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Tuesday, July 29, 2003
2:47 PM      
Your tax dollars at work
Oh, yeah, I forgot to mention the bizarre DARPA project I just heard about – kind of a Las Vesgas-style anti-terrorism mechanism. Described by one politician as useless, offensive, and "unbelievably stupid," these guys want to open what amounts to an online betting parlour to assess terrism threats. "Investors" bet on terror attacks, assasinations, etc., and the ones who guess right get paid. DARPA's defense? "Futures markets have proven themselves to be good at predicting such things as elections results; they are often better than expert opinions." Seems to me, we could find an equally valid argument to the contrary when it comes to market behavior. [story]


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12:59 PM      

The funeral for Councilman James Davis is being held at a church on Classon Avenue, a few streets away from my apartment. I can hear gospel singing wafting across the rooftops to me. It sounds beautiful, and reminds me of the service we had for my grandmother back in December.

The Davis funeral is a big deal. The police were there setting up for the event yesterday, most likely securing the place for the luminaries who are no doubt attending this high-profile event. Eyewitness News already had two TV trucks positioned on the street yesterday. If this funeral is at all like the one for the slain police detective that was held there several months ago, several blocks around the area were closed off and turned into parking lots.

I read that Davis lay in state inside City Hall yesterday, the first time that such an honor has been bestowed on anyone for more than 100 years.

You'd have to be pretty good at avoiding news outlets to miss the fact that Bob Hope died. Starting yesterday, there were news stories galore, and we're starting to see all kinds of retrospectives. I got a strange chuckle out of thinking back to how someone in the Senate had mistakenly heard Bob Hope had died a few years ago, and spent several minutes eulogizing him. I wondered if the same folks paused to double-check their sources when they heard this time.

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Right-wing girls assume the position

I couldn't have done a better parody, but these folks are apparently serious. They bill their blog as "a conservative, pro-US, Republican blog by two chicks on the Right side!" I guess Republican girls just wanna have fun. So nice of 'em to turn a little (slightly flat) cheek.

You guys are just the best dumbass cheerleaders I have seen in a while.  

--Ecosse (some frog)

An entry in the "Our Fans" sidebar.

Check out this pic from the site, titled "Time for the Voting." Hilarious, right? Makes you feel warm and fuzzy, doesn't it? I know Charleton would have loved it.



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