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Al Swearengen, Enterprise Software Architect, enjoys his new career in the programming industry. Effin’ hilarious. h/t Ry.

We are participants in our own tyranny. Go read. – Posted using BlogPress from my iPhone

Generational warfare’s comin’ to the ballot box in 2012, folks. All the Big O thinks he has to do is shout “Social Security! Medicare!” and the baby boomers will reflexively vote against those pointing out the obvious. Or maybe do … Continue reading →

These folks make the hard core militias seem all warm & fuzzy in comparison. I’m always surprised that such radicals have not yet (to my knowledge) been ended with a will placed bullet or shotgun blast.

I’m intrigued by this: Next, economist Jose Pinera, Chile’s Labor and Social Security Minister, privatized social security. The plan … let workers choose between personal retirement accounts or the bankrupt state-run pension system. Workers could keep their own money, invest … Continue reading →

So says the families of Seattle Police Officers. And they are right, police are human, they make mistakes, they have lapses in judgment, they are not perfect. And like the rest of us imperfect beings, when they do something that … Continue reading →

I’m sorry about that. I meant “Iraq, and Afghanistan, and Libya and Iran” Wonder why the administration made such a stink of reducing the US airborne presence around Libya, and handing it off to France, Italy, Canada and Turkey? Here’s … Continue reading →

And Tech Lock-In Anyone got anything to add?

My wife, at work in a school on the Peninsula south of SF and north of San Jose, just texted me: “We are locked down due to Tornado warning. Everything is offline.” WTF? We don’t get those here. Tornados terrify … Continue reading →

They are, and the sheer gall of this makes me sick, creating a $4M fund for small family farmers to get low interest loans! I can not believe those greedy bastards aren’t just handing out grants instead, or making the … Continue reading →