Entries Categorized as 'Politics'

Kay Hagan and Godless Americans

Date October 30, 2008

I received this email from Elizabeth Dole’s committee:
By now you have probably seen the new TV ad about Kay Hagan and the Godless Americans PAC.
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Kay Hagan flew to Boston, Massachusetts earlier this year for a fundraiser in support of her Senate campaign.  This fundraiser was hosted at the house of the founder [...]

What is it about Israel?

Date October 2, 2008

I’m going to publically declare my idiocy regarding Israel.  Out of 180+ countries in the world, the United States seems to spend an inordinate amount of time concerning ourselves with Israel (and Cuba, but that’s even yet another story).
I’m a bit embarrassed because I consider myself an intelligent person and *generally* well-informed on a number [...]

Election year time of year

Date May 31, 2008

Around this time (heard some rumblings last week) we start hearing about candidates’ vice-presidential choices.  Inevitably talk turns to the candidates’ weak areas and speculation abounds about what VP options might best shore up said weaknesses.  Should Barack choose Edwards, who would be stronger in the South and among the poor?  Should McCain choose someone [...]

Computer language use and religious affiliation update

Date January 27, 2008

In the religion and language survey,first written about here, we’ve already got 2800 entries in less than 24 hours.  I’d like to leave this open for at least another week, but am also interested in working with some of you out there to parse the data and come up with some reports.  If you’ve got [...]

Queen’s nephew Linley is the royal blackmail victim

Date October 30, 2007

A nephew of the Queen is being named as the victim in the Royal blackmail plot. His name is now being widely touted on the internet, including the authoritative Huffington Post, quoting the Radar publication.
Royal Anecdotes

My wife is really eating this stuff up. The name in question is supposedly David Linley, son of Princess [...]

FEMA sorry for fake news briefing — chicagotribune.com

Date October 27, 2007

In the briefing, parts of which were televised live by cable news channels, Johnson stood behind a lectern, called on questioners who did not disclose that they were FEMA employees, and gave replies emphasizing that his agency’s response to this week’s California wildfires was far better than its response to Hurricane Katrina in August 2005.
FEMA [...]

Watson’s comments on genetic links to intelligence

Date October 17, 2007

UK’s Daily Telegraph had an article about Dr. James Watson’s comments about the genetic implications of intelligence. Some of the conclusions he draws imply that blacks are genetically not as intelligent as whites. Dr. Watson was one of the co-discoverers of the double-helix foundations of DNA.
Another article from the BBC includes the following [...]

Podcast turning toward Microsoft? Response

Date June 2, 2007

I received this from a podcast listener about 6 weeks ago.
Michael:  I’ve been listening to your podcast for a while.  I’m sad to see you turning toward MS.  Is it because of the influence of your present job?
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Thanks for writing (anoymous by request).  Let me address your comment about Microsoft on the webdevradio.com podcast.
I guess [...]

Climate change

Date March 13, 2007

Slashdot has an article about this article, which was related to a documentary  I saw last night (it was British, I think from the BBC).  I’ve never been comfortable with the current dogma that humans are causing climate change.  At the very least, our ability to make such huge impact in such a short time [...]

Bush visiting our neighbors to the north

Date February 22, 2007

President Bush is visiting, of all places, Franklinton, NC, today.  I live in Youngsville, NC, which is directly south of Franklinton.  I occasionally go up there for some of my shopping, although we generally head south.  There’s a Food Lion in either direction, about equidistant, so there’s no advantage going to Wake Forest or Franklinton.  [...]