02/18/09 09:51 - 35ºF - ID#47793

Politician's Syllogism

As explained by wikipedia:

We must do something

This is something

Therefore, we must do this.

Which is ultimately why I am distrustful of trillion dollar bills rammed through Congress, even though I think we do need something.

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Location: Buffalo, NY

Category: internets

01/31/09 10:52 - 13ºF - ID#47578

Google Marks Whole Internet Malware

Seems to be fixed now. ~~stopbadware.org was down this morning (which Google partners with to warn of bad sites), and Google defaulted to marking everything as malware, even itself.~~

UPDATE

Unfortunately (and here's the human error), the URL of '/' was mistakenly checked in as a value to the file and '/' expands to all URLs. -- Google Blog

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Location: Buffalo, NY

01/29/09 01:13 - 21ºF - ID#47557

Milestone

It's taken less time for David Paterson to choose a successor to Hillary Clinton then for James to hear back about whether or not he's got a job he interviewed for 2 months ago.

Your tax dollars at work, grinding away slowly.

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Location: Buffalo, NY

Category: internets

01/28/09 03:03 - 26ºF - ID#47546

Have You Seen This Cat?

source:

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Words: 14
Location: Buffalo, NY

Category: undead

01/27/09 09:10 - 13ºF - ID#47534

Pride & Prejudice & Zombies

This one is for (e:james)

On Amazon:

As our story opens, a mysterious plague has fallen upon the quiet English village of Meryton-and the dead are returning to life! Feisty heroine Elizabeth Bennet is determined to wipe out the zombie menace, but she's soon distracted by the arrival of the haughty and arrogant Mr. Darcy. What ensues is a delightful comedy of manners with plenty of civilized sparring between the two young lovers-and even more violent sparring on the blood-soaked battlefield as Elizabeth wages war against hordes of flesh-eating undead.

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Location: Buffalo, NY

Category: internets

01/25/09 12:45 - 15ºF - ID#47516

Freakiest Gif Ever

I was googling under construction animated gifs for nostalgia value, and came across this:

Um, whoa. The 90's: so near and yet so far far away.

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Location: Buffalo, NY

Category: politics

01/23/09 01:18 - 39ºF - ID#47501

Joe Bruno Indicted

Source:

A federal grand jury today indicted former state Senate Majority Leader Joseph L. Bruno, accusing him of eight counts of public corruption.

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Location: Buffalo, NY

Category: politics

01/22/09 10:22 - 26ºF - ID#47486

Scalpel, not a hatchet?

Best Obama toy ever:

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Location: Buffalo, NY

Category: politics

01/20/09 09:03 - 10ºF - ID#47456

Inauguration Day

For me, the best part of today is not that it's Obama's first day in office, but instead that it's the 43rd time that power has been transferred peacefully between presidential administrations. Obama is the 44th president in a chain stretching unbroken back to the founding of our country.

It's easy to forget what happens in some other countries. Seeing what happens in Zimbabwe and Myanmar, it's a relief to me to live in one of the countries that's moved beyond institutionalizing personal or party power above all else.

So, cheers to all the Presidents, Washington through George W Bush, who have stepped aside and let the political process govern who gets power.

We're not a perfect country, but we do get many things right and this is one of them.

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Location: Buffalo, NY

Category: buffalo

01/14/09 10:01 - 2ºF - ID#47404

Computer / Electronics Recycling

SATURDAY January. 17, 2009 9:00 A.M. - 1:00 P.M.

E-Waste & Computer Recycling
Electronic Items which can be brought to the site for
free, proper disposal include: Computers, Monitors & all Peripherals * Modems * Printers * Cell
Phones * Fax Machines * VCRs * CD & DVD Players * Games * TVs * Rechargeable Batteries * Fluorescent Bulbs

For Questions contact Erie County at 858-6996.

Drop-off Site, Buffalo State College, enter from Grant Street Overflow L-Lot

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