Sahil Kapur at TPM has a great piece today regarding the current budget battle. By making the fight about Obamacare -- a fight that the Right will surely lose -- they have actually "forced" the Democrats to accept spending at sequestration levels for another year. And that means that sequestration-level spending is more and more likely to be seen as the baseline from which all future budget decisions should be made.
Sure that hurts the country and is economically crazy, but it is the new normal.
Lose the battle. Win the war.
24 September 2013
Tuesday, September 24, 2013
Monday, September 23, 2013
"Me & Ted"
Josh Marshall at TPM wrote a recap of his -- seemingly forgotten -- past with Senator Ted Cruz of Texas. It is pretty much what I've read elsewhere and assumed from watching Cruz on TV. However, one line that Marshall writes is the single funniest thing I've read in ages.
Trust me. That's funny. And true.
23 September 2013
As my correspondent notes, Ted managed to distinguish himself as a arrogant a#@hole at Harvard Law School, which is an amazing accomplishment since the competition there for that description is intense.
Trust me. That's funny. And true.
23 September 2013
Thursday, September 19, 2013
Amazing MLB Plays
The Huffington Post featured two amazing defensive plays from major league baseball player Adeiny Hechavarria. Wow!
19 September 2013
19 September 2013
Arrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr!
It is that time of year again. Three cheers to me if this made you say the word "booty!"
19 September 2013
19 September 2013
Saturday, September 14, 2013
Two Men & The Home Depot
As Josh Marshall said, "Things are changing." Starting a new chapter in life surrounded by both friends and plywood sounds pretty good to me. By the end, of course, I was weeping. And I'll be buying something at The Home Depot soon whether I need to do so or not.
Utah? Utah!
Man, there actually may be hope for us yet.
May your love be a light in this world, Gentlemen. Good luck!
14 September 2013
Utah? Utah!
Man, there actually may be hope for us yet.
May your love be a light in this world, Gentlemen. Good luck!
14 September 2013
Friday, September 13, 2013
Sychronising Discordant Metronomes
A friend sent me the following cool video at io9.com:
From io9.com:
If you place 32 metronomes on a static object and set them rocking out of phase with one another, they will remain that way indefinitely. Place them on a moveable surface, however, and something very interesting (and very mesmerizing) happens.
The metronomes in this video fall into the latter camp. Energy from the motion of one ticking metronome can affect the motion of every metronome around it, while the motion of every other metronome affects the motion of our original metronome right back. All this inter-metranome "communication" is facilitated by the board, which serves as an energetic intermediary between all the metronomes that rest upon its surface. The metronomes in this video (which are really just pendulums, or, if you want to get really technical, oscillators) are said to be "coupled."
The math and physics surrounding coupled oscillators are actually relevant to a variety of scientific phenomena, including the transfer of sound and thermal conductivity.
Cool.
13 September 2013
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