Monthly Archives: August 2006

Absolutes

August 31, 2006 – 8:12 am

Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld is in the news about some remarks he made suggesting that anyone who disagrees with the current administration is morally confused, and that such confusion will mean the end of the Republic: Rumsfeld said “any kind of moral or intellectual confusion about who and what is right or wrong can weaken [...]

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Wherein I agree with the Cato Institute

August 29, 2006 – 3:51 pm

On the Cato Institute blog they’re highlighting the cost of the war against Iraq in a way that has often occurred to me, but doesn’t seem to have been floated too many times: What Would You Rather Have: The War in Iraq, or $1,075? That’s how much you’ve spent on it so far. Of course [...]

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Practising Right-Wing Tactics

August 28, 2006 – 9:11 am

This doesn’t come naturally to me, but I’ve seen a few examples so here goes: Put together these two facts: 1. Ann Coulter says that “Things are going swimmingly in Afghanistan.” 2. “Opium cultivation in Afghanistan has hit record levels – up by more than 40 percent from 2005″ There you have it – Ann [...]

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TinyAlarm

August 25, 2006 – 3:19 pm

This has been posted in various places recently, but I happened to find it independently and thought I’d pass it on as though I was really cool. TinyAlarm sets an alarm for a time of your choice. It sits in the menubar of OS X (you do have a Mac, right?) so it’s always available, [...]

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Limon

August 24, 2006 – 9:35 am

Joy of joys, you can now buy Fanta Limon in the UK. Admittedly it’s called Fanta Lemon, which isn’t so exotic, but now every day can be a holiday!

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