Archive for September, 2005
The Nigerian Email Scam….En Español!
Acabo de recibir el siguiente mensaje por email:
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23-09-2005
A su atención:
Confidencial
Me llamo Miguel Angel Lopete, me complace estar en contacto con usted para […]
Buenos Aires, Argentina: Ooops!
La Nación, one of the big daily newspapers in Argentina, is reporting today that 72,600 public employees in the Buenos Aires province did not even finish high school. This has presented quite a problem to the province, since a high school diploma is required by law for jobs in public administration, and 72,600 represents […]
“You Have No Privacy” - BYU
I just received a disturbing email entitled “Legal notice regarding your right to privacy” from Brigham Young University (BYU), the university that I attend. In it they outline their “privacy policy”. Here is what I found rather disconcerting (emphasis mine):
BYU has designated the following student information as directory information that it may disclose […]
Happy Talk Like A Pirate Day!
That’s right, it’s September 19th!
From the official Talk Like A Pirate web site:
Why do we need an International Talk Like a Pirate Day?
Make no mistake. We do. But it’s a little hard to articulate why, especially when you’ve made the mistake of referring to your wife as a scurvy bilge rat and tried to order […]
Pat Buchanan on Katrina
I think that Pat Buchanan hits the nail on the head (emphasis mine):
At the Superdome and New Orleans Convention Center, we saw the failure of 40 years of the Great Society. No sooner had Katrina passed by and the 17th Street levee broke than hundreds of young men who should have taken charge in helping […]
60 Second Lectures
Penn has an interesting program this fall where members of the faculty give lectures that last only 60 seconds during lunch.
The first one, by Tukufu Zuberi, entitled “Divided and Dangerous: Human History from a Different Angle,” is excellent.
the volokh blog community
a lot of interesting people read the volokh conspiracy. i would try this, but i think i already know everyone who reads this blog (and i can count them on one hand).
ABC: Live from the Astrodome!
Several hours ago a regular all-encompassingly reader alerted me to the great segment that ABC News (inadvertantly!) ran right after Bush’s speech Thursday night. Apparently the main news outfit cut to their correspondent in the Astrodome who began talking to displaced residents of New Orleans.
Lorie Byrd explains:
All of those interviewed at the Astrodome were […]
Hugh Hewitt and Cliff May on The AIM Report
Roger Aronoff from Accuracy In Media will be hosting AIM’s monthly online radio broadcast, The AIM Report, on Friday at 2pm EST over at rightalk.com.
I mention this because blogger extraordinaire Hugh Hewitt will be a guest of the program, as will Cliff May (a neocon extraordinaire!).
Here’s more info:
Hugh Hewitt, author and lawyer, will talk […]
2 short films: ‘nuke’ and ‘the end’
i thought i’d point out two short films that are well worth your time:
nuke
the end (perhaps the Most Violent Film Ever)
blanco, landrieu, & responsibility
wizbang has the commentary, thepoliticalteen.net has the videos [blanco video] [landrieu video]
what losers.
compensation for katrina victims
the non-violence advocate from the university of louisville who advocated killing president bush* [previous coverage here] also suggested:
I say once you get out of New Orleans or wherever else has been destroyed you demand FREE housing and medical treatment paid for by the U.S. government.
meanwhile, someone interviewed an individual who decided he was due […]
Northwest Airlines Is Bankrupt…Finally!
The fact that Northwest Airlines is filing for bankruptcy should come as no surprise to anyone who has had the privilege of flying with them in the past few years.
My younger brother and I were stranded at the Minneapolis airport for hours thanks to the rank incompetence of Northwest’s Reagan National employees.
Heck, even Congress demanded […]
“non-violence” chairman suggests killing president bush
though this story is a couple of days old, i thought i should mention it. it has to do with my old kentucky home:
Secret Service investigates posting about shooting Bush (by Chairman Nonviolent Coordinating Cmte)
Associated Press
LOUISVILLE, Ky. - The U.S. Secret Service is investigating a student who suggested in an Internet posting that people […]
ann althouse blogs the roberts confirmation hearing
at althouse.blogspot.com. i watched the replay last night from biden through feinstein. my reaction was similar to that of ann’s son, chris,
“What is the point of them lecturing him like this?”
i’m not sure, and i doubt the lecturers themselves could provide a decent answer.
