Curt Doolittle

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  • POLICY CREEP : WIKIPEDIA VS THE STATE – NO DIFFERENCE “When asked to identify Wi

    POLICY CREEP : WIKIPEDIA VS THE STATE – NO DIFFERENCE

    “When asked to identify Wikipedia’s real problem, Moran cites the bureaucratic culture that has formed around the rules and guidelines on contributing, which have become labyrinthine over the years. The page explaining a policy called Neutral Point of View, one of “five pillars” fundamental to Wikipedia, is almost 5,000 words long. “That is the real barrier: policy creep,” he says. But whatever role that plays in Wikipedia’s travails, any effort to prune its bureaucracy is hard to imagine.”

    Source date (UTC): 2013-12-08 05:48:00 UTC

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    Source date (UTC): 2013-12-08 05:03:00 UTC

  • Thought to Be Impersonating Cops Robbing People, Turned Out to Just Be Cops Robb

    http://www.myfoxdetroit.com/story/22949343/breaking-news-police”Men Thought to Be Impersonating Cops Robbing People, Turned Out to Just Be Cops Robbing People.”

    Source date (UTC): 2013-12-07 10:57:00 UTC

  • END OF THE RULE OF LAW : STUFF NIXON WOULD NEVER HAVE DONE “The Imperial Senate

    http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/charles-krauthammer-the-democrats-outbreak-of-lawlessness/2013/11/28/3184b6f2-579b-11e3-8304-caf30787c0a9_story.htmlTHE END OF THE RULE OF LAW : STUFF NIXON WOULD NEVER HAVE DONE

    “The Imperial Senate will no longer be of any concern to us. I have just received word that the Emperor has dissolved the council permanently. The last remnants of the Old Republic have been swept away forever.”

    Source date (UTC): 2013-12-07 09:09:00 UTC

  • HOW MUCH DOES IT COST TO BUY A WHOLE COUNTRY? “Dec. 6, 10 p.m. Ukrainian Preside

    HOW MUCH DOES IT COST TO BUY A WHOLE COUNTRY?

    “Dec. 6, 10 p.m. Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych, meeting today in Sochi with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin, signed an agreement stating that Ukraine will join the Kremlin-led Customs Union, according to Edward Lucas, senior editor at The Economist, citing his own sources.

    The Kyiv Post could not independently confirm the news. Kremlin official contacted by Kyiv Post also did not confirm the news and said only to look for statements on the Kremlin’s official website. As of 10:45 a.m. on Dec. 7, the only statement posted to the site confirmed a visit by Yanukovych to Sochi.

    “Wow! Hearing Yanukovich in Sochi today signed strategic agrt w Russia includes $5BN+ up front, gas price $200 + agrt to join customs union,” Lucas wrote on Twitter.

    The details of the agreement, which reportedly include billions up front for the country, as well as a huge price cut on gas, are being hammered out in Moscow, Lucas wrote.”

    Source date (UTC): 2013-12-07 07:35:00 UTC

  • “…for there is nothing in the world that I loathe more than group activity, th

    “…for there is nothing in the world that I loathe more than group activity, that communal bath where the hairy and the slippery mix in a multiplication of mediocrity.” – Nabokov

    (thanks ken)

    Source date (UTC): 2013-12-07 05:18:00 UTC

  • “Ukraine is part of Europe geographically, but for the demonstrators and their s

    “Ukraine is part of Europe geographically, but for the demonstrators and their supporters the concept of “Europe” has the resonance of a vision, vivid and frustratingly out of reach. To them, Europe implies genuine democracy, trustworthy police and sincere respect for human rights.” —

    (lost the source)

    Source date (UTC): 2013-12-06 16:47:00 UTC

  • “In trying to get votes for the Superconducting Super Collider, I was very much

    “In trying to get votes for the Superconducting Super Collider, I was very much involved in lobbying members of Congress, testifying to them, bothering them, and I never heard any of them talk about postmodernism or social constructivism; you have to be VERY learned to be THAT wrong.” — Steven Weinberg

    Source date (UTC): 2013-12-06 13:58:00 UTC

  • THE POLITICS OF EUGENICS, DYSGENICS, AND DUNNING-KREUGER (reposted on advice) “I

    THE POLITICS OF EUGENICS, DYSGENICS, AND DUNNING-KREUGER

    (reposted on advice)

    “I think people who desire liberty, and the nuclear family, will be like Christians in Lebanon. Wealthy until the proletarians kill them out of envy. The social result of the Dunning Krueger effect: “We are oppressed” rather than “They do it better than we do.”

    Fear the simple people. En Masse they are the zombie horde. And you don’t think zombie movies are subconsciously appealing at the moment for no reason, do you?

    Aristocracy is self defense.

    Source date (UTC): 2013-12-06 10:13:00 UTC

  • correction or buying opportunity

    http://business.time.com/2013/12/05/bitcoin-plummets-after-china-bans-it-from-banks/Price correction or buying opportunity.

    Source date (UTC): 2013-12-05 10:28:00 UTC