Fear & Loathing http://manishin.com/wp WordPress Thu, 23 May 2013 23:27:40 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 Fear & Loathing In the EU http://manishin.com/wp/?p=103524 http://manishin.com/wp/?p=103524#comments Thu, 23 May 2013 23:25:43 +0000 glennm http://manishin.com/wp/?p=103524 So much for the vaunted advantages of European integration, huh?

It’s not just the eurozone that is increasingly derided as a failure. Now, the very European Union itself is mistrusted by its largest members.

Fear and Loathing in the EU | RT Op-Edge.
 

]]> http://manishin.com/wp/?feed=rss2&p=103524 0 Is Obamaphone Good For the Poor? Maybe not. http://manishin.com/wp/?p=103513 http://manishin.com/wp/?p=103513#comments Thu, 23 May 2013 23:16:19 +0000 glennm http://manishin.com/wp/?p=103513

It may seem counterintuitive that a program that provides subsidizes could actually make people worse off, but welcome to the convoluted world of universal service.

Is Obamaphone good for the poor? Maybe not. | The Hills Congress Blog.

The point here is that by funding “universal service” with a flat 16% or so tax — euphemistically called a “contribution” — on all telecom services, the FCC has established a regressive scheme under which low-income people pay far more proportionally than the upper class. Bad policy, but USF is the third-rail of telecom politics.

 

]]> http://manishin.com/wp/?feed=rss2&p=103513 0 Magical Monaco http://manishin.com/wp/?p=103508 http://manishin.com/wp/?p=103508#comments Wed, 22 May 2013 14:39:46 +0000 glennm http://manishin.com/wp/?p=103508 Monaco is indeed special and unique. It’s the highlight of the Formula One calendar. Can’t wait until Sunday!

Monaco 2013 arial

Courtesy of Lotus_F1Team via Twitter.

 

]]> http://manishin.com/wp/?feed=rss2&p=103508 0 Twitter Digest for 05-19-2013 http://manishin.com/wp/?p=103505 http://manishin.com/wp/?p=103505#comments Mon, 20 May 2013 14:21:58 +0000 glennm http://manishin.com/wp/?p=103505 twitter_logo

 

]]> http://manishin.com/wp/?feed=rss2&p=103505 0 Is Obama A Lame Duck Already? http://manishin.com/wp/?p=103500 http://manishin.com/wp/?p=103500#comments Fri, 17 May 2013 16:03:22 +0000 glennm http://manishin.com/wp/?p=103500 image

I think we’re all agreed the president is fading — failing to lead, to break through, to show he’s not at the mercy of events but, to some degree at least, in command of them. He couldn’t get a win on gun control with 90% public support. When he speaks on immigration reform you get the sense he’s setting it back. He’s floundering on Syria…. Mr. Obama’s brilliant sequester strategy — scare the American public into supporting me—flopped.

Peggy Noonan | WSJ.

 

]]> http://manishin.com/wp/?feed=rss2&p=103500 0 The Pres Bites As a Golfer http://manishin.com/wp/?p=103494 http://manishin.com/wp/?p=103494#comments Mon, 06 May 2013 21:46:55 +0000 glennm http://manishin.com/wp/?p=103494 After 121 rounds in five seasons, he still chips right over an easy green. Sh#t, even I could beat this guy. Stick to basketball, Mr. President!

Mr. Obama, who according to CBS News’ Mark Knoller has played 121 rounds of golf during his presidency, hasn’t often had congressional company. This is the fourth time he has invited a member of Congress to be part of his golf foursome. Twice he has invited Rep. Jim Clyburn, R-S.C., and once he’s invited House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio.

Obama extends GOP outreach to the golf course | CBS News.
 

]]> http://manishin.com/wp/?feed=rss2&p=103494 0 The Ring of Fire Annular Eclipse http://manishin.com/wp/?p=103479 http://manishin.com/wp/?p=103479#comments Mon, 06 May 2013 20:14:48 +0000 glennm http://manishin.com/wp/?p=103479 A rather cool-looking solar eclipse. Wish I could be there.

How to Catch This Week’s ‘Ring of Fire’ Annular Eclipse | Science.

]]> http://manishin.com/wp/?feed=rss2&p=103479 0 Twitter Digest for 05-05-2013 http://manishin.com/wp/?p=103477 http://manishin.com/wp/?p=103477#comments Mon, 06 May 2013 16:16:41 +0000 glennm http://manishin.com/wp/?p=103477 twitter_logo

 

]]> http://manishin.com/wp/?feed=rss2&p=103477 0 Lawyers, Can We Go Home? http://manishin.com/wp/?p=103470 http://manishin.com/wp/?p=103470#comments Sat, 04 May 2013 00:50:31 +0000 glennm http://manishin.com/wp/?p=103470 Great theme, but produced from a brick-and-mortar, “face time” perspective. Get with it lawyers!

Lawyers' Code

Tamara McNutly @ Facebook.
 

]]> http://manishin.com/wp/?feed=rss2&p=103470 0 2,084 Days http://manishin.com/wp/?p=103466 http://manishin.com/wp/?p=103466#comments Thu, 02 May 2013 15:44:50 +0000 glennm http://manishin.com/wp/?p=103466

I joined twitter 2,084 days ago whendidyoujointwitter.com? #wdyjt

— Glenn Manishin (@glennm) May 1, 2013

]]> http://manishin.com/wp/?feed=rss2&p=103466 0 Pro-Environment Labels Turn Off Conservative Buyers http://manishin.com/wp/?p=103459 http://manishin.com/wp/?p=103459#comments Wed, 01 May 2013 22:24:38 +0000 glennm http://manishin.com/wp/?p=103459 Light bulbs

When light bulbs are compared side-by-side, some conservative consumers are turned off by labeling that stresses the environmental benefits of efficient choices, a study finds.

And would you expect any other reaction? Conservatives have been railing against “tree hugging” liberals for years.

via National Geographic.

 

]]> http://manishin.com/wp/?feed=rss2&p=103459 0 Ayrton Senna http://manishin.com/wp/?p=103449 http://manishin.com/wp/?p=103449#comments Wed, 01 May 2013 05:05:10 +0000 glennm http://manishin.com/wp/?p=103449 It was 19 years ago today that the legendary Ayrton Senna was lost at Imola. RIP.

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Aytron Senna | Formula One Art & Genius.

 

]]> http://manishin.com/wp/?feed=rss2&p=103449 0 Does Antimatter Fall Up? http://manishin.com/wp/?p=103422 http://manishin.com/wp/?p=103422#comments Wed, 01 May 2013 00:58:39 +0000 glennm http://manishin.com/wp/?p=103422 Antimatter

How deep does the asymmetry between matter and antimatter go? Each type of particle (electrons, protons, etc.) have antimatter partners: positrons, antiprotons, and so forth. These antiparticles have an opposite electric charge (unless they’re neutral), but otherwise behave much like their matter counterparts. But one interesting question remains unanswered: does antimatter possess antigravity, experiencing a repulsive force when matter experiences attraction? And, even if antimatter experiences plain old gravity, does it behave in exactly the same way as matter does?

glenn’s tumblr | Does antimatter fall up?.

I’ve been a fan of theoretical physics for years. It stared with Albert Einstein’s book Relativity: The Special and General Theory and continued — now decades ago — with God And the New Physics by Paul Davies. To even consider that humankind could harness the power of antimatter to overcome the force of gravity (the weakest of the four fundamental forces, but the one we know best) is barely comprehensible.

 

 

]]> http://manishin.com/wp/?feed=rss2&p=103422 0 Twitter Digest for 04-28-2013 http://manishin.com/wp/?p=103418 http://manishin.com/wp/?p=103418#comments Mon, 29 Apr 2013 18:00:21 +0000 glennm http://manishin.com/wp/?p=103418 twitter_logo

 

]]> http://manishin.com/wp/?feed=rss2&p=103418 0 Old Man Honored http://manishin.com/wp/?p=103408 http://manishin.com/wp/?p=103408#comments Sun, 28 Apr 2013 17:12:45 +0000 glennm http://manishin.com/wp/?p=103408 Old Man

This was one of my favorite sights (and sites) as a child. But the rock finally succumbed to old age and the ravages of weather.

It’s been nearly 10 years since the natural rock formation that symbolized New Hampshire tumbled 1,200 feet to the ground. And while the Old Man of the Mountain is little more than a historical footnote to the state’s youngest residents, it remains a beloved family member to others.

NH honors Old Man icon 10 years after statue fell | SFGate.

 

]]> http://manishin.com/wp/?feed=rss2&p=103408 0 Much Truth is Said In Jest http://manishin.com/wp/?p=103402 http://manishin.com/wp/?p=103402#comments Sun, 28 Apr 2013 12:50:03 +0000 glennm http://manishin.com/wp/?p=103402 The old adage was very much in evidence last evening as President Obama poked fun — at himself, the media and the Republicans — at the annual White House Correspondents’ Dinner.

Obama’s full speech at the 2013 White House Correspondents’ Dinner | The Washington Post.

 

]]> http://manishin.com/wp/?feed=rss2&p=103402 0 Ten Years & Still Blogging http://manishin.com/wp/?p=103381 http://manishin.com/wp/?p=103381#comments Thu, 25 Apr 2013 00:52:36 +0000 glennm http://manishin.com/wp/?p=103381 F&L First Post

It is hard to believe I’ve been doing this for ten years, much less that I forgot the 10th year anniversary on March 10th. This is the tentative way it started, even before adopting my “Fear & Loathing” moniker.

One would expect this is a time for reflection. However, I am decidedly ambivalent about the medium — right now at this moment and in general — so a screen shot will have to suffice. (Oh and by the bye, the sharing buttons were certainly not there in ’03.) Sorry, tweeps. Perhaps more to come.

Fear & Loathing » Welcome to My Blog.

Notice the few “related posts” underneath. That means my tags and categories have less than a handful of posts associated with “blogs.” Remarkable in that there are thousands of posts in the archives.

 

]]> http://manishin.com/wp/?feed=rss2&p=103381 0 Twitter Digest for 04-23-2013 http://manishin.com/wp/?p=103377 http://manishin.com/wp/?p=103377#comments Wed, 24 Apr 2013 16:53:19 +0000 glennm http://manishin.com/wp/?p=103377 twitter_logo

 

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]]> http://manishin.com/wp/?feed=rss2&p=103358 0 Twitter Digest for 04-07-2013 http://manishin.com/wp/?p=103348 http://manishin.com/wp/?p=103348#comments Mon, 08 Apr 2013 15:55:57 +0000 glennm http://manishin.com/wp/?p=103348 twitter_logo

 

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