| Friday, January 11th, 2008 |
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| Sunday, December 16th, 2007 |
| 11:48 am |
The Hill-A-Copter
Today, Hillary Clinton begins her Hill-A-Copter “Every County Counts Tour” across Iowa’s 99 counties. http://weblogs.baltimoresun.com/news/pol itics/blog/2007/12/hillary_clinton_set_t o_whir_ac.html Could this be another echo of Nixon? Below excerpted from http://www.extrememortman.com/category/k ennedy/ Here’s [Nixon's] speech accepting the nomination at the July 28, 1960 Republican convention in Chicago: I announce to you tonight, and I pledge to you, that I, personally, will carry this campaign into every one of the 50 states of this nation between now and November the 8th.
And what were the practical implications of Nixon’s pledge? Let’s let historian Richard Norton Smith tell the rest of the story: He wanted to call attention to the fact that Alaska and Hawaii had come into the union during the Eisenhower presidency. In practical term, that meant on the Saturday before the election, when he should have been in Illinois or Texas, he was on a plane headed for Alaska, which in those days, that was a lot more remote a destination than it is today. He paid a high price on Election Day.
Nixon's pledge is a card in the boardgame 1960: The Making of the President, along with just about every other event of that campaign. |
| Saturday, December 15th, 2007 |
| 3:42 pm |
Settlers of Catan
Play Settlers of Catan (probably the most popular of the new German games) last night with patriciahrh. Here is Sandra Oh discussing Settlers, starting at around 5:25 in |
| Saturday, December 8th, 2007 |
| 3:26 pm |
Unforgettable experiences
An LJ-friend of Lupo's ![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif) angel_boi is going to Iraq to work as a contractor. People are warning him to be careful, but applauding his sense of adventure. But if he really wants an adventure he'll remember for the rest of his life, all he has to do is enter this competition from [Redacted] Airlines: Don't Miss Your Chance To Win One Of Five Unforgettable Experiences [...] - First Class & Football in London
- A Pilot Simulator Experience
- Membership, Money & Half A Million Miles
- The Ultimate Island Escape
- Hoops & Hockey in Dallas
A basketball game *and* a hockey game! In Dallas! That would indeed be unforgettable. |
| Friday, November 30th, 2007 |
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| Thursday, November 29th, 2007 |
| 1:08 pm |
Immigrant objects to immigration
Morrissey is to sue the [UK music magazine] NME after it failed to apologise for an article focusing on his views on immigration.
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The magazine quoted Morrissey allegedly saying: "Although I don't have anything against people from other countries, the higher the influx into England the more the British identity disappears. So the price is enormous." "If you travel to Germany, it's still absolutely Germany. If you travel to Sweden, it still has a Swedish identity. "But travel to England and you have no idea where you are," the singer is reported to have said. The 48-year-old, who has spent the last decade in Rome and Los Angeles, was apparently responding to a question about whether he would return to live in the UK. In a follow-up interview concerning his comments, the NME reported that Morrissey had said: "It could be construed that the reason I wouldn't wish to live in England is the immigration explosion. And that's not true at all." "There are other reasons why I would find England very difficult, such as the expense and the pressure," he said. He is alleged to have added that he did not think his comments were inflammatory, but were "a statement of fact". Excerpted from BBC at http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/7118412.stm
Funnily enough, Morrissey's parents were immigrants from Ireland. |
| Wednesday, November 21st, 2007 |
| 9:58 pm |
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| Thursday, November 1st, 2007 |
| 10:05 am |
Mubarak joke, via NYT
President Mubarak [of Egypt] is on his deathbed when an aide comes to his side and says, “Mr. President, aren’t you going to give a farewell speech to the people?” The president opens his eyes and replies: “Really? Why? Where are the people going?” |
| Friday, October 26th, 2007 |
| 8:44 am |
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| 10:52 pm |
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| Saturday, October 20th, 2007 |
| 7:46 pm |
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| Friday, September 28th, 2007 |
| 7:20 am |
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| Tuesday, September 25th, 2007 |
| 7:44 am |
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| Thursday, September 20th, 2007 |
| 9:40 am |
Yo estudio español. Patriciahrh estuida español. |
| Monday, September 17th, 2007 |
| 8:26 am |
What will the Fed's interest rate policy mean to you?
Cut of 50 basis points or mote. Economic boom leads to hyperinflation, but stability is restored when China purchases the U.S. for $50 Billion Trillion (4.3 Yuan). Unemployment falls to zero as the population gets jobs in several factories efficiently run by the People's Liberation Army. Recommended investment: Mandarin phrase book No cut in rates: Lack of consumer confidence leads to recession, then depression, then complete economic collapse. Bandits and packs of wild dogs roam the streets. Recommended investments: Canned goods, AK-47, kibble Cut of 25 basis points: Nothing economically significant happens. Ever again. Until the heat death of the universe. Recommended investments: Very long duration natural gas futures, blankets. |
| Thursday, September 6th, 2007 |
| 12:04 pm |
Cross-temporal effects of pricing on consumer utility
Original non-redacted at http://www.xoverboard.com/blogarchive/week_2007_09_02.html#002287 Why I Hate Apple
So three weeks- one week longer than the return policy- after I had to go to the Apple Store and buy a new 30GB iPod to replace my previous one that died- Apple announced that they'll just start selling the 80GB one at the exact same price. This is something that, apparently, no one at the Apple Store thought might be interesting for me to know. $#!& you, Apple. $#!& you with a 12-inch spiked dildo dipped in small pox. Update: Oh, and it has search functions and a sturdier case too. Well isn't that nice. Chug bleach and die in a fire, you bastards. |
| Friday, August 31st, 2007 |
| 12:12 pm |
Internet Math
Worried about the analytical quality of your work? At least you are doing a better job than Mary Meeker. From Henry Blodget at www.internetoutsider.com Morgan Stanley's Internet analyst Mary Meeker was a good deal more optimistic than we and most others about the revenue impact of YouTube's new overlay ads. Specifically, Mary concluded that the overlays could immediately add $4.8 billion of gross revenue and $720 million of net revenue to Google's annual results. This compared to the tiny $12 million to $360 million of gross revenue that we projected. Well, we were baffled at how Mary could be so amazingly bullish, so, on a tip from a reader, we checked her numbers. And, Mary, it may be time to scream at yet another research assistant. Why? Because, in advertising lingo, "CPM" means "Cost Per Thousand" not "Cost Per One." When Mary updates her model to divide by 1,000, therefore, we expect she will wish to revise her conclusions. What happens to Mary's estimates when you do the math right? Well, that $4.8 billion of gross revenue becomes $4.8 million, and the $720 million of net revenue becomes $720 thousand. So if, as Mary suggests, Google can float ads on top of 20 million streams a month, secure a $20 CPM, and keep 15% of the gross revenue, the overall impact will actually be, as we suggested yesterday, immaterial. |
| Wednesday, August 29th, 2007 |
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| Saturday, July 21st, 2007 |
| 12:52 am |
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| 12:22 am |
My girlfriend is a winner
In a race against hundreds, with just a wristband and a dream, she is the first to get the HP at the B+N. Plus, she managed to get a gift certificate from Foreign Cinema as compensation for poor service. |
