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Tonight's options - 21 January 2008
Jan. 22nd, 2009 07:45 amWelcome aboard, everyone, to the show that never ends... well, until I die or decide not to do it any more. But seriously, when you have such things as retro futuristic credit card ads and very old glass models of organisms, there’s still a lot of material to go through.
Plus, despite the doom you hear from people, reading is on the rise, even in those vulnerable teen and newly minted adult demographics.
So, now hear this, now hear this. Some advice for gentlemen about decorating the bachelor pad so that it entices women and enhances your reputation, instead of driving them away in droves. I have no comment about my compliance level with these recommendations.
Warning, warning! Even if you disable autorun, you don't disable autorun. Yet another part of Windows that says it does something, up to the point where ti actually has to do it, and then it does things the way it wants, not the way you want.
Internationally, Iraq says that it would be willing to see United States troops leave before the date agreed upon in the current status of forces agreement. I’m fairly certain President Obama would be willing to speed the timetable up as well. Additionally, Israel removed the last set of troops from Gaza, and are now ready to pursue diplomatic solutions. They’re also staying just this side of the line, ready to go back in and smash soem more if the truce doesn’t hold.
Join the fight for discord against Obama. Or not. You’re all Popes (or Momes), so do your thing. Mr. Stucky has already thrown his hat into the ring, condemning the President to Hell for his pro-choice views and hoping that he is killed in office and replaced. That will certainly generate discord, although probably only locally. And remember, there is a lot of beauty to be seen when discord and chaos and entropy have had their way.
Oh, and check out the new website for President Obama - there's supposedly even the ability to view pending legislation and comment on it for a five day period - which sort of takes THOMAS, adds a comment system, and displays it on whitehouse.gov. Still, this is a President that understands a lot of his base is plugged in.
All proposed regulations will come to a halt, pending review by the incoming administration. Thus, all things that could have been, may not be. And hopefully, some regulations that are already in effect will also fail review. Gunatanamo Bay is slated for closure. Additionally, procedure reviews and the banning of torture. Ground, meet the soles of the President’s shoes.
Depending on what he wants to do, the President may find himself opposed to his Speaker... although probably not on any issues that would be confidence votes. He'll also have to contend with the people who post fliers and posters condemning people to hell at the political inauguration event.
Sound advice from the outgoing daughters to the incoming daughters about enjoying the White House while they can. And thus, the Bush family rides off into the sunset.
Anyway, enough with the new President - the outgoing CIA director claimed that al-Qaeda is severely hampered in Pakistan and that Iran would soon be making a decision on whether or not to build a nuclear warhead.
Markets dropped again yesterday amid speculation that banks will have to do even more work just to keep themselves from dying too swift a death.
In the opinions, Lenin's tomb provides its analysis of Israel - a country that maintains its luxury and power through stealing the land and resources of the natives and keeps them repressed and compressed.
The Tau Zero Foundation hopes that the discovery of an earthlike planet, in terms of mass and habitable zone placement, will spur people to think about interstellar flight again, whether using non-rocket propellants or developing technologies like the Star Trek warp drive or the Star Wars hyperspace engine.
And politics as usual. Joel Mowbray joins the echo chamber on declaring that the former administrator will be vindicated by Iraq's stability. If you believe in this message, You can send the former administrator a thank-you.
John Hawkins thinks there's an undeserved witch-hunt going on when people talk of prosecution for the former administrator and/or his staff, trying to make criminal charges stick over what he calls “a matter of policy”. Furthermore, sticking criminal charges on him would incite revenge charges for the current administrator, and turn the United States into something resembling a dictatorship where the people in power do everything they can to stay that way. It sounds like it boils down to: The former administrator didn’t do anything wrong, other than be a Republican, and even if he did, to actually prosecute him for it would not be in the nation’s best interests. The first premise is disputable, the second is a mockey of justice - if there was something illegal going on, then all the people involved need to be prosecuted for it.
Mr. Sowell beleives that government interference in trying to create affordable housing has done the opposite, and has furthermore engendered the supposition that Americans should be able to select the house they want first, and then have the government or others make up the difference between their income and how much over that income their housing choices are going. Ms. Schlafly goes further, declaring that the current stimulus plan will only put us deeper into debt and stop us from pulling ourselves out of the recession, because government control and/or spending = bad if it’s a Democrat trying to do it, and especially if trying to do it to kickstart the job market. And Mona Charen says that no amount of personal charm or not-Bush-ness will make America's enemies any less hostile, even if it does improve relations with Europe some. For some, of course, it's still just a show of promising change and continuing things the old way.
At least the WSJ is okay with the inaugural address, even if and when they're going to have problems with the policy implementations. Peggy Noonan agrees, considering it a sober and mature address, one of a man ready to tackle things with the help of Americans. On the other side, Juan Williams says that performance alone should be the standard by which we judge the President, whether he can orate or not, and Jay Winik posits lessons for Mr. Obama based on the comparisons to Mr. Lincoln he's been making and getting. The Slacktivist does a quick rundown of the various prayers offered at the inauguration ceremony, suggesting that Rev. Lowery nailed what an invocation and blessing should be.
In technology, ingestible and potentially digestible sensors, more progress on getting better efficiency out of materials that emit good solar wavelengths when heated, a lot of spending on trying to preserve a tortoise, a human-powered blimp that claims to stay aloft for two weeks, Google's newest data layer - find out what public transit runs by your destination, and using mobile phones and texts as a way of tapping the crowd's knowledge.
Last for tonight, a street sign shift in San Francisco, and totally superuseless superpowers.
Plus, despite the doom you hear from people, reading is on the rise, even in those vulnerable teen and newly minted adult demographics.
So, now hear this, now hear this. Some advice for gentlemen about decorating the bachelor pad so that it entices women and enhances your reputation, instead of driving them away in droves. I have no comment about my compliance level with these recommendations.
Warning, warning! Even if you disable autorun, you don't disable autorun. Yet another part of Windows that says it does something, up to the point where ti actually has to do it, and then it does things the way it wants, not the way you want.
Internationally, Iraq says that it would be willing to see United States troops leave before the date agreed upon in the current status of forces agreement. I’m fairly certain President Obama would be willing to speed the timetable up as well. Additionally, Israel removed the last set of troops from Gaza, and are now ready to pursue diplomatic solutions. They’re also staying just this side of the line, ready to go back in and smash soem more if the truce doesn’t hold.
Join the fight for discord against Obama. Or not. You’re all Popes (or Momes), so do your thing. Mr. Stucky has already thrown his hat into the ring, condemning the President to Hell for his pro-choice views and hoping that he is killed in office and replaced. That will certainly generate discord, although probably only locally. And remember, there is a lot of beauty to be seen when discord and chaos and entropy have had their way.
Oh, and check out the new website for President Obama - there's supposedly even the ability to view pending legislation and comment on it for a five day period - which sort of takes THOMAS, adds a comment system, and displays it on whitehouse.gov. Still, this is a President that understands a lot of his base is plugged in.
All proposed regulations will come to a halt, pending review by the incoming administration. Thus, all things that could have been, may not be. And hopefully, some regulations that are already in effect will also fail review. Gunatanamo Bay is slated for closure. Additionally, procedure reviews and the banning of torture. Ground, meet the soles of the President’s shoes.
Depending on what he wants to do, the President may find himself opposed to his Speaker... although probably not on any issues that would be confidence votes. He'll also have to contend with the people who post fliers and posters condemning people to hell at the political inauguration event.
Sound advice from the outgoing daughters to the incoming daughters about enjoying the White House while they can. And thus, the Bush family rides off into the sunset.
Anyway, enough with the new President - the outgoing CIA director claimed that al-Qaeda is severely hampered in Pakistan and that Iran would soon be making a decision on whether or not to build a nuclear warhead.
Markets dropped again yesterday amid speculation that banks will have to do even more work just to keep themselves from dying too swift a death.
In the opinions, Lenin's tomb provides its analysis of Israel - a country that maintains its luxury and power through stealing the land and resources of the natives and keeps them repressed and compressed.
The Tau Zero Foundation hopes that the discovery of an earthlike planet, in terms of mass and habitable zone placement, will spur people to think about interstellar flight again, whether using non-rocket propellants or developing technologies like the Star Trek warp drive or the Star Wars hyperspace engine.
And politics as usual. Joel Mowbray joins the echo chamber on declaring that the former administrator will be vindicated by Iraq's stability. If you believe in this message, You can send the former administrator a thank-you.
John Hawkins thinks there's an undeserved witch-hunt going on when people talk of prosecution for the former administrator and/or his staff, trying to make criminal charges stick over what he calls “a matter of policy”. Furthermore, sticking criminal charges on him would incite revenge charges for the current administrator, and turn the United States into something resembling a dictatorship where the people in power do everything they can to stay that way. It sounds like it boils down to: The former administrator didn’t do anything wrong, other than be a Republican, and even if he did, to actually prosecute him for it would not be in the nation’s best interests. The first premise is disputable, the second is a mockey of justice - if there was something illegal going on, then all the people involved need to be prosecuted for it.
Mr. Sowell beleives that government interference in trying to create affordable housing has done the opposite, and has furthermore engendered the supposition that Americans should be able to select the house they want first, and then have the government or others make up the difference between their income and how much over that income their housing choices are going. Ms. Schlafly goes further, declaring that the current stimulus plan will only put us deeper into debt and stop us from pulling ourselves out of the recession, because government control and/or spending = bad if it’s a Democrat trying to do it, and especially if trying to do it to kickstart the job market. And Mona Charen says that no amount of personal charm or not-Bush-ness will make America's enemies any less hostile, even if it does improve relations with Europe some. For some, of course, it's still just a show of promising change and continuing things the old way.
At least the WSJ is okay with the inaugural address, even if and when they're going to have problems with the policy implementations. Peggy Noonan agrees, considering it a sober and mature address, one of a man ready to tackle things with the help of Americans. On the other side, Juan Williams says that performance alone should be the standard by which we judge the President, whether he can orate or not, and Jay Winik posits lessons for Mr. Obama based on the comparisons to Mr. Lincoln he's been making and getting. The Slacktivist does a quick rundown of the various prayers offered at the inauguration ceremony, suggesting that Rev. Lowery nailed what an invocation and blessing should be.
In technology, ingestible and potentially digestible sensors, more progress on getting better efficiency out of materials that emit good solar wavelengths when heated, a lot of spending on trying to preserve a tortoise, a human-powered blimp that claims to stay aloft for two weeks, Google's newest data layer - find out what public transit runs by your destination, and using mobile phones and texts as a way of tapping the crowd's knowledge.
Last for tonight, a street sign shift in San Francisco, and totally superuseless superpowers.
