Thursday, June 02, 2011
And There Was Much Rejoicing Throughout the Land
And real time bus information is now available through my local transit authority. Even better, they're going to release an API so everyone can write their own apps for it.
It's not all that important for high frequency lines at peak periods. If buses are coming roughly every 10 minutes the wait is never that big of a deal. But for lower frequency routes, especially at non-peak times, it'll make a huge difference. It will be much easier to answer that "cab or bus" question later in the evening.
It's not all that important for high frequency lines at peak periods. If buses are coming roughly every 10 minutes the wait is never that big of a deal. But for lower frequency routes, especially at non-peak times, it'll make a huge difference. It will be much easier to answer that "cab or bus" question later in the evening.
When There's Nothing Left To Burn, Set Yourself On Fire
I'm sure it will work this time. No, really. Shut up hippies!
Greece agreed with its EU and IMF lenders to impose yet deeper austerity, a senior official said on Thursday, as unease grew in the ruling party that the government will try to speed the package through parliament undebated.
Should
There was a lot the administration could have done with the blessing of President Snowe. There's probably less of that going forward, though there are things they could do. But more than that, I have no idea what the administration (Obama, Treasury, others, whoever) thinks they should do. I know what they didn't think they should do - cramdown, a HAMP that actually did what they initially claimed, aggressively prosecute mortgage fraud - because they aren't doing those things. I don't know if there's anything they would like to do that they are being stopped from doing. A discussion of what they could do is ultimately a discussion of "why the hell aren't they doing it?" And the answer, presumably, is because they don't want to.
Kids
It'd be nice if, every now and then, we could move past the political coverage in which policy positions are basically allegiances to a certain team in the culture war. That is, there's no sense that the policies matter, it's simply a way for politicians to declare whether they're mods or rockers, hippies or squares.
In that world, someone would ask Sarah Palin and many other politicians, "What do you think should happen to people whose parents brought them here when they were infants and who have been here for 20 years?"
In that world, someone would ask Sarah Palin and many other politicians, "What do you think should happen to people whose parents brought them here when they were infants and who have been here for 20 years?"
Wednesday, June 01, 2011
You Aren't The World
This won't happen.
Bernanke won't bail out the world. He might bail out certain extra large financial institutions, including foreign ones, and the people they employ at absurdly inflated salaries. He might bail out the investors in certain classes of financial assets. The rest of us, not so much.
“There is one bet right now: Bernanke will bail out the world,” said Brian Kelly of Brian Kelly Capital. “If that does not happen, then no investment will be safe.”
Bernanke won't bail out the world. He might bail out certain extra large financial institutions, including foreign ones, and the people they employ at absurdly inflated salaries. He might bail out the investors in certain classes of financial assets. The rest of us, not so much.
Patent Wars
I used to think that enough big players would eventually get tired enough of the perpetual lawsuits that they'd figure out how to implement some sort of legal truce, but I guess that's not likely to happen. Yes, as with most things, the system mostly benefits big players relative to the little guys, but the big players also spend their days taking each other to court.
Maybe They'll Even Let Emptywheel Back On The Teeve
Once she comes up with an appropriate euphemism for "blowjob" anyway.
thought it already was a euphemism?
thought it already was a euphemism?
Penis, Penis, Penis
They just luv saying that on TV.
Next will be erect and hard-on won't be far behind.
Next will be erect and hard-on won't be far behind.
We Do It For You
As a religious freedom supporting atheist, I'm constantly annoyed at the failure of religious people to understand that doing things like teaching religion in schools or having school officials lead prayers are, in practice, more like to genuinely offend them than me. I know we're in this ecumenical Christian "don't talk about any actual theological or doctrinal differences" world, but the fact is different Christians believe different stuff, like different prayers, and have different traditions and practices, even within relatively homogeneous communities.
The System Is Blinking Red
We are probably close to panic time, though I don't expect the powers that be to panic.
Jobs
Monthly report comes out Friday, ADP estimate of private sector jobs is... +38K. That doesn't include public sector jobs, which will most likely be negative.
So, uh, not good news.
So, uh, not good news.
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