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A recent post (Free Gas Versus Free Phone) is still resonating in my head.  I have another thought about the Obamaphone lady. You may recall the kerfluffle when Mitt Romney said that 47% of the electorate simply wouldn’t vote for … Continue reading →

I’ve got a plan for the next time someone bitches at me about politics because I’m a rich, privileged, wanker who can’t understand their special grievance and the ninth level of hell that is being so broke you can’t afford the iPhone 5. I’m going to ask if their cell phone is a “free” government “Obamaphone”. If it is I’m going to scream “I am the 96%” and kick them in the balls. Continue reading →

[Warning political ramblings: feel free to tune out for a while and come back when I’m under hawk attack again] Back in 2008 I watched a video with Peggy Joseph.  In 2011 I revisited it with How’s That Working Out … Continue reading →

I’m avoiding most political media.  Why?  Because it’s election season with a D in the office and Bullshit, when concentrated in unacceptably high levels, is bad for your health. That’s why I deliberately scheduled something more pleasant (a proctology exam) … Continue reading →

As always, Tam at View From The Porch, nails it. Continue reading →

I read up on the 2012 Zero S ZF9 electric motorcycle (including a little blurb at Popular Mechanics and the companies web page).  Then I compared it to the Chevy Volt.  Finally I bumped into the less ready for prime … Continue reading →

I’d like my readers to view two video ads for electric vehicles.  The first video is a 3:26 ad for a group of electric motorcycles  (on the market today). The second video is about 30 seconds, produced by General Motors, … Continue reading →

I had come to believe that the Chevy Volt were like unicorns.  Everyone can describe them (and some people weep at their beauty) but they don’t exist.  (Maybe they’re vampires?  They control the minds of the weak, suck the blood … Continue reading →

The problem with being paranoid is you might be right and therefore not paranoid at all.  This really takes the fun out of things. Case in point, “fiat currency”.  In a sane world you’d just have “money”.  Money makes sense.  … Continue reading →

I carefully evaluate technology before embracing it.  Wiser men than myself have warned that it’s better to think things over a bit before swigging a New Coke, using a fancy derivative in your investment portfolio, or buying the first Betamax … Continue reading →