Who would have guessed I’d make two posts about the National Weather Service in as many weeks?
by Pete on April 22, 2005
I’m as surprised as anyone. Thanks to Liz, who pointed me to this article in the Palm Beach Post about a bill submitted to the Senate by everyone’s favorite fan of bestiality and incest, Rick Santorum (R-PA). Among other things, (…)
Because the government doesn’t have anything better to do…
by Pete on April 20, 2005
All it needs is the President’s signature, and the Family Entertainment and Copyright Act will become law. Amazing. Under this law, anyone who places a “copy of a film, software program or music file in a shared folder and should (…)
More on taxes
by Pete on April 18, 2005
As a follow-up to Friday’s post about the futility of alternate tax structures, I thought I’d provide some linkage to this Plastic.com discussion about a variety of such schemes. The back-and-forth between the various posters regarding the competing merits of (…)
Happy April 15th
by Pete on April 15, 2005
It’s a bit past 6:30pm here on the east coast, and I’m listening to Marketplace on the local NPR station. Presumably because it’s April 15th, they have some lunatic from the Cato Institute going on about how we should switch (…)
Normally, I welcome change, but…
by Pete on April 15, 2005
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!! As is my habit, I checked the National Weather Service website for my local weather forecast this morning. Their forecasts are much more detailed than the crummy Weather Channel site, they’re more accurate, and I’m not subjected to incessant (…)
Long live the Death Tax
by Pete on April 14, 2005
It never ceases to amaze me that the President and Congressional Republicans continue to get away with their laughable claims that the permanent repeal of the estate tax is a means of giving Hard-Working Americans® the money that they have (…)
Damn hell ass boobies.
by Pete on April 14, 2005
I was just reading this article on Salon.com about the fight over “indecency” in the media. If you don’t feel like sitting through the ad to get your free day-pass to Salon, the gist of the story is that media (…)
Woohoo! It’s Windows Update day!
by Pete on April 13, 2005
Microsoft has released 8 new critical patches and updates, and as usual, the nerds at Slashdot have worked themselves into a lather about how the insecurity of Windows operating systems. While Windows certainly has its problems (I am bothered by (…)
Wherein Pete refuses to throw his lot in with the fanboys
by Pete on April 11, 2005
A random perusal of today’s Slashdot turned up this article regarding the news that the upcoming (and hopefully the last) Star Wars movie will be rated PG-13. I point this out not so much because I’m interested in the reasons (…)
METAL!!!
by Pete on April 6, 2005
In honor of the truly fabulous weather we had here in the scenic Hudson Valley today, I rolled down all the windows in my car and listened to Carcass really, really loud.