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Peachy. I’ve got fans among the wacko-fringe

Monday, November 17th, 2008

Noticed a lot of hits from some wacko group called the “North Carolina Citizen Militia” (no, I won’t include a link: don’t want to encourage this crap) who are interested in my ad hoc communication network approaches. Does anyone have large quantities of bleach I can use to purify my blog?
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Data streams & visualization: MIGHT start to rebuild biz confidence

Tuesday, September 16th, 2008

As a follow-up to my speech in DC last week, I’m talking to a major investment firm this week about the potential benefits to them of emulating what Mayor Fenty and CTO Vivek Kundra has done in DC with automatic data feeds. After years of corruption under past administrations, they’re rebuilding public confidence through a […]

Can we afford to have such an unprepared person as Veep?

Friday, September 12th, 2008

Sarah Palin’s “deer in the headlights” reaction to Charlie Gibson’s question about the “Bush Doctrine” that the US

has the right to make a pre-emptive strike if convinced a massive strike against the US is imminent would be funny — classic schoolchild bluffing that we all tried in high school when we hadn’t studied […]

Don’t miss it: Horseshow Brownie on emergency preparedness

Tuesday, June 10th, 2008

I’m working on some more substantive posts, but couldn’t let this pass: don’t miss a chance to sign up for this webinar to hear Horseshow Brown, the Katrina Goat, explain about emergency preparedness. That would be like a chance to hear from his mentor, George W. Bush, on the art of statesmanship.
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et al.: while we’re on the topic of great MA senators ..

Thursday, May 22nd, 2008

… let’s not forget that it was on this day in 1856 that Rep. Preston Brooks of SC attacked another great Massachusetts senator,  Charles Sumner, on the floor of the Senate. Brooks beat Sumner senseless because of Sumner’s relentless and eloquent advocacy for Abolition.
While he never recovered fully, Sumner eventually returned to the Senate floor […]

We love you, Teddy!

Tuesday, May 20th, 2008

They just don’t make them like our senator: he’s not only terribly effective on behalf of the Commonwealth, but we share him with everyone who cares about the poor and disadvantaged worldwide. Fight on, Senator Kennedy!

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et al.: you can go overboard on hive mind…

Friday, May 16th, 2008

It’s been too long since I’ve commented on miscellany. Here goes!
I’ll admit that I’m second only to Edward O. Wilson in my love of ants and their sophisticated hive mind/emergent behavior (didn’t Wilson write that if humanity vanished, we’d take 2-3 species [I’m betting head lice] with us, but if ants vanished, life as we […]

et al.:oracle speaks, recession official/may be worst since WWII

Saturday, March 15th, 2008

Forget about the niceties of an official declaration: Martin Feldstein, who heads the group that ratifies recessions after the fact, has spoken, and says this one may be worst since WWII. Wondered what “optimistic guy” George Bush will do, if anything.
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et al.: happy first day of Spring!

Thursday, February 14th, 2008

You can get sick from eating too many Godiva chocolates on Valentine’s Day, but peer-reviewed research from the Harvard Medical School demonstrates that you can never get enough baseball, right?
Yes, as astronomers know, it’s the baseball equinox today, the time when the sun is shining directly over the Grapefruit League, even if Spring seems […]

et al.: compare Clinton and Obama Super Tuesday remarks

Wednesday, February 6th, 2008

Back with another head-to-head Many Eyes comparison of Clinton’s and Obama’s speeches: in this case their remarks after Super Tuesday. Unlike the brief opening statements before the California debates, these were lengthy enough to perhaps give some insights into their priorities. Note that Obama’s remarks were considerably longer than Clinton’s (452 vs. 298), so […]

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