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Dear Greg Michetti
Yes.
hard problem?
file under “ooops”…: The US government is scrambling to find a way to close a loophole that allows convicted rapists and other high-risk sex offenders to receive Viagra at taxpayer expense.
so that’s what you meant by “no kill”
A woman who founded a “no-kill” animal shelter has been charged with numerous violations after 200 dead cats were discovered rotting in garbage bags in her backyard.
DHS to go low-tech
The Homeland Security Authorization Act requires that more than 50 percent of the components in any end product bought by the Department of Homeland Security be produced or manufactured in the U.S. Oops: “With this purchasing prohibition, I guess (the department) will have to learn to do without computers and cell phones,” ITAA President Harris …
high school principal run amuk
in yet another case of an overzealous high school principal squelching free speech, Winona Senior High School’s Nancy Wondrasch doesn’t want students wearing buttons. When senior Carrie Rethlefsen began wearing an “I (heart) My Vagina” button to school, she says she was trying to speak out against violence toward women. However, Winona Senior High School …
Microsoft Caves on Gay Rights
Last month, [Microsoft] quietly withdrew its support for House bill 1515, the anti-gay-discrimination bill currently under consideration by the Washington State legislature, after being pressured by the Evangelical Christian pastor of a suburban megachurch.
mike lazaridis gets it
Inc. magazine has a piece on 26 most fascinating entrepreneurs. There’s Craig Newmark (for putting the free in free markets) and Mike Lazaridis, who really get it: Mike Lazaridis, whose company launched the BlackBerry in 1998, developed his philosophy of innovation as an intern at Ontario’s Control Data in the early 1980s. He often saw …
easter bunny attacked
boy attacks easter bunny at mall.
MBET vs MBA
Ryan pointed to a good article in Canadian Business on the MBET program at Waterloo. The article has makes a couple of interesting points. First, a gym not on the cluetrain: The computer program, which pumped out graphs based on body composition measurements, and strength and endurance test data quickly made Nickelchok the most popular …