Monthly Archives: September 2009

Solar 1.0.0alpha5 Released

Posted on Mon, 28 Sep, 2009 by pmjones

Solar 1.0.0alpha5 has been released, with a few bugfixes and one change. The change notes are below. Also of note, I have created separate "alpha" and "beta" branches, so we can continue bugfix releases on the alpha side while not … Continue reading →

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Guy’s Opinion On “The Princess Complex”

Posted on Sat, 26 Sep, 2009 by pmjones

File this under “nothing hotter than a woman putting fire and steel on target”. Men do not want to be princes. Princes are born into success, men make their own. We want women who share that same ethic, however it … Continue reading →

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If Air Travel Worked Like Health Care

Posted on Sat, 26 Sep, 2009 by pmjones

“This system is insane. It is fragmented to the point of incoherence. Record-keeping is stuck in the 1960s. Communication is stuck in the 1980s. None of the systems talks to the others. Everyone reinvents the wheel at every stage of … Continue reading →

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Al Franken Reads the 4th Amendment to Justice Department Official

Posted on Thu, 24 Sep, 2009 by pmjones

I am no fan of Franken, but credit where credit is due: Noting that he received a copy of the Constitution when he was sworn in as a senator, he proceeded to read it to Kris, emphasizing this part: “no … Continue reading →

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America’s “Pravda” ?

Posted on Mon, 21 Sep, 2009 by pmjones

Nothing says “a free Republic” like State-sponsored media: Obama open to newspaper bailout bill The president said he is “happy to look at” bills before Congress that would give struggling news organizations tax breaks if they were to restructure as … Continue reading →

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Solar 1.0.0-alpha4 Released

Posted on Mon, 21 Sep, 2009 by pmjones

So much for the “last alpha release” of the Solar Framework for PHP 5. ;-) The alpha4 release corrects a dozen small bugs so that users don’t have to wait for the beta in about 7 weeks.

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Before Ayn Rand, there was Isabel Paterson

Posted on Thu, 17 Sep, 2009 by pmjones

Paterson grew up in poverty on the Western frontier. She had only two years of formal schooling. But she learned from her own experience, as well as her encyclopedic knowledge of history, that economic success results from individual initiative, not … Continue reading →

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Let’s Try Hawley-Smoot Again!

Posted on Tue, 15 Sep, 2009 by pmjones

Because it worked so well last time. To wit, what does it mean for the world economy if America now has its first protectionist President since Herbert Hoover? The smell of trade war is suddenly in the air. Mr. Obama … Continue reading →

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Obama Gets One Right

Posted on Tue, 15 Sep, 2009 by pmjones

Credit where credit is due, folks. Well I’d like to take this moment to congratulate the President for making a decision to put the safety of our nation first, instead of internationalism. Just as when he ordered the engagement of … Continue reading →

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Protectionism, “boo” !

Posted on Sun, 13 Sep, 2009 by pmjones

This is just dumb. Protectionism doesn’t help anyone, especially not even the people of the country engaging in it. Smoot-Hawley, anyone? FT.com / China – US tyre duties spark clash.

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