In a country where paranoia so steadily grips the hearts of the people that The War On Terror is allowed to excuse two foreign wars, the jailing of political enemies, and a developing police state, does it strike anyone else as a little odd that we don’t have universal anthrax vaccinations?
Wouldn’t vaccinations against the [...]
Monthly Archives: November 2008
An Ounce Of Prevention
Sunday, November 30, 2008
Our Energy Problems Are Solved
Saturday, November 29, 2008
This is the smartest thing I’ve ever heard of in my entire life. No really
If this technology is for real (which remains to be seen) Joe The Plumber won’t want to use it because it was developed via a grant from the U.S. Government, which means it is teh soshalisms.
What Is Meant By Consumerism
Saturday, November 29, 2008
The word, consumerism, is thrown around a lot. It seems that oftentimes the word is used to mean something along the lines of, “Golly, we buy a lot of crap.” But I think it has a much more specific and higher-level meaning.
At a newsstand today I saw the front page of a USA Today. [...]
Rinku and Dinesh
Friday, November 28, 2008
Two guys from India who have never played organized baseball before in their lives have been signed by the Pirates. They’re cricket players who apparently can throw a 90 MPH fastball. Rinku and Dinesh are their names. They’ll be at spring training and spend some time in the minors.
Here’s an excerpt from their blog entry [...]
Rest Stop
Wednesday, November 26, 2008
The stranger ahead of us opens the glass door to the rest stop for us, and lets us pass by him. Why? We step past the crane game and into the foyer of souvenirs, just beside by the Sbarro neon signs. White fluorescent lights are everywhere. I take note of the Starbucks Advent Calendar. I [...]
The True History Of Thanksgiving
Wednesday, November 26, 2008
Some people will say that the true history of Thanksgiving is a story of two alien cultures coming together for a bountiful meal at harvest time. Other people will say that the true history of Thanksgiving is about smallpox and imperialism. However, neither are the real true story. The true meaning of Thanksgiving is: Turkey [...]
Hillary
Wednesday, November 26, 2008
I clearly recall reading a piece in The Guardian which reported that Hillary is the next Secretary State as a fact which had come to pass, the headline of which was: Hillary Clinton to accept Obama’s offer of secretary of state job.
Hillary Clinton plans to accept the job of secretary of state offered by Barack [...]
Welcome To Moral Hazzard County
Wednesday, November 26, 2008
Citi, AIG Won’t Drop Big Sports Sponsorships
Citigroup is still going to pay the New York Mets millions of dollars to keep their baseball park named Citi Field. The AIG logo is still going to be on the Manchester United uniforms. Any pretense that our monetary system is anything closely resembling a meritocracy is being abandoned [...]
Good Times With Charlie Rose — Vikram Pandit Edition
Tuesday, November 25, 2008
Charlie Rose just asked Vikram Pandit (CEO of Citigroup) “Is the U.S. Government becoming the world’s bank.” And Vikram’s response was, “Um…” It wasn’t an unqualified “No! Why of course not. What a silly question!” But, “Um…”
Vikram pointed out how important Citi is because they’re in nearly two-hundred countries worldwide, which is of course why [...]
Alternate Reality
Tuesday, November 25, 2008
Do you know how on sci-fi TV shows, they always have the episode where there’s some sort of accident with the space-time continuum and the characters meet their alternate reality selves? And they’re always shockingly different but still intimately familiar? That’s what Thanksgiving with your family is about. This old man is you if you [...]
