Category: politics

27 Dec

Gay Marriage is a non-issue

First, the title of this post is a lie born of my confusion: what’s so hard about this issue?
Hey, you: the ones threatened and appalled by gay marriage (I’m pointing my ring finger at you Huckabee.)  The debate around gay marriage revolves around the “M” word, and is one of semantics.  So I suggest it [...]

20 Feb

Implicit Association Test

Do I really oppose Hillary because I fear a Bush/Clinton/Clinton/Bush/Bush/Clinton dynasty?  Or, am I measuring her more harshly because she’s a woman.  I took Harvard’s  Implicit Association Test about the candidates and apparently, I implicitly favor in the following order good -> bad - Clinton, Obama, McCain, and Huckabee.  Apparently I favor Women, Minorities and [...]

14 Jul

Washington Washington

The YouTube Washington video is viral. A number of folks at SiMech have mentioned they can’t get it out of their heads, and one person woke dreaming about it.

25 Jun

leading

A ruler can bring misfortune
Upon his troops
In three ways:

Ordering them
To advance
Or to retreat
When they should not
Is called
Hobbling the army;

Ignorant interference
In military decisions
Confuses
Officers and men;

Ignorant meddling
In military appointments
Perplexes
Officers and men.

– Art of War
Sun Tzu c. 551 - 496 BC
translated John Minford

24 Apr

Voting Your IQ

my haiku IQ
(tween me and you) is just 2
that makes me quite blue

17 Oct

Best Animated Gif Ever

This is a closeup a Car Exploding.

Found this image at the top of
ERRI Counter-Terrorism Page. I don’t think it undermines the seriousness of their mission one bit.