Titanic II
You had me until “Warm liquid goo phase.” Check out the trailer! Via Alex Halavais.
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ByDerek
I’ve just been too damn busy lately to blog, which is why I’m hopelessly behind on things like Buy Buffalo Week: Buy Buffalo Week 2006 is a grassroots effort by WNYmedia.net and Broadway Fillmore Alive to get people to either shop at local businesses or eat at local restaurants during the week of August 27th….
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Establish confidence. Catalyst for the 21st century. Yadda yadda yadda.
ByDerek
Every time you hear how an event, building, or business is promised to “restore Buffalo’s confidence” or “propel Buffalo into the 21st century” keep in mind how long people have been saying that. New York Times July 4, 1993 “Our confidence is lacking and we’re a little unsure of ourselves,” said Dennis Gorski, the Eric…
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The response to Buffalo FUD
ByDerek
BuffaloGeek has touched off a flurry of commentary about another couple downer articles in the news today. Another census analysis on Buffalo’s increasing population loss, and yet another iteration of the “all the young people are leaving” requiem. I was going to throw in my comments on Geek’s site, but this constant Buffalo FUD is…
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Lights out
ByDerek
Once again, the government’s attempts to fix “problems” they are incapable of fixing will screw us, the consumer. The latest energy bill has a provision to ban incandescent light bulbs. From the Chicago Tribune… “In this bill, we ban by 2012 the famously inefficient 100-watt incandescent bulb,” said Rep. Jane Harman (D-Venice), who co-sponsored that…
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A different view of the housing “crisis”
ByDerek
Here’s a unique way of looking at housing costs data. Take the average housing prices in the U.S. since 1890, adjust for inflation, then plot it on a rollercoaster. Pay particular attention to 1997 onward. via Consumerism Commentary
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No doubt
ByDerek
And people wonder how anyone can doubt the “crisis” of global warming… The Washington Post reviews the work of top United Nations scientists, November 20: “The United Nations’ top AIDS scientists plan to acknowledge this week that they have long overestimated both the size and the course of the epidemic, which they now believe has…