NJ changes policy on illegal immigrants (Yahoo!/AP)
This is one instance where a couple of dead college students in the news actually causes some positive kneejerk change.
After many conversations with people about the topic of illegal immigration, pleading with people that there is no good in allowing a class of marginalized sub-citizens to exist among […]
Despite my snickering at the demise of this worthless lair of foolishness, it’s not due to any ill will. I’ve simply moved on from the suburban corporate life that would have made a place like this an appealing destination. Yes, I used to be from Jersey, and places like this have big appeal to that […]
Why They Booed Her In Mexico (New York Times)
What is there to say as a reaction to an unsettling racist story? (Not to accuse the journalism as being racist, but to acknowledge that the topic is racial) One could deny the validity of the story. One could respond with similar racism. Or a person could […]
Regardless of the fact that the commenter is razzing on Yankees fans (because, despite my love for the Yanks, that part of it is well deserved), I found this to be the best taunt line of the year:
I see a lot of text from Yankee fans, but all I’m reading is “WAAAAAAAAH! WAAAAAAAAAH!” Your tears […]
For the First Time, New York Links a Death to 9/11 Dust (New York Times)
There’s a whole debate about the effects of the dust. I won’t get into that, other than to say that I strongly side with people who claim that the dust created by the WTC collapse had harmful potential. (otherwise, why are […]
Ivy League Crunch Brings New Cachet to Next Tier (nytimes.com)
Yeah, uh, my point now stands more firmly.
It’s worth passing on that most of these kids will, at least for a brief period of time, end up working for free, working for minimum wage, or working at a temp job. AFTER Harvard, Lehigh, etc. The […]
Harvard Screener Beat Down By Overachievers - Gawker
(my comment here)
I read the original article before Gawker published their take. I kinda liked it. More on this topic:
I got the impression that the author of the Times article wasn’t the one doing the rejecting. It seemed to me like he found reasons to heartily recommend […]
9 U.S. towns ready for Atlantic tsunami - Yahoo! News
Should you need a hint of reality, the title of this post is completely facetious, but would you be surprised? After our various Homeland Security budgeting debacles, I’d assume they’d have all the life rafts shipped to Iowa and all the snowplows shipped to Arizona. You […]
Like most evolved creatures, I cannot help but stop to admire the movie “Groundhog Day” whenever it plays on television, regardless of the planned activities of the day. It’s on all day today, so whatever might have seemed like a good activity is now off the schedule. And through the magic of DVR technology, I […]
From Year 2038 problem - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia:
Using a (signed) 64-bit value introduces a new wraparound date in about 290 billion years, on Sunday, December 4, 292,277,026,596. However, this problem is not widely regarded as a pressing issue.
Personally, I’d like to find the couple of guys who consider that to be an unworkable problem. […]