Then don’t take a cruise.
165 murders seems like a lot, but how does it compare with the general population in terms of murder rate? A lot of people take cruises.
Verizon Description Of “The Simpsons”
“Oaf named Homer raises his dysfunctional family in a town named Springfield.”
It was an episode description…
Which is pretty all-encompassing. But hilarious.
Where Did UARS Come In?
Here’s a pretty good guess. It’s likely with the fishes off the Oregon/Washington coast.
The Price Of S3x
…has plummeted. I guess it’s a good time to be a single guy. Not that I’d know.
[Late evening update]
Sorry, here’s the link.
Pussycats
Looks like the Lions are being tamed by the Vikings. 20-0 at the half. Hope they can sort it out in the locker room. It doesn’t look like the Detroit of pre-season or the first two games, but I’m just following the game track, so I don’t really know what’s going on. If I were “addicted to football,” of course (as one person stupidly fantasizes), I would have a sports subscription, or be at a sports bar, so I don’t ever miss a game, and be glued to the teevee, but I’m not, so I don’t.
[Update shortly after the second half begins]
Well, at least Detroit is on the board now. Touchdown.
[Update after the beginning of the fourth quarter]
Roaring back. Only down 20-17.
[Update with five minutes left]
They’re tied at twenty each. I suspect the end of this game is going to be grueling.
[Update with two and a half left]
The Lions have taken the lead finally, 23-20. All up to special teams and defense now. Win or lose, this doesn’t look like your father’s Detroit Lions. Another collapse for Minnesota though.
[Update after overtime win]
3 and 0, baby!
The New Deal Was “A Wrong Turn”?
Of course it was.
It’s apparently politically unacceptable to point out that truth, but that’s largely because of decades of political indoctrination in state-run lower and higher education. We were taught in school that Roosevelt “saved capitalism,” which always struck me as a similar phrase to the Vietnam-era “we had to destroy the village to save it.” It started us down the wrong road, and we’re rapidly approaching a cliff if we can’t bushwhack our way back to the right path.
Florida Shocker
Well, either Herman Cain is going to be the next Republican nominee, or the Florida straw poll is no longer a predictor of that.
The Future
…and its enemies (to steal a phrase from Virginia Postrel). Why space settlement is important.
[Via Clark Lindsey and Trent Waddington, who made it]
More Thoughts On Conservative NASA Bashing
…over at Open Market.
Attack Watch
RIP? And here I thought it was doing so well.