Archives for July 2008
You’d think that I’d be posting about the SKF debacle, but no:
This morning, there were 4 peacocks perched on the fence outside my front yard; the squirrels were going crazy, and the cats were Highly Interested in the squirrels:
Left to right: Bitey, Queenie, Tiger Lily (ears, lower right)
Here’s a link to my lender page at kiva.org, a charitable micro-lender that connects lenders to borrowers, all over the world.
Note that the bottom of the lender page lists the distribution amongst gender and locale.
How it works: you make small loans to small entrepreneurs. They pay you back.
Olesya Mikitina is my cutest recipient — if you’re in […]
Seen on reddit:
Comments:
“This is precisely the sort of thing that’ll reduce readiness when a REAL zombie attack occurs!”
–pavel_lishin
“I know it’s supposed to be funny, but it’s only a matter of time, people!”
–TheColonel
“You know what’s scary? I’m not entirely sure what I would do if I would be driving home and saw that sign. I’ve been […]
The wonderful Glen Greenwald has posted a terrific critique of Barack Obama’s defense of his abject cave on the FISA extension bill, featuring telecom immunity, after previously promising to veto it.
(”Freaking spineless Democrats!” — oh, uh… ok, all better now)
Obama says he will vote to remove immunity from the bill but knows full well that […]
A US House of Representatives Resolution effectively requiring a naval blockade on Iran seems fast tracked for passage, gaining co-sponsors at a remarkable speed, but experts say the measures called for in the resolutions amount to an act of war.
H.CON.RES 362 calls on the president to stop all shipments of refined petroleum products from reaching […]