Jon Stewart v Jim Cramer.Jon Stewart decided to throw banana cream pies at CNBC for its craptastic business reporting, and they responded on a variety of shows by attacking Jon Stewart. This has been going on for days, and last night's culmination of it was a Daily Show that was entirely interview with Jim Cramer. If you saw Jon Stewart go on ( Read more... )

I have 3 or so boxes of stuff I do not want. I'm honestly too tired to catalogue it right now. If you're in the area and like cataloguing, you'd be welcome to. If you just like stuff, I have it. It can be yours. If you hate stuff, I can relate.

Trimet is trying to kill Fareless Square again. Comments can go to comments@trimet.org, 503-962-5806, or ( Read more... )

I was reading an article on DDT by the ACSH laying out a case that DDT does not cause eggshell thinning, and that Rachael Carson's Silent Spring was, well, alarmist. So I tried to gauge their credibility, and it's not the easiest thing. They do generally get their funding from industry, but their founder is fairly well respected nevertheless. And ( Read more... )

While I'm ignoring Rick Warren, I would like to repeat the question Robin Hanson asked: "what does Obama have to do for you to consider him a "good" president, or even better than Bush? It is enough for you that he is (part) black and a Democrat?" What would he have to do to be a good President? What would he have to do to be a great President ( Read more... )

The virginity pledge is pretty funny. After all: Dan Savage is keeping his boyfriend a virgin until marriage because, of course, anal sex isn't sex.

And there are lots of studies showing pledgers have just as much sex as nonpledgers, just as early, only without condoms.

If this study is right, however, there's something seriously wrong with my ( Read more... )

Fuck you, fuck you, fuck you.

a disconnection fee listed in the terms of service.

Fuck you, vonage.

So, Daily Kos ran a prediction game prior to the election, and I wrote in my predictions. Here's what I can tell you:

RealMineFiveThirtyEight

Senate56-41 or 57-40
56-4157-40, no call on MN

Obama EV365383349

Obama Popular Vote52.752.452.3

McCain Popular Vote45.945.446.2

If Al Franken loses the Minnesota senate race, I got the senate races ( Read more... )

With thanks to Schwern and Kenny for helping me understand these. Also, if you aren't familiar with Geek Social Fallacies, you might want to read them ( Read more... )

Once again, we'll be having Thanksgiving at our house. There was discussion of having it at Sam's, but with much discussion, and with much respect to Sam's house, I think I'd like to try it here, in my new house. We'll also have an entire other kitchen available next door, and perhaps Monica and others will be cooking in walking distance at Happy ( Read more... )