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Monthly Archives: February 2011
Make: Online » Skill Set: Reading circuit diagrams
Another lesson from this month’s electronic skill set. This time, on reading circuit diagrams which I am apparently REALLY rusty on.
Flavorwire » Beavis and Butt-head: A Rough Guide for Today’s Teens
I think I’m getting old if we have to offer primers to today’s kids on Beavis and Butthead.
BBC News – Holographic announcers at Luton airport
Nice to know that airport security technology isn’t just focused on how to best visually rape you. A bit more here but the video is the main part of the story:
Crime in Rochester a problem of perception versus reality | Minnesota Public Radio News
Maybe it is because I moved here from a big city going through hard times, but there is a lot of hype here about how it is becoming dangerous in Rochester.
I don’t get it.
I don’t see it.
The only thing I see are Somalis and folks like me moving in.
Hmmm, what could that possibly mean?
GOP budget cuts: Deficit hawkery as farce | The Economist
Putting the lie to just about every conservative economic argument of late. It isn’t even partisan, it’s just reality.
Great, Controversial Guacamole in 303 Easy Steps « Being Latino Online Magazine
A guacamole recipe for ya.
Well, kind of.
U.S. Late To The Party On School Lunch Makeovers : NPR

I am not sure where people get off hating Michelle Obama. I mean other than hating her race or her political party, I really don’t see it.
She’s trying to get our kids to eat better. That’s it.
As you can see in this article, our schools have a long way to go to feed our kids as well as other nations. I mean, our stuff doesn’t even look as good.
NOVA | The Stuff of Smartphones
Want to know what makes up that phone of your’s? Check this out.
Republican Majorities Pushing Photo ID Voter Requirements Across Country | TPMMuckraker
From everything I have seen or read growing up, the more racist your party is, the more it hates the idea of one man, one vote.
First it was the Democrats in the South with poll taxes and literacy tests. Once those racists went over to the GOP in the 1960s, it has been nonstop ever since.
Now the GOP is at it again. Apparently there were like sixty-odd cases of suspected voter fraud in the last presidential election. You know, out of 100 + million votes. No ACORN fraud ever proven. No “New Black Panther ” goon squads. They lied. They made shit up.
And still too many minorities, women, and elderly vote for their comfort. So they are trying to make it even harder for folks to vote.
Here is more on the odious plans here in Minnesota.
As Republicans like to tell you: this nation is not a democracy. And they are doing everything they can to prove it.
