Month: October 2011

I am rather fortunate to have grown up in the hacker era. To have heard of Steve and Woz before they became household names. The lights are going out. A lot of us were reaching for the brass ring Steve captured. Way to go guy. And lucky (and very good) you. You will be missed.…

Are there levels of privacy? It’s like, I have been writing this blog for over eight years, which is a long time by most people’s standards, right? I am not going to stop writing it — if for no other reason than it is a daily exercise. But is this blog relevant to things I…

Well it says so at this ABC News link. Nothing up at Conservatives For Palin yet. National Review has it. I’m one sad puppy today. About politics. But I do feel rather GA 144. Cross Posted at Power and Control

The moral I got from watching Part 3 of “Prohibition” a movie by Ken Burns, is that when the influence of the moralists wanes and the government needs money it will scrap prohibition in favor of commerce. Especially if the bodies are piling up in America. Mexican bodies? Not Our Problem. Where are we with…

While the latest poll news is being viewed mainly in the context of Herman Cain rising while Mitt Romney is falling, what worries me the most is the meteoric rise (I mean that in the sense of rising from nothing) of New Gingrich: The man is poised to set himself up as the reasonable candidate.…

The debate over whether homosexuality is a choice (as if such a thing would be relevant to fundamental questions involving freedom) never seems to end. Herman Cain was recently asked about choice by Joy Behar: I mean, don’t think anybody in this world wants to be gay considering all the vilification that is brought upon…

Yesterday I looked at the lessons of Part One of “Prohibition”, a movie by Ken Burns. Today the lessons of Part Two. We will obey the law because that is what law abiding citizens do. For about 6 months or until supplies run out. Then we will buy from the “nice” guys until their supplies…

Former editor of the NYT Howell Raines (who, to the shock of absolutely no one, turns out to be an unabashed lefty ideologue) repeats the myth about Buffett’s secretary paying less taxes than he does: As Warren Buffet points out, middle-income Americans ought to be protesting a system in which billionaires like him pay a…

Being petrified would seem to have its advantages. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8QsKcNWdd9s&feature=related Of course, if you really were a rock, you’d have no say over how you were painted. Here in Ann Arbor they have one that gets painted constantly. No idea what it looks like today. This one’s not bad either.

Alcohol Is The Enemy Of The Family And Civilization. There ought to be a law. That is my take away from watching the first two hours of Ken Burns “Prohibition”. Update: I said this in an e-mail. Drug Prohibition. Same old song. New lyrics. Cross Posted at Power and Control

“Prohibition” on PBS – TV schedule Cross Posted at Power and Control

Earlier I got an email from M. Simon, who said this: I keep telling my friends on the Right that when they have run through the dopers (or warring on them is no longer useful) all that apparatus used to go after the dopers will be used on them (we are already seeing the beginnings…

The audio is not so hot (it sounds like it was recorded off a playing TV), but the information is excellent. More here. Watch the above first for background. H/T Zero Hedge Cross Posted at Power and Control

Sometimes I despair about my allies. Let alone my enemies.

Guns and drugs don’t mix according to the ATF. If you live in a state where medical marijuana is legal you can go to prison for up to two years if you use medical marijuana and own a firearm. A gun rights group and a medical marijuana group are getting together to oppose this measure.…

Probably because I am so accustomed to reading about dress codes under Sharia Law, yesterday I was annoyed to read that police in New York are telling women not to wear shorts or short skirts. At the same time, I recognize that police have no authority to tell people what to wear, as long as…

From Moms United To End The War On Drugs The Colorado Independent tells the story. Hundreds of law enforcement professionals including Denver’s U.S. District Judge John Kane have come together on a curious quest: Saying the drug war has failed, they want to legalize drugs. Some are very nuts and bolts, saying the war on…