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silveradeptA public service announcement that's been repeating across the friendly-list: Tomorrow, there will be thirty days until the United States general election. For those of you in the United States, many states require that you be registered on the voter rolls by that point if you wish to cast a ballot in the election. Considering the last eight years have been as volitaile as they have been, whether you want more of the same or to change things up a bit, you should be registered.
My leading point tonight is a great reason why arts and musical funding should be encouraged in schools, not cut when the budgets become tighter - musicians think differently, and more creatively, than those without musical training. Musically-inclined people use both sides of the brain more than others - a consequence of reading, interpreting, and then playing music in real-time.
Across the world, The U.N. has declared Pakistan's capital unsafe for the children of its staff and ordered them out. Not safe for children any more. Man, that's a lot of the world these days. Maybe we can work on bringing that unacceptable safety down to something like "May occasionally cause cuts, scrapes, bruises, and hurt feelings, but otherwise okay"?
Of course, I can feel myself biting a hypocrisy bullet in saying that the art exhibit that shows the realistic consequences of cartoon violence should be permitted to be hung, even if there's the chance that children will view it. There is a parental advisory warning on the exhibit.
Domestically, yes, indeed, the vice-presidential candidates sparred with each other last night. Any good summary will probably be all you need to get this one understood. BoingBoing tries to encapsulate Governor Palin's debate in a flowchart, as she publicly disagrees with Senator McCain's campaign strategy on quitting Michigan.
The Navy confirms it has found a lost WWII sumbarine around Pearl Harbor, which might make for an interesting museum piece, or at least be worth studying for those creating such things.
The Virginiaa Educator's Association sponsored an "Obama Blue Day", encouraging the teachers to wear blue to show their support for the Democratic candidate. The Virginia Republicans are not amused, calling it a breach of trust. The VEA, for its part, said that the release said to wear blue, but not specific candidate-endorsing blue, and to talk to students about registering to vote, but saying nothing about which candidate to vote for.
The Green Party candidate accused the government of using the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina to execute 5,000 prisoners and bury their bodies. This gets news copy. As to what the Green Party candidate is doing, platforming on, or whether she will be able to take place in the presidential debate? Nada. When the aliens come to take over, we're going to have a Treehouse of Horror moment on it, I swear.
Talking opinions, Peter Watts has survival in modern days figured out - wait for the economic collapse, then go out with the board with a nail in it and start swinging. If Paul M. Weyrich gets his way, there will be a lot of thinking and discussing before any sort of bailout plan is offered or passed, no matter how much the current administrator stomps his foot and insists that we have to do something now. Victor Davis Hanson thinks that the problems in our economy are encouraging hostile forces and nations to become more belligerent and confrontational, as Cal Thomas blames Democrats for letting the crisis happen, while the stalwart Congressional Republicans were always sounding the alarms that reforms needed to happen in Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. Russel Roberts concurs that government made many bad decisions in precipitating the current crisis. In terms of a solution, The WSJ opposes the increase in deposit insurance by the FDIC, believing it will lead to even riskier lending practices.
Ken Blackwell has a more general blame - the instant gratification society that current America has generated, which leads peopel to borrow well beyond their ability to repay because they want it and they want it now, chasing the ephemeral gratification that comes from something new. Bill Whittle believes this is much like passing a kidney stone, and that the right people need to feel enough pain to not do it again.
William Easterly worries that developing nations are taking the wrong ideas from the meltdown, and turning away from replicating a United States-like economic society bassed on how well they perceive elites and businesses to have manipulated the people here in the United States.
So really, the whole thing needs a fact check to see just who, if anyone, really is responsible for this.
So, let's get to the candidate opinions. The American Spectator beleives it has a gigantic scandal waiting to happen in the way that Senator Obama's campaign has been raising money, alleging illegal foreign donations and the campaign not checking to see if donors ahd reached ther federal limits.
Robert McFarlane returns to the "Obama wants to lose in Iraq" rhetoric, bringing old attacks back up later on to rekindle them in the mind of the voter. I still think it premature to declare anything on the Iraq reconstruction effort. Victory in Iraq has been declared for more than five years, now, according to the current administrator. Larry Elder wants Senator McCain to get aggressive in teh next debates, based on what he sees are big holes in Senator Obama's policies,
On the veep debate itself, Peggy Noonan swoons at Sarah Palin's charms and declares the debate hers, because she played up her folksy self and didn't look anything like the woman out of her league giving interviews. That she did so well, considering, may be a thought planted in our heads by those who were trying their damndest to lower our expectations of her to the point where if she stood there and smiled, we'd call it a win. The WSJ thinks Palin off her leash and being natural is her best thing.
Last out of the opinions, and perhaps amusingly placed after all that has gone before it, a wonderful TED talk about what really separates the liberal and conservative mindsets - it's a different set of values. No, really. But this is about how doing liberal-conservative in Us v. Them isn't very productive for persuasion or understanding.
In SCIENCE, a human street skeleton racer takes on a motorcycle. That's so very Weird Science. Additionally, brain cells potentially controlling power grids, a Sony Reader with a light and a stylus, comparing Google's Blog Search service with other blog aggregator-ranker services, a Science Friday broadcast about research conclusions showing people who feel not in control are more likely to see illusions and conspiracy theories. What I would draw from that information is that this lack of control in their lives leads to rationalization, even of the absurd, conspiracy kind, so even if there's no control in life, there's at least an explanation as to why. Is that a good conclusion?
HIV has been around for at least a century, based on old tissue samples that have the genome for the virus in them. It didn't come to prominence until later, but it's been around for a bit.
Last for tonight, Sergio Ruzzier's art, which reminds me a little bit of Aaaah! Real Monsters!
My leading point tonight is a great reason why arts and musical funding should be encouraged in schools, not cut when the budgets become tighter - musicians think differently, and more creatively, than those without musical training. Musically-inclined people use both sides of the brain more than others - a consequence of reading, interpreting, and then playing music in real-time.
Across the world, The U.N. has declared Pakistan's capital unsafe for the children of its staff and ordered them out. Not safe for children any more. Man, that's a lot of the world these days. Maybe we can work on bringing that unacceptable safety down to something like "May occasionally cause cuts, scrapes, bruises, and hurt feelings, but otherwise okay"?
Of course, I can feel myself biting a hypocrisy bullet in saying that the art exhibit that shows the realistic consequences of cartoon violence should be permitted to be hung, even if there's the chance that children will view it. There is a parental advisory warning on the exhibit.
Domestically, yes, indeed, the vice-presidential candidates sparred with each other last night. Any good summary will probably be all you need to get this one understood. BoingBoing tries to encapsulate Governor Palin's debate in a flowchart, as she publicly disagrees with Senator McCain's campaign strategy on quitting Michigan.
The Navy confirms it has found a lost WWII sumbarine around Pearl Harbor, which might make for an interesting museum piece, or at least be worth studying for those creating such things.
The Virginiaa Educator's Association sponsored an "Obama Blue Day", encouraging the teachers to wear blue to show their support for the Democratic candidate. The Virginia Republicans are not amused, calling it a breach of trust. The VEA, for its part, said that the release said to wear blue, but not specific candidate-endorsing blue, and to talk to students about registering to vote, but saying nothing about which candidate to vote for.
The Green Party candidate accused the government of using the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina to execute 5,000 prisoners and bury their bodies. This gets news copy. As to what the Green Party candidate is doing, platforming on, or whether she will be able to take place in the presidential debate? Nada. When the aliens come to take over, we're going to have a Treehouse of Horror moment on it, I swear.
Talking opinions, Peter Watts has survival in modern days figured out - wait for the economic collapse, then go out with the board with a nail in it and start swinging. If Paul M. Weyrich gets his way, there will be a lot of thinking and discussing before any sort of bailout plan is offered or passed, no matter how much the current administrator stomps his foot and insists that we have to do something now. Victor Davis Hanson thinks that the problems in our economy are encouraging hostile forces and nations to become more belligerent and confrontational, as Cal Thomas blames Democrats for letting the crisis happen, while the stalwart Congressional Republicans were always sounding the alarms that reforms needed to happen in Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. Russel Roberts concurs that government made many bad decisions in precipitating the current crisis. In terms of a solution, The WSJ opposes the increase in deposit insurance by the FDIC, believing it will lead to even riskier lending practices.
Ken Blackwell has a more general blame - the instant gratification society that current America has generated, which leads peopel to borrow well beyond their ability to repay because they want it and they want it now, chasing the ephemeral gratification that comes from something new. Bill Whittle believes this is much like passing a kidney stone, and that the right people need to feel enough pain to not do it again.
William Easterly worries that developing nations are taking the wrong ideas from the meltdown, and turning away from replicating a United States-like economic society bassed on how well they perceive elites and businesses to have manipulated the people here in the United States.
So really, the whole thing needs a fact check to see just who, if anyone, really is responsible for this.
So, let's get to the candidate opinions. The American Spectator beleives it has a gigantic scandal waiting to happen in the way that Senator Obama's campaign has been raising money, alleging illegal foreign donations and the campaign not checking to see if donors ahd reached ther federal limits.
Robert McFarlane returns to the "Obama wants to lose in Iraq" rhetoric, bringing old attacks back up later on to rekindle them in the mind of the voter. I still think it premature to declare anything on the Iraq reconstruction effort. Victory in Iraq has been declared for more than five years, now, according to the current administrator. Larry Elder wants Senator McCain to get aggressive in teh next debates, based on what he sees are big holes in Senator Obama's policies,
On the veep debate itself, Peggy Noonan swoons at Sarah Palin's charms and declares the debate hers, because she played up her folksy self and didn't look anything like the woman out of her league giving interviews. That she did so well, considering, may be a thought planted in our heads by those who were trying their damndest to lower our expectations of her to the point where if she stood there and smiled, we'd call it a win. The WSJ thinks Palin off her leash and being natural is her best thing.
Last out of the opinions, and perhaps amusingly placed after all that has gone before it, a wonderful TED talk about what really separates the liberal and conservative mindsets - it's a different set of values. No, really. But this is about how doing liberal-conservative in Us v. Them isn't very productive for persuasion or understanding.
In SCIENCE, a human street skeleton racer takes on a motorcycle. That's so very Weird Science. Additionally, brain cells potentially controlling power grids, a Sony Reader with a light and a stylus, comparing Google's Blog Search service with other blog aggregator-ranker services, a Science Friday broadcast about research conclusions showing people who feel not in control are more likely to see illusions and conspiracy theories. What I would draw from that information is that this lack of control in their lives leads to rationalization, even of the absurd, conspiracy kind, so even if there's no control in life, there's at least an explanation as to why. Is that a good conclusion?
HIV has been around for at least a century, based on old tissue samples that have the genome for the virus in them. It didn't come to prominence until later, but it's been around for a bit.
Last for tonight, Sergio Ruzzier's art, which reminds me a little bit of Aaaah! Real Monsters!
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Date: 2008-10-05 04:54 pm (UTC)Who untied some states without telling me?
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