Finally, someone mentions the damn actuarial tables!
Wednesday, September 10, 2008
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
|
Blogging to the attention deficit generation |
Please Keep in Mind
If you're not drinking, you're not paying attention.
Reagan's '80s
(some of us remember)
The Literate Electorate
-
-
Dervish Sanders Eats Faerie Faighne - The midday sun filtered through the canopy above, scattering dappled light across the forest floor. Without warning, darkness fell over the wood, swallo...
6 hours ago -
Bondi Lies Like Her Orange Boss - But she thinks that the Syphilitic Sociopath is saving millions of people's lives. One thing is clear: She lies for Trump like the corrupt pol that we a...
9 hours ago -
I'VE ALWAYS BEEN CURIOUS TO KNOW... - *what a North Korea "cabinet" meeting with Dear Leader Kim Jon Un would look like.* *Now I know:* BREAKING: In a bizarre moment, Attorney General...10 hours ago
-
Why a new citywide coalition is challenging overbuilding in San Diego - * by Kate Callen and Paul Krueger / Times of San Diego / April 30, 2025* The San Diego Community Coalition will make its public debut May 1 by addressing t...11 hours ago
-
Professional Left Podcast Episode 896: It's The Corruption, Stupid - "The corruption that hides in plain sight is the real threat to our democracy." -- Zephyr Teachout Links: - The Professional Left...
1 day ago -
Book ~ "A Family Outing" (2016) Ruby Remenda Swanson - From Goodreads ~ *Ruby Swanson’s life changed when her sixteen-year-old son walked to her office, closed the door and with his hand still on the doorknob...
2 days ago -
Is the UK Government Powering Up on Nuclear? - With clean power targets looming and energy demand rising, what role might nuclear energy play in achieving the UK Government’s ambitions? The UK Governm...2 days ago
-
And now they come for the courts. - "Society cannot exist without law. Law is the bond of society: that which makes it, that which preserves it and keeps it together. It is, in fact, the e...3 days ago
-
How to Optimize Construction Site Efficiency with Storage Solutions - How to Optimize Construction Site Efficiency with Storage Solutions Key Takeaways: Optimize construction site efficiency using effective storage solution...1 week ago
-
coyote makes the seasons - in the beginning, there were no seasons, and the world was the same every day. one day, coyote grew tired of this, and he created summer and winter. as t...
2 months ago -
It's the Corruption, Stupid - 'Shopped by me with assist from Bing AI. Click for larger.
3 months ago -
We Don’t Need A New Theory Of EVERYTHING - Though things have indeed changed since this video was produced, it still makes the infinitesimally tiny point! “Luminous beings are we; not this crude...10 months ago
-
Les synchronicités et la loi de l’attraction - Transcription de la vidéo sur les synchronicités et la loi de l’attraction: Aujourd’hui, je parle de synchronicité. C’est la suite de ma vidéo sur mon vo...10 months ago
-
That's Mr. Award Winning Artist to you - The poster for my next show at Ravenworks Gallery in Johnson City, TN. All are welcome except for anyone named Iwaniszek. Also, I won the Believe in...
11 months ago -
ยูฟ่าเบท656 ทางเข้าเว็บพนัน มีการรับฝาก-ถอนเงินอย่างไร? - UFABET656 ช่องทางออนไลน์เดิมพันออนไลน์ ยูฟ่าเว็บตรง ยูฟ […] The post ยูฟ่าเบท656 ทางเข้าเว็บพนัน มีการรับฝาก-ถอนเงินอย่างไร? appeared first on omnipotent...1 year ago
-
December's trade deficit and wholesale sales & inventories - Regular agency reports that were released this week included the Commerce Department’s report on our International Trade for December, and the December r...1 year ago
-
In Memorium - Tom Degan 1958-2023 To all Tom’s faithful readers of the Rant, we are sad to announce that he passed away on December 7th, 2023. Thank you so much for th...
1 year ago -
Not Goodbye, but See Ya Later - Hi everyone! You may have noticed that we've slowed down a bit on posting, approving comments, and, well, pretty much our whole end of the deal. We'd like ...
1 year ago -
Headline News Stories for Democrats: A Recap of Recent Events - With an ever-changing political landscape, staying informed about the latest headlines is crucial for any Democrat. From policy decisions to party updates,...1 year ago
-
Kamala Harris To Guest On ‘Late Night With Seth Meyers’ – Deadline - Kamala Harris will guest on Late Night with Seth Meyers on Monday, in what will be her first late night TV appearance since taking office as vice preside...2 years ago
-
Listen to This: The Race To Ban Abortion - A new episode of The Josh Marshall Podcast is live! This week, Kate and guest host Nicole Lafond discuss the...3 years ago
-
[12+] Dance Moms Abby - Created by Collins Avenue Productions the show follows the training and careers of children in dance and show business under the tutelage of Abby Lee Mil...3 years ago
-
Murrmurrs 2.0 - I don’t want to scare anyone unduly. I’m fine with scaring people duly. The autocrats are demolishing human rights here and abroad. The wealthy are ever we...
3 years ago -
Mengungkapkan ada hal-hal yang membuat anda gelisah - Jangan khawatir tentang memilih utama anda segera. Sebagian besar perguruan tinggi memberikan anda sampai anda junior tahun kalender untuk memilih jurusa...
3 years ago -
46 - Joe Biden, the president of the United States. Not a perfect president, but the perfect president for these post-Trump times. Earnest, unpretentious, good-...
4 years ago -
WE'VE MOVED - In fact, you can click on our new home here... and, like a miracle, you'll be transported to the new DownWithTyranny home.
4 years ago -
Saturday Odds & Sods: Six Months In A Leaky Boat - "The tyranny of distance. Didn't stop the cavalier. So why should it stop me?"4 years ago
-
Dissenter Weekly: Leak Prosecutions Against BLM Protesters, Police Whistleblower In Illinois - On this edition of the “Dissenter Weekly,” host and Shadowproof editor Kevin Gosztola provides an update on NSA whistleblower Reality Winner, who is inca...4 years ago
-
Riots, 50 Years Ago - <iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/otZL-EfgrG4" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope...4 years ago
-
Mind Control and Cult Expert Steven Hassan Warns That Donald Trump's Movement is a Dangerous Cult -- And Even If Trump is Removed From Office His Followers Will Remain a Threat to American Society - A new Gallup poll finds that at least 50 percent of the American people want Donald Trump to be impeached and removed from office. That's three times high...5 years ago
-
apologies for my absence - skippy, his co-bloggers and his followers are among my favorite people in the world. real life has been challenging for me these last few years but i got m...5 years ago
-
-
Fuck the European Union - Yes I'm back alright. Here's the first thing I see on my blog dashboard: Terms of ServicePrivacyContent Policy European Union laws require you to give Euro...6 years ago
-
-
-
Katy Perry - Hey Hey Hey - *HEY HEY HEY YOU!* Saw her in concert at the Staples Center. She's brought out a massive and gorgeous video screen in the shape of an eye this time. The fl...
7 years ago -
Ways That You Can Support Our Work - *Share our podcast on social media.* You can also: *1.* Give a recurring *monthly gift* via PayPal: Option 1 : $5 USD - monthly Option 2 : $10 USD - month...7 years ago
-
Rad Tech Salary, Education, Working Condition & Career - To become a rad technician, one has to complete *at least a 2-year associate degree from an accredited community college to be eligible to sit for the r...
7 years ago -
If You Are Anywhere Near The Path Of Hurricane Irma, Get Out Now - Someone I know has relatives on the Virgin Islands that they have been worried sick about. For good reason. They finally got a call out on a satellite pho...7 years ago
-
Asylum seekers launch hunger strike today - Razor Wire. Photo credit: Greg Chiasson Flickr Nine detained asylum seekers in the US began a hunger strike this morning from inside Adelanto Detention Cen...
7 years ago -
Endangered Creature, Shemdangered Creature - Kill it. I am trying to think of a more moronic motto than the one that Xyzal uses. Maybe "Our Name Wins at Scrabble"? At least this thing can be taken to ...
8 years ago -
sickness and dread - the gap between fact and fiction now hangs by a thread a tenuous construction inside an Orange Head Such foulness upon the land wretched effluvium we've b...8 years ago
-
Completed Transition and Export to Wordpress. - I've finally completed exporting this blog to Wordpress. The new location is undergroundunbeliever.wordpress.com My email will be changing shortly to an en...8 years ago
-
#NotMyPresident - Lets fix this??? #NotMyPresident The electoral college does not vote until December 19th. We have 40 days. What does this mean? Right now, the presidential ...8 years ago
-
Bagaimana kucing peliharaan sendiri - Baru-baru ini, keturunan anjing telah menjadi topik yang populer. I think it's super manis untuk berpikir tentang bagaimana kemitraan kami menyebabkan ...
8 years ago -
I have had with all sorts of shit....really - [image: ted cruz eating]So Missiffippiff says it okeey dokeey to not serve Gay-Lesbian-Trans-Bi.....and they will check your ID to be sure...or make...
9 years ago -
-
-
This Is The End - Our friend SteveAudio, (pictured above), has gone to that Great Gig In The Sky. We miss you so much. "You have been, and will always be my friend."
9 years ago -
April 14, 2015 - Let me tell you about my week... Directing 2 plays for Elementary schools in Dunlap (performances this week, neither is ready). I was given one month of 1 ...10 years ago
-
My Wife Wrote a Guest Post (Spoiler Alert: She Loves Me Too) - Ever since Oren started blogging he has asked me to write a guest post. I would be venting or kvelling about one thing or another and he always, under his ...
10 years ago -
Losing It - I've been losing words Old lover Why am I standing in the kitchen Lost Bad habits, good health Trying to gain weight Wanting loss to matter I cancel ancient ...10 years ago
-
Oct. 24th Radical Movie Night - "30 Frames a Second: The WTO in Seattle" - October 24th Radical Movie NightSeptember's debut of the Las Vegas Radical Movie Night went well enough that we will now be doing two showings per month. ...
10 years ago -
American-Israeli Politics: Where Bullying is Called Self-Defense - *“**And I stand shoulder to shoulder with Israel as it defends itself against this shocking violence.” Senator Cory Booker* *“Israel is entitled to take t...
10 years ago -
Acrylic Nail Supplies - Acrylic Nail Kits Wholesale#Acrylic Nail Kits Nails schoolAcrylic nails suppliesAcrylic nails suppliesImproving the Beauty of Nails with Acrylic Nails Supp...
10 years ago -
WTF? - Ok so besides the FBI,CIA,NSA, DHS, we now have armed agencies including but not limited to IRS,NOAA, yep the weather people,of Course Border patrol howeve...10 years ago
-
If you haven't heard this you Gotta listen. - Sorry about the ad. But awesome song,written by one of us! Hat tip to the Ghost,somewhere in southern Ind among other places. China III10 years ago
-
An incredible thing is happening right now in protest of FCC plans to break the internet - A little bit of background: To cut a very long and technical story short, every time you connect to Netflix, YouTube, or your high bandwidth website of cho...10 years ago
-
-
Cruelty, malice, and their far-reaching consequences - Someone once encountered and captured a relatively tame and docile forest animal. The person was, however, very sadistic. Despite initial kindness to win...11 years ago
-
-
THE FLIGHT FROM DALLAS - From noon to dusk on November 22, 1963, history went dark, locked inside the closed and crowded cabin of Air Force One. Fifty years later, what happened af...11 years ago
-
Another conservative scheme to steal the Senate - HOW THE REPUBLICANS CAN STEAL THE SENATE. READ ON! The Constitution bans states from seceding from the country – Article 1. But it does not ban portions of...11 years ago
-
Holding Time.... - Taking a moment to really see the world....the Leaves changing...the crisp autumn sky...the blues...the wispy clouds...Yesterday part of my day was spent ...
11 years ago -
UGH. - *One Reason I Haven't Posted Much This Year* Yep. Just the thought of Senator Ted Cruz(R-TX)makes me feel like comedian Lewis Black just before his head ex...
12 years ago -
NC vs. TN: A Race to the Bottom - Last month I wrote about how Tennessee welcomes you unless you're gay, poor, or have special needs. I related how I was too embarrassed to tell people wher...
12 years ago -
Splotchy Has Moved And Stuff - HEY I MOVED MY BLOG TO HTTP://WWW.SPLOTCHY.COM PEACE OUT12 years ago
-
If The Right Wants To Legislate Video Games, They Might Ought To Consider "Freedom of Speech" - After Newtown, like after any great tragedy where lives are lost in a mass-shooting, you automatically know that the Modern American Right will blam...12 years ago
-
NRA CEO Wayne LaPierre Provides His Solution For American Gun Violence - [image: NRA CEO Wayne LaPierre Provides His Solution For American Gun Violence]12 years ago
-
This blog is not currently active. - It was used for many years but I now blog at leftwingnutjob.net. Check it out. But this one is only a warehouse for old posts.12 years ago
-
The Fall of Mittens - Glad we'll be seeing more of this for the next four years, instead of this: Four more years!
12 years ago -
Everythings Coming Up Roses! - From the Desk of Jamie Dimon, JP Morgan’s Big Chief in Charge of Bragging, Boasting, & Corporate Victimization: Hey, kids! Well, our policies may be hurtin...12 years ago
-
-
A Very Telling Quote - McDonough manages to say *exactly* what is wrong with Big Food, Big Pharma, Big Medicine in America in 81 words. Good job! So here's where I get radical. ...13 years ago
-
Racism I Found Today: Non-Black Version of “The Talk” - I’m late hearing about this terrible and blatantly racist article. It’s written as a response to recent articles about “the talk” that black parents have ...13 years ago
-
-
Great Depression II - From a N.Y. Times commenter: I'm... an independent who could not bring myself to vote for any of these republican candidates. In fact, I believe they would...13 years ago
-
-
Come On Over to Our New Pad, MOMocrats.com - Hi! If you've come to us from the Washington Post article that mentions PunditMom (yay! also a MOMocrat and running the 2012 election coverage at iVillage)...13 years ago
-
-
Maher: Indicative of an Asshole in Real Time. - Update: Thanks to reader @ribletsonthepan for tracking down the clip in question. I’ll try and find a more stable version, given that it may not remain on ...13 years ago
-
Yeah, I am back again. But this may be the only one for a while. - Reading blogs today I found a reference to a blog post at DailyKos from 2005. Now I normally don't read much at the big orange anymore because I just can't...13 years ago
-
Writing Tools: Idiots Who Think They're Great Because Other Idiots Respond to Them - I write for my local Patch*, a fun diversion that also pays a bit of extra pocket money so I can get my eyebrows threaded and keep Dilf in bon bons**. Fo...
13 years ago -
It's Time for the FCC to Investigate "Fox News" for False Advertising - Now that Rupert Murdoch's neo Nazi media empire is facing controversy and criminal investigations in Britain, it's time to consider the illegal activities ...13 years ago
-
The Things Mothers Do For The Ones They Love - *"Don't worry Oscar, Lenny, Brenda, and Travis. If Mama's goin' down* (pun only partially intended, but not really because there are the offspring fish t...
13 years ago -
Jane Harmon to step down - Jane Harmon leaving Congress to become the next President of the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars. I'm sort of surprised, but it's quite a ...14 years ago
-
SOTU warm-up & open thread - First off, from Bob Herbert's excellent NYT Op-Ed, on Social Security, *"Raising False Alarms"* that begins with the line, "If there's a better government ...14 years ago
-
Want What - A new poem.... Want What Sometimes I just want to separate Jump out This skin Evaporate Into thin air Into ether Into another body Happier than me Sometime...
14 years ago -
Millionaire Matchmaker’s Patti Stanger should be a spokeswoman for damaged Black hair - I enjoy the Millionaire Matchmaker as much as the next couch potato, but there’s something about Patti Stanger’s “tough love” critiquing that irks the hell...14 years ago
-
Blankie release party Oct 1st! - Join us to celebrate the launch of Blankie™! a new designer blind box series by design company Aarting. We’ll be hosting the official release party which...
14 years ago -
Final Blog - As most of you may have already heard, TheMom lost her long health battle on July 3rd. I am sorry I couldn't post any sooner than this but there have been ...14 years ago
-
In the immortal words of Jean Paul Sartre, 'Au revoir, gopher'. - I left the democratic party today and registered in the Oregon Progessive Party. I encourage anyone in the state to also join the OPP. They need to get o...
14 years ago -
-
Odds & Ends Sunday - It's time to cook up a storm and restock the freezer with my homemade TV dinners...First thing this AM I made a tamale pie from a new recipe ...turned out ...15 years ago
-
Politics Plus has Moved - Please join me at our new location. http://www.politicsplus.org/blog I’ll leave this site up, because it is where we have been, but I’ll be turning off com...15 years ago
-
"I'll Take the Dreaded Opera Category for $500 Alex" - Turandot [The Village] must be satisfied by being begged for marriage and having her pre-requisite riddles answered and never challenged or rebuked. She’...15 years ago
-
Blog is Dead. Long Live Blog. - Well, my inner defeatist has triumphed over my better intentions. Considering I have nothing to add in terms of half-enlightened commentary to this ongoing...15 years ago
-
-
UFC 98 Happening This Very May 23rd - ...And oh what an event it threatens to be. Tapped for May 23rd at the MGM Grand Garden Arena (you can catch it on PPV starting 10 PM Eastern), this even...15 years ago
-
Happy Birthday, BAC! - Darlings, it's BAC's birthday! I almost forgot, but Dr. Zaius reminded me. You simply must *go and wish her a happy birthday!*
16 years ago -
Sometimes There Are No Words - One of my favorite bloggers and frequent commenters has suffered a terrible loss. Fair and balanced commentary from a modest and reasonable conservative.16 years ago
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
* Another Victim of the Drug War *
(Click the photo above to find out about this senseless murder)
mark it zero
No comments:
Post a Comment