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• Lavaun Abbott on Privatize the profits, socialize the loss. Fannie Mae & Freddie Mac have been doing basically the same thing that Enron did -- buying high-risk "investments" -- in this case, mortgages with little hope of ever being repaid -- and palming them off on the investing public as secured investments. If companies like Countrywide, now down the tubes, and so many other go-go mortgage marketeers wanted make so many bad loans, our guarantors of a viable American housing market should never have been buying these mortgages & keeping them afloat for so long. The losers will be 401(k) & pension plans that invested in these government-sponsored corporations -- so it really is the American public losing both ways.
• rubberman on Microsoft’s First Seinfeld Ad Airs: Shoe Circus Gag me with a spoon! If you are in advertising, you should kill yourself...
• CJ on Palin lied about visiting Ireland as part of her foreign policy experienc In response to Gene, I agree that we have not seen a quote from Sarah Palin stating incorrectly that she has been to Ireland. However, her representatives and/or the representatives of the McCain/Palin campaign intentionally misled the press (Ben Smith) when they tried to make Palin seem more internationally traveled and experienced by stating that she had been to Ireland. The Republicans have a lot of ground to make up in explaining things about Palin's lack of experience and some of her controversial policies and political actions. The use of the statement that "Palin lied" may be twisting the matter slightly, but she is responsible the people who represent her. Her camp or the McCain camp did lie to the public about the "visiting Ireland" experience.
• rubberman on Everybody’s PIN Number: Revealed! This is why I prefer PIN's that allow more than 4 digits... 4 are too easy to guess (intelligently). Personally, I like at least 8 digits.
• rubberman on Video of Sarah Palin talking to her church about our divine mission to invade Iraq, the need for Jesus, the gift of prophecy Gahhhh! I could only take about 50% of this drivel before I retched and turned the video off... What a maroon! And McCain wants her to be VP? WHAT WAS HE THINKING???!!!
• John Sinteur on Apple Rejects Fart-Joke iPhone App I’m actively wondering if I’m willing to participate I'm not. That is, I'm both not wondering, and I'm not willing...
• Maarten on Apple Rejects Fart-Joke iPhone App I thought the interesting part of this is the bit you left off the quote: the claim that this is making developers shy about putting effort into apps that may not be accepted. I can't really get too upset about the fact that Apple doesn't want a fart sound playing app on their device. At the same time, I'm actively wondering if I'm willing to participate in this ecosystem as a developer.
• Mykolas on Video of Sarah Palin talking to her church about our divine mission to invade Iraq, the need for Jesus, the gift of prophecy Just what the country needs, another fanatic who will clearly not respect (and doubtfully understands) the separation of church and state. She makes W look intelligent.
• jim on Video of Sarah Palin talking to her church about our divine mission to invade Iraq, the need for Jesus, the gift of prophecy Sounds like a great lady.
• John Sinteur on Video of Sarah Palin talking to her church about our divine mission to invade Iraq, the need for Jesus, the gift of prophecy reaction
• Gene on Palin lied about visiting Ireland as part of her foreign policy experienc To be fair, I have yet to find any evidence that Palin lied about her Irish visit. I did read about a spokesperson saying something about it but I have not seen "the lie". It is interesting how the media twists so much of what is said about both parties and I have been seeing the media do this for decades. I say this from a neutral standpoint and find that most people are not voting for any candidate but rather voting against the one they like least.
• Roland Hesz on Measuring the River I am always amazed that people travel around with a measuring pole, a trigonometrical kit, measuring tapes, lenses, and all the stuff they need to do these things. I usually measure rivers like "narrow, wide, bloody wide, Danube, Tisza" :)
• Mauro on Measuring the River Hm. I think trig would be easier. Find any other point C along the river, and measure the distance to it. Then find the angles at A and C (and therefore at B), and Law of Sines to find AB. I think similar triangles would have to involve a lot more measuring...
• johndoesis on Aides Say Team Interviewed Palin Late in the Process Unfortunately a lot of McBush's decisions are like that. That is why he is called a maverick. Not because he goes against his party but because he makes crazy decisions right off the cuff with no remorse or thinking if it is right or not. He has been this way forever and scares the heck out of me if he becomes president. You never know what you are going to get with this guy. It is like a crap shoot everyday.
• Roland Hesz on Teen daughter of GOP VP pick is pregnant "Do you want a VP like that?" No, definitely not, I just had a train of thoughts, and even labelled it as "scary" - and can be scary at the same time, W is adamant too. "Just imagine the book deal that kid is going to be offered in december…" Just imagine if she is actually a nice kid, and this scarred her for a life. I know it's easy to paint her the same as her mother "she must be a money and power hungry girl like mum" but not sure that would be true. Can be of course, but maybe not. In the latter case the book deal won't help her much.