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Obama Must Read
What we wish Obama had said by Salon is exceptional. Do read this. Seriously! This is a must read.
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I’m on Scottevest’s website!
I won a Scottevest! What’s a Scottevest? Watch this video and I’ll explain. As a bonus, I’m currently on Scottevest’s website at http://www.scottevest.com/. Hint: Click the third square on the big picture just under the navigation.You can win a Scottevest too!
Right now (ends August 8th) Scottevest is having its Summer Fun Contest (Click this link to enter!) and giving away some really cool attire including an Outback Jacket or Women’s Trench, a Travel Vest for Men or Travel Vest for Women, and a Microfleece Pullover or Women’s Q-Zip.Click this link to enter!
Update: Bonus! I’m also one of Scottevest’s featured tweets. I owe a big thank you to Documentally for turning me onto this great company.
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Yes, Republicans Are Ruining America
And here’s the statement that sums it up:
In the long run, however, Democrats won’t be the only losers. What Republicans have just gotten away with calls our whole system of government into question. After all, how can American democracy work if whichever party is most prepared to be ruthless, to threaten the nation’s economic security, gets to dictate policy? And the answer is, maybe it can’t.
[Source, The New York Times, The President Surrenders by PAUL KRUGMAN]
I am deeply troubled by the state of politics in America. Our Congress is embarrassing. Our President needs a backbone transplant. The Tea Party needs history and economic lessons. The Republicans need morals. The middle class and poor need a champion. And I need antacid.
Maybe this would help!
And here’s some more:
Anyone who characterizes the deal between the President and Republican leaders as a victory for the American people over partisanship understands neither economics nor politics.
[Source, Business Insider, Anyone Who Thinks The Debt Deal Is A Victory For America Understands Neither Economics Nor Politics by Robert Reich]
And from CNN’s Republican David Frum:
I’m a Republican. Always have been. I believe in free markets, low taxes, reasonable regulation and limited government. But as I look back at the weeks of rancor leading up to Sunday night’s last-minute budget deal, I see some things I don’t believe in:
- Forcing the United States to the verge of default.
- Shrugging off the needs and concerns of millions of unemployed.
- Protecting every single loophole, giveaway and boondoggle in the tax code as a matter of fundamental conservative principle.
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There was another way. There still is.
- Unemployment is a more urgent problem than debt.
- The deficit is a symptom of America’s economic problems, not a cause. … Cut the deficit first, and the economy will get even sicker.
- The time to cut is after the economy recovers.
- The place to cut is health care, not assistance to the unemployed and poor. … The problem is that Americans pay too much for the medicine they use.
- We can collect more revenue without raising tax rates.
- Passion does not substitute for judgment.
- You can’t save the system by destroying the system.
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Sunday
Had high hopes of getting my desktop working again. Instead I spent the day stealing capacitors from one mother board to replace on another mother board and still failed to get a working machine. Now I’m trying to convert it to a Virtual Machine on my laptop.
I have a much longer list of things that didn’t get done instead of a list of things that did.
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Saturday
Went to client’s office with the intent of being there a couple of hours. Seven or so hours later…
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Evening Project
Friday evening was an important project. I replaced the brake calipers and master cylinder on one of our cars. Video for that didn’t go so well.
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Observations from the topless man
As a driver of a ragtop, ie. a convertible, particularly one which cannot raise its top, I’ve come to have conversations with most of the people working the corners of the Interstate exit ramps. I’ve learned a bit about the business side of their operation and had friendly conversations. However, as a father of 5, I never seem to have cash for them but they’re okay with that.
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To the members of US Congress
Seen at http://imgur.com/3prAG
It is comforting to know that am emergency team of 8th-grade civics teachers has been dispatched to Washington!
WASHINGTON—With lawmakers still at an impasse over increasing the debt ceiling, a special team of 40 eighth-grade civics teachers was air-dropped into Washington earlier today in a last-ditch effort to teach congressional leaders how the government’s legislative process works. [READ MORE]
[Source, the ONION, Emergency Team Of 8th-Grade Civics Teachers Dispatched To Washington]
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It’s the little things we don’t miss
I just found my Jawbone bluetooth headset and didn’t even know I was missing it!
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Today’s Bizarre Dreamweaver Error
Dreamweaver has never been one of my favorite editors. I believe the following error is due to an improper shutdown.
The following translators were not loaded due to errors:
ICERegions.htm: has configuration information that is invalid.
Server Model SSI.htm: has configuration information that is invalid.
Spry.htm: has configuration information that is invalid.From a quick Google Search, it looks like renaming the configuration file and restarting DW and/or the computer will fix things. I’ll update shortly.
UPDATE 1: Reboot of system did not help. I’m using Adobe Dreamweaver CS4 version 10.0 Build 4117
Update 2: Renaming the configuration file to "configuration old" and restarting DW did the trick. See this forum, that forum, and this other forum (a list of potential directories).
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Is your country’s GDP compensating for something?
Why yes it is!
The size of male organ is found to have an inverse U-shaped relationship with the level of GDP in 1985. It can alone explain over 15% of the variation in GDP. The GDP maximizing size is around 13.5 centimetres, and a collapse in economic development is identified as the size of male organ exceeds 16 centimetres. Economic growth between 1960 and 1985 is negatively associated with the size of male organ, and it alone explains 20% of the variation in GDP growth. With due reservations it is also found to be more important determinant of GDP growth than country’s political regime type.
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