Author: Simon

I have been alerted to a social problem. Not a very severe one. But it has IMO a relatively simple technical solution. So I’m designing. I expect to be done in about two or three more weeks including schematics and board layouts. When it is done I’m going to announce it and try to raise…

Instapundit has a bit up by a nuclear “expert” who says that Going Nuclear Is Safe and Right: Michigan Professor. If you follow the link to the original article, you will find video and text. In the video the “expert” says that shutting down the nuclear industry in Germany, Italy and Switzerland is a very…

The bounty on dopers has reached such incredible heights that the Drug Warriors are now killing old men for operating funds. The invaders who murdered Hampton, Virginia resident William Cooper swiped about $900 in cash. They seized his gun collection. They took the Lexus from his driveway. By some oversight they neglected to extract the…

I brought up the question of abortion and as usual the usual pointless discussion ensued. A couple of my conservative friends chimed in and all they could talk about is philosophy and morality. I, being a more practical sort due to my engineering training, would prefer to talk policing. Or if you will: what can…

For liner notes you can visit the YouTube page. The lead, Paul Kantner was 70 on March 17, 2011. This was recorded March 20, 2011. Also available in 1080p.

I try to keep up. Really I do. But I missed Bill Daley, White House Chief of Staff, basically saying that the White House was clueless on economics. This report was from 17 June. White House Chief of Staff Bill Daley took heat from business executives Thursday for the Obama administration’s regulatory expansions. Daley also…

Those of you of a certain age (what age is that?) will recall that ancient call. But for the rest of us that may become a reality thanks to a new government program. And what will that program do? It will let the frequency of the grid wander to better accommodate intermittent sources of power…

The idea itself goes a way back in psychedelic history when LSD was used by Dr Humphry Osmond to treat alcoholism. And alcoholism is a symptom of PTSD. Sometimes. Sometimes it is a symptom of something else. In any case the treatment of PTSD with psychedelics is gaining ground. Let’s say an abuse-ridden childhood has…

With Project Gunwalker so much in the news these days it is rather surprising to me that the 2nd Amendment Community is not up in arms (heh) about the Drug War. The biggest threat to gun ownership (at least according to those who initiated the Gunwalker Project) is the Drug War. And yet the silence…

The AEI Outlook Series takes a look at China and sees a few bumps in the road. Here are the main points: China is facing destabilizing inflation; capital has flowed into China must faster than it has flowed out, in part because Chinese residents are prohibited from investing abroad. China’s reported inflation rate on consumer…

Yep. Carrying cheese can get you arrested. And if it is concealed carry? Well I’m sure that would only add to the suspicion. ASHEVILLE, N.C. (AP) — An enzyme found in cheese triggered false drug test results that led North Carolina deputies to think a man with 91 pounds of tortilla dough was actually carrying…

The title is a little extreme. But if you read the guy’s long suicide note you might come to a different conclusion. Here is an excerpt to give you the flavor: When then a man is arrested for domestic violence, one of two things can happen. If they are only dating and have separate apartments,…

In theory it is a zoning issue. Sex banned from Pasco swingers club. The article is of some interest. But the comments are more interesting. A lot of imagining going on about police tactics that led to the dispute. This comment was typical. JJ I wonder how many “undercover” visits were required by these law…

The Daily Show via Jews For Sarah and Big Hollywood Cross Posted at Power and Control

Originally from http://www.landoverbaptist.net/showthread.php?t=64512 via Talk Polywell. This is probably a joke. But if it is real – the guy who wrote that has never taken a leak. It must be painful.

In an article on what traits a computer programmer needs to be successful the following comment was made on the outcome of the study. Dehnadi and Bornat’s thesis is that the single biggest predictor of likely aptitude for programming is a deep comfort with meaninglessness: What makes computers so interesting to me is that all…

Saudi Arabia? Nope that has already been picked over. The “new” oil find is in Israel. The old energy order in the Middle East is crumbling with Iran and Syria having left the Western fold and others, including Saudi Arabia, the largest of them all, in danger of doing so. Simultaneously, a new energy order…

Commenter John at The Soros Plan For The 2012 Election had this to say. Drug users aren’t in chronic pain, and drug use isn’t self-medication. That’s a cop-out. Which brought to mind a number of old articles I wrote on the subject. So I left a LOT of links in the comments. One of the…

In an interview of David Mamet the interviewer is discussing David’s reading habits when it comes to economics. As an aside the reviewer notes: Later in our conversation, I ask whether he had read any economics before and he says not—he typically gets absorbed in a collection of books relating to his current play for…

Let me start out by saying that this is speculation of the rankest sort. I have nothing objective to go by. The best way to start this is to look at Resident ∅s chances given current conditions. Current economic conditions are terrible. The jobless rate is running from between 9% and 20% depending on how…