Well, I’ve been working on a number of things over the past month. The one that actually has made it to fruition is the little graph icon in the “Last HDR” column. Any blog that’s had a ranking over 200 in the last year (excluding the current month) will give a graph showing the rankings [...]
Naturally, Idiot doesn’t like the US declaring their version of the EFA unlawful. Last week, in a disastrous decision for American democracy, the US Supreme Court struck down third-party spending limits in federal elections. Writing in the Independent, Johann Hari points out exactly what that means: So if you anger the investment bankers by supporting [...]
Hope people are enjoying the daily humorous photos I’ve been putting up. Originally I’d seen a few on Fail Blog and linked sites, and thought I’d do a couple of weeks worth. But since I keep seeing stuff that just cracks me up and saving them, I’ve currently got posts scheduled well into March, and [...]
He made some very good points. “This isn’t about a lie, or a conspiracy, or a deceit, or a deception, this is a decision,” said Blair, who initially looked nervous but grew more confident as the hearing went on. A decision with far wider consequences than any taken by those (sometimes literally) screaming for his [...]
Today it’s… “With all due deference to separation of powers, last week the Supreme Court reversed a century of law that I believe will open the floodgates for special interests — including foreign corporations — to spend without limit in our elections,” Obama told a packed House of Representatives chamber Wednesday night. But did he [...]
Think banning bullrush is bad? What about tag? What about this: … A case in point? This principal’s letter to parents about why she doesn’t want kids to consider recess ”free time.” “[Our school is working to] change the perception of recess from free time away from learning to a valuable learning experience that will [...]
No Right Turn is encouraging vigilantism for PR purposes. Enter the Arrest Blair campaign. They’re offering a bounty to anyone who attempts a peaceful citizens arrest of Tony Blair for crimes against peace. The attempt doesn’t have to be successful, but it does have to be reported in the media. The aim is to embarrass [...]
I see the iPad has been launched. This post was on WordPress.com’s main page. “Insanity,” novelist Rita Mae Brown wrote, “is doing the same thing, over and over again, but expecting different results.” By that standard, the long history of tablet computers doesn’t quite count as insanity–manufacturers have tried a variety of form factors and [...]
