Archive for June, 2005
DSL Outage
We’ve got a DSL outage at the lair. It started yeserday morning, and hasn’t cleared up over 24 hours later. It’s a problem with the ISP, and they say they’re working on it. They say it should be fixed within 24 hours, which means one of two things. Either they know what the problem is, [...]
Congrats to Eugene Volokh
Congratulations go out for the 30th anniversary of leaving the former Soviet Union.
Hamilton Naki – Heart Surgeon/Gardener RIP
Hamilton Naki was one of the pioneers of transplant surgery. He performed, or assisted in, many organ transplants. He instructed thousands of doctors in the procedures, and was considered by those he worked with as one of the best in the field. Officially, however, his actions were against the law. His hospital listed him as [...]
Deployed Military Morale
Our deployed military could have a bad morale, if they listened to the major media and liberals all the time. Instead of listening to back-home, military-hating, know-nothing, sandbox-pissing naysayers, they’re doing things like this. Hat tip to Kitty Litter.
Tar Heel Tavern Is Up
Tar Heel Tavern, the carnival of North Carolina blogs is up. Check it out.
Lorie Byrd on Female Bloggers
Lorie Byrd is one of my favorite bloggers to read, ever since I met her at the North Carolina State Fair. She has her own blog over at Byrd Droppings and is a regular blogger on . She’s just written a great piece over at Town Hall about women in the blogosphere. It’s a great [...]
John K. Connects the Dots
“[The Republican Party Is] pretty much a white Christian party” –Howard Dean “I hate the Republicans and everything they stand for.” –Howard Dean John K pointed out the link between these two quotes. The obvious extrapolation is that he hates Christians. The slightly less obvious extrapolation is that he hates everything that Christianity stands for. [...]
More on the EU and the Euro
I know, I’m a bit of an economics geek. Disinterested Party has some quotes on the problem with the Euro that are quite interesting. There are some notes on the varied economics of the countries within the EU and how this poses problems. Heck, Italy alone has a widely divergent economy depending on where you [...]
Will the Euro End?
In a previous entry, I speculated on the valuation of the Euro -vs- the Dollar, should a widespread adoption of the European Union Constitution fail. I proposed this as a good question for the folks over at Marginal Revolution. Well, similar questions are popping up over there now, with speculation over whether the actual monetary [...]
My take on the Supreme Court’s Raich Decision
I’m going to stick my nose out and say that the Supreme Court did exactly what they should have done in the Raich decision. In deciding that federal law supercedes state law in determining whether medicinal marijuana can be allowed, there was no other that the US Supreme Court could have made. That said, I [...]