Archive for April, 2009
Au Revoir, Pontiac
Another brand down: The storied Pontiac brand is dead and more car factories and jobs are about to disappear — the latest casualties of a massive restructuring plan that GM is counting on to help it stave off bankruptcy protection. The struggling automaker will announce details of its plan at 9 a.m. ET Monday as [...]
April 27, 2009
· 
John Cole · 
67 Comments
Posted in: Domestic Affairs
Dept. Of Bad Timing
Oops: When House Appropriations Committee chairman David Obey, the Wisconsin Democrat who has long championed investment in pandemic preparation, included roughly $900 million for that purpose in this year’s emergency stimulus bill, he was ridiculed by conservative operatives and congressional Republicans. Obey and other advocates for the spending argued, correctly, that a pandemic hitting in [...]
April 27, 2009
· John Cole · 58 Comments
Posted in: Republican Stupidity
Wow
I didn’t know The Wrestler was going to be that good, or I would have watched it sooner.
April 26, 2009
· John Cole · 115 Comments
Posted in: Movies
CBS Sunday Morning
I got your open thread right here. Laura W.- Kale makes an appearance in today’s show!
April 26, 2009
· John Cole · 185 Comments
Posted in: Open Thread
What Is At Stake
Frank Rich puts it on the table: Five years after the Abu Ghraib revelations, we must acknowledge that our government methodically authorized torture and lied about it. But we also must contemplate the possibility that it did so not just out of a sincere, if criminally misguided, desire to “protect” us but also to promote [...]
April 26, 2009
· John Cole · 91 Comments
Posted in: Republican Crime Syndicate - aka the Bush Admin., Torture
Swine Flu
It looks like this is heating up: Tests show that eight students at a Queens high school are likely to have contracted the human swine flu virus that has struck Mexico and a small number of other people in the United States, health officials in New York City said yesterday. The students were among about [...]
April 26, 2009
· John Cole · 87 Comments
Posted in: Domestic Affairs
Saturday Night Open Thread
The benefit dinner was fun- it was like a WV wedding with raffle tickets and fewer drunks, complete with fried chicken, rigatoni, green beans and a really painful performance of the Electric Slide. Hopefully they will make some good money. I suppose at some point I should talk about politics, but I’m not really in [...]
April 25, 2009
· John Cole · 147 Comments
Posted in: Open Thread
A Business Idea
Here is an idea for a new business. I, like many other people my age, have only a cell phone. There simply is no reason for me to have a land line, so a cell phone with unlimited long distance covers all of my needs. Here is the problem- I lose my cell phone in [...]
April 25, 2009
· John Cole · 68 Comments
Posted in: Science and Technology
NFL Draft Open Thread
I’m already exhausted. I’ve cleaned, worked out, then walked a couple miles, then went and played with homeless animals for a couple hours. I think a nap is in order, and then it is time to find out who will help the Steelers win their seventh Super Bowl. Also, Pens and Flyers tonight, and around [...]
April 25, 2009
· John Cole · 84 Comments
Posted in: Open Thread
That Time of the Year
I was driving some cat food out to Animal Friends when I saw this on the side of the road, immediately did a U-turn, went back, and took a picture for all the ex-pat West Virginians out there: Only in West by God Virginia. For those who have no clue what a ramp is, here [...]
April 25, 2009
· John Cole · 67 Comments
Posted in: Open Thread
Memo To Jay Bybee: We Don’t Remember George Wallace For Recanting
File this under legacy maintenance. Five years along in his new life as a federal judge, Bybee gathered the lawyers and their dates for a reunion, telling them he was proud of the legal work they had together produced. And then, according to two of his guests, Bybee added that he wished he could say [...]
April 25, 2009
· Tim F. · 145 Comments
Posted in: Assholes, Republican Crime Syndicate - aka the Bush Admin., Torture
Lead, Follow, Or Get Ignored
The new strategy- Republicans have six months to provide input on a health care bill, otherwise they will just do it without them: Mr. Obama has given way in some battles with Congress, but the new stance suggests he may be much less willing to compromise when it comes to health care, his top legislative [...]
April 25, 2009
· John Cole · 68 Comments
Posted in: Politics
Another Open Thread
Has anyone seen the movie Earth? Also, I have babbled about this several times in open threads, but I have finally found a hand lotion that does not make my hands feel greasy when I use it. It is called Borage Dry Skin Therapy Lotion – 8 oz, and it is a little pricey (like [...]
April 24, 2009
· John Cole · 192 Comments
Posted in: Open Thread
TGIF
Tedisco conceded, btw. It is just beautiful weather here today. I have no idea what I am going to do, but I think it will involve sitting on a deck somewhere. I might have to go galt on a margarita. Does that even make sense? *** Update *** Better grab some condoms and Plan B, [...]
April 24, 2009
· John Cole · 147 Comments
Posted in: Open Thread
Tech Question
Currently I am running a Windows Vista system with a 1 terabyte raid array that I had networked to my old XP system, but it (the old XP system) apparently has decided to drop dead. Is there any easy way to simply install the hard drive from my old XP box into my new system? [...]
April 24, 2009
· John Cole · 101 Comments
Posted in: Science and Technology
