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- With all the Democrats in the Senate headed for an Obama White House, that means John Kerry gets to chair the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, [2] A move of sheer attrition, of course. Last one left, etc. I’ll tel you; If you needed another reason to keep The Democrat Party in whatever form out of the White House, that would be one.
- Perhaps the most damaging and disappointing thing to come out of the election; Henry Waxman as Chair of the Energy Committee [3]. Trust me, the lower energy costs we now have won’t be around long with this bozo.
- Oh, great. Janet Napalitano gets DHS [4]. She’s one who’s been pushing shamnisty on us for some time, now. I’m warning you; don’t expect national security to improve, gang, particularly as regards the soft invasion from Mexico. Michelle sees the story too [5] and has more.
- For all the word on the street that we’re all broke, will someone please eplain to me why Obama’s getting such a party [6]on the taxpayer dime?
- Some people who may not be happy about this coronationerrr… inauguration… is the anti-war left, who is just now figuring out [7]this wasn’t the Obama they knew. Perhaps you guys should have spent more time on vetting him? Or maybe, he’s adjusting to something the anti-war left has alwys missed out on, conceptually… REALITY.
- Oil’s below $50/bbl by the time you read this.
[8]I note there’s folks till rebuilding out among the wildfires [9]in California. Is there any doubt in anyone’s mind that barring insurance and tax breaks, both of which the rest of the nation pays for, these multi-million dollar homes would never have been built in that tinderbox in the first place, much less rebuilt? They keep doing it simply because we keep willingly paying them to do it.- The 10 Sexiest Everyday Men Of 2008 [10]list is out. The fools; I’m not on it.
- I see PC Magazine is dumping print [11], for online. That was just a matter of time, that one. Interesting, though, the degree to which their culture had to change to get them to this point. When the internet started becoming ‘a thing’ years ago… back when Grok was still clan leader, and when Harold Webster and I were still running the Free File Farm BBS, I asked the publisher… sorry, 30 years gone, now, his name escapes me… if it would ever come to this. Heck, no, he said. We’re in the business of selling magazines, not files. (Remember, the concepts of the net were still a few years off for most folks.) I guess what this comes down to is proof of what I’ve been saying since this site came online; It’s the content, not the medium that matters. Now, if the content justified the rather odd medium for the purpose, they’d have stuck with print. As it is, anything in the magazine is available online, in a more timely fashion, anymore… and for less money. There’s a lesson there for the troubled New York Times.. Why on earth would you buy a left-slanted fishwrapper, when you can get the same content online at the Democratic Underground ?
- FWIW, McCain wins Missouri [12]. The only effect this has, really is that their statistical streak of picking presdients is now over.
[13]So much for Obama and his promise about linkages to lobby types. The drill just now is Tom Daschle is getting HHS, [14]which apparently creates a serious conflict, given his wife’s job. Can you imagine the press being silent over sich conflicts under, say a McCain administration? I can’t, either.- So, Prop 8, as expected, goes to the California Supreme Court. [15]Apparently, the rights of homosexuals to win votes has been compromised. These folks are all about democracy, until such time as they coem out on the losing end of it. The bottom line, though, is they hqve no case, and this too will go down in flames… you should pardon the pun.
- This site will be around for another year, anyway. The bill got paid last night. I’m still tying with getting this thing off the Windows servers it’s on. It really doesn’t need to be here; Linix will serve as well, or better, and certainly cheaper. Originally, when I started doing business with IX webhosting, I’d planned on a website for my older boy who at the time was working in FrontPage. That meant Windows servers were something of a requirement if he wanted the Windows extensions. (Yeah, I know, “Front Page… eeeeewwww…” but what the heck, ya gotta start somewhere) But the Windows stuff costs more, and tend to be slower for WordPress which is the software we’re using here at BitsBlog. The issue for moving off the MS servers at this stage is the major move itself, and the problems that always come up with that… along with the downtime involved.. perhaps a day. I suspect if it happens, we’ll do the move sometime around the end of February, since then if anytime oughta be a bit slower. (I certainly wasn’t going to make such a move before the election!)
- Indianna State corrections inmate sex is through the roof [16], so to speak.
[17]I note with some amusement the statements from the supposed number two in AlQuieda, Ayman al-Zawahiri. (Actually, I think him the leader, since we have no real evidence BinLaden isn’t a small stain under a mountain somewhere.) The tone of the message was quite different, from when he was dealing with Presdient Bush. There was an undercurrent of fear in those messages from those days. This one yesterday was one of pure derision [18]. Remember, gang, these are the same folks who told us they wanted Obama as President. Apparently, if the comments are to be taken seriously, the reason they wanted him in the White House was bacsuse they needed to be dealing from a position of stength, which, thanks to Obama’s election, they know they now have. By the way; I’m reliably advsed that thing on his forehead makes a fair mark for targeting.