How’d ya like to see one of these babies on your lawn? (Link) [Via Truth Plus Lies] [End of Post]
Author Archive | weeklyrob
Condi’s Counselor
John Bellinger, the top lawyer at the State Department, is guest blogging this week at Opinio Juris. (Link) Bellinger will write a post a day (allowing comments from the masses), followed by posts by “Guest Respondents,†who will comment on what he said. If this isn’t a sign of the power of blogging today, then […]
iPods Are Good
The BBC delivers a more or less idiotic article on the new Apple iPhone and technology in general. (Link) The basic gist of the article is that certain people, especially 77 year old Luddites, don’t seem to want a new iPhone. In fact, the Luddite in question doesn’t want an iPod either. What a fucking […]
No ID Flying. Yes, Again.
I’ve posted before about flying without showing any ID. In that story, a guy named John Gilmore challenged people to fly without showing their ID. He doubted that they’d be able to without being harassed. As it happens, the travelers made it through without a problem, but they had to submit to a tougher physical […]
Cup Noodle in Our Hearts
Momofuku Ando, the inventor of Cup Noodle instant noodles (the first of its kind) has died of a heart attack. (Link) “It was the masterstroke of providing a waterproof polystyrene container for the noodles that made his Cup Noodle an instant success in 1971.†College kids everywhere should have a day of mourning. And this […]
Polls
Several blogs around town noted that Pelosi’s approval ratings are lower than Bush’s. (His are 45%, hers are 43%). Volokh points out, correctly, that everyone knows Bush. Therefore, practically everyone who didn’t approve of him, actively disapproved: 54%. On the other hand, there are a lot of people who neither approved nor disapproved of Pelosi. […]
From the Horse’s Mouth
You’re probably all ready for me to stop talking about the Frozen Girl. But Seed gave me the actual blog that her parents keep. (Link) [End of Post]
Wisdom of the Ages. Not So Much.
So many of our most difficult choices have been reasoned through and discussed thousands of times through the years. Socrates was already pondering most of the same questions we think about today. And until recently, the issues hadn’t really changed through the years. Ethical problems are human problems, and humans have been the same for […]
Frozen Girl
Has everyone had a chance to talk about Ashley yet? (link) Ashley is a nine year old girl with with “static encephalopathy.†That just means that she’s got brain damage, and she’s not ever going to get better. In her case, her abilities and thoughts are somewhere around a three-month old baby. That is, she […]
Law
I love reading smart non-fiction writers. I love finding a flaw, or an unexplained item, then having the writer point it out and polish it away. The writer says, “you may be thinking, ‘if X then Y.’ But that’s not true because A and B.†And I say, “yeah! I was thinking that!†I can […]