Desperately Seeking Ethics and Reason
An autistic Vulcan's quest for sense in a senseless world
Desperately Seeking Ethics and Reason
An autistic Vulcan's quest for sense in a senseless world
Linkdump
Attorney General Alberto Gonzales claims citizens DON'T have right of habeas corpus
Thursday 25 January 2007 at 1:27 pm As it's been widely blogged elsewhere, our very own Attorney General is now busy prosecuting the Constitution, claiming that habeas corpus is NOT a right that it guarantees to citizens. (more)Dick Cheney is literally a snake!
Wednesday 24 January 2007 at 11:17 pm We already knew he was a figurative snake, but observers of last night's State of the Union address noticed that he doesn't blink! That's a beloved trait of our cold-blooded reptilian friends. Perhaps he also takes dips in a jacuzzi full of Selsun Blue to combat the scaley skin?Quote of the Day
Wednesday 24 January 2007 at 01:38 am"Monotheism is to morality what bad architecture is to construction."
-- me
I can't wait to get it on a t-shirt, to wear on alternating days with my Impeach Bush shirt.
(more)Amendment 3 to SR.1 bill really wasn't evil after all...
Tuesday 23 January 2007 at 10:53 pm... it was the propaganda decrying it that was evil! To my embarrassment, I began to figure this out after I had already ranted against it. This article in the UK's The Register digs into the motives of the people campaigning the loudest against it, and what they found wasn't pretty: it was Republicans masquerading as liberals who were trying to defeat the amendment to shield themselves and other paid right-wing lobbyists from scrutiny. And it worked.
Maybe I should quit re-blogging before I gain a real audience and do real harm.
Need more reasons not to mess with Windows Vista? Here's five and ten more
Tuesday 23 January 2007 at 10:14 pm Disclaimer: I am not using and will not use Vista, so I am merely channeling reports of others who have a masochistic side or a job that requires use of it. Here are two more articles demonstrating why Vista is worse than a mere waste of money. (more)Media giants considering DRM-free music and video?
Tuesday 23 January 2007 at 01:07 am Ummm... yeah, I'll believe that's probable when the news is delivered at my door by Peter Pan himself. This article in the International Herald Tribune claims it's a growing possibility, but I think what the author lacks is perspective, an understanding of the scope and breadth of this confrontation: it's epic and a lot older than one or two generations. It will take a revolution the likes of which the world has never seen to defeat. It may require the sword as well as the pen. (more)This will be ME in fifteen years
Monday 22 January 2007 at 5:40 pmWall Street Journal Online has an article describing the struggles of John Draper to remain productive while his peers from the early Age of The Geek have become wildly successful. This article was painful for me to read because I saw parallels of his struggles in my own life.
(more)Bad Vista, Baaad Vista!
Monday 22 January 2007 at 09:54 amWindows Vista is like... "breaking the legs of Olympic athletes and then rating them based on how fast they can hobble on crutches." -- Prof. Peter Gutmann
(more)Here's a candidate for a Darwin Award!
Saturday 20 January 2007 at 7:58 pmGPS devices lead to suspects' home
Three thieves who allegedly stole 14 global positioning system devices didn't get away with their crime for long. The devices led police right to their home.
(more)Is eugenics universally bad?
Saturday 20 January 2007 at 02:19 am I'll readily admit that human history holds evidence of more than a few examples of severely misguided eugenics programs, but is eugenics as a concept universally bad, or is its goodness or badness relative and situational? (more)Phew! I'm not a lobbyist after all....
Friday 19 January 2007 at 11:41 pm The U.S. Senate voted yesterday to strike the amendment S.A. 3 from the "Ethics Reform Bill" S.1, which would have required political bloggers to register as lobbyists. (more)R.I.P., Art Buchwald (1925-2007)
Thursday 18 January 2007 at 6:56 pm Art Buchwald apparently died last night, after anticipating his own imminent death over a year ago and being "disappointed". He was a true equal-opportunity political humorist."Sensory Proxies"
Thursday 18 January 2007 at 04:40 am I was watching a PBS program about futurism last night, which mentioned a device called the EyeTap, and it got me thinking about parallels. It reminded me of something completely different but strangely similar. (more)The 'Net as a Moderator of Behavior?
Thursday 18 January 2007 at 02:31 am Wouldn't it be interesting if the 'Net became such a powerful collective moderator of behavior that we could do away with a whole batch of pesky laws and police? (more)Excuse my gagged silence whilst I "register"....
Thursday 18 January 2007 at 01:41 amAs reported by PR Newswire, according to the Chariman of grassrootsfreedom.com, Ricard A. Viguerie, if a current "lobbying reform" bill passes I will be required to "register" with Congress as a political lobbyist?!
(more)Domestic Spying Gets a Hand-Slap
Thursday 18 January 2007 at 12:56 am CNN reports online in an AP story that a "secret" court will now oversee the activities of the Bush Administration's controversial domestic-wiretapping Terrorist Surveillance Program. (more)Confucius Say...
Monday 15 January 2007 at 10:42 pm|
The greatest gift that God can give a man is the ability to listen to the sound of his own voice. The second greatest gift God can grant is to get others to listen. |
I'm hoping this blog is God granting me that second one. 
End of an Era
Monday 15 January 2007 at 6:49 pm I sold my Mercury Tracer of fourteen years today. I needed to do it, because I can't afford to keep two legal vehicles and it needed repairs I couldn't do myself because of where I live, and too expensive at shop labor rates. (more)Proof that I'm the black sheep!
Sunday 14 January 2007 at 05:52 am My own mother finally divulged inavdertent proof that I'm the black sheep of the family. (more)Here comes the "broadcast flag" AGAIN...
Sunday 14 January 2007 at 03:35 am ARStechnica reports that several senators, including my own state's "liberal" Dianne Feinstein, are attempting to re-introduce a bill that would institute an audio version of the infamous "broadcast flag" for Internet and digital radio providers, and require equipment manufacturers to produce only receivers that detect and respect the demands of this flag. (more)The 'Net Causing a Return to Morality?
Sunday 14 January 2007 at 03:12 amThe Wall Street Journal has an article from last Friday, The Snoop Next Door, which describes the growing use of technology, and Internet Web sites in particular, to document and publicly share all manner of social transgressions.
(more)More on that "human lowest common denominator"
Sunday 14 January 2007 at 01:55 am In my rant about Nielsen families, I posited that they are part of a "human lowest common denominator"; here's another example (which Libertarians will love): (more)How Ma and Pa Nielsen are ruining my life
Saturday 13 January 2007 at 8:44 pmYou know who I'm talking about: those legendary "Nielsen families" that determine what television networks choose is worthy for airtime.
(more)What's on my bookshelf
Saturday 13 January 2007 at 8:14 pmGetting Out: Your Guide to Leaving America
Mark Ehrman, 2006
(more)Ain't this a great TV time for Aspies?
Saturday 13 January 2007 at 1:23 pmIf you're an Aspie, then you know what I'm talkin' about:
(more)Aspie Friends seems to be dead
Saturday 13 January 2007 at 1:00 pm Yep, attempts to visit the URL for Amy and Gareth Nelson's "Aspie Friends" site now returns a 404. (more)Reminder to Self...
Saturday 13 January 2007 at 11:59 amThis will likely seem completely out of character with the rants that are likely to follow, but I'm nothing if not paradoxical. I'm "stealing" this advice from a woman in an online group, who apparently "stole" it from someone else:
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