Monthly Archives: March 2007

Protomen concert dates!

Posted on March 27, 2007 by Dave Gottlieb

The Protomen — Mega Man-themed prog metal concept rock? — are playing East coast locations in the very near future — the Knitting Factory on April 9 (a Monday so I can’t) and some Boston location the next day. I … Continue reading →

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Disagreeing with me is so Econ 101

Posted on March 23, 2007 by Dave Gottlieb

The Economist’s “Free Exchange” blog covers the annoying habit of disparaging economic arguments as Econ 101, as if any principle taught in an intro class must be too dumb to be applicable to the world. This is related to the … Continue reading →

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Terrorism after the Boston Two

Posted on March 17, 2007 by Dave Gottlieb

Click and be ripped out of your complacent, soft, Western existence.

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Star Wars Helmets

Posted on March 16, 2007 by Dave Gottlieb

Last night, I made the observation that Star Wars (1977) contains an excellent collection of helmets. A quick Google revealed that I’m not the first to notice, and indeed there’s a whole Star Wars Helmet fansite (poorly organized, but has … Continue reading →

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Harriet Miers’s loyal service

Posted on March 13, 2007 by Dave Gottlieb

NYT piece about White House instigation of the recent slaughter of US attorneys (worth reading in itself) includes this tasty nugget about the acts of Bush’s horse while she worked as White House counsel. In early 2005, Harriet E. Miers, … Continue reading →

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Book: How Green Were the Nazis?

Posted on March 9, 2007 by Dave Gottlieb

Amazon.com: How Green Were the Nazis?: Nature, Environment, and Nation in the Third Reich (Ecology & History): Books: Franz-Josef Bruggemeier,Mark Cioc,Thomas Zeller

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Slashdot: Source Control For Bills In Congress?

Posted on March 7, 2007 by Dave Gottlieb

Intriguing idea from a Slashdot reader. A system (like those used to manage large software projects) that held the “official” versions of bills and tracked all changes, with the capability to generate notifications, etc., could plausibly make it harder to … Continue reading →

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Amazon.com: Profile for Newt Gingrich

Posted on March 5, 2007 by Dave Gottlieb

Amazon.com: Newt has written more than 100 Amazon reviews. [via]

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Oprah sucks

Posted on March 5, 2007 by Dave Gottlieb

James Randi reports some details of how Oprah slants the format of her bizarrely popular show to those skeptical of “paranormal” phenomena like speaking with the dead look dumb. There’s a lot of lying, as well as a lot of … Continue reading →

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Non-binding resolutions

Posted on March 5, 2007 by Dave Gottlieb

Speaking of The Onion, that paper today has a rare, very clever piece of political criticism up: “High School Student Council Passes Nonbinding Resolution.” That is political criticism, right?

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