First, some background via Wikipedia: A Gary Smith-Dwight Hemion Production in association with 20th Century Fox Television, The Star Wars Holiday Special was produced with a budget of a little over a million dollars. At the time, it was considered one of the most expensive TV endeavors of its kind. Taping began in October and […]
Now the real race has started. Giuliani is still my top pick, but Thompson should make the whole race more interesting. Between the Iraq Surge and the still-unraveling Hsu scandal (involving 83 — count ’em — 83 Democrats), I think the ’06 Democratic Wave has reached its crest. I will not only fearlessly predict (against […]
For close to a year now, Bruce Henderson (my co-blogger here) has been using his Boomerang data mining technology to gather and present housing- and economic-related data from across the nation (for an example, see the Hardtack site). For just about that same period of time, he’s been making posts at this blog that expressed […]
This great posting over at American Digest (one of the best-written blogs on the web) is worth taking the time to read: 1. Scenario: Jack goes quail hunting before school, pulls into school parking lot with shotgun in gun rack. 1957 – Vice principal comes over to look at Jack’s shotgun. He goes to his […]
Brad DeLong, economics professor at UC Berkeley, has posted a great article reminding us just what life was like for most US citizens back in the early 20th century: A quarter of American households in 1900 had boarders or lodgers (compared to two percent today). Half of American households in 1900 had fewer rooms than […]
Baron Bodissey [nice pen name, since I happen to know where it comes from] does an excellent job of laying out what he calls the Ten Postulates of Political Correctness: 1. America is uniquely evil. 2. America is never justified in defending itself. 3. Illiterate people from poor societies are superior to Americans. 4. The […]
As an almost-native Californian (missed it by several months, though my mom and all my sisters are native Californians), I thought this ad was spot-on and quite funny (click to go to ad): More ads are here. Hat tip to The Volokh Conspiracy. ..bruce..
OK, I don’t drink (at least, not alcohol), but as a long-time fan of Law and Order, I found this proposed drinking game both funny and dead-on. Example: The Defense serves Jack or Cute Assistant DA with a Motion to Dismiss – Another very common one. Honestly, I’m a little shocked if I don’t see […]
The past 2 weeks have seen a great deal of activity in an otherwise very orderly and well structured financial system. As many of you know it’s a bit of a personal crusade to expose useful information that is hidden in plain sight, and expose it in a way that helps normal people gain insight […]
Socialized medicine at work [UPDATED 10/10/07]
[UPDATED 10/10/07 – 1747 MDT] As does this article: Canada’s Expectant Moms Heading to U.S. to Deliver Mothers in British Columbia are having a baby boom, but it’s the United States that has to deliver, and that has some proud Canadians blasting their highly touted government healthcare system. “I’m a born-bred Canadian, as well as […]
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