March 2009
27 posts
Unidimensional Change vs. Palmer House
Ever the source to amalgamate snark, timeliness, journalistic credo, Web 2.0 wizardry (or at least 1.5beta?), and the normal healthy penchant for simplifying politics to the cubicalled masses, Slate.com is offering a unidimensional scale of status quo (née “W”) vs. capital-C change. I’ll put aside the usual poli sci vs. journalism food fight just to express that I am excited...
Some job recruiters were not former realtors
I got a little (mildly tolerated) spam from LinkedIn today, likely due to the prior-service flag. I love the description of living and working conditions.
Gould Global has an immediate need for Field Service Representatives to support Marine Corps communications and countermeasure systems (CREW Systems) in Afghanistan, Iraq, and CONUS positions. Candidates MUST have the following skills: Good...
The flavors of rejection and a taxonomy of how...
Interesting topic on Monkey Cage regarding journal editors’ decision to reject manuscripts without sending out for review. An economist colleague at my institution called these “desk rejections” (a haphazard metaphor: judge trial vs. jury trial?). One aspect of the eInterview with Perspectives editor Jim Johnson was hand wringing over sending such rejections to...
Our nation's districts' red/blue data by CD →
Via POLMETH, via Swing State Project. Why, oh why, does a “Republican” take on Serrano and Rangel? Don’t answer that. At least it was a cheap loss for Mr. Mohamed.
“The Swedish state is not prepared to own car factories.”
– Maud Olofsson, saying nej. Link to NYT story.
Interesting Intersection of Mythbusting,... →
Quiet spring break
I’m hunkered down in my office, crossing stuff off of multiple lists from the worlds of research and teaching and committees ensemble, and it is quiet. Shh.
The one project outside of academe that I want to get done before the end of semester will have to wait for somewhat warmer weather.
iPhones don't have copy and paste? →
That's a huge ring
Was Mike Mullen on a Superbowl-winning team? He’s got a huge ring (watching Charlie Rose)
(link to an image added)
CDs are 30 years old? →
Ok, I wasn’t ready for that. Remember how they used to come in those huge vertically oriented boxes?
NJ's off-year gubernatorial race: the worst of... →
If you think that even some of the best polling available (that is of course tapping nonattitudes) is on shaky ground in the low information environment of an off-year down-ballot race, you are probably even more skeptical of Christie’s six point lead here.
“Never waste a good crisis … Don’t waste it when it can have a very...”
– “Never waste a good crisis, Clinton says on climate,” (here)
“This isn’t just some radio host mouthing off. Rush Limbaugh is the...”
– some email spam received today from the DSCC and JB Poersch
Ingmar Guandique? →
Does this mean Gary Condit can have his seat back?
