The inauguration is already here…it seemed at times that the transition was taking forever, but now it seems that the inauguration is here so suddenly. After Obama won, the three months of transition seemed like ages. And the Bush team’s continuing incompetence and lame duck status just made it seem all the longer. But I [...]
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Bush, Obama, the Financial Rescue, and Housing Prices
Ya, that sums it up pretty well. Of course, maybe not all the blame should go to Bush regarding management of the financial crisis. He was pretty much checked out at that point and Hank Paulson screwed the pooch on that one.
Hopefully Obama will do something with the rest of the bailout money to actually [...]
Political Odds and Ends
This rep from Iowa is a jerk. Rep. Steve King thinks it’s “bizarre” for Obama to be sworn in using his middle name. Maybe he’d prefer him to be sworn in as Barry O’bama?
When I taught a chemistry lab at UT in spring 2002, I took role on the first day [...]
Elderly Criminals in Japan
Watch out, Sneaky and Ranma! Crime by the elderly in Japan is increasing! And since 20% of the population is over 65 in Japan, the pool of criminals is huge! Guard you wallets! They are everywhere!
Of course, maybe it isn’t so bad if elderly people are swiping food and medicine…it’s probably much more efficient than [...]
Clever like a Fox(’s Urine)
I find this article strange on multiple levels.
WILLMAR, Minn. (AP) – A 50-year-old man told authorities he was fed
up with teens toilet-papering his house during homecoming week. This
year, he decided to defend his property—with a squirt gun filled with
fox urine.
Now, Scott Wagar is in trouble with the law. He pleaded not guilty on
Wednesday in Kandiyohi [...]
I agree with Joe Barton!
My hometown rep Joe Barton (R-Arlington) has actually proposed
something I agree with! Down with the BCS! Barton’s bill will
prohibit the marketing, promotion, and advertising of a postseason game as a national championship’ football game, unless it is the result of a playoff system. Violations of the prohibition will be treated as violations of the [...]
Note to future Illinois Governors
Hey, Future Illinois governors. Don’t fuck around with Patrick Fitzgerald. He will pwn your face.
I don’t know if he is a prosecutorial rock star or just in the right places at the right times — Illinois is probably one of the better places to make a name for yourself fighting public corruption — but this guy has landed [...]
Essential Reading
Robert Gates has written an article in Foreign Affairs outlining his vision for the military. For anyone wondering how an Obama administration is going to approach foreign affairs, this is essential reading.
Apparently, Gates wrote this before Obama tapped him to stay on as Secretary of Defense, as advice for the next guy to have the [...]
In bed with poutine-loving separatists!
Interesting post, Sneaky. Of course, the whole thing strikes me as being mostly party hackery to convince people that the new alliance has the right to form the government. I would agree that they do, but bitching about how the system distorts the seats allocated versus the votes won is kind of silly. Everyone knows [...]
Oh. Canada.
Here is an interesting post that a friend linked on facebook about the current happenings in Canadian politics. I’m sure all of you already know about coalition government and no confidence votes, etc. But I didn’t know some of the details about all the Canadian political parties and divvying up the seats in parliament.
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