Thursday, December 31, 2009
Wednesday, December 30, 2009
Tuesday, December 29, 2009
Video Games Without Handheld Controls
This is Microsoft's next plan for its video game machine. It watches you with its camera and lets you control the video game as it sees your body move.
Monday, December 28, 2009
Monday, December 21, 2009
Gerrymandering
Long before voters choose their elected officials, the elected officials choose their voters.
Use the tool at this site to see how easy it is to rearrange voting districts, virtually guaranteeing the re-election of incumbent elected officials.
Use the tool at this site to see how easy it is to rearrange voting districts, virtually guaranteeing the re-election of incumbent elected officials.
Monday, December 14, 2009
Thursday, December 10, 2009
Wednesday, December 9, 2009
Tuesday, December 8, 2009
Here are the most terrifying charts on the economy you've ever seen. This is the amount of taxes being withheld from peoples' paychecks and business income. Every federal, state, and local budget plan in the country is based on the assumption that the government's income (taxes) will be at the same level (or more) than the previous year.
This changes everything. The money isn't there. The federal government can still sell U.S. Treasury Bonds to foreign investors, and they can even print more money, which can sweep the problem under the rug temporarily, but states and local governments can't even do that. Keep in mind that this data is on a national level, so some states like California, Arizona, Michigan, Florida, and Arizona are much worse than the other states, but with this much revenue being taken away from the government, all of the programs and services provided by state and local governments are now in jeopardy of being reduced or eliminated over the next fiscal year. The money isn't there. The federal government will likely just continue the rapid acceleration of the national debt's growth, but states and municipalities do not have that option.
Thursday, December 3, 2009
Wednesday, December 2, 2009
Tuesday, December 1, 2009
Plattsmouth
went here to pick up my pickup's cargo rack- it got sandblasted & painted by a guy who paints water towers. anyway, here is where the Platte river meets the Missouri river. Lewis & Clark were here, and the expeditions by other white men before them had never gone past this point.
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