http://punsalad.com/ The most recent articles from Pun Salad en-us Tue, 07 Feb 2012 06:33:56 -0500 Bullying (327/365) I am embarrassed to report that a bill recently introduced in the New Hampshire General Court has been receiving some national attention. I found it via Radley Balko's Agitator blog. It will cause ridicule to rain upon our fair state. ... http://punsalad.com/cgi-bin/ps?spec=2012/02/06/1328565601 Mon, 06 Feb 2012 17:00:01 -0500 [phony baloney] Newt is still hanging in, above our arbitrary 4% threshold at Intrade, so we will continue to include him in our Phony table: Query String Hit Count Change Since 2012-01-29 "Barack Obama" phony ... http://punsalad.com/cgi-bin/ps?spec=2012/02/05/1328462788 Sun, 05 Feb 2012 12:26:28 -0500 GHD * If you didn't read it last year, or the year before that, or… Or even if you did: Jonah Goldberg's classic essay on Groundhog Day is here. A wonderful... http://punsalad.com/cgi-bin/ps?spec=2012/02/02/1328220000 Thu, 02 Feb 2012 17:00:00 -0500 [Stop PIPA] Our fine state's finer Senator, Kelly Ayotte, has responded to my mail requesting that she drop her support of the Senate's PIPA legislation. (Akin to the House's SOPA bill.) Her response: Dear Mr. Sand: Interesting contrast... http://punsalad.com/cgi-bin/ps?spec=2012/02/01/1328133600 Wed, 01 Feb 2012 17:00:00 -0500 [College Tuition Bubble] Only 281 days until Election Day! This means President Obama's proposals must meet a stringent three-point test before they are unveiled to the public: 1. Will they help Obama get re-elected? 2. Will... http://punsalad.com/cgi-bin/ps?spec=2012/01/30/1327962600 Mon, 30 Jan 2012 17:30:00 -0500 [phony baloney] Newt's still hanging on at Intrade, where the traders have him with a 5.7% chance of capturing the GOP nomination. So: Query String Hit Count Change Since 2012-01-22 "Barack Obama" phony 136,000,000 ... http://punsalad.com/cgi-bin/ps?spec=2012/01/29/1327848154 Sun, 29 Jan 2012 09:42:34 -0500 You may notice a new post date-displayer over there on the left. (No, your left.) Inspired by the cool kids at Granite Grok and Transterrestrial Musings, I went in search of code that would display the date that way instead of... http://punsalad.com/cgi-bin/ps?spec=2012/01/28/1327754495 Sat, 28 Jan 2012 07:41:35 -0500 * I was gratified to see this opening to a post by Prof Don Boudreaux at Cafe Hayek: Unlike most people in my line of work (and I’m somewhat ... http://punsalad.com/cgi-bin/ps?spec=2012/01/25/1327528800 Wed, 25 Jan 2012 17:00:00 -0500 [phony baloney] Newt Gingrich rescued his campaign from oblivion by reminding South Carolina Republicans that he's not afraid to tackle the singlemost big issue facing the country: the silly left-wing media, embodied (this week) by John King of CNN. Fearless... http://punsalad.com/cgi-bin/ps?spec=2012/01/22/1327244371 Sun, 22 Jan 2012 09:59:31 -0500 [stop PIPA] Following my own advice, I sent e-mail to my Congressman (Frank Guinta) and both New Hampshire's senators, Jeanne Shaheen and Kelly Ayotte) opposing SOPA (the "Stop Online Piracy Act" being considered in the House) and PIPA (the... http://punsalad.com/cgi-bin/ps?spec=2012/01/17/1326840500 Tue, 17 Jan 2012 17:48:20 -0500