August, 2012 archive
Facebook Frolics, Take the Money and Run Dept. 0
The money never existed.
The “analysts” (and not just California’s–almost everyone’s) were blinded by the hype.
Facebook, the next AOL.
Nothing To Do, Nowhere To Go 0
No change of significance. Bloomberg thinks things will be a little better next week as the summer shutdown of auto plants draws to a close.
(snip)
Today’s report showed the number of people continuing to receive jobless benefits dropped by 19,000 in the week ended July 21 to 3.27 million, a two-month low.
The continuing claims figure does not include the number of Americans receiving extended benefits under federal programs.
Those who’ve used up their traditional benefits and are now collecting emergency and extended payments decreased by about 46,500 to 2.55 million in the week ended July 14.
QOTD 0
The Playboy Advisor:
. . . never bother a dog if it is eating, sleeping, caring for puppies, or sniffing your car for narcotics.
Playboy, July/August 2012 issue, p. 42.
And, While We’re at It, Let’s Bring Back Bear Baiting 0
Congressman Steve King (R-Not the Humane Society) on dog-fighting:
There may be an argument that there’s a larger context to this quotation, but, honest to Pete, what could give this “context”?
Studies in Stupid 0
Man moves near to airbase.
Man doesn’t like jet noise.
Man shines laser at fighter planes.
Pilots lock targeting computer on laser.
Man cops plea, gets sentenced in October.
If you don’t like the smell of pigs, don’t move next to etc.
Cloud Cuckoo Landmines 4
Fundamentally, these weapons fetishists are deeply bent.
Bad Birdies 0
Simon Jenkins suggests that, if indeed some badminton teams threw games to get an advantage in later seeds, well, that’s what the contemporary quadrennial athletic marketing event is really about–Not the striving, the surviving to the winner’s circle. A nugget:
(snip)
The concept of the Olympics as being not about winning but “about taking part” ended long ago. Modern Olympics are parodies of Hitler’s nationalist games of 1936. They are a statist contest determined by who wins the most medals.
Also, endorsements.
Twits on Twitter 0
Olympic twits.
Twitter restored his account Tuesday, admitting that “we did mess up” when its staff encouraged NBC — which Twitter is teaming with for Olympics coverage — to file the complaint that resulted in the suspension.
Tempest in a twitpot.
Six months from now, no one will remember this.
Six years from now, no one will remember Twitter (CompuServe, anyone?)