April 2009
14 posts
Strange.
The Yanks got pounded last night, which happens. However, the fact that they let new first basmen Nick Swisher pitch the end of the game (just for shits and giggles?!?) is quite rare.
Updates from Yankees.com:
Catcher Jose Molina expected nothing but four-seam fastballs, so he never bothered to put down a sign.
Nick Swisher went into the stretch, leaning in and looking for the sign. There...
House on a Rock.
Obama gave an above average speech on the economy today. I liked that he spent a a lot of time addressing his critics, and had tougher rhetoric on Wall Street excess.
I want to see Brothers Bloom. Also, why does it... →
China wins Pentagon war game.
From Politico:
There were five teams: The United States, Russia, China, East Asia and “all others.” They were overseen by a “White Cell” group that functioned as referees, who decided the impact of the moves made by each team as they struggled for economic dominance. At the end of the two days, the Chinese team emerged as the victors of the overall game-
Bracken said the Chinese have a middle...
Krugman on why positive growth stats are...
Imagine a company that produces widgets (companies in these examples always produce widgets), normally selling 100 each month. The company tries to keep one month’s sales, 100 widgets, in inventory. But for some reason sales drop off, to 90 per month. And it takes a month before the company realizes what has happened.
At the end of that month the company, having produced 100 widgets but sold...
Also.
Obama needs to get his kids a goddamn dog before he starts to look like an asshole.
Yea!
Just beat a shit talker on Madden. Feels good.
Dave King on famous drum fills:
It’s like if you covered “In the Air Tonight” by Phil Collins and didn’t do “the fill that brings in the big chorus.” You’d get your ass kicked on the street if word got out that you were the doof that thought you could do better. Phil Collins fans are fucking vicious and they will shank you without thinking twice.
Cano
First home run.
JETER
First Yankee batter at the new stadium hits a double!
http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2009/04/02/sport... →
Still pondering. (Budget Part II)
So, it’s midnight and I still can’t wrap my head around this budget. Republicans are known to worship Regan, but its seems Bush is still their guy. This is evident in their budget proposal: keeping the 2001 tax cuts, trying to privatize medicaid, and increasing Pentagon spending. I can’t seem to accept that they missed the whole 2008 election. A clear dismissal of the Bush...
April Fools indeed.
All day long I was waiting for an April fools laugh. As Obama officials have pointed out, this is it. Today the republicans released (for reals this time) a detailed budget. Highlights include: massive taxs cuts for the weathly (they justify this by allowing people to choose whether they want a lower tax rate or not?!?), freezing almost all federal spending for 5 years (because cutting government...