October 2008

Brief ramblings on campaigns.

October 28, 2008

A seeming disparity in campaign and election law: voting is anonymous, donating money to a campaign is not. Actually, that’s imprecise. The candidates have to disclose the name of anyone who donates at least $200, so you can only find out whether I’ve given at least $200 to a campaign or party. But you still [...]

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Perspective.

October 25, 2008

Watch Louis C.K. on Conan O’Brien’s show. The valuable part begins two or three minutes in, but watch and listen. I’ll have to find or create a transcript.

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A comment on tonight’s debate.

October 7, 2008

Senator Obama said that Americans will have to start thinking about how they use energy. I don’t remember the exact quote, but McCain may have echoed him. Translation: we’ll have to conserve energy when possible and seek efficiency in energy use because, after all, it’s not unlimited. Well, Americans should think about how we use energy. [...]

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Sign of the Apocalypse.

October 5, 2008

As of 7:57 PM eastern time, Kyle Orton is today’s leader in passing yardage.

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Heresy ahead.

October 5, 2008

At a recent git-together up in Clemson, my friend Dr. Hmnahmna washed out all the empty glass bottles and took them home to recycle. Nothing odd about that, except that “home” was in the middle of Virginia, 400 miles away. I believe the Doctor received cash for the bottles, but if not, then I hope [...]

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