Archive for May, 2009

May 29 2009

Spam control

Published by gavin1776 under Uncategorized

Spammers have found our blog. I guess this is a kind of success. Comments will be screened. Since there are only 2 of us there may be a delay before comments appear. If anyone wants to volunteer to assist, please send me a message. You can also send one if you want your comment to [...]

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May 27 2009

Sotomayor Nomination a Disgrace

Published by Greg under Politics

Here’s an excellent article from the National Journal Magazine on the controversial ruling from Sotomayor on the Conneticut firefighter case. The article can be summarized as follows:

Frank Ricci, a firefighter in New Haven, Conn., spent 8-13 hours a day studying for an exam that he hoped would promote him to fire lieutenant. He paid $1,000 [...]

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May 22 2009

Hydraulic Despotism

Published by gavin1776 under Politics

In 2010 Massachusetts liberals were overjoyed by the new national Smart Grid which flexibly transferred wind and solar power from all over America to Massachusetts. In 2020 the Republican President ordered the Smart Grid Technical Committee to secretly cut off power to Massachusetts every time there was an anti-war demonstration. The cover story was some [...]

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May 12 2009

Rand Redux : Are current news headlines straight from Atlas Shrugged?

Published by gavin1776 under Salon

“In Atlas Shrugged, Rand tells the story of the U.S. economy crumbling under the weight of crushing government interventions and regulations. Meanwhile, blaming greed and the free market, Washington responds with more controls that only deepen the crisis. Sound familiar?”
—Yaron Brook, “Is Rand Relevant?”
The Wall Street Journal, March 15, 2009
Substitute auto industry for railroad, freeloaders [...]

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