Colby Cosh (via Instapundit), describing the reaction of certain Senators and newspaper writers when faced with the (gasp!) horride and gruesome idea of DARPA’s futures market: Here’s Florida Today checking in from the Space Coast: “The Pentagon’s plan to open a Web site for people to bet on terrorist assassinations and other geopolitical disasters was …
Archives for July 2003
Gay High Schools
I saw this on the news tonight, and since I am unfamiliar with my parent’s cable channels, I thought I might have been watching Comedy Central by mistake. Unfortunately, it is true: New York City is creating the nation’s first public high school for gays, bisexuals and transgender students. The Harvey Milk High School will …
Race Games
I see Jesse Jackson has been rather successful at attacking my favorite past-time- and now the NFL is fining people for their hiring choices: The NFL served notice Friday that it is taking its commitment to diversity seriously, fining Detroit Lions president Matt Millen $200,000 for not interviewing any minority candidates before hiring coach Steve …
Where Have All the Democrats Gone?
The Texas Democrats are on the run again: )–Senate Republicans urged their Democratic colleagues Tuesday to abandon their out-of-state walkout and work with them on a congressional redistricting plan. “No Texas problem has ever been solved in New Mexico,” said Republican Sen. Todd Staples. In a move reminiscent of a walkout by House Democrats 2 …
The Noose is Tightening
Good news from Tikrit: American soldiers overpowered and arrested one of Saddam Hussein’s bodyguards today and said they had obtained documents and information that could help them close in on the former dictator. We’re coming to get ya…
Death by Dial-Up
After three years of Hi-Speed internet access both at home and at work, let me tell you that dialing into the internet at 56k is just bloody awful. I am dog-sitting at my folks, and there is no Hi-Speed access here. Only two more weeks…
The Misery Continues
And the California ‘compromise’ budget fails: A compromise budget intended to cover the state government’s record deficit and break a bitter political stalemate fell nine votes short early Tuesday on the Assembly floor. The failure to pass the nearly $100 billion budget is at least a temporary setback for party leaders in both houses who …