Category Archives: Academia and Other Nonsense

Pay Attention! There Is No Man Behind The Curtain Anymore!

Posted on August 4, 2011 by Alaska

The Sun Is Setting On Our Rigged Markets. The author may or may not be a contrarian as advertised in the column heading (I’ve never read the guy before), so perhaps it’s usual for him to characterize the markets as … Continue reading →

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Even Law Professors Can Whine

Posted on May 7, 2011 by Alaska

My former professor Michael Glennon, fled from his former digs to the Fletcher School, had a well-written, logically-argued rant published last month about the purportedly legal justification given by the Office of Legal Counsel (OLC) for the US military actions … Continue reading →

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IT English

Posted on April 22, 2011 by Alaska

Over time, I’ve encountered scores of miscommunication problems in the business world that are due to the variance between standard English and what I’ll call “IT English,” that is, the variant of English spoken by and between IT personnel. It’s … Continue reading →

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Shadow Nation and Empires

Posted on March 30, 2011 by Alaska

From the comments to this post: Don Rodrigo: it’s looking more and more like us originalist Americans will have to find a way to form a viable shadow nation as have the illegal immigrants. If they can defy the real … Continue reading →

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RNS Quote of the Day, 03/17/2011

Posted on March 17, 2011 by Alaska

Even if the Japanese nuclear plants exploded … there is no danger of radiation fallout here in the US. (ask me how I know) —Alan @ Snarkybytes All the Fantasy-Islanders running about screaming THE PLUME, THE PLUME notwithstanding, I’ll try … Continue reading →

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The Coming India Crash

Posted on March 8, 2011 by Alaska

You heard it here first, folks. With India’s tech economy built on the export of low-cost IT and clerical-type jobs from the developed world to low-wage high-skilled India, this is not a good portent. Never mind the “computers-replace-lawyers” thrust of … Continue reading →

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Schools sour on HopeNchange?

Posted on March 7, 2011 by Scott

White House memo notes shortage of applicants for contest to have Obama to speak at high school graduation Either they don’t like the message or they don’t want the headaches of a presidential visit.

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My Cousin Vinny on AT&T Mobility v. Concepcion

Posted on March 1, 2011 by Alaska

Good analysis. I hope Scalia’s reading. More on this later.

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What Marx Got Wrong

Posted on February 22, 2011 by Alaska

Excellent quickie essay on a bunch of holes in Marx’s, er, logic. Been looking for this type of resource for a while, especially since I still haven’t been able to force myself to wade through Kapital or the Marx-Engels reader. … Continue reading →

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I hadn’t noticed before, but will never be able to un-notice it now

Posted on February 14, 2011 by Alaska

…thus saith Josh of defunct Ballistic Deanimation blog about this comment: Bonnie: You know, the Android character totally looks like a South Park Canadian. Ayup.

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