a crank’s progress

“I reach for my Browning.”
CULTURE CLUBFOOT. TRex at Firedoglake (get well so…:
I’ve said it many times before and I will say it many times more: these pricks say they are at war for the “culture,” but what they really want is to replace all vestiges of culture wih propaganda — which is the only thing [...]

Someone (was it you?) bought a 42 inch plasma TV from Amazon and my affiliate account got the credit.
So a little retail therapy at Amazon is in my future ($54 is a lot to a pauper like me ;-) )
Thanks, mystery benefactor!

Lower the Minimum Wage
More wisdom from a reasonable conservative. It’s too good to excerpt.
(tags: economics markets money work politics)

No one is lining up for Windows Vista in San Francisco
I suspect things were different here in Seattle.
(tags: microsoft markets technology)

Taking It Off
are you talkin’ to me? I think you are.
(tags: exercise health)

Email sent this morning
been there, [...]

Protestor Demands Probe Of White House Over Katrina, Lieberman Responds He Won’t ‘Play Gotcha Anymore’:
Lieberman said he was not interested in “looking back, and assigning blame would be a waste of Congress’ time.” Responding to yesterday’s protestor, Lieberman said, “We don’t want to play ‘gotcha’ anymore.”
What a guy. What’s his motivation?

Senate Multimillionares Vote To Block Minimum Wage Hike:
After repeated delays by conservatives, the Senate voted 87-10 today to end debate on legislation that will raise the minimum wage for the first time in a decade, from $5.15 to $7.25. The bill will move to a full vote in the next several days.
Ten right-wing senators stuck [...]

Mac Apps On Windows
the return of the Yellow Box (Rhapsody, circa 1995 or so). I doubt this will play out as written, but interesting all the same.
(tags: Apple microsoft markets)

How to disable the stupid Snap Preview things that are…
wonder if anyone has done anything with GreaseMonkey to block these?
(tags: internet annoyances)

Can someone explain to me [...]

Unhappy Meals: NYT essay on the politics of nutrition
something to read when I have time (12 pages?)
(tags: food nutrition politics economics markets)

The classical comeback (cont.)
if you read Tim Bray on music, you can’t take this seriously: iPod-quality music is not worth bothering with. Not that I subscribe to that. all recordings are imperfect: pick what [...]

tax and spend vs borrow and spend
Food for thought? Look at the raw values but note the direction of those curves: Republican administrations make the debt curve arch up, Democratic ones level it out. So who’s the responsible Daddy party now?
(tags: democrats economics money politics)

CNC Router plans
wow. my jaw just dropped.
(tags: making diy tools)

I am:
John Brunner
His best known works are dystopias — vivid realizations of the futures we want to avoid.

Which science fiction writer are you?

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The old “Apple should stop making hardware” argument resurfaces.
Theocacao Comment for “Apple is About the Mac”:
As an AAPL shareholder, I think a pretty good business case can be made for restructuring Apple more along the lines of Microsoft.
So I guess you would have liked to be an MSFT stockholder during the last 10 years? [...]