February 13th, 2008

The bar has been lowered so far today that we’re seeing arguments that one candidate is better than the other because he showed up for work. CitiesOfTheDead (dot net): Clinton and Obama Disappoint Equally on FISA  

Our unofficial state motto is “Thank God for Mississippi.” James Moore: Leaving it Up to Texas? Again? Seriously? - Politics on The Huffington Post  

Anyway, you’d think they’d all be a little more appreciative of what they have, especially since the third thing that struck me about the US was the plethora of impoverished people begging on the streets. James’ Empty Blog: The price of everything and the value of nothing.  

I assume this means “Clippy” will be doing my dishes soon. Long Views » Blog Archive » House of the Future, for real this time  

The answer being, duh, there’s more property value to threaten there, and duh squared, don’t half-crazed veterans want to live somewhere they can catch a bus or buy non-organic foods…? Only In It For The Gold: NIMBYism  

Fractal Wrongness: The state of being wrong at every conceivable scale of resolution. That is, from a distance, a fractally wrong person’s worldview is incorrect; and furthermore, if you zoom in on any small part of that person’s worldview, that part is just as wrong as the whole worldview. Techskeptic’s Data Daily: Fractal Wrongness