Archive for August 25th, 2011

President Cantor Issues Disaster Spending Executive Order

Filed in National by jason330 on August 25, 2011 • 8 Comments

God oh mighty this shit is depressing.

House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-VA) will extend his requirement that federal disaster relief be paid for by cutting spending elsewhere in the budget to Hurricane Irene.

Fast Company’s Steve Jobs Post is the Best I’ve Read so Far

Filed in National by jason330 on August 25, 2011 • 4 Comments

It discusses Jobs’ particular genius:

“Steve Jobs may not be the greatest technologist or engineer of his generation. But he is perhaps the greatest user of technology to ever live, and it was Apple’s great fortune that he also happened to be the company’s founder.”

Hurricane Checklist

Filed in National by jason330 on August 25, 2011 • 11 Comments

Here is a super-paranoid version cribbed from a dkos diary. The basics: [ ]Flashlights [ ] batteries [ ] candles [ ] Battery-operated radio and/or TV. [ ] More batteries [ ] those solar garden lights can be out all day and brought in at night. [ ] Canned, dried food. [ ] At least […]