PRESIDENTIAL SWAGGER: Once a bad thing, now a good thing.
Archive for 2009
April 30, 2009
FEDERAL INTERNET SPEECH REGULATION, via making it a Federal Felony To Use Blogs, the Web, Etc. To Cause Substantial Emotional Distress? Dumb idea. “What are Rep. Linda Sanchez and the others thinking here?” Thinking?
NEUROTIC MEN IMPROVE THE HEALTH OF WOMEN, but not vice versa.
FACEMASKS ARE top items on Amazon. (Via Drudge). As I suggest below, the panic may be excessive. But maybe people will keep these on hand for later. Some good-news/bad-news perspective here. “Now of course, we have no idea currently what kind of levels of illness or hospitalization H1N1 would cause if it becomes established in the population, but this is a situation where there’s a small chance of a very bad situation, and so we need to prepare for it as best we can. . . . for now, we’re still seeing cases increase, and the prudent thing to do is be careful and prepared. Weren’t any of these nay-sayers ever Boy Scouts?” Seems sensible. And I do like the term “aporkalypse.”
BOSTON GLOBE: Murtha: Redefining Corruption.
Plus, Mother Jones: John Murtha Airport: Earmark Reform Poster Child. “I consider that money stolen from the American taxpayers.”
AN INEXPENSIVE PORTABLE ROUTER that turns 3G into WiFi.
REASON TV: Obama’s French Toast: Just Say Non.
WHEN ROBOTS ATTACK: “Man is apparently no match for machine. Although the worker tried to defend himself, he suffered four broken limbs and nearly lost his life. The company was fined 25,000 kronor ($3,000) for negligent safety precautions, but the robot managed to evade assault charges.”
Gosh, I hope he was insured.
UPDATE: A couple of readers point out that the original source says broken ribs, not limbs as in the quote above. Either way, remember: When robots grab you with their steely claws, you can’t get away, because they’re stronger than you, and they’re made of metal.
HAVING A SERIOUS CONVERSATION with President Obama about the budget.
Plus, Tea Partiers accept Obama’s invitation.
And, has Obama reached the “bargaining” stage?
THE KOH NOMINATION: Sovereigntism’s Last Stand? Many Americans will be surprised to hear that there is such a thing, or that it’s having its last stand.
RATTNER / QUADRANGLE UPDATE: NM firing financial adviser mentioned in NY probe.
PUSHING PLASTIC SOLAR CELLS.
AIR FORCE DEVELOPS nano-based artificial muscle.
SWINE FLU VICTIM: “It’s not so terrible.” It’s just the flu. Well, “just the flu” still kills a fair number of people, but on the other hand, with only seven deaths reported so far this may turn out to be an Emily Litella crisis. Let’s hope — though if there’s a lot of overreaction, followed by a fizzle, it’ll make it harder to get people to cooperate next time, when things might be more serious.
NANOTECHNOLOGY: Bubble, Bust . . . Boom?
TOM MAGUIRE: Some Enchanted Evening (With A Tortured Finish). And a Trig Palin angle!
GOOGLE COULD HAVE caught Swine Flu early.
CAN THE TESLA MODEL S BE PROFITABLE at $57,400?
C-SPAN: Newt Gingrich on the RNC.
IN THE MAIL: From David Drake, In The Stormy Red Sky.
SOME MORE BUSSARD / POLYWELL FUSION NEWS. Lawrence Livermore Los Alamos is lending a hand.
WAS HARRY TRUMAN a war criminal? In the future, everyone will be a war criminal for fifteen minutes.
MORE JOY from Joe Biden.