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If you’ve never seen a reflection rainbow, take a look at this amazing shot by an amateur photographer, which was published in the Telegraph today.
Archive for November, 2011
November 22nd, 2011
Category: Europe, Financial crises
In the ongoing polarized debates about the size and scope of government, many American politicians and talking heads are turning to European examples to make their case. When discussions of increased government spending arise, some conservatives screech “We are turning into profligate overspenders like those irresponsible Greeks!” When discussions of cutting government spending arise, some [...]
November 22nd, 2011
Category: Intellectual disability
h/t Mike Sheehan. (By the way, I support related charities here and here and here.)
November 21st, 2011
Over the last few years, whenever I have been forced to watch Newt Gingrich on television, I have had this nagging question at the back of my head: where have I seen this before? And suddenly, it just hit me: Gingrich is AWESOM-O. AWESOM-O, you might recall, is a fake robot, invented by Cartman from [...]
November 21st, 2011
Category: Republican Party, Tell About The South
Mississippi Republicans give Abraham Lincoln narrow lead (though no majority) against Jeff Davis. But hey, there’s progress: a narrow majority now think blacks should be allowed to marry whites.
November 21st, 2011
Category: Income distribution
In the past week, a professional organization and a club to which I belong have both announced that they will no longer offer discounted rates to members who are senior citizens. Good on them. Many senior discounts have their origin in an era when low incomes were concentrated among the elderly. In Western Europe and [...]
November 21st, 2011
A rejoinder to Megan McArdle´s rejection of the prospects for solar PV.
November 21st, 2011
Category: Drug Policy, Health and Medicine
This powerful video was produced to announce a valuable new service to support recovering people in Cardiff (“The Living Room”). It packs such an emotional wallop that I couldn’t not post it here.
November 20th, 2011
When the Alameda County Sheriff’s cops suited up in their riot armor and, AFAIK with our campus officers , beat a bunch of our students and faculty with batons, my chancellor was in Shanghai setting up a branch campus; I don’t know who was nominally in charge and forgot to be in charge. When the [...]