Rudy Giuliani has just released what he calls his ‘Twelve Commitments to the American People’ [link updated]: I will keep America on offense in the Terrorists’ War on Us. I will end illegal immigration, secure our borders, and identify every non-citizen in our nation. I will restore fiscal discipline and cut wasteful Washington spending. I […]
[UPDATED 06/15/07 – 0741 MDT] Here’s a fascinating article from the (U.K.) Daily Mail on how children”lost” the right to roam over a few generations: When George Thomas was eight he walked everywhere. It was 1926 and his parents were unable to afford the fare for a tram, let alone the cost of a bike […]
No, you can’t make stuff like this up. According to the Wall Street Journal, Macy’s has decided to cancel their plans to build fake homes inside many of their flagship stores. These houses were part of a marketing push around Martha Stewart (MSO) products being carried at these stores. These plans were shelved due to […]
Frequent readers of this Blog know that I have been using a new kind of software to help track hidden aspects of the business cycle, both for our customers and for my own interests. The working theory here is that the data you can get from government and industry reporting agencies are no longer inherently […]
One of the persistent myths with which the barking moonbat left comforts itself is that the military largely comprises low-IQ, knuckle-dragging grunts wearing tattoos that say “Kill them all…” without the “…and let God sort them out” punchline, men and women who lack any understanding of history, culture, or context. I wonder if any of […]
I’m not a native Californian, but my mom is, all four of my sisters are, two of my own children are, and frankly most of my extended family (on the Webster side) is. San Diego is pretty much the Webster home town, and I’ve lived in California a grand total of roughly 25 years, or […]
The Honorable Gregory R. Todd corrects a thief’s spelling and then gives him a dose of his own medicine. Hat tip to the Volokh Conspiracy. ..bruce..
![The greatest, gutsiest Father’s Day gift set I have ever seen [UPDATED]](http://and-still-i-persist.com/wp-includes/images/sw2.jpg "The greatest, gutsiest Father’s Day gift set I have ever seen [UPDATED]")
I was walking through Wal-Mart yesterday and walked past a display containing this: Stop and think: what does it say when you give your father a Darth Vader/Luke Skywalker set for Father’s Day? “Dad, you are the genocidal embodiment of evil, but I will eventually redeem you”? “Dad, you tortured my sister and cut my […]
I’m finishing up an expert report for a patent case that I’m working on, so I haven’t been able to push forward with PMSE. However, I am posting a PDF of Chapter 2 from the original Pitfalls of Object-Oriented Development (M&T Books, 1995). This should be useful for those of you interested in contributing to […]
Today’s [i.e., Sunday’s] Dilbert strip. You may go back to your normal activities now. ..bruce..
