Remind me Why we are still in Iraq. Why we still insist on keeping Iraq as one country. http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2009/01/30/world/IRAQ-ELECTIONS-PRIMER.html No one seems to argue for going back to this set of maps (http://unimaps.com/africa1914/index.html) and a great deal of effort went into breaking up this (http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/commonwealth/ussr_time_82.jpg). Today the mainstream of international opinion seems to accept as [...]
Archive for January, 2009
Still Going
Posted in Foreign Policy, Middle East, Military on January 31, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Accounting 102
Posted in Finance on January 30, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
There must be something very, very basic I am missing here: http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=aId.u_N9CC88 The company says it is going to pay 90% of its dividend in stock. Why? Suppose I was previously receiving $100 in dividends. Now I get $10 in cash and ostensibly $90 in shares – whatever that works out to in shares at [...]
Trouble with the Law
Posted in Football, Miscellaneous on January 30, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I don’t care what funky legal technicality is being used, anytime you are being brought up on “second degree lynching”, you are a bit too bad-ass for the club. When you are an NFL player’s wife, that’s getting dangerously close to Left Eye territory: http://deadspin.com/5142636/richard-seymours-wife-isnt-messing-around
Boondoggle. Also.
Posted in Corruption, Sarah Palin on January 29, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Good to see she is raising money to keep the party patrol going for a few more years. http://www.sarahpac.com/ I am particularly impressed with the Republican boilerplate she assembled: Our country, founded on conservative principles How did this get to be accepted wisdom? The American Revolution was not, say, the French Revolution; it did not [...]
Poor Planning
Posted in Miscellaneous on January 28, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
What sort of high speed chase can you have with a U-Haul on PCH? http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,484764,00.html Someone was not paying attention when they were showing Cannonball Run…
Boston Athlete
Posted in Football on January 28, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
It has to be wonderful to be an athlete in Boston. You take a franchise best known for having the Fridge score on it during a blowout and win three Super Bowls, come within perhaps the most amazing reception in NFL history of a fourth, and have a 101-27 record as a starting quarterback. You [...]
Stupid Is As Stupid Does
Posted in Finance, Meltdown on January 27, 2009 | 2 Comments »
This one doesn’t make any more sense the second time around: http://www.cnbc.com/id/28879872 The banks have not written their crappy assets down to real value because to do so would reveal that the banks have negative net worth. So clearly, they cannot sell the crappy assets for their real value, since this will force them to [...]
Airline Complaints
Posted in Foreigners, Inspirational, Miscellaneous on January 26, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
What a wonderful melange of English humor, Indian food, and ten hours in coach: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/travelnews/4344890/Virgin-the-worlds-best-passenger-complaint-letter.html Made me think back to every one of the million and change miles I had the pleasure of experiencing over the past four years.
Hockey
Posted in Hockey on January 26, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Way too clever for a hockey goalie to have come up with… http://www.boston.com/sports/schools/hockey/articles/2009/01/25/teen_goalie_designs_pads_to_trick_shots/?page=full
Long National Nightmare
Posted in Inspirational, Miscellaneous on January 20, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
As good a time as any to look back eight years: http://www.theonion.com/content/node/28784
