To paraphrase Sun Tzu

February 8th, 2010 / No Comments » / by manga

Sun Tzu said, “…a battle is won or lost before it is fought…”

Well, “a football game is won or lost regardless of whether I’m watching.” Sports are generally not my thing. I don’t keep track of stats or players and I usually get tired of seeing or hearing about whomever happens to be the bright star of the moment. I don’t buy anything based on their endorsements. So when the game is on I usually find something else to do.

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Yeah. What’s your point?

February 7th, 2010 / No Comments » / by manga

State of the Union

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If only it were that easy

February 7th, 2010 / No Comments » / by manga

Reality Check

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AIG – Here we go again

February 2nd, 2010 / No Comments » / by manga

From Washingtonpost.com

American International Group plans Wednesday to pay another round of employee bonuses worth about $100 million, said several people familiar with the matter, a year after similar payments at the bailed-out insurance giant infuriated many Americans and inflamed Washington.

Confessions of a DAY ZOMBIE

January 28th, 2010 / 1 Comment » / by manga

I have to go back to work today. I’ve been out since the 19th helping my mom with funeral preparations. My aunt died on the 20th and we had the funeral on the Tuesday the 26th. This has forced me onto daytime hours. Because we had a death in the family I haven’t been sleeping well. In fact I’ve been mostly dragging myself around from place to place while we’ve been making arrangements. I am going to try getting up at 9:00 everyday and having a cup of coffee about 8pm so that I am alert enough to make it to the ends of my shifts.

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The new era in travel

January 27th, 2010 / No Comments » / by manga

PC and Pixel

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Tapgate: Unlearnt Lessons From The Nixon Years

January 26th, 2010 / No Comments » / by manga

From Politico.com:

The FBI has arrested four men — including conservative anti-ACORN filmmaker James O’Keefe — for attempting to interfere with the phone system in Sen. Mary Landrieu’s (D-La.) New Orleans office.

Didn’t you idiots learn anything from the Nixon debacle? What makes you think you could get away with this.

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Survey-taking in space

January 26th, 2010 / No Comments » / by manga

Reality Check

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Newsflash: Multiple Murders in the Congo

January 25th, 2010 / No Comments » / by manga

Democratic Republic of Congo AP - One million bonobo apes (Pan paniscus) furiously reproducing the works of Mozart were killed today by one million central chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes troglodytes) who had been producing the works of Antonio Salieri and were overcome with jealousy.

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3 Year Spending Freeze: Oh Boy…Oh Boy

January 25th, 2010 / No Comments » / by manga

From Politico.com:

President Barack Obama plans to announce a three-year freeze on discretionary, “non-security” spending in the lead-up to Wednesday’s State of the Union address, Hill Democratic sources familiar with the plan tell POLITICO.

I wonder what things will wind up under the “security” category.

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