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Archive for February, 2013
February 16th, 2013 - 10:48 am § in The Ave Scene
The Ave Scene; where to eat burgers and drink beer
February 15th, 2013 - 1:00 pm § in Misc.
More bad press for Mr. Balmer
Rick Broida on Microsoft: But here’s the thing, here’s what this litany of complaints boils down to: I feel like Microsoft doesn’t give a damn about me as a customer. I feel overcharged and under-supported. I’m force-fed upgrades I don’t want, deprived of features I d[...]
February 15th, 2013 - 10:37 am § in Misc.
Arab Antisemitism
A Secret Jew in Jordan In the Peace Corps, I hid my Jewish identity. But that didn’t prevent me from experiencing anti-Semitism. As my second year in the Corps began, I was teaching an eighth-grade English class. Strolling through the rows during an exercise, I stopped next to a student carving a [...]
February 15th, 2013 - 4:43 am § in Misc.
Minting the debt: The Platinum Solution
(this appeared as a letter to the Daily Kos) I’m the former Mint director and Treasury chief of staff who, with Rep. Mike Castle, wrote the platinum coin law and produced the original coin authorized by the law. Therefore, I’m in a unique position to address some confusion I’ve seen in the med[...]
February 14th, 2013 - 12:16 pm § in Misc.
Happy Valentines Day
Say ‘I love you’ with your 3D-printed chocolate face If your love is sweet, then 3D-print yourself for Valentine’s Day and give the gift that says so. At a recent workshop in Tokyo, attendees made bite-size versions of their heads in chocolate. Hosted by 3D-printing firm KS Design [...]
February 14th, 2013 - 10:29 am § in Misc.
The AVE Challenge: How much money did Sarah Plain earn per word at FOX News?
A Smart Politics review of the more than 150 FOX broadcasts in which Sarah Palin appeared as a paid commentator from 2010 through 2012 finds that she spoke 189,221 words on air during this span, for an average pay rate of[...]
February 14th, 2013 - 9:59 am § in Misc.
BREAKING NEWS: WA Reprican wants Obama to bail her party out
Cathy McMorris Rodgers R WA) and Chair of the House Republican Conference says it is “extremely disappointing” that President Obama did not take the blame for the sequester mess the Repricans have created. She calls the sequester the “big issue that is right in front of us” and say[...]
Is Climate Change Real Yet?
Science doubters say world is warming WASHINGTON (AP) – Nearly 4 out of 5 Americans now think temperatures are rising and that global warming will be a serious problem for the United States if nothing is done about it, a new Associated Press-GfK poll finds. Belief and worry about climate chang[...]
COMBAT AS PART OF VALENTINES DAY
Send a Valentines’ Day cards tp Afghanistan? Can we send our girls in combat boxes of chocolates? Of course part of this story is a change in the definition of combat. A 5′ 2″ lady is likely as agile driving a HUMVEE or “manning” a sniper rifle as any Schwarzenegger. Is[...]