Yes, in Chicago a Dead Fish was registered to vote.
“There was no fraud involved,” said Nudelman, a Democrat who supports Barack Obama. “This person is a dead fish.”
The paperwork sent to a “Princess Nudelman” likely came from the “Women’s Voices, Women Vote” project, which sent nearly 1 million mailings to Illinois households in August [...]
Entries from October 2008
October 21, 2008
Dead Fish Can’t Vote? That’s Fishism.
October 18, 2008
The Goodbye and FU Letter
This letter written by Andrew Lahde departing from the hedge fund debacle, it is a fantastic summary of what is wrong with today’s world.
Today I write not to gloat. Given the pain that nearly everyone is experiencing, that would be entirely inappropriate. Nor am I writing to make further predictions, as most of my forecasts [...]
October 17, 2008
How I Caught Up with Dad
By Davy Rothbart
I think this article works on many levels, really makes you think about who and what is important in life…
His father had put on 50 pounds since retiring. So the writer issued a challenge: Walk together, an hour a day, for 1 month straight. He was trying to save his father’s life. Turns [...]
October 17, 2008
192 Lasers, Nuclear Weapons and Fusion Power
The human brain is incredible…
The National Ignition Facility at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory was built by the Department of Energy to gather data on the thermonuclear reactions that occur inside atomic weapons. And as an excellent side bonus, NIF (rhymes with stiff) could unlock the secret of harnessing fusion for unlimited, clean electricity.
To achieve these [...]
October 17, 2008
Buy American. I am.
By Warren Buffett
THE financial world is a mess, both in the United States and abroad. Its problems, moreover, have been leaking into the general economy, and the leaks are now turning into a gusher. In the near term, unemployment will rise, business activity will falter and headlines will continue to be scary.
So … I’ve been [...]
October 16, 2008
My Pumpkin.
Here is a photo of the pumpkin which I grew. People seem to like it. (but seriously I grew this thing) Feel free to copy or upload it. S
October 16, 2008
Report: The Hubble Telescope is Running off my home PC – From 1999.
So the Hubble is broken again, and its running of a redundant system to keep it going.
Sadly that system is powered by a 486 – pre-pentium processor. The same kind in my home PC from 1999. I remember writing an essay about Roman Empire in word, it crashing about 4 times, and the s-l-o-w..ness of [...]
October 14, 2008
The Inverted Pint Glass Goes Mobile
I found a very cool new service today called Mofuse that takes any blog or rss based content and creates a mobile optimized site for both the iPhone and Blackberry. On that notes, The Inverted Pint Glass can now be read by either of the above mobile devices at the following link:
Http://theinvertedpintglass.mofuse.mobi
October 11, 2008
WOW. McCain fights uphill battle.
Just watch this…
McCain has to defend Obama. And Steal a microphone from an uninformed citizen.