game: "Double Dragon V: The Shadow Fall" Character: Billy Lee Role in the group: The normal(ish) guy Drink of choice: Lager We're talking about the cult-classic fighting game on the SNES. Billy seems like an average kind of guy, and every group of buddies needs a level-headed one. Who did we leave off our list? Let us know in the comments.

  75. The Great Glenn Beck-a-Palooza

    → The TexasFred Blog | 30 Aug 2010 | 6:35 am MDT

    The Great Glenn Beck-a-Palooza By Alan Caruba Not only did a lot of people show up at the Lincoln Memorial and around the reflecting pool on Saturday, the anniversary of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr’s famed “I have a dream speech”, but the mainstream media drew criticism for reporting the obvious. They were mostly white. [...]

  76. Samizdata quote of the day

    → Samizdata.net | 30 Aug 2010 | 4:48 am MDT

    Love, when legislated, becomes hate. - John B, from the comments here. (This is a SQOTDBPD, or Samizdata Quote of the Day by Popular Demand.)...

  77. Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson violated rules, steered scholarships to relatives

    → The TexasFred Blog | 29 Aug 2010 | 11:06 am MDT

    Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson violated rules, steered scholarships to relatives Longtime Dallas congresswoman Eddie Bernice Johnson has awarded thousands of dollars in college scholarships to four relatives and a top aide’s two children since 2005, using foundation funds set aside for black lawmakers’ causes. The recipients were ineligible under anti-nepotism rules of the Congressional Black [...]

  78. The endless complexity of international aid

    → Samizdata.net | 29 Aug 2010 | 10:11 am MDT

    John Hillary, Executive Director of War on Want, has written an article for - amaze me some more - the Guardian. Here it is: A myopic Tory approach to fighting global poverty Mr Hillary, I am sure, sincerely wants to fight global poverty. The trouble is that he and his colleagues in the development "community" have become a mini-class in their own right, complete with a class interest. I am forever saying that people often...

  79. Late-capitalist knickers run amok!

    → Samizdata.net | 29 Aug 2010 | 7:00 am MDT

    The problem is that hipsters are nothing like their namesake predecessors who attempted to operate outside convention with distinct agenda of cultural and social change. Nothing about the modern hipster is anti-anything. Rather, hipsters now are a manifestation of late capitalism run amok, forever feeding itself on the shininess of the Now: an impatient, forgetful mob taught to discard their products as quickly as they adopt them. They are not a cultural movement, but a...

  80. Pakistan cricketers accused of match fixing

    → Samizdata.net | 29 Aug 2010 | 5:57 am MDT

    A couple of the best players in the Pakistan cricket team, their two best bowlers, have been accused of match fixing by a British newspaper, and the story is now front page news in all of them. What they have been accused of is bowling "no balls" at pre-specified times, concerning which bets were then taken. All concerned have been at pains to insist that the "result of the match was not in any way...

  81. I guess this makes it hard to enforce a speeding ticket?

    → Samizdata.net | 28 Aug 2010 | 5:09 pm MDT

    Bucharest, Romania. August 2010....

  82. Tony Dungy On Meeting With Rex Ryan: 'That Fucking Cocksucker Is A Good Shit'

    → digg.com: Top News | 28 Aug 2010 | 10:16 am MDT

    NEW YORKAfter briefly speaking with Jets coach Rex Ryan about his excessive use of expletives during the HBO show Hard Knocks, NBC football analyst Tony Dungy admitted Monday that "the fat cocksucker is real fucking good shit." "We w...

  83. Sudanese Elephant Trying To Forget

    → digg.com: Top News | 28 Aug 2010 | 9:05 am MDT



  84. Voter Registration Fraud Uncovered

    → The TexasFred Blog | 28 Aug 2010 | 7:52 am MDT

    Voter Registration Fraud Uncovered Evidence of apparent voter registration irregularities are found in Harris County. Samples of incomplete, inaccurate, or false voter registrations were unveiled by Harris County Voter Registrar Leo Vasquez. The questionable voter registration applications, collected by a group operating under the name of Houston Votes, included voters that were already registered, applications [...]

  85. Blood Sugar Purgatory

    → Reflecting Light | 28 Aug 2010 | 7:16 am MDT

    I take the meds, three different kinds, religiously. (Add up all the different drugs various doctors have prescribed over the past 10 years, and I've been on about eight kinds at one time or another.) I've even learned to inject insulin every evening. It's no big deal, really. Not painful. Just one more tiresome task to add to the average day's other tiresome tasks. If I did the evening shot plus

  86. New Skateboard Design: The Strongest and Lightest In The Market

    → digg.com: Top News | 28 Aug 2010 | 3:22 am MDT

    The new carbon fiber skateboards from RollsRolls incorporate a new deck concept, provisioning for better riding and making them the lightest and strongestlongboardscurrently available in the market. The deck lowers the center of gravity which provides better riding and ease of movement. Each model is priced differently and the prizes range ...Continue Reading on Walyou

  87. PlayStation Controller Coffee Table For the True Gamers!

    → digg.com: Top News | 28 Aug 2010 | 3:22 am MDT

    So you have more than 10 PlayStation controllers, lots of DVDs, and 2 or more consoles but that still has not satisfied your gaming urge? Ah dont worry heres the solution to it. How about buying this PlayStation Controller Coffee Table so that whenever you get tired playing you can have ...Continue Reading on Walyou

  88. The Emmy Awards Get Social

    → digg.com: Top News | 27 Aug 2010 | 9:31 pm MDT

    The 2010 Emmy Awards are this Sunday, and NBC is using the ceremony to embrace social media in a big way.NBC is using services such as Twitter, yfrog and Ustream to bring a more real-time experience to the event. These services will also let fans and viewers interact with Emmy presenters using social media. Due to time-shift viewing and a growing number of viewing alternatives via cable or the Internet, network television ratings are in a period of decline. Award shows, which are historically considered tentpole events, havent been immune to this trend, either.In 2010, the Golden Globes were broadcast live nationwide (without the standard tape delay), and the resultant ratings boost is just one reason that the 2010 Emmys will also be airing without delay.Tweet to the HostTo play into this live for everyone angle, NBC has a special website set up for fans to send tweets to host Jimmy Fallon.Fans can send messages using the site or the #imontheemmys hashtag along with a presenters name and a comment about him or her. Fallon may use some of these tweets as part of his introductions for these presenters during the live show.NBC is also taking red carpet question requests for stars on its message boards.Live-Streamed Backstage Show With a TwistOn Sunday night, red carpet arrivals will be streamed live on NBC.com, Ustream.com, AccessHollywood.com and Emmys.com. Red carpet live streaming has become a pretty standard online affair for award shows. Whats new for the Emmys, however, is that during the show itself, a live backstage show will be streamed online via NBC.com, Emmys.com and Ustream.com.Not dissimilar to what CBS did with the Grammy Awards this year (which may have contributed to the shows higher ratings), NBC will be having a backstage show with multiple cameras that fans can view from the Internet.These locations include the producers table, control room (side note: if you ever want to see brilliance in live directing, watch this channel), the green room, makeup and the press room.We actually think this is pretty innovative, as it provides a nice compliment to the live telecast. What we really like about this approach is that this isnt just the press room, which would be the easy approach. By showing many aspects of the backstage process, fans and viewers can become more invested in the show itself.Real-Time, Red Carpet Photo SharingTwitter service yfrog will also be participating in real-time fun with the award show. Yfrog has its own page that will be bringing fans photos and videos in real time from the event.Starting today, celebrities will be posing for pictures from the yfrog Photo Booth; those images will instantly be delivered via Twitter.On Sunday, Ryan Seacrest will be streaming his red carpet pictures and videos live and showing behind-the-scenes shots of the E! crew hard at work.Yfrog is also aggregating images and videos tagged #Emmys and is offering live streams of tweets from Emmy nominees.Will This Work?NBC has a lot riding on the Emmys this year. General Electric is currently working towards closing a deal to sell NBC-Universal to Comcast, a deal that has caught the interest of the FCC and the Justice Department.The network has maintained high ratings through the summer, but Sunday night will be an important time to advertise its new and returning slate of shows. Bringing in a large audience for the Emmys could help the network get off to a solid start once the fall television season officially starts.By making the show live nationwide and tapping into social media to bring more of the experience to fans at home, NBC might just see its ratings increase.As for us, well, well be watching not just because we love award shows (we do), but because if Conan wins for Best Late Night show for the The Tonight Show, we really want to see what he says about NBC in his acceptance speech. Contractual rules be damned, we want fireworks!What do you think of the social campaign the Emmys are launching this year?More About: award shows, emmy awards, Emmys, television, twitter, ustream, yfrogFor more Entertainment coverage:Follow Mashable Entertainment on TwitterBecome a Fan on FacebookSubscribe to the Entertainment channelDownload our free apps for iPhone and iPad

  89. 18 Creative Calendar Designs

    → digg.com: Top News | 27 Aug 2010 | 9:03 pm MDT

    Whether we like to be organized or not, Calendars are rather a necessary thing that is seen every day in many different versions. Whether it is on your cellphone, wristwatch ...Continue Reading on Walyou

  90. Best Of Craigslist: Gamers Seeking Gamers

    → digg.com: Top News | 27 Aug 2010 | 3:38 pm MDT

    Hard to beat this: "I need gold for my epic flying mount. In return, you can mount me." (Disclaimer: This chicks probably dont look like this.) LINK: http://www.nerve.com

  91. 64 Percent of Young Women Would Release a Sex Tape to Get Ahead

    → digg.com: Top News | 27 Aug 2010 | 2:21 pm MDT

    Our happy hour fact to amaze your drinking buddies with. According to a survey of Generation Y users of the dating website Can Do Better, 64 percent of women would release a sex tape if it would help advance their careers. The survey found that 45 percent of women also answered that they would sleep with their professor to pass a college class. (Meanwhile, a relatively paltry 42 percent of men would pull a "Kardashian.") The amoral behavior wasn't just reserved for sex acts: 36 percent of women replied they would blackmail a co-worker or a boss to get ahead. Here's where we have to be killjoys and remind you that even though those numbers are based on a large sample set of 2,800 people, we can only be sure they are representative of members of the dating site that conducted the survey. So, for all you aspiring Ray J's out there, Can Do Better may be the place for you to find a video-ready partner. ...

  92. Ancient and modern

    → Samizdata.net | 27 Aug 2010 | 1:42 pm MDT

    Here, via the Flickr blog, is this charming photo (click on that to see it as big as you want), which combines an ancient agricultural procedure with some much more modern civil engineering, somewhere near Treviso, in north east Italy: Ideal circumstances, all here will surely agree, for a James Bond car chase. Goldeneye, which was shown on ITV2 last night and is on ITV2 again tonight, has a car chase early on, on just...

  93. Grenade explosion injures 16 at Mexican bar

    → The TexasFred Blog | 27 Aug 2010 | 11:30 am MDT

    Grenade explosion injures 16 at Mexican bar PUERTO VALLARTA, Mexico (AP) – Mexican authorities say at least 16 people have been injured by a grenade that exploded at a bar in the resort city of Puerto Vallarta. Jalisco state prosecutors say five of the injured have been detained as part of the investigation. Four of [...]

  94. Facebook May Ruin Your Next Job Interview (if You Sleep With GILFs)

    → digg.com: Top News | 27 Aug 2010 | 10:03 am MDT

    Facebook has been known to destroy some reps and even get people fired and/or arrested. That's why it's so important to protect your privacy, especially if your idea of fun involves strange drinking rituals and casual sex with old women. A hilarious illustration of how Facebook can come back to bite you was recently created by the gentlemen from Wiseguy Pictures, and features Asylum's good pal, Jonathan Gabrus. (NSFW) ...

  95. Climate change as a "weapon"?

    → Samizdata.net | 27 Aug 2010 | 2:18 am MDT

    I came across this article, which reads like a plotline from a Robert Ludlum thriller. Gloriously bonkers. (H/T, David Thompson)....

  96. Charity's tragedy and farce

    → Samizdata.net | 26 Aug 2010 | 5:46 pm MDT

    Here is a video worth watching and in an easy-on-the-understanding format: Thanks to The Geek Whisperer for the hat tip....

  97. The Dragon has landed

    → Samizdata.net | 26 Aug 2010 | 5:15 pm MDT

    I just read the details on the SpaceX Dragon capsule drop test which occurred earlier this month....

  98. As GOP civil war rages, Democrats look to benefit

    → The TexasFred Blog | 26 Aug 2010 | 10:35 am MDT

    As GOP civil war rages, Democrats look to benefit WASHINGTON (AP) – A Republican civil war is raging, with righter-than-thou conservatives dominating ever more primaries in a fight for the party’s soul. And the Democrats hope to benefit. The latest examples of conservative insurgents’ clout came Tuesday at opposite ends of the country. In Florida, [...]

  99. Manhattan Verdun

    → Reflecting Light | 25 Aug 2010 | 5:41 pm MDT

    Verdun, 1916. The battle that lasted 10 months, the longest of any engagement in recorded history. It took place in a few square miles of poxy mudscape in northeastern France. The French and German armies took, lost, re-took, re-lost, again and again a few hills around a French outpost called Fort Douaumont.Neither side could win. Neither side could back down. Today, the ground contains more than

  100. Official: 72 found dead in Mexico may be migrants

    → The TexasFred Blog | 25 Aug 2010 | 2:36 pm MDT

    Official: 72 found dead in Mexico may be migrants MEXICO CITY – A survivor has told police that 72 people found dead at a ranch near the Mexican border with Texas were migrants kidnapped by an armed group, a federal official said Wednesday. The bodies of 58 men and 14 women were discovered Tuesday when [...]

  101. If the mosque isn't built, bin Laden has won

    → Reflecting Light | 23 Aug 2010 | 8:01 am MDT

    Further to my comments in the previous posting:The mainstream media are closing ranks on the Ground Zero mosque, no kidding. It's got to happen as far as they're concerned, and no insult is too extravagant for opponents.Time asks, "Is America Islamophobic?" The New York Times's Frank Rich blames mosque resistance on Rupert Murdoch's "Islamophobia command center." The New York Daily News: "Scary

  102. The Zero at Ground Mosque

    → Reflecting Light | 21 Aug 2010 | 9:31 am MDT

    When I first read about the plan to build a mosque almost next door to the site of the September 11 attack on America, I expected -- perhaps too cynically -- that it was a done deal before the cornerstone was put in place. Not despite it being almost at Ground Zero, but because of it. (Oh, pardon me, Associated Press, you in your unfathomable wisdom have decreed that your writers must not call it

  103. Friday Notebook: The New Simon-Ehrlich Teaching Story

    → Gregor.us | 20 Aug 2010 | 11:28 am MDT

    Paul Kedrosky has cleverly turned the famous 1980 Simon-Ehrlich wager on future commodity prices into a new teaching story, recasting the old lessons from that economist’s tete a tete into a false moral. In his interview here, with Andrew Keen, Paul explains that not only was the original bet limited to a not-very-useful 10 year [...]

  104. Say it, don't spray it in Singapore

    → Reflecting Light | 19 Aug 2010 | 2:39 pm MDT

    They take graffiti seriously in Singapore. Very seriously.A Singapore court on Wednesday extended a jail term for a Swiss man by two months to seven and maintained an earlier ruling that he receives three strokes of the cane for trespassing and spray-painting graffiti on a train. … "It is conduct which is entirely unacceptable in Singapore, regardless of the artistic merit (or

  105. The Federal Reserve Enters Decline

    → Gregor.us | 16 Aug 2010 | 2:06 pm MDT

    The Federal Reserve is an artifact of the Abundance Economics that have governed Western economies over the past 250 years. For nearly 250 years exactly we have climbed the ladder of ever increasing energy density, and ever increasing energy supply. That era has now come to an end. You can see that view, the end [...]

  106. Washington Post takes its eye off the brawl

    → Reflecting Light | 16 Aug 2010 | 1:27 pm MDT

    One of the odder pieces of verbal tap dancing that has crossed my retinas lately is by Andrew Alexander, the (or a) ombudsman for the Washington Post. (Ombudsman: "a person who investigates and attempts to resolve complaints and problems, as between employees and an employer or between students and a university.") He asks: "Brawl on the Metro: Where was the coverage?"The item describes the

  107. Who was that mosqued man, anyway?

    → Reflecting Light | 14 Aug 2010 | 6:39 am MDT

    Why, that was Barack Inssein Obama, America's sick salvation.Quoth the New York Times:WASHINGTON — President Obama delivered a strong defense on Friday night of a proposed Muslim community center and mosque near ground zero in Manhattan, using a White House dinner celebrating Ramadan to proclaim that “as a citizen, and as president, I believe that Muslims have the same right to practice their

  108. The Ascent of Middle East Food and Energy Demand

    → Gregor.us | 13 Aug 2010 | 11:03 pm MDT

    At the EIA’s International Energy Outlook (IEO) presentation this May the issue of future oil exports from OPEC nations came up, and in an interesting way. Readers may be familiar with the phenomenon of declining net exports, from major oil producing nations, as a result of internal demand from growing, domestic populations. The phenomenon was [...]

  109. Has the revolution started?

    → Reflecting Light | 12 Aug 2010 | 9:43 am MDT

    At Belmont Club, Richard Fernandez takes a look back two centuries and finds a surprising fact. John Adams and Thomas Jefferson, both as involved in the American Revolution as anyone, were unsure years later about its real history.Jefferson wrote: "On the subject of the history of the American revolution, you ask Who shall write it? Who can write it? And who ever will be able to write it?

  110. Steven Slater's JetBlues

    → Reflecting Light | 11 Aug 2010 | 11:55 am MDT

    Good-bye, crew world.Steven Slater, a flight attendant for JetBlue, jumped onto an emergency slide and into the headlines. Now he is being touted as a folk hero in some quarters.Sorry, no.It's easy to be sympathetic to him. Flight attendants are under the gun from the airlines they work for and recipients of various degrees of "air rage" among passengers in a foul mood from the impersonal

  111. Christian-Themed Movies in ‘Holy-Wood’

    → La Shawn Barber's Corner | 10 Aug 2010 | 10:38 am MDT

    What makes a movie “Christian?” Does a story with no explicit reference(s) to Christ qualify? What if it contained a redemptive and/or sacrificial message, or focused on atonement? Perhaps the question isn’t whether a piece of art is “Christian” or even Christian-themed, but whether we can “take joy in God’s material creation, in the [...]

  112. Dream vacations for the impoverished

    → Reflecting Light | 9 Aug 2010 | 12:41 pm MDT

    U.N. Economic Commission for AfricaFor an hour ... for a day ... for a lifetime.The economy got you in a head lock? Join the club. For those of us downsizing our vacations this year, and that includes your blogger, the L.A. Times has kindly clued us in on "The world's least expensive cities."They are bog cheap because their countries' economies are in worse shape than ours. Much worse. And there

  113. First anger, then ... what?

    → Reflecting Light | 7 Aug 2010 | 1:17 pm MDT

    Loads of people in this country are angry. About a federal government that recruits immigrants, legal and illegal, for population replacement. About a federal judiciary that overturns any law voted by state residents that disagrees with their Lordships' neo-Marxist ideology. About slanted news reporting by the mass media, tailored to meet the needs of the ruling class that we looked at in the

  114. Eating Gasoline in America

    → Gregor.us | 5 Aug 2010 | 7:35 pm MDT

    Deep in the consensus-reality shared by post-war economists is the belief that the US economy transformed itself over the past thirty years, and now operates with much less sensitivity to energy costs. Indeed, in the cheap oil era and as the US developed its FIRE economy (finance, insurance, real estate), the energy inputs needed to [...]

  115. Rejoicing of the Ungodly

    → La Shawn Barber's Corner | 5 Aug 2010 | 10:23 am MDT

    I’ve written reams on the issue of homosexual “marriage.” Check out the archives. In light of yesterday’s decision to nullify over seven million votes and declare California’s ban on homosexual “marriage” unconstitutional, I offer these: More on the Depravity of Western Culture The Amazing Hubris of the Ruling Class Judiciary One thing has changed since I last blogged [...]

  116. Behave Like a Christian

    → La Shawn Barber's Corner | 5 Aug 2010 | 9:18 am MDT

    Let love be without hypocrisy. Abhor what is evil. Cling to what is good. Be kindly affectionate to one another with brotherly love, in honor giving preference to one another; not lagging in diligence, fervent in spirit, serving the Lord; rejoicing in hope, patient in tribulation, continuing steadfastly in prayer; distributing to the needs of [...]

  117. The best and the brightest … again

    → Reflecting Light | 4 Aug 2010 | 10:14 am MDT

    Most people who use the term "the best and the brightest" do not realize that it was originally meant ironically. It was the title of a book by David Halberstam about the technocratic, managerial class in government leadership whose undoubted intelligence shaped the disaster in Vietnam. They were in a sense too smart for the job they were lumbered with: overly self-confident, hung up on

  118. Got Toddlers? They Might Like These:

    → La Shawn Barber's Corner | 1 Aug 2010 | 12:03 pm MDT

    Lions: And cheetahs: And giraffes, on my: Strange creatures dressed like old-school prisoners: This beast is known as a Republican-In-Name-Only. Isn’t he cute, boys and girls? Antelope – They taste good with honeydew melon and pineapple: “Git offa my lawn, lady.” Bull. No, really, it is: Gorilla in the midst of a dream:

  119. Federal Judge Blocks Arizona Immigration Enforcement Law

    → La Shawn Barber's Corner | 28 Jul 2010 | 11:28 am MDT

    Disappointing. The overall law will still take effect Thursday, but without the provisions that angered opponents — including sections that required officers to check a person’s immigration status while enforcing other laws. The judge also put on hold parts of the law that required immigrants to carry their papers at all times, and made [...]

  120. Saudia Arabia and Russia

    → Gregor.us | 26 Jul 2010 | 9:56 pm MDT

    In a recent interview on the Keiser Report I found myself casually mentioning that Russia had now surpassed Saudi Arabia to become the number one oil producer in the world. This is not an event that happened last month, either. The leap forward emerged as far back as 18 months ago, in October of 2008. [...]

  121. Friday Notebook: Artful Data

    → Gregor.us | 23 Jul 2010 | 9:32 pm MDT

    Scale is a difficult dimension for society to grasp whether we are talking about national debt, geologic time, or global energy systems. Here at www.gregor.us I primarily use writing to disclose the fullness of scale, and am constantly aware of what a challenging task that can be. Over the years however I have conducted a [...]

  122. Christians and Immigration Enforcement

    → La Shawn Barber's Corner | 23 Jul 2010 | 12:48 pm MDT

    I’ve blogged about immigration enforcement from a Christian perspective several times. In fact, I was working on an article I planned to submit to Christianity Today in response to this article. About an hour ago, someone pointed me to this article, similar to my own. If I finish the piece, I may submit elsewhere or [...]

  123. China’s Just a Place

    → Gregor.us | 21 Jul 2010 | 11:08 am MDT

    The mainstream press is abuzz this week with the “news” that the United States, after 100+ years, has now been surpassed as the world’s No. 1 energy consumer. IEA Paris, following the BP Statistical Review in June, has decided to call this race in favor of China. However, this is really not a story of [...]

  124. Pictures of Food

    → La Shawn Barber's Corner | 18 Jul 2010 | 12:29 pm MDT

    From Roscoe’s House of Chicken and Waffles: Roscoe’s doesn’t serve pork, so the greens were cooked without it. Still good: Chicken chili and rice:

  125. Friday Notebook: Oil and Sugar

    → Gregor.us | 16 Jul 2010 | 12:00 pm MDT

    A trip this week to the new Institute of Contemporary Art in Boston was a chance to discover that a number of artists right now are addressing issues of land, population, water, resources, and energy. Tara Donovan’s landscapes, which are often made of light-catching plastic for example, recreate topographical mysteries. And, as the new ICA [...]

  126. Hidden Cameras on Arizona Border: Drugs, Guns, and Illegal Aliens

    → La Shawn Barber's Corner | 15 Jul 2010 | 12:42 pm MDT

    (via the Center for Immigration Studies)

  127. Ending Abortion?

    → La Shawn Barber's Corner | 13 Jul 2010 | 3:23 pm MDT

    Radical!

  128. Global Crude Oil Supply Update

    → Gregor.us | 12 Jul 2010 | 1:22 pm MDT

    Global crude oil supply fell in April, after a surprising revision upwards to the March totals, of approximately 200 kbpd. Volatility in the data is currently coming out of the North Sea. This will continue as Norway is expected to see production falls when the next few months of data is reported. Globally, oil production [...]

  129. Friday Notebook: Drive, Roads, Infinitum

    → Gregor.us | 9 Jul 2010 | 9:43 am MDT

    Bottomless wonders spring from simple rules which are repeated without end.  –Benoit Mandelbrot Andrew Filippone’s short film Commute is reminiscent of both the early days of cinema, when the miracle of moving images was used to resolve questions about motion, and also the avant-garde period much later in the 1960′s when filmmakers used the camera [...]

  130. U.S. Supreme Court Upholds Right to Bear Arms Nationwide

    → La Shawn Barber's Corner | 28 Jun 2010 | 10:09 am MDT

    Note: As a Facebook friend said, the Constitution extends to us the right to bear arms. The Supreme Court clarified the issue. ——————————————————————- In 1976, the Council of the District of Columbia passed gun control laws in a hugely unsuccessful attempt to curb the violent crime rate in the city. Residents who owned handguns before 1976 could keep [...]

  131. Reagan Library, Simi Valley, CA

    → La Shawn Barber's Corner | 25 Jun 2010 | 9:24 am MDT

    Click photos for larger view. Ronald Reagan’s grave: Part of the Berlin Wall: Air Force One: F-14 Tomcat: “Warning: natural habitat for rattlesnakes”:

  132. Senator Russell Pearce

    → La Shawn Barber's Corner | 23 Jun 2010 | 8:31 am MDT

    I’m attending a conference in Simi Valley, California, at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library. I’ve been here three times, and I’ve never visited Reagan’s grave or taken pictures of the scenery. No time! I will make time this year. Yesterday, I had the pleasure of meeting and sitting beside the man behind SB 1070 (PDF), the [...]

  133. The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader

    → La Shawn Barber's Corner | 17 Jun 2010 | 6:59 am MDT

    I am a middle-aged, overgrown child. I can’t wait to see the third installment of The Chronicles of Narnia film series, based on C.S. Lewis’s books. Watch the trailer for “The Voyage of the Dawn Treader”:

  134. Archived Review: Boys Without Men

    → La Shawn Barber's Corner | 16 Jun 2010 | 7:48 am MDT

    In light of this study, I decided to re-post a book review from 2006: From fatherlessness flows many things. Fatherless children are more likely to be poor, perform poorly in school, engage in premarital sex, become teen parents, abuse drugs, and commit crimes than children from intact families. Black children are significantly less likely than other children [...]

  135. Silent No More

    → La Shawn Barber's Corner | 15 Jun 2010 | 7:04 am MDT

    Help ProTruth keep the billboard up.

  136. McCain's GOP support showing more cracks

    → Top Political Headlines | 29 Oct 2008 | 12:28 pm MDT

    Republican unity behind presidential nominee John McCain is fracturing and the infighting likely presages a battle for the GOP's soul should he lose the general election next week.

  137. Palin calls for break from Bush energy policy

    → Top Political Headlines | 29 Oct 2008 | 12:24 pm MDT

    Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin is calling for a "clean break" from the Bush administration's energy policies, which she says relied too much on importing foreign oil.

  138. Palin manages to govern Alaska from afar

    → Top Political Headlines | 29 Oct 2008 | 11:49 am MDT

    A state that is remote from the U.S. mainland is essentially being run by remote control.

  139. Now on TV, Obama the inescapable

    → Top Political Headlines | 29 Oct 2008 | 10:27 am MDT

    Barack Obama will be a one-man television blitz on Wednesday, saturating prime-time with a 30-minute ad and popping up on the buzzy late-night TV scene.

  140. Palin to fly home to Alaska to vote in election

    → Top Political Headlines | 29 Oct 2008 | 9:52 am MDT

    Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin plans to fly back to her home in Alaska to vote in next week's election.

  141. AP EXCLUSIVE: Obama ahead or tied in 8 key states

    → Top Political Headlines | 29 Oct 2008 | 8:31 am MDT

    Barack Obama, gunning for a national landslide, now leads in four states won by President Bush in 2004 and is essentially tied with John McCain in two other Republican red states, according to new AP-GfK battleground polling.

  142. McCain links economy and national security

    → Top Political Headlines | 29 Oct 2008 | 8:23 am MDT

    Republican John McCain, scrambling after one of the biggest battlegrounds of the presidential election, is touting his history on national security and trying to link the issue of the country's safety to the financial meltdown.

  143. Election sure to change face of Senate

    → Top Political Headlines | 29 Oct 2008 | 5:20 am MDT

    One certainty of next Tuesday's ballot will be the elevation of the first sitting senator to the White House since John F. Kennedy in 1961. It also ensures that the Senate is going to see another new face next year in addition to those who win election next week.

  144. Democrat could win House seat once Cheney's

    → Top Political Headlines | 29 Oct 2008 | 5:19 am MDT

    In a conservative town in one of the country's most conservative states, the Democrat running for Vice President Dick Cheney's old House seat isn't having a hard time finding supporters.

  145. Next president faces unknowns on Iraq

    → Top Political Headlines | 29 Oct 2008 | 5:16 am MDT

    When they talk about Iraq and Afghanistan, Barack Obama and John McCain speak with the certainty of men who know what they believe and what they plan to do. Good luck on that: Reality is sure to tangle and vastly complicate the next president's job no matter who wins.



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