Since this picture of “Muhammed the Mad Bomber” by Kurt Westergaard seems to be disappearing from the Internet, at least in its original form, I thought I would keep it alive in a small way. I suppose a clever denounciation of religious fanaticism would be in order as well, but no one who thinks that…
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Marc is a software developer, writer, and part-time political know-it-all who currently resides in Texas in the good ol' U.S.A.
The Wisdom of Guy Kawasaki
I’ve been reading this cat’s blog since he started recently and Guy has some interesting things to say on the topic of venture capital and entreprenuership. Here’s a snippet of wisdom from a recent post that I found validating: If you think someone is an orifice, everyone else does too. When I met people that…
Right To Die?
I’ve been mostly posting personal notes and whatnot lately because it’s easier (!) and probably more interesting to my few readers. But a good thing happened today and though it’s undoubtedly all over the news, I thought I’d discuss the Supreme Court’s ruling on assisted suicide. The question that big-government advocates like to ask is…
Microsoft Idiotic, Duplicitous
The recent case of Kai-Fu Lee, a Microsoft VP who dared to leave MS for Google has a temporary conclusion: A former Microsoft Corp. executive who defected to Google Inc. cannot immediately perform the job Google hired him to do, a judge ruled Thursday, saying Microsoft has a well-grounded fear that leaked trade secrets could…
Our Next President?
If Bill Frist becomes President, would we start calling him “Slick Willie”, too? I’d never heard of the guy until Trent Lott made the P.C. crowd made by praising Strom Thurmond, but now Frist’s taking on W on stem cell research! Says Jill Zuckman of the Chicago Tribune. Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist’s announcement Friday…
Spacewalk – Cool!
You’d think that knowing men could do something as freaking cool as this would this whole religious war thing in its proper perspective, wouldn’t you?
Turnabout is Fair Play
Prairie View A&M, a Texas college primarily attended by black students, is feeling the pain of integration. I have to laugh at this section: As more white and Hispanic students are attending Prairie View A&M, reflecting a trend at the nation’s 120 historically black colleges and universities, there is a sense that the land-grant institution…
Agriculture: Good or Bad?
This is an interesting re-print of a nearly 20 year old opinion piece printed in Discover. I’m curious as to other opinions about it. The concept that social parasites, all too common in modern-day America, originated with agricultural society caught my attention because it has the ring of truth about it. This is not to…
Supreme Court Backs Municipal Land Grabs
This tite was stolen from a CNN report of the same name – read it and be amazed at the temerity of the nation’s Supreme Court. Two days later and I’m still in a state of denial/disbelief over this ruling. Now I understand where the phrase “contempt of court” comes from! From the CNN article:…
Do the Math, People (If You Can)
From the Houston Chronicle: Credit card companies want it both ways: strict bankruptcy laws but no mandate to disclose how much all that credit is costing consumers. If the newly wed Smiths charge $1,000 to a 13 percent credit card to finance a week-long honeymoon, then pay only the 2 percent minimum monthly payment, it…