http://blogd.com/wp Living in Japan and Commenting on Culture, Politics, News, Personal Experiences, and Hamsters. Sat, 04 Jul 2009 09:33:39 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en So, why did Palin resign? There are several different theories: 1. She was telling the truth. Just from her record alone, we can pretty easily dismiss this one outright. Palin is, for the most part, congenitally incapable of telling the truth where her record and policies are concerned. But truthfully: the media ... http://blogd.com/wp/index.php/archives/6180 This is what I get for reading the news last. I get up every morning and check out batches of web sites--the computer batch, the entertainment batch, the blogs batch, and the news & commentary batch. Sometimes I check the non-news sites first, but when there's a big story, it ... http://blogd.com/wp/index.php/archives/6178 As I have mentioned before on this blog, I have noticed a repeating patten in the Mac OS's acquisition of market share. Every first half of the year, usually from January to July, Mac OS market share stays steady, with occasional small ups and downs--but then, starting in August, it ... http://blogd.com/wp/index.php/archives/6172 Glenn Beck (again, yes, he's a tool) agrees that America “needs” another al Qaeda attack to save us from the evil that is Obama. But watch to find, at the end, the (certainly) unintended pro-Obama statement: See? According to Glenn Beck, as long as Obama is president, we're safe from attack. ... http://blogd.com/wp/index.php/archives/6170 I love how so many of these “Liberal Media” headlines read, “Coleman Concedes Seat to Franken,” as if Coleman was the one ending this with grace or something. The Minnesota Supreme Court, a week overdue in giving its decision, voted unanimously that Norm Coleman was an ass. Well, they didn't quite ... http://blogd.com/wp/index.php/archives/6166 The fundamentalist Christian “Liberty” University sparked some controversy when they banned the College Democrats club based on the fact that the political party the club stated affiliation to supports freedom of choice in reproductive rights and other such unacceptable heresies. The Republicans were allowed to continue with their club. Well, ... http://blogd.com/wp/index.php/archives/6159 A high school assistant principle had a 13-year-old girl strip-searched for painkillers after a fellow student accused her of handing them out, and a search of her backpack and outer clothing produced nothing. The other student had been caught with one over-the-counter pill and four prescription-strength Ibuprofen pills, and accused ... http://blogd.com/wp/index.php/archives/6156 Microsoft has announced pricing:On Thursday, the software giant said it would offer through several retailers an upgrade from Windows Vista or XP to Windows 7 Home Premium at $49.99 or to Windows 7 Professional for $99.99. The discounted OS is already a best-seller in Amazon's software category. The company said the ... http://blogd.com/wp/index.php/archives/6146 Patrick Ruffini, a Republican, argues that Mark Sanford should not resign, and complains that Republicans are unfairly put upon:At the core of the Sanford and Ensign episodes is the cloud of “hypocrisy” that hangs over any Republican who strays from the bonds of their marriage. (Quickly forgetting that all who ... http://blogd.com/wp/index.php/archives/6144 According to Rushbo, that is:This is almost like, 'I don't give a damn, the country's going to Hell in a handbasket, I just want out of here.' [Sanford] had just tried to fight the stimulus money coming to South Carolina. He didn't want any part of it; he lost the ... http://blogd.com/wp/index.php/archives/6141