As of Friday, the odds are 8:1 AGAINST the Seahawks going to the SUPERBOWL! If Paul Allen’s Seahawks win the Superbowl will this stimulate Steve Balmer to go all the way and buy the UW Huskies? CLICKME to get current odds. [...]
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November 19th, 2012 - 12:10 pm § in Misc.
WTF is happening in Redmond?
Steven Sinofsky: Windows division head leaves Microsoft This is worrisome. The man responsible for Windows 8 and the paradigm change that is Surface is leaving Microsoft. Sinolfsky payed the Stevc Jobs role as he demonstrated Microsoft’s Surface tablet at an event in Los Angeles this yea[...]
Ten Reasons to Vote Against Mitt Romney
I am mystified why any smart person would want Mitt Romney to be President. The only substantive argument seems to be that Romney has been a successful executive. I have trouble following that argument. Successful executives come in many different flavors depending on the kind of business they[...]
August 28th, 2012 - 4:46 am § in Science
BREAKING NEWS: Charlie Crist, a Rational Republican, to endorse Obama at the DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION,
Charlie Christ, the former Republican governor of Florida who ran for the Senate as an independent, will speak at the Democratic National Convention next week, taking yet another step away from his erstwhile party. This is far more important than it may seem. Mr. Cristy is not just a Republican ou[...]
Republican Heresy: Jeb Bush is not quite rite!
Having witnessed Republican extremism at this year’s Tacoma convention. I am now mystified. Is the moderate republican extinct or just powerless? Dana Milbank discusses comment by Jeb Bush. The fintelleigent Bush brother and successful former Florida governor, stated in public that even [...]
October 6th, 2011 - 12:17 pm § in The Ave Scene
More on Applesauce.
Over at SLOG David Goldstein is defending his love for the new iPhone and mourning the loss of Steve Jobs. The odd thing about Job’s death is the wierd comparisons to Einstein, Edison, … even Aristotle. A better caparison is to the Beetles. I think David confuses the Beetles’[...]
May 8th, 2011 - 12:55 pm § in The Ave Scene, UW
Speculation: Will Robert Gates be active in the Repubican party?
UPDATE: Friday 9 Sept. Just learned that Robert Gates will be th new President of William and Mary. Big loss for WA. Soon to retire as Defense Secretary, Robert Gates gave a commencement address at WSU. This is not just a May visit by an eminent graduation speaker. Gates is committed to living in [...]
April 23rd, 2011 - 7:25 am § in UW
UPDATE: A true moderate Republican UW President might be in a position to use moral persuasion to tether the red balloon of what I hope is still a rational remnant of the Evans’ political era.
Salt Lake Tribune: Utah’s Young chosen for top post at University of Washington Young, if he is the person in the smoke, has a number of intriguing features that we will certainly hear more about in coming days. To start with, Michael Young seems very different from Mark Emmert. When Emmert go[...]
January 24th, 2011 - 10:39 am § in America
Talk Show Host Takes Over the Republican Party of Washington
The sad fate of the Republican Party now seems sealed, at least in WA state. Kirby Wilbur, a rabid right wing ideologue of the Beck/Limbaugh school, is now the head of the state committee. Hasn’t the time come for the remnant or rationality in the Republican party to call for something else?[...]
MS needs some applesauce on its Surface!
Niw that I have a Microsoft Surfce, I am pretty ticked off about the ads for the thing. The ads are dumb! MS seems to have two sort sf ads out there … one that may really be for pastel seltzer water and one some kind of thin and alpha shaped desk toy. It is […][...]