June 19, 2003
Jesus Plus Nothing.
This article in The Atlantic frankly gives me the creeps.
I think of an aversion to secret societies as a typically American reaction. And I find teh multitudes of them in America more than just a bit weird.
June 17, 2003
What Type Is It?
Apparently, this means something. What, I don't know. Just in case it's bad, consider this some sort of disclaimer, and a waiving of liability.
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Back to the An-Nasiriyah Bridge.
The Washington Post has decided it needs to set the story straight after it got the Jessica Lynch story wrong, so today they printed a new story, claiming they've wrapped up all known facts.
THis story is still lame. Same anonymous sources, and still no mention of the 17 Marines that died trying to rescue the 507th. Also, no interviews were apparently made with the survivors of the 507th that were not captured that day.
Relying on the people that have lied to you in the past, instead of relying on eyewitnesses, is not going to fix this story.
June 16, 2003
Sensible Behavior. Probably Stop Soon.
A single turbine with an 11 meter blade has been placed off the coast of England, with plans to generate electricity using the tidal forces that occur regular as, well, as clockwork.
Now, can someone please take advantage of the temperature differentials that exist between the surface and the depths of the ocean to generate electricity, please? That would be nice. I understand those sort of things are fairly consistent, too.
More Innumeracy...
PLA usually makes a fair amount of sense. The current post on the payouts of medical malpractice suit is excellent.
And, of course, my point in all this is that $4.2 Billion is not that much money. I know, that just sounds strange, but if you divide 4.2 billion by 280 million(current US population) we get a number that looks surprisingly like 15. As in $15 per person in the US to pay for all medical malpractice payouts in all of 2002.
Seriously, this is just ridiculous. The latest deficit projection for this year was recently stated to be $400 Billion(and it won't be, it will be at least $500 Billion). We are told by apologists for the current administration's failed fiscal and tax policies that this isn't that big of a deal, when viewed historically. Well, then, I guess 1% more wouldn't really be that big a deal, would it? There I just solved the medical malpractice problem by having the federal government pay for it.
What's that? You don't want to solve the problem that way? OK, but let's at least agree that we aren't going to claim that this is a giant crisis staring down the US health system. Because if I can put up $90 a year and take care of myself, my wife, my daughter, and three whiny opportunists, then it's not a big problem.
June 04, 2003
Tradespeople's Multiculturism.
mr_crash_davis' comment reminds me of all the guys I know that worked the trades that eventually overcame their(apparently) innate hatred of all things homosexual when they came across that one client, that not only paid well, but wanted you to do the work the right way, and happily paid the difference, and thanked them for doing such good work on what was obviously a difficult job.
I believe the first comment that shows the inital crack in the wall is the traditional "Aww, them fags ain't so bad...".