by Juan Paxety
on January 6, 2008
Steve H. is whining about the Dolphins, even though he’s not really a football fan. He should move his allegiance north and become a Jaguars fan. Last night’s game proved the team can win even with the quarterback having a bad game.
With two minutes left to play and the Jaguars behind a point to the Steelers, quarterback David Garrard made a 4th down 32-yard run to set up a winning field goal. It reminded Jaguars fans of the last road victory in the playoffs – and quarterback Mark Brunell’s similar run to seal a victory in the second most shocking playoff win in history. The Jaguars 1996 win over the Denver Broncos is usually considered second only to the Jets win in Super Bowl III.
In other news, as you can see, I’ve switched this site to WordPress. I used CityDesk for years, but it works to create posts only on Windows. I’m being pushed to adopt other operating systems. Our GM at work is a member of the Church of the Most Holy Mac, so we are switching to OS-X there. I decided to learn more about it by downloading an iteration of FreeBSD, on which OS-X is based, and installing it on my computer at home. You might want to take a look at PC-BSD if you’re looking for a free, easy to use operating system.
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by Juan Paxety
on January 2, 2008
It rarely makes the news in the US, but Iran continues to maintain close ties with the dictatorship in Cuba. Ahmadnejad sent greetings to raul yesterday, Cuba’s National Day. The Tehran Times reports:
In his message, Ahmadinejad expressed hope that Tehran-Havana relations would promote in the future through strengthened bilateral cooperation.
More than 40-years ago, the castro brothers put the world on the edge of crisis by importing missiles that could reach the U.S. Iran has missiles that would reach most of the U.S. from bases in Cuba.
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by Juan Paxety
on December 30, 2007
fidel popped up again yesterday and announced that his appointment of raul as his successor was not nepotism. That’s right. It was simply communist strong-arm succession. AFP reports on a letter fidel allegedly wrote to the Cuban assembly in which he says he saw the light.
“There was a stage when I thought I knew what had to be done and I wanted the power to do it,” he admitted, saying it was due to “an excess of youthfulness and deficit of conscience.”
“What made me change? Life itself, tempered by the profound thought of (Jose) Marti and the classics of socialism,” Castro said, in the letter read by assembly speaker Ricardo Alarcon.
He’s also been paying attention to criticism from Washington.
“In the proclamation signed on July 31, 2006, none of you saw it at all as an act of nepotism nor as a usurping of the functions of the assembly,” he told the body.
Let us remember that January 9, 1959, fidel said he would provide free elections for the people of Cuba. We’re still waiting.
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by Juan Paxety
on December 29, 2007
Our friend Jackie Dowd at The 13th Juror has a post that shocked me – no current member of the U.S. Supreme Court has ever defended anyone charged with a felony. That means none of them have direct experience with prosecutors such as Mike Nifong, no experience with overwrought police tactics, and no experience with the sometimes absurd appelate procedure. And, as Jackie points out, they’ve never been locked behind bars with a defendant.
Why does this matter? Because the legal system is one of our defenses as citizens against the overzealousness of government. We need a Supreme Court with a wide range of experience.
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