Steele Wins

Michael Steele is the new RNC chairman.  Given how poorly the Republican leadership has fared over the past few years and how dis-spirited the base has been (leading to poor fundraising and GOTV efforts), there's a lot of work for Steele to do.  Andy McCarthy points out a troubling aspect of Steele that he hopes…

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Inflation Is Coming

This is not good.  I'm thinking it's about time for me to get into some Euro-denominated securities, as at least the Bundesbankers aren't getting sucked in to Inflationmania 2009...yet...

Muffling

Traveling up to Akron last weekend, I apparently procured a hole or tear or something in my exhaust system, leaving my car to sound like a Sherman tank (though given the roads in Columbus the last few days, a Sherman tank might have hit the spot...).  I should have this fixed tomorrow, for those of…

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Just go to this link. You won't regret. (Hat tip Let's Go Tribe.)

Royal Rumble 2009: NAILED IT!

Randy Orton, as my brilliant post suggested, was indeed your 2009 Royal Rumble winner. How did my other guesses do? Jericho, Punk, and Kane all gave good accounts of themselves. Show came out at #30, got eliminated by Taker (or possibly the other way around... I forget), continuing that feud. I'm not saying I want…

Stimulating Notes

Here's a whole bunch of bailout, "stimulus," and other notes on the madness of modern economists. TARP funds are being used to bail out politically influential banks.  I never would have imagined! Jim Manzi has an excellent post on the Trojan Horse behind the "stimulus" package.  Not only is it not a stimulus, and not…

Google Ajax

I haven't had the chance to play with this very much, but Google's Ajax API looks reasonably promising.

New Term Starts

My next academic term has begun.  The course I am taking this time around is managerial accounting, which will probably be very useful for development purposes.  Unfortunately, I'm already a chapter behind, as we covered chapters 1 and 2 today and I only finished chapter 1.  Ah, well; it's just one more thing to stick…

Couldn’t Have Happened To A Nicer Guy

Jacques Chirac hospitalized after being bitten by his "clinically depressed" poodle.

It’s No Hovercar, But It’s A Start

First-generation flying cars are coming right at us.