Archive for July, 2010
Deserving of Mention
My Dell Vostro notebook recently had some issues. The battery stopped taking a charge.
I sent them information defining the basic problem. I was soon contacted by Justin Cowan, a Dell Technical Support Specialist, who opened a service ticket and within a few days I had a new battery waiting for me after work. Glad […]
Congress Ranks Last in Confidence in Institutions
OUCH! Nothing else to say.
Underscoring Congress’ image problem, half of Americans now say they have "very little" or "no" confidence in Congress, up from 38% in 2009 — and the highest for any institution since Gallup first asked this question in 1973.
Congress Ranks Last in Confidence in Institutions
Coincidence?
While perusing some comments on the Times Record News site, I read a comment where someone had posted a thought about the change drug cartel violence and Muslim Extremists. So I spent about three minutes looking around. It may bear further research when I have absolutely nothing to do.
I didn’t bother looking up links […]
Seriously?
This story from the Washington Post.
Mention the new "tan tax" in a major news outlet and cries of discrimination and reverse racism often follow.
‘Tan tax’ discussions include allegations of reverse racism
And this one from the AP.
To me it [the gulf oil spill] was more about eight years of bad policy before (Obama) got there […]
Photographer detained near refinery
Rosenfield was released after officials looked through the pictures he had taken and took down his date of birth, Social Security number and other personal information, the photographer said. The information was turned over to the BP security guard [emphasis added] who said this was standard procedure, ProPublica quoted Rosenfield as saying.
Field Notes - Photographer […]