The One-Handed Economist

Sic Semper Tyrannis

Archive for November, 2006

How To Hurt Me

Friday, November 24th, 2006

I went to see the new Bond flick yesterday, on account of having today off from banking, and the movie was preceded by a preview for the new Will Smith venture. It seems like a pretty compelling film, really, but — though

Read the rest of this entry »

Standardized Tests > Grades

Wednesday, November 22nd, 2006

Over at Inactivist, DA Ridgely has a pretty interesting post about grades and standardized testing. As a member of the (Smoke Free) Class of 2000 in Oregon I was one of the lucky sots used as an experimental rodentia for the CIM/CAM [warning: PDF]. The CIM/CAM was, and as far as I know […]

Read the rest of this entry »

Go To Hell, Henry

Wednesday, November 8th, 2006

And take the idiots running the TX Dems in TX-23 with you. Because folks, seriously, six Democrats in the race? Not a good plan for victory. Folks, look at the chart. As of this writing if all of that D power had been consolidated behind one candidate, you’d be up 50-47 […]

Read the rest of this entry »

FCC? FU!

Saturday, November 4th, 2006

Dear the FCC,
F U!.
No Love,
Tim
[Via Rogier Von Bakel]

Read the rest of this entry »