How am I?
Flashing back from a card game, I reflect on some of the things I’ve seen. How am I compared to what?
Politics in the Zeros
"A republic, if you can keep it." Vegas, taxes.
Politics in the Zeros
"A republic, if you can keep it." Vegas, taxes.
Month February 2010
Pensions systems on the brink
State pension funds had a $1 trillion funding gap as of 2008 (Image from Pew Center PDF.) Even with the recent rise in the stock market, things are unquestionably much worse now. For example, CalPERS, the huge California fund,reported a…
American Leftist surveys the SWP wreckage in Britain
Recently there was a split, purges, and resignations, with much resultant gnashing of teeth in the Socialist Workers Party in Britain. SWP is a Leninist formation that fancies itself a vanguard party, ready to lead the workers to the inevitable…
Black Widow supercar gets 2752 mpg
Built by students at Cal Poly, it weighs just 96 lbs. with a top speed of 30 mph, running a highly modified Honda 50cc engine.
Tea Party eats their own?
Tea Partiers target Ron Paul in GOP Primary.