March, 2013 archive
“Cyber-Community Policing” 0
Coming soon to a peephole near you!
Probably not illegal, but definitely creepy.
I am particularly impressed by the whole fake profile thing, which probably violates the TOS of the sites they are using.
The Care and Feeding of Bonus Babies 0
She’s been much in the news for banning telecommuting at Yahoo.
You remember Yahoo. They mounted a large ad campaign a decade or so ago to convince people to use a brand name to mean “web search.”
And then people did start using a brand name to mean “web search.” They called it “google.”
Now we know how she could manage to build a nursery at her workplace so she can bring her baby to work with her.
The award disclosed Wednesday supplements Mayer’s annual salary of $1 million and $56 million in long-term stock compensations that she received after Yahoo lured her away from Google (GOOG) to become its CEO last July.
That’s a bonus of about $1,270 per hour or a total hourly rate of twice that, not counting the stock.
In three days, she gets paid more than the quite arbitrary annual “poverty leveL” for a family of eight in the United States.
And she’s not even on Wall Street, where bonus babies make the big bucks.
Think about it.
Safety Net for Me, but Not for Thee (Updated, Kicked to the Top) 0
Gall, unmitigated.
“Peter lost his battle with cancer, and my father found himself with a mountain of medical bills that he could never afford to pay,” Weatherford told lawmakers on the floor of the House of Representatives. “It was the safety net that picked my father up. It was the safety net that picked my family up.”
According to his father, it was Medicaid.
Later in the story, the pol is quoted as saying his father must be mistaken, it couldn’t possibly have been Medicaid. Oh noes.
Addendum:
Surprise, Republicans. It’s not just for “the urban poor” (and we know who you mean when you use that term).
It’s for anyone who needs it.
Nothing To Do, Nowhere To Go 0
Wait till Republican sequestian dressage sweeps the nation. That’ll fix this.
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The less-volatile four-week moving average fell by 7,000 to 348,750, the lowest since March 8, 2008.
The number of people continuing to receive jobless benefits rose by 3,000 to 3.09 million in the week ended Feb. 23. The continuing claims figure doesn’t include Americans receiving extended unemployment benefits under federal programs.
Chavez 0
The common U. S. view of Venezuela’s Hugo Chavez is similar to the common U. S. view of any foreign leader whose policies are unpopular with Wall Street’s masters of the universe:
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Dictator! Subersive! Threat! And, of course, Commie!
Der Spiegel offers a non-U. S. and certainly more balanced view. A nugget:
After meeting Chávez years ago, the writer Gabriel García Márquez said he didn’t know if he had just spoken to a visionary capable of saving Latin America or a dreamer who would turn into a common Latin American despot.
The Republican War on Women 0
Republicans’ skeevy preoccupation with lady bits continues (and, sadly, Republicans don’t have a monopoly on skeevy, as much as they seem to want one):
Legacy 0
George the Worst’s Great and Glorious Patriotic War for a Lie in Iraq continues to bestow its bounty:
In his final report to Congress, Special Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction Stuart Bowen’s conclusion was all too clear: Since the invasion a decade ago this month, the U.S. has spent too much money in Iraq for too few results.
Read the rest.
Hold Republicans accountable.
Do not allow their efforts to erase George the Worst from the record succeed.
It’s All in a Name 0
Chauncey Devega explains.
Worst-Pressed List 0
MarketWatch counts down the ten companies with the worst reputations.
Lies and Lying Liars 0
And this surprises us how?
The attorney, Vinicio Castillo Seman, told reporters at a Monday press conference that the 23-year-old woman, identified as Nexis de los Santos, now claims in a sworn statement that she not only “never went to bed with” U.S. Sen. Robert Menendez but she never actually met him.
Tucker Carlson has already issued a fall-back fib.
Have Cake, Eat It Too 0
In a long column about Mitt the Flip’s bid to appear relevant, Dick Polman highlights the double-standard of Republican economic theory.
Of course he doesn’t see it.
Persons with double standards apply them to themselves, as well as to others.
Read the rest.
Burglar Fail 0
Some persons are not cut out for a life of crime.
They followed the tracks out of the yard. The tracks ran through woods and directly onto another property on Dorset Avenue.
There, they found the stolen boats . . . .
It reminds me of the case back in Delaware some years ago when someone knocked over a convenience store.
The cops followed his footprints in the snow right to his place.
(I just did a web search for “robber tracked in snow.” It’s more common than one would think.)
