Comments on: The 2000 Election Explained

By: Cosmic Variance

Cosmic Variance — Sat, 26 Aug 2006 12:01:28 +0000

Before the Mystic Dwarves Came Katherine Harris

Remember the 2000 “election”? Remember the debacle in Florida? I know we’re often told that it is old news and that we should forget the travesty that led to the last 6 years and move on. But do you remember who ran the whole show be…

By: Stephen Uitti

Stephen Uitti — Tue, 22 Aug 2006 15:25:47 +0000

Works for me.

By: Mark

Mark — Tue, 22 Aug 2006 00:03:20 +0000

Yeah, I drew a blank also.

By: TomC

TomC — Mon, 21 Aug 2006 23:31:30 +0000

No, no. My analysis was confined strictly to the politics of the Philippines, and any scenarios put forward were 100% hypothetical.

By: Mark

Mark — Mon, 21 Aug 2006 16:03:26 +0000

Thinking of anywhere in particular Tom?

By: TomC

TomC — Mon, 21 Aug 2006 15:48:39 +0000

Oh, the wealth of material here! A public official with a sworn duty to act in the best interests of his country is sacked for relying on methods of judgment which any rational person would find silly.
What if Justice Floro (or his wife) had consulted an astrologer? Or, taking this but a small step further, what if Justice Floro had publicly admitted that he consulted with a supernatural being for healing or guidance, but that supernatural being was not a dwarf named Luis but instead a “God” called “The Lord”? Would we all agree that this public official was suffering from psychosis and should be removed?

By: Chris W.

Chris W. — Sat, 19 Aug 2006 18:15:27 +0000

(BTW, the final rendering of the posted comments doesn’t always agree with the preview rendering. I included some
elements in the previous comment, which were correctly handled by the preview but were apparently stripped when the previous comment was posted.)

By: Chris W.

Chris W. — Sat, 19 Aug 2006 18:10:14 +0000

Off topic, but worthy of some coverage on CV:

Outspoken NASA Advisers Quit PanelWashington Post (AP)Thursday, August 17, 2006

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — Three NASA advisers who spoke out against budget cuts to the space agency’s science programs turned in their resignations this week, officials said Thursday.

Wesley Huntress, Charles Kennel and Eugene Levy each served on the NASA Advisory Council’s science committee. Kennel resigned by choice but Huntress and Levy were asked to leave by NASA Administrator Michael Griffin.

Levy, a professor of physics and astronomy who also is provost at Rice University in Houston, said their commitment to a broad science program at NASA “didn’t comport with the kind of advice that the administrator and the chairman of the committee were looking for.”

By: Sean

Sean — Sat, 19 Aug 2006 05:04:51 +0000

I used to blog there, now I blog here. The only constant in life is change.

By: Mark

Mark — Sat, 19 Aug 2006 03:47:47 +0000

Sean?