A Farewell Salute! [This Modern World]
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Monthly Archives: January 2009
Happy Birthday, James
My longest running friendship and arguably one of my closest friend’s birthday is today. It is already Saturday in Kansas, but is not here, so it still counts. Happy Birthday wishes to James Lusk!
Worst. President. Ever.
The t–shirt says it all. This rather unflattering picture of a hot, tired me is from the end of an extended rock scrambling excursion back in mid-September 2008. Ian was fresh as the proverbial daisy. “Come on Dad, it’s not … Continue reading
I Just Think This is Screamingly Hilarious (is there Hope for Me?)
Mark Thoma’s Scary Analogy via Krugman
Krugman blogged this back on January 11. A scary analogy Mark Thoma: I think the stimulus package is like driving up an icy hill. If you don’t have enough momentum from the start and fail to provide enough “stimulus” to … Continue reading
U.S. mortgage meltdown linked to 2005 bankruptcy law
This is another piece of legislation that had very little opposition from the Democrats. U.S. mortgage meltdown linked to 2005 bankruptcy law [By Dan Margolies, The Kansas City Star] There’s no shortage of blame for the mortgage crisis that drove … Continue reading
links for 2009-01-13
Republicans’ Latest Talking Point – The New Deal Failed – NYTimes.com Non Compos Mentis [link via Garret] (tags: newdeal FDR depression economics history 2009+financialcollapse obama via:garret)
links for 2009-01-12
PREHISTORIC SIGNS FOUND AT PRESERVE: Radar indicates Anasazi pit houses “A team of scientists exploring Springs Preserve with remote-sensing gear [Ground Penetrating Radar --ed.] has found what appears to be a prehistoric village of pit houses where as many as 30 … Continue reading
WordCamp:Las Vegas
I did not do much more that register at WordCamp:Las Vegas before we left. I had no ‘sitter options and Ian was well into sensory overload after passing through the casino en route to the conference center, so the concept … Continue reading
links for 2009-01-10
Panetta's Peers Back Him for CIA – washingtonpost.com "Leon Panetta was in the small handful of people who knew there was a terrorism problem long before anybody else had heard of al-Qaeda." — Richard A. Clarke [you’ve heard of him, … Continue reading
