Hey, Barack Obama has his own salute! Unlike his failed “presidential seal”, this Obama salute hasn’t been pushed (directly at least) by the Obama campaign, but rather by an LA-based “creative agency”. Of course, that may simply be to ensure plausible deniability when this is mocked as heartily as the presidential seal was. Now’s a […]
I’m currently reading (and enjoying) Fooled by Randomness by Nassim Taleb; his concepts inspired my latest Baseline column, which talks about the risks that follow a successful IT project: But sometimes with projects that really shouldn’t succeed—that are attempting too much, too fast, with too many risks—enough things go right, particularly along the critical paths, […]
It’s a sad commentary that the best political ad I’ve seen so far — with the most sensible energy policy — stars Paris Hilton: See Paris Hilton Responds to McCain Ad and more funny videos on FunnyOrDie.com See more funny videos at Funny or Die The scary part is that she sounds more intelligent than […]
P. J. O’Rourke once observed that Republicans were the party who preached that big government didn’t work and — when elected into power — set about to diligently prove it. Given the gutless, self-serving, and unethical behavior of the Republicans in Congress over the past 8 years, I’d say P. J. nailed it pretty well. […]
