Greetings, readers, welcome to another messy batch of linkage old, new and somewhere in between for your reading pleasure, carefully selected by our panel of experts, i.e., me. ∞ Speaking of linkfeasts, […]
We as a people will get to the Promised Land
Spam is not marketing, it's a crime against humanity
This is the second entry in Scholars & Rogues’s 2008 Wish List for the World My Inbox on Monday morning read like this: [No Subject] 逆æ´ã‚’ãŠè€ƒãˆã®å¥³æ€§ã®æ–¹ã¸ Attract and meet your dream mate […]
Internet freedom means net neutrality, not "pay-as-you-go" broadband
By Martin Bosworth Last week the news broke (via a leaked memo found by Broadband Reports) that Time Warner Cable was instituting a “tiered pricing” structure for broadband, where heavy bandwith users […]
Experience is to Hillary as 9/11 is to Giuliani
Rudolph Giuliani’s ritualistic incantations of 9/11 have become a national joke. In truth, his inspirational presence was overshadowed by his failure to prepare the city for a terrorist attack. Also he failed […]
Human Events Thompson nod a non-event
Just over a week ago, the news that the conservative propaganda clearinghouse known as Human Events heartily endorsed Fred Thompson for President barely made a ripple outside the righty blogosphere. That’s probably […]
Want a nice new top job? Quit your current job to seek it
Let’s say I want a new job. I’m not rich or powerful, so my employer is hardly likely to allow me to take a few weeks off — let alone more than […]
Scroguecast: The US dollar's decline affects aid and trade in Africa
Aid and trade are essential to Africa’s further development. The US dollar declined by 30% during 2007. This has an effect both on the real value of aid and on the world […]
Saturday Video Roundup: Unbearable YouTube moments…
The last couple of weeks have been awfully darned uplifting at SVR, what with all the talented kiddies we’ve been pimping for you. So today we’re going to drag the standards back […]
I-35W bridge downed by design flaw; infrastructure issues fade from headlines
Buried inside the nation’s news pages — lost among the big takeout stories about which presidential candidate said what to whom with what insulting effect, President Bush’s confusing trip to the Middle […]
