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Saturday, November 03, 2012
Friday, November 02, 2012
Today's news round-up
Good News
- Rape remark costs Indiana Republican Senate hopeful poll support We don't need religious fanatics in the senate.
- Voters' Picks: The Storm Changed My Vote from Romney to Obama I'll take Obama votes wherever I can get them.
- Chicago's Cook County is first metro area to levy gun tax
- Texas man jailed after failing to appear for jury duty
Justice!
I received notification that a settlement of a class action suit against Classmates.com has been approved. As a member of the class I am receiving $3.93.
The aftermath of Sandy
FreshDirect cancelled my usual Sunday night grocery delivery right before the storm, so I got what I could from my supermarket during the day. Then I put in a small FreshDirect order for this evening, for a few things that were unavailable. This morning they sent me an email saying 5 of the items in my order were unavailable.
I had only ordered 6 items. Tonight they will be delivering me one quarter pound of cheese.
UPDATE: It came!
I had only ordered 6 items. Tonight they will be delivering me one quarter pound of cheese.
UPDATE: It came!
Thursday, November 01, 2012
Today's news round-up
Good News
- Polls: Obama Stakes Strong Lead In Iowa, Narrower Ones In Other Battlegrounds
- Greek bank list editor Costas Vaxevanis acquitted
- NJ to use military trucks as polling places Great idea.
- Ex-Penn State President Charged (Another article) I'm not the least bit surprised by this.
- Chinese Cafe Owner Given 8-Year Sentence Over Online Messages A reminder that although China may have abandoned traditional communist economic principles, it remains a totalitarian country, politically.
Tuesday, October 30, 2012
Today's news round-up
Good News
Bad News
- California judge rules large Arizona campaign donation can be audited
- Israeli Defense Chief Says Iran Postponed Nuclear Ambitions
- Polish rape victim 'should have had abortion access'
Bad News
- Nasty campaign tactics: Phony voting instructions
- Romney collects supplies in Ohio for storm victims I wonder what will happen to all that stuff. The Red Cross has said it can't use it. This is a poorly thought out political stunt.
Recent news round-up
Good News
Bad News
Mixed Good and Bad News
Bad News
- Tunisian Salafis attack alcohol sellers in capital
- Greek editor arrested over list of Swiss accounts
- Attack on Nigerian Church Kills 8 and Wounds Dozens
Mixed Good and Bad News
- A Village Rape Shatters a Family, and India’s Traditional Silence It's bad that these rapes are happening, but good that people are beginning to fight the trend.
Monday, October 29, 2012
Re: Hurricane Sandy
I haven't posted anything here, but I'm fine.
All my Facebook and Twitter friends who were joking about it all day, and dismissing the precautions taken, have now shut up, with serious flooding happening, building facade collapses, a probable electrical transformer explosion at a ConEd station, etc.
And high tide is just occurring now.
Semi-random thoughts
- In my wife's mind, taking a nap in bed is being lazy, but if she does it on the couch it's OK.
- It was a disastrous Saturday for alma mater, the University of Wisconsin. The football team lost to Michigan State in overtime, which ended their 21 game home winning streak (second best in the nation). But much worse, our young but quickly improving quarterback broke his collarbone, and is probably out for the rest of the season. And on top our football woes, our men's basketball team lost its newly-named starting point guard for the season due to a torn ACL in pre-season practice.
- I always keep a Chrome window open, in addition to my normal Internet Explorer one(s). This is so I can keep two Yahoo Mail ID's open simultaneously. Now I've found another use for my Chrome window: When a newspaper website limits me to a certain number of free articles per month, I can switch to the other browser and get double.
Sunday, October 28, 2012
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