March, 2012 archive
Dog Shows Are Evil 0
Is this a dog or the lead guitarist for Z. Z. Top?
The prosecution rests.
Core Beliefs 0
Leonard Pitts, Jr., on the soul of contemporary conservatism:
Read the rest.
Facebook Frolics, Divorce Court Dept. 0
“If you are an evil, vindictive woman who wants to ruin your husband’s life and take your son’s father away from him completely,” he wrote, “all you need to do is say you’re scared of your husband or domestic partner and they’ll take him away.”
Bad move.
Though Byron had blocked his estranged wife from his Facebook page, she still learned about the post and filed a motion in court accusing him of violating an earlier protection order.
A magistrate agreed with Elizabeth Byron and issued a ruling that free speech experts say is worrisome. It should also concern the bajillions of people who use the networking site as if it were the kitchen table, a place to confess over cafecito.
The article continues with a long discussion of whether the post was a threat or an expression of frustration, but skirts the real point.
The internet is a public place.
“Nobody Ever Expects the Pennsylvania Inquisition” 0
In the Beginning Was the Scam (and It Was Good while It Lasted) (and It Was Good while It Lasted)">0
Till people caught on.
But have no fear, my friends.
The scam shall come again.
Dustbiters 0
One would think that the supply of failed banks would eventually dry up, wouldn’t one?
One would be in error:
A Modest Proposal 0
The San Jose Mercury-News wonders why Democrats do not adopt Republican campaign tactics. It asks
Both Sides Mitt 0
Flipping in pictures, both still and moving:
March Madness, One Year Later 0
The persons I mentioned in this post last year are taking the state to court:
I doubt his suit will get far. “Unconstitutional” is a legal concept.
“Unconstitutional” is not the same as “stupid.”
All kinds of stupid stuff is constitutional.
Update from the Foreclosure-Based Economy 0
Forcing assessors to innovate (emphasis added):
Residential properties make up about 70 percent of taxable properties in the city, according to the city manager’s office.
Because of the lack of buyers, the Office of the Real Estate Assessor had to rely more heavily on the data from foreclosures and short sales, Bunn said. That resulted in a loss in assessed value across the city.
Nothing To Do, Nowhere To Go 0
For all practical purposes, no change from last week.
(snip)
The four-week moving average, a less-volatile measure, was little changed at 355,000 from 354,750, which were the fewest since March 2008.
Facebook Frolics 0
Relationship status: Strained.
Assessing the Field 0
Dick Polman, on the interminable Republican nominating process:
The new rules are not the problem. The candidates are the problem.
