More Giuliani
by Pete on October 26, 2007
For anyone still laboring under that a Rudy Giuliani presidency would be anything other than a change for the worse from the already deplorable tenure of George W. Bush, I point you to an article in today’s Washington Post titled (…)
Washington Monthly on Mayor 9/11
by Pete on October 25, 2007
Anyone who reads this blog on even a semi-regular basis probably already knows that I think Rudy Giuliani is a lunatic, and that I find the idea of him getting anywhere near the White House to be deeply frightening. However, (…)
…you say tomato.
by Pete on October 18, 2007
Today’s New York Times: President Bush’s nominee for attorney general, Michael B. Mukasey, declined today to say if he considered such harsh interrogation techniques as waterboarding, which creates the sensation of drowning, to constitute torture or to be illegal when (…)
I say tomato…
by Pete on October 17, 2007
Michael Mukasey, the President’s nominee to replace Alberto Gonzales as Attorney General is busy making nice before the Senate Judiciary Committee today. In an article titled “Bush Nominee Signals Change at Justice Dept.”, the New York Times reports: President Bush’s (…)
Al Gore
by Pete on October 12, 2007
Now that Al Gore has won the Nobel Peace Prize (along with the U.N. Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change), we’re sure to see a whole new round of hysteria from the “Draft Gore” people. Ezra Klein pretty well sums up (…)
Trying out Sabayon Linux
by Pete on October 10, 2007
I downloaded a copy of Sabayon Linux 3.4 over the weekend, installed it on a spare machine, and have been playing around with it ever since. Sabayon is based on Gentoo. While I have experimented with a number of Red (…)
Parts & Labor – Mapmakers
by Pete on October 2, 2007
While there may be a lot of annoying things about Brooklyn these days, proof that the borough still has some good stuff to offer comes in the form of the band Parts & Labor. I got their new album Mapmakers (…)