Jonathan Cohn of The New Republic makes the case for a conditional bailout. A quick and informative read, exploring the (un)likelihood of recovery under a Chapter 11 scenario and the alternatives.
Update: 6 Myths About the Detroit 3 from the Detriot Free Press.
Okay guys, pop quiz: zombie edition. Since we don't have the capability of embedding photos in the comment section, just give a list.
Video is awful. Audio works.
Anyone who can find me their cover of Manic Depression wins 5 Internets.
Anybody know if this kid's a dad yet. I've been out of town for a couple of days, w/out phone, and I know she was due any time now. If you guys are still considering names you should wait until the game ends this Saturday. Florida wins it's Tebow. South Cack wins it's Smelly. Peace out!
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You must listen through the end - the best parts are close to the very end of the recording.
Day 1: Hire Jim Cramer as SEC chairman, Fed Chairman, and Treasury Secretary.
November 5th, 2008 | by KFC |
One of the disadvantages of invisibility cloaks is that anything placed inside one is automatically blinded, since no light can get in.
Now Yun Lai and colleagues from The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology have come up with a way round this using the remarkable idea of cloaking at a distance. This involves using a “complementary material” to hide an object outside it.
Here’s the idea: complementary materials are designed to have a permittivity and permeability that are complementary to the values in a nearby region of space. “Complementary” means that the values cancel out the effect that that this region of space has on a plane lightwave passing through. To an observer, that region of space simply vanishes.
Cloaking a region of space is relatively straightforward but cloaking an object in that space is another matter. Lai and co say the trick is to work out the optical properties of the object and then embed the “complementary image” within the cloaking material. So a plane wave would be bent by the object but then bent back into a plane as it passes through the cloaking material.
Et voila: cloaking at a distance. And in a way that doesn’t leave the cloaked object blind.
Of course , creating the complementary materials necessary to do this trick is another matter. And the usual caveats apply: it works only at a single frequency in 2D. But cloaking, in theory at least, is looking more interesting by the day.
Ref: arxiv.org/abs/0811.0458: A Complementary Media Invisibility Cloak that can Cloak Objects at a Distance Outside the Cloaking Shell
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The New Yorker stops in for a quick interview with William Ayers on election day.
Crappy angle on the video, but the quality was actually better than on others I found. It doesn't matter though, it's fucking Tron 2 and it's gonna be badass.
Update: It's gonna be in 3D, and possibly in IMAX as well.
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President-elect Barack Obama did very well among women and young voters, who were most sensitive to the current climate of everything being fucked.
Reports of apparently Black Pathers intimidating voters in Philadelphia
Fox News: (I know, I know)
Some dude's camera:
From The Most Gigantic Lying Mouth of All Time DVD
Spurrier didn't have much to say about the win Saturday - except that we beat the fuck out of those crackers. They may have the better record on the field, but we own the battle to deep six coaches' careers. Ol' Fat Phil steps down today with tears in his eyes, I guess.
The HBC had these encouraging words to say:
"The Tennessee band was there last night, weren't they?" he said. "I'm used to hearing Rocky Top. I don't remember hearing it. ... Maybe one time. Maybe they only play that when they score."
Fucking A.
Cracked.com ran an article on the 6 most insane people to ever run for president today. Their number one candidate was so compelling, I had to showcase him here on the blog. Go read his page for a laugh, but if you're short on time, here are some highlights:
From "About Lee L. Mercer Jr.":
"I am in a stalled police debriefing with the Houston Police Department waiting for me to sue to complete my debriefing for my background biography with them in the United States Army Military Intelligence Academy Camp Bullis San Antonio, Texas The University of Texas ROTC to West Point Military Academy U.S. Navy doctorate degree in Police Science.
As a part of my continuing eduaction, I am making my presidential campaign part of my ROTC Intelligence Academics to record the learnings, doings, and examples of the United States Government as a government consultant, community developer, and financial planner appointed by the United States Federal Congress to record my biography in the United States Government Presidential Election for 2008 from Electronic Surveillance to develop records on the United States Government Presidential Campaign because I am on an academic intelligence hotwire that can not be unhooked by anyone.
I have a doctor degree Phd. as a doctor of laws, medicine ( not practitioner of medicine, i.e. physicians, surgeons), theology, management, engineering and other subjects that are guaranteed by the United States Army in ROTC to be presented to me in a court of Law only.
I will receive my doctor degrees in a court of law only. My final graduation will be in a United States of America’s Court which was ordered by my second ROTC Board and Staff Janet Reno former U.S. Attorney General, former Chief of Staff of the U.S. Army and Secretary Of State of The United States General Colin Powell, Sr. and former Secretary of The United States Army Togo West. They will be joining me circumstantially later.
I won scholar of the world in World Management at Rice University from the President Of Rice University development in engineering with him and the German Government. I won road scholar from the United States Navy/United States Marine Corp. at West Point. All of my records of authencation will be brought forward into court by former board and staff that I have named above according to law for my day in court." (and yes, all that shit - spelling, syntax, etc.: [sic])
From "Reasons for Candidacy":
"1. The United States Federal Congress has encouraged me to want to become President of the United States so that I can do what the President of the United States of America is supposed to do and complete the federal and military government biography and autobiography in development in Eye Spy Community-Military Intelligence (All Three) Business and Commerce Intelligence Education across the board National and International."
Yes, that was indeed, his number one reason for candidacy.
"34. To Prove the government owes me Zillions of Dollars in money and is refraining to pay me and my business Eye Spy Community-Military Intelligence (All Three) Business and Commerce Intelligence National and International."
Yep, he said zillions
"45. To Prove the definition Kill in the Random House Dictionary of the English Language College Edition Larence Urdang Editor in Chief Stuart Berg Flexner Managing Editor in All Displines across the board through Military Intelligence."
"49. To Prove the United States Government killed my sex life, my wife sex life, my daughter-in –laws sex life both may sons and other of my family members sex life with Espionage Experimentation and Espionage Exploitation sex killing."
That one is my favorite.
"51. To Prove to you citizens you do not know what and how I am suppose to do for you and what and how I am suppose to do for the United States of America’s Government National and International."
"56. To Prove Jeb Bush is all in my house with disease."
Never mind - new favorite.
"63. To Prove It took millions of doctor’s degrees for me to be President of The United States in The United States Army Military Intelligence Academy Camp Bullis San Antonio, Texas to be certified with an all task completion. There is an auto-biography of my leanings, doings and examples of my governments task academics made hot-wire hookup recording Intelligence Electronic Satellite and a biography of every other person, place and or thing in the world all governments in the world and how I did this I became a teacher and invented computerized education and the applications to make computerized education learn, do and example. This is a GOVERNMENT DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM meaning a program that develops a government 100%. Therefore, I can prove there is no candidate and will be no candidate qualified to be elected president of the United States of America before Candidate Mercer For President, The United States of America’s Government, The United Nations and the American Public Citizenship that is on a communications hot-wire hookup can be Vindicated disclose as America is America through Eye Spy Community-Military Intelligence the new tool of America Electronic Surveillance Government."
That was awesome.
And here is possibly the best reason of all for why Lee L. Mercer Jr. should be the next president:
"66. To Prove America is America."
Wow. I think I hear angels singing the fucking Star Spangled Banner.
One of my new favorite webcomics...
heres a bunch I liked... click the link in the title and check some more if yall dig it
Nick showed me this riddle today. It took me a couple of hours at work. DON'T SCROLL DOWN TOO FAR OR YOU WILL SEE THE ANSWER!!!
Have fun.
"Chinese Democracy" The first single off the album "Chinese Democracy", which has been in the making since Jesus ascended back into heaven.
Don't ask me what I think.
This is an article called: How Feasible Are Star Wars Mid-air Displays?
The PDF is on the right hand side of the page.
No Shit - plasma images, made by lasers, in thin air. It is of course brought to you by those bad-ass Japanese, once again.
I have been thinking, for awhile now, trying to remember the last time we all planned and took a trip somewhere. In fact, I'm not sure it has ever happened. I'm talking Brad & Laura, Jon, Brian, Trever & Brooke, Nick, Chris, Justin, Sarah, Kevin and whoever else we can get to come. I know we are all grown up with new responsibilities and what not, however, with enough planning and notice given, I think we should be able to make this happen. I think this is something that could, and should, become tradition. So lets start off small and with about years notice. There are cabins on both Murray and Wateree we can rent for a week or weekend for cheap. I have already been looking into buying a fish/ski boat for sometime now and it would be perfect for such a trip. I'm not saying it has to be a lake trip but just something cheap that everyone can commit to. I don't know if this post can be stickied or not but I think it should be looked into for future planning if you guys are interested.
"Someone went and did something awesome. This guy rc529rdhd, a YouTube user, recorded Radiohead's ENTIRE set at Lollapalooza'08..."
Dabo Swinney will take over. Wonder where they found the money to pay of Bowden's 4 mil buyout?
Tommy Bowden Resigns
Associated Press September 24, 2008 11:39 AM
Tommy Bowden resigned effective immediately at the request of President
Bush. Bowden will now become the head of FEMA.
Bush said that he was impressed by the way Bowden evacuated 70,000
people from Tiger Stadium last Saturday in less than an hour.
This was was also new to me - the video is from Radiohead's DVD "The most gigantic lying mouth of all time".
Poll of Polls
Polling Analysis at fivethirtyeight.com
Nouriel Roubini's takedown of the Bailout.
An Alternative Proposal: Nationalization.
And some dumb broad:
Update: Nevermind, this is worse:
No links, no professional opinion involved.
What the fuck was said in the last 2 hours of my life? (Presidential Debate in case no one else watched)..
They are both so full of shit that its incredible...
Say I'm a "undecided voter"... what? why? when?
This can't be good can it? Anyone here know what all this financial means now and in the future? I mean no one knows but perhaps understands the cause and effects more so than me.
This linkgot me researching what it proposed. Seems like a lot of people are pissed at the idea of it.
So my big question is this: Will this keep us from going into a deep recession/depression or will this do minimal damage control and just add to our ridiculous deficit and cause more for tax payers to pay back?
I hesitated on posting this, 'cause I didn't think anyone would read it, but I'm gonna post it anyway and maybe a few will. It is seriously one of the funniest and most well written (for what it is - the kid's no Bill Shakespeare) short story I've read in I don't know how long. Have fun.
Dan O'Brien goes after the media for the lack of substance in their coverage of the presidential campaigns... Funny stuff...
The link is to the newest blog by Dan O'Brien, who is fucking hilarious. Some of his other blogs include: I Challenge Hannah Montana to a Bare-Knuckle Boxing Match, or, It's easier than you think to accidentally audition for porn, or even, Stop, Collaborate and beat your wife. Most all of his blogs are pretty damn funny. Hope you all enjoy.
An informative web site that asks the question, "Has the Large Hadron Collider destroyed the world yet?"
Under the terms of his employment contract, Daniel H. Mudd, the departing head of Fannie Mae, stands to collect $9.3 million in severance pay, retirement benefits and deferred compensation, provided his dismissal is deemed to be “without cause,” according to an analysis by the consulting firm James F. Reda & Associates. Mr. Mudd has already taken home $12.4 million in cash compensation and stock option gains since becoming chief executive in 2004, according to an analysis by Equilar, an executive pay research firm.
Richard F. Syron, the departing chief executive of Freddie Mac, could receive an exit package of at least $14.1 million, largely because of a clause added to his employment contract in November of last year as his company’s troubles deepened. He has taken home $17.1 million in pay and stock option gains since becoming chief executive in 2003.
I want a job where I can completely fuck up, severely harming the US economy in the process, and walk away millions richer.
This is just so awesome, I can't say anything further, but do watch the video on the site; the action happens about 20 seconds in.
First of all, if you watch closely, you will see he doesn't have great stick control(like we practiced for hours). And second of all, he doesn't seem to like to share.
Seriously, I don't know if this is real or not, but this is some of the best drum work I have ever seen. Watch The Whole Thing.
I know it's some street fighter shit but you've got to admit that it would be fun.
Our friend Stephen Williams wants you to know about John McCain and Sarah Palin.
An excellent article about a truly pertinent issue.
After arriving too close to the 7pm curfew in effect, Rage Against the Machine was prevented by police from performing. Here is video of what followed.
It might make you trow up a little bit, still, guys, read this shit if anything just for the comments. But since it's politics and not chicks shitting in a cup, it won't make ya too sick.
Well, Tad, I do get it, and I'm not all that surprised you don't.
And, Dave, try opening up your fucking ears and listening next time.
That's what I'd say to those guys.
Jesus Christ, I'm such a badass.
I don't know if any of you saw Palin's acceptance speech last night. Her delivery was fine, but the speech, originally written before McCain had made a choice and at a time when people thought he would pick someone like Romney or Lieberman, was your standard vicious Republican nonsense.
The AP, which has recently been quite friendly to McCain, has released a report condemning the falsehoods in her speech, and that can be found here.
In the speech, she claimed that she, as the mother of a disabled child, would support the parents of disabled children across the country. Perhaps in true Republican fashion she has had a change of heart, once confronted with such issues personally, but in her 18 months as Governor of Alaska, she has overseen a 67% reduction in funding for special education programs. Maybe in a similar vein, she will change her position on funding programs for young, unwed mothers and her support for abstinence only sex-ed programs. Such changes of heart would be good, were they to occur, but what does it say about the woman's judgment that she can only see the benefit of such things only when affected personally?
I would have liked to link to factcheck.org for some of these, but because no one had heard of Sarah Palin as of a week ago (and yet now the Republicans are going on as if she is the greatest politician in America), there is nothing up yet. I will, however, link to one of their posts about the McCain campaign's attacks on his tax plan.
Finally, Palin made a remark about Obama's work as a community organizer. She said: "I guess a small-town mayor is sort of like a "community organizer," except that you have actual responsibilities." The mouth breathers ate it up. Here's the thing: community organizers work hard and for little pay trying to create local solutions for local problems - they are just the sort of people that the small-government Republicans used to praise. Now they are the objects of Republican ridicule. The forever awesome Roland Martin takes this one down:
Update: The bit about the Special Ed. budget in AK being cut under Palin turns out to be based on an incorrect reading of the budget. See this here.
This made me laugh - most of their other t-shirts are silly/stupid also, but hey - there's a time and a place for those things.
And that place is here, and the time is now.
