Iranian government overthrown by peaceful pro-democracy protesters, jubilant Iranians elect Obama as their next leader, Ahmadinejad flees to North Korea.

Well, that’s more interesting than my usual Friday “Through Thick and Thin” headline, eh? While I have written a fun post about the battle of Stirling Bridge,  possibly history’s best example of why accountants should never be put in charge of armies, today I will restart my Friday review posts. There’s always something to review. [...]

McCain’s VP Pick: Blunder or Brilliance?

I’ve been mulling over McCain’s VP pick, Sarah Palin, for the past day. I’ve looked up a little bit about her, but pretty much ignored what any of the pundits had to say so I could form my own opinion. It’s a painful process but I’ve had some good luck with it before. And at [...]

Through Thick and Thin & Clinton, Obama, McCain…who is the greatest threat?

Another week gone. First off, I will answer the question I posed in the previous post: Who or what is the greatest threat to the USA? I concluded that the next president of the USA was potentially the greatest threat facing America today. Now I will discuss Obama, Clinton, and McCain…on the theory that [...]

BINKY FOR PRESIDENT

 
Press Release
For Immediate Release: Tuesday, April 1, 2008
Contact: Doug Stych
In a move that stunned both the Democratic and Republican parties, Binky, a calico cat residing in Berkeley, announced her write-in candidacy for President of the United States. Hillary Clinton, Barrack Obama, and John McCain and were reportedly rendered speechless by the news. [...]

Through Thick and Thin

Another week gone, another weekend upon us. More milestones in the decline and fall of the American Empire. Another attempt on my part to organize this blog in some cogent fashion. It’s kind of annoying really, posts like this are the most fun to write, but they get virtually zero follow up traffic. Still, [...]

My Cats are Plotting Against Me

OK, so I let my cats out a few hours before dawn. Awhile later I hear the sound of fighting cats in the yard. I figure it’s the stripy orange guy, he fears nothing and will fight any cat on the planet. While I am getting dressed I can hear the fight is getting [...]

Iranian boats swarm US ships, Musharraf says Pakistan “not particularly” looking for OBL.

Sounds like Monday news to me. The breaking news of this fine Monday is that US ships had an “alarming” encounter with Iranian gunboats in the Persian Gulf. No shots were fired though, and no residential press conferences have been announced, so I doubt this is the start of anything. Macho posturing on [...]

Bloody Politics

Politicians at work
There’s some imbroglio in the news about Bush and prosecutors and subpoenas and judges and such. I find this about as exciting and important as the whole Valerie Plame thing, whatever that was about. It’s almost political porn in some senses. I mean, Gee, Bush lets politics and ideology guide how he [...]

Living Cats, Dead Dictators, Sick Bloggers…What Does It All Mean?

The stripes make him faster.
OK, my cat is going to live. The little orange creep. He was a lot more pleasant when he was at death’s door. He actually slept. Now he’s approaching his normal activity levels, active all the time with a constant stream of complaints and demands. Even as a kitten [...]

Berkeley Rocks?

Credit: USGS
Now this is getting creepy. There was another earthquake last night, again, for all practical purposes directly under my feet. When the building first started to move I thought that it was just the calico jumping off something (she is working on her version of Darwin’s theory: Survival of the Fattest.) However the [...]