October, 2015 archive
The Haunting of the House 0
There’s no escape.
In July 2014, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court ruled unanimously that a murder-suicide that occurred in a Thornton, Penn. home in February 2006 wasn’t a material defect when a seller who bought the home at an auction, remodeled it and sold it to a buyer in 2007 — without disclosing the crime that occurred inside.
“Purely psychological stigmas are not material defects of property that sellers must disclose to buyers,” the court said.
“The Smart One” 0
Daniel Ruth asses Jeb!‘s debate performance and is not impressed. A nugget:
Bush is wrong, of course. He is indeed a performer in the political theater of the GOP presidential nominating process. He’s just not very good at it.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
Be polite whilst preparing for school.
She will recover.
Cashing Out 0
Norway’s second largest bank is going to stop handling cash as of next Monday.
Not everyone thinks this is a good idea.
Eriksson, now head of a lobbying group for the Swedish security industry, argues that cash is a crucial part of society’s infrastructure. He alleges that the decision to abandon cash is being made by banks simply to increase profits:
“Something is being privatized without people knowing what the implications of that privatization are.”
More at the link.
The Candidates Debate 0
Catherine Rampell spells out what lessons Republican candidates have learned from the media coverage of first three Republican debates. Here are the main points; follow the link for her evidence for each one:
- Lesson No. 1: Lie, but lie confidently.
- Lesson No. 2: Invent your own math.
- Lesson No. 3: If you can’t think of something better to say, just bash the media.
And, in a related story, Joel Connelly reminds us that we’ve heard it all before.
Denial–Not Just a River in Egypt 0
Peter St. Onge comes out as a bacon-science denier.