or maybe just the cruelty
So the new nonpartisan CBO budget projections are out, and the long and the short of it is that if GWB’s tax cuts are made permanent, there is no end in sight to the budget deficits. The government won’t be able to take in as much money as it spends for [...]
A NASA scientist reveals that the administration is attempting to silence his findings
Dr. James Hansen who is a leading climatologist has announced that the Bush administration is attempting to censor him because he is calling for a reduction in emissions to slow Global Warning. New York Times Article This isn’t the first such accusation, [...]
Spying on American citizens is now the “Terrorism Prevention Program”
So the Bush administration has been on a barn-storming PR campaign to create credibility for the President’s order to spy on US Citizens without congressional or judicial oversight. We return to 1984-esque arguments and double-speak here. The actions were justified because we are at war. The [...]
It is nearly impossible to pick a web hosting company these days
So, I’ve been an interland customer for about 6 years now. unitcircle.com was originally hosted on various sites run by friends of mine. Each of these servers had somewhat dubious connections to the internet, but they were free when it was really expensive to [...]
when even the Catholic Church says so
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2002748197_vatican19.html
new estimates are out
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2002739307_warcosts14.html (related article)
The original Bush administration estimate for the costs of the Iraq war were between $10 Billion and $100 Billion (this came from Deputy Defense Secretary Paul Wolfowitz). Bush Administration Economic Advisor Lawrence Lindsay suggested that it was more like $100 Billion to $200 Billion and he was immediately fired. As [...]
impressive, but I don’t know if it is for me
Many other blogs will be talking about the introduction of the first mactel devices. Maybe because I just got a new Mac I’m not interested, or maybe because none of my software will run natively on them. The announcement that really got me interested yesterday was [...]
Blixa Bargeld home improvement commercials
Blixa Bargeld is one of my favorite musicians of all time, anyone who could play in both the extremely influential industrial EN and also the Bad Seeds while carrying the name of Blixa deserves your respect. He even makes German home improvement commercials look cool: http://blog.wfmu.org/freeform/2005/12/einstrzende_dea.html
the geeky details (design geek and tech geek!)
I just flipped the switch on the third full design of the Unit Circle Rekkids website.
The first was the sort of get-it-up-and-make-it-look-decent version. The second was the make-it-look-good-and-make-the-navigation-better site. There was some stuff I was really proud of in the second design: each “section” had a different-but-related color-scheme [...]
What I hope for the new year…
I think that 2005 was the year that the Republican’s chickens came home to roost. I hope that 2006 will mark the end of the American people’s patience with graft, corruption, hubris and lies. I hope to see a new democratically-elected congress in November. I hope to see Tom [...]
