“I used to think it would take a global financial crisis to get both parties to the table, but we just had one,” said G. William Hoagland, who was a fiscal policy adviser to Senate Republican leaders and a witness to past bipartisan budget summits. “These days I wonder if this country is even governable.”
February 18, 2010
January 14, 2010
Leviathan 14 Hobbes 64kb
Source: www.archive.org
Listened to chapter 14 of Leviathan this evening, a -great- discourse on contract and covenant tied in with natural law. I -love- Hobbes’ emphasis on the importance of definition, and as such the preceding chapters do benefit this chapter. However, this one stands exceptionally well on its own. MP3 link attached.
December 28, 2009
12/28
Turn On, Tune In, Veg Out – Neal Stephenson
http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/dieselciviltrust/iODX/~3/AXoFJ17VS50/301805841
Maybe the US doesn’t have it right, but it looks like non-Nationalized healthcare works pretty well for Mexico. Need to dig deeper into exactly what is included in all the costs, specifically infrastructure.
NYSE:DDR
Research
http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/thesimpledollar/~3/c0QSI2RVLJ0/
“Little Book” reviews of Jason Zweig’s books.
http://www.informationweek.com/blog/main/archives/2009/12/santa_claus_tec.html?cid=nl_IW_daily_2009-12-29_h
Santa Claus, Technology Propagandist
http://www.kancoll.org/books/andreas_ne/state/state-p1.html
Andreas’ History of the State of Nebraska. Ran across this page while looking for the source of “equality before the law” motto and its supposed originator, Mr. Isaac Wiles, representative in the 2nd Legislature ( from http://nebraskaccess.ne.gov/writingareportonnebraska.asp).
http://it.slashdot.org/story/09/12/28/1931256/GSM-Decryption-Published
Your phone calls, decrypted. This is actually “a good thing”. Now cellular operators have real, demonstrable proof that their algorithm is not secure. It opens them to liability, which they don’t like, and makes the cost of doing nothing potentially greater than the cost of fixing the problem.
http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE54E4EZ20090515
Need to read it, but I suspect it’s reminiscent of the administration’s plan to emulate the costs and risks involved in EU socialist healthcare ventures.
December 23, 2009
12/23
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/comment/columnists/janetdaley/6845967/
There’ll -be-nowhere-to-run-from-the-new-world-government.html tl;dr. Read it later.
BAMA.TO Not a URL, though it’s curious.
December 19, 2009
With Nelson on board, health-care bill could pass by Christmas
Source: www.washingtonpost.com
Nelson sells out…
One of few Democrats who I respected a great deal. No more.
One of few Democrats who I respected a great deal. No more.
December 8, 2009
12/8
‘We will not be releasing a sanitized or cut down version for territories where adults are not considered by their governments to be able to make their own entertainment choices.’
–Rebellion (game company) on Australia Ratings Board decision not to rate their new Aliens vs Predator game. See also http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Office_of_Film_and_Literature_Classification_(Australia)
December 4, 2009
From e-mail
If a nation expects to be ignorant and free, in a state of civilization, it expects what never was and never will be. –Thomas Jefferson
http://science.slashdot.org/story/09/11/30/2322205/Royal-Society-Releases-Historic-Science-Papers
http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/thesimpledollar/~3/-bGSmUnSyM0/ Making Buyers – attachment of desire based on enjoyment of situation (i.e., TV show, movie, etc.)