What a weird way to try to make a living. Some bozo called shawnwilson54[at]googlemail.com just emailed me: Hi, I wondered if you would be interested in buying the .COM version of your domain name willowschool.us for $195 ? Let me know. Shawn. Now, here’s the thing. That domain name is publicly available. I just registered…
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Seriously. Could President Obama perhaps try to find some people for his administration that aren’t a) Republicans, or b) Tax Evaders? If he’s Oh, so hellbent on having a cabinet of rivals who disagree on stuff and who can challenge him, then why not appoint a true progressive for a change — he already has…
Thank Goodness! For a moment there I had delusions that we were really in a pickle, that this recession talk was genuine, and that there was a need for belt tightening across the board. “Dire times,” says our new President, “tough times,” says our brave Congress. They’re all set to put out grandchildren deep into…
So, Obama gets to appoint yet another Republican to his cabinet. One that he thinks can help him fix the economy, and exercise that’s being made almost impossible by the petulant Republicans and their obstructionist agenda. Okay. And in return, NH Governor Lynch has — for some bizarre reason — agreed to appoint a Republican…
Little known fact: you can make local FOIA (freedom of information act) requests, too. Most states have a FOIA equivalent; here in Vermont, it’s called the “Open Records Law”. And it’s really quite straightforward and very comprehensive: unless there’s a really legitimate reason for the government to keep things a secret, you’re entitled to see…
Wow. That’s some kind of cognitive dissonance right there. Obama’s hand-me-down Sec. of Defense Gates doesn’t seem to appreciate the rank hypocrisy here: “I’m concerned about the level of frankly subversive activity that the Iranians are carrying on in a number of places in Latin America particularly South America and Central America,” Gates told lawmakers.…
