Secret Service camera bought on eBay • The Register
hmmmm... not a good example of operations security
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Tuesday, September 30, 2008
Monday, September 29, 2008
Sweeping Bailout Bill Unveiled - washingtonpost.com
Sweeping Bailout Bill Unveiled - washingtonpost.com: "According to a recent report by the Institute for Policy Studies, the chief executives of large U.S. companies made an average of $10.5 million last year, 344 times the pay of the average worker."
The Nomination of Sarah P: An awesome satire
I've always been a fan of Robert Service and his ballads about Sam McGee. My father's rendition of "Fifty below in the ice and snow, when into the dim and the glare..." has stayed with me over the decades (despite the fact that the above line is slightly mis-remembered).
Service wrote these poems in and about the Yukon Territory, but they translate pretty well to Alaska. And now a chap called Gary Shapiro has cleverly satirized recent political events as The Nomination of Sarah P. adapted from the original Cremation of Sam McGee.
Service wrote these poems in and about the Yukon Territory, but they translate pretty well to Alaska. And now a chap called Gary Shapiro has cleverly satirized recent political events as The Nomination of Sarah P. adapted from the original Cremation of Sam McGee.
Hilarious stuff...and yes it is long, but that's Robert Service for you, writing before we had radios and TVs and blogs and twitters to entertain us in teeny snippets. But oh alright then, here's a snippet to get you started:
There are strange things done in the midnight sun
By Republicans seeking votes;
The campaign trails have their secret tales –
Indeed their own “Deep Throats.”
The Northern Lights have seen queer sights,
But the queerest they ever did see
Was that night in the hall in old St. Paul:
They opted for Sarah P.
By Republicans seeking votes;
The campaign trails have their secret tales –
Indeed their own “Deep Throats.”
The Northern Lights have seen queer sights,
But the queerest they ever did see
Was that night in the hall in old St. Paul:
They opted for Sarah P.
Sunday, September 28, 2008
Saturday, September 27, 2008
Friday, September 26, 2008
Font guide for webmasters
Font guide for webmasters: "The CSS font-family property lets you specify more than one font at a time, in order of preference."
E. J. Dionne Jr. - The Photo McCain Wanted - washingtonpost.com
E. J. Dionne Jr. - The Photo McCain Wanted - washingtonpost.com: "Scarier than the bad mortgages are those unregulated credit default swaps that financier George Soros has been warning about. There are $45 trillion of those esoteric instruments sloshing around the global financial system. They were invented as a hedge against debt defaults, but even the financial smart guys don't fully understand their impact or how to price their real value."
ID cards for sheep? Must be another E-ewe edict - Scotsman.com News
ID cards for sheep? Must be another E-Ewe edict
http://news.scotsman.com/scotland/ID-cards-for-sheep-Must.4531061.jp
No more chasing the sheep around the hills when the inspector comes a-counting!
http://news.scotsman.com/scotland/ID-cards-for-sheep-Must.4531061.jp
No more chasing the sheep around the hills when the inspector comes a-counting!