Categories: Current Affairs, Legal Nonsense, Mainstream Media Narcolepsy, War on Christmas, Why my God is better than your God (or your non-God)
Terrists and whiny skeered Americans
by Graham 
The most recent attempt by a disturbed passenger to blow up a US commercial flight in the air, has, sadly but predictably, not led to any visionary or useful answer from the Federal Government branches responsible for air safety.
Instead, as Ed Brayton… more »
12/28/09 09:06:14 am, More dysfunctional goings-on in Maricopa County AZ
by Graham
..the place that is the home base of Sheriff Joe Arpaio. This Phoenix New Times article shows quite clearly the extent of the contempt that "Sheriff Joe" and his sycophantic cohorts appear to have for due process and any legal system official who dares (… more »
Today's entry for "You Can't Make This Stuff Up"...
by Graham
In which Verizon and Yahoo are fighting an FOIA request for information about how much they charge to tap and pass customer data to the Federal Government.
This explains what happened next:
...before the agencies could provide the data, Verizon and Y… more »
US Senator behaves like a jerk - quel surpris
by Graham
Apparently Sen. Chuck Schumer called a US Airways flight attendant "bitch" under his breath after being asked to shut off his cell phone at the start of a flight.
I suppose that one should not be too surprised at a politician using profanity. When Dick… more »
Interesting exploration of eyewitness testimony
by Graham
Over at Ed Brayton's excellent blog "Dispatches From The Culture Wars", part of the indubitably excellent Scienceblogs aggregation, we find this discussion based on yet another report concerning the low reliability of eyewitness accounts of anything, but… more »
Australia weathers the world recession...
by Graham
This article in BNet explains how Australia has weathered the recession better than most countries, and may be already in economic recovery. more »
The morality swooning over Roman Polanski
by Graham
For those people not just returned from Mars....film director Roman Polanski has been arrested in Switzerland on an outstanding arrest warrant from the USA, issued after he fled the U.S. over 40 years ago while awaiting sentencing following a plea of gui… more »
Shadow inventory and its impact on the housing market
by Graham
A classic indicator of the health of a housing market is the number of months of inventory that exists. During property price recessions, the amount of inventory shoots up dramatically. Generally, prices then drop since it becomes a buyers market. Apprec… more »
Hypocrisy and bullying exposed - 2 for the price of 1
by Graham
Glenn Beck, like many authoritarian radio and TV bloviators, is very good at creating strawman arguments that allow him to commence some rant about some real or imagined Awful Thing About The World.
Some time ago, a satirist parodied Beck's approach to… more »
The Drive-By Bloviator tendency
by Graham
...is very evident in the online responses to this article in Wired magazine, summarizing research by scientists that shows that torture is really a poor and ineffective mechanism for obtaining useful information in any context.
The article comments ar… more »