The Pee Drinker vs. Krugman I don't think I've read anything from Krugman in a while and I really don't care who's right, but Mankiw riled up is something I might even pay to read. -hendred, sitting quietly with his bread at the circus
Remember the doctor that stopped short in front of the cyclists? Guilty. Up to five years in the clink. Six felony convictions and one misdemeanor. He'll most likely lose his license to practice? Got this off the Goat.
Probably no regular readers are planning to attend the Skins-Broncos game on Nov 15, but this plan is pretty awesome and I hope it works out. The plan is in response to banning signs and dissenting t-shirts at FedEx Field, and to Dan Snyder sucking balls generally. -decker
The Edgertonite National Party exists to secure political independence for the people of the Midwestern United States and a homeland for the Lauraist religion. We use the term “Nation of Edgerton” to describe the area within a 240-mile radius of Minneapolis, Minnesota. We are a non-traditional Communist party, based on the ideology of Lauraism: the belief that Laura Ingalls Wilder is God, Communism (public ownership of business) is the best form of government, age of consent laws should be repealed, public transit should be returned to the routes, fares, and schedules of 18 September 1970, the Nation of Edgerton should secede from the United States as a Lauraist homeland, and all people, including children, deserve as much personal liberty as possible consistent with public safety and the rights of others. Capitalism is a per se violation of people’s rights by exploitation. -hendred
If you're young, you love them. If you're old, you remember how awesome they used to be and how much they suck now. And if you love Kenny G, now there's this.
I actually don't mind this one. Rivers seems to just want to go for Top 40 Sound by which I mean every particular sound on the top 40. Just check out the videos right below, one with Chamillionaire and one with the non-union Feist equivalent. -jm
Standard Daily Kos warning: Site is the ultra-left home of the dirty hippies, godless America-hating communists, father rapers, and litterbugs.
There's a map over at the Bangor Daily news on the right hand side of the page with the breakdown by county. Portland is in CU (Cumberland county). No means you support gay marriage.
How many useful iphone apps do you have?Wed Nov 4 2009
Apparently there's 100,000 apps in the itunes store now. I guess a lot of them are junk/dupes. I'm defining useful as used more than once or twice - not just played around with it. As always, the scale may be way off.
Stolen from gizmodo. I really dug Helvetica, especially after realizing my next-door neighbor is in it. Objectified is in the queue. Here's Caldeira's take. Ive could probably pass for a lowly *gasp* engineer. Keep that on the DL. -hendred, slowly working through his recordings of How It's Made
It's from a pretty libertarian blog (link from MR), but if you can get past lines like, "there is nobody to blame but the electorate. Especially the left-liberal do-gooders" there are some good points. Although I think he ignores the value people put on choice: not all government hand outs give total freedom of choice for how to spend the subsidies, like health insurance programs; in other words, the poor may not value the subsidies as highly as their costs.
And here's a breakdown of unemployment among different groups. Check out black men without a high school diploma ages 15-24, and compare that to, say, white women college graduates ages 25-44. Yowser. Link also from MR.
...not that I think that subsidies are the main cause of high unemployment right now, but they are a couple of interesting links. -decker
A little more information about hoarders. If you haven't seen the A&E show, it's worth a watch. If nothing else you'll find yourself spontaneously cleaning after watching. I can't even begin to comprehend what's going on in someone's mind when they live with food rotting in their living room. -hendred
Remember the Kelo decision? It's the one where the Supreme Court ruled eminent domain covered taking land for "economic reasons". It hasn't really panned out.
So it's not just the Holy Shit factor?Wed Nov 18 2009
How to judge the halfpipe contest in the Olympics. I'm guessing the top 5 runs will all elicit "Are you fucking kidding me?" responses from spectators, especially when viewed next to the runs from 2002 and even 2006. -hendred
All or most of the usual suspects. The Frogs apparently got in on an uncalled handball against the Micks. I find it interesting that Australia is in the 'Asia' qualifying group, and I find it even more interesting that the New Zealand team is called the All Whites. Aaaand that's enough ethnic jokes for even me.
This is now worthy of a suspension??? If I understand the pronounciation piece, isn't that the way our past president said it? Is there really something racist about this?
From Rollins: I'm making and selling these christmas ornaments. I know there's some in the DTS crowd that would be into this sort of thing. I need all orders in by friday if you or anyone you know may be interested.
These are the coolest ornaments I have ever seen (although I personally don't have a tree). Filed under "Art" because there is no "Design". -decker
