Category Archives: Incompetence
Are Pennsylvania Authorities Confused About Sex?
A week after the horrendous Penn State molestation scandal, which lasted at least ten years without attracting the interest of law enforcement, the authorities appear to be intent on showing they mean business. CBS reports that 6 teenagers are being … Continue reading
Angela really, really, doesn’t get the Greeks
Angela is determined, and the birth of Economic Democracy now looks less certain. Rather than giving the Greek 99% a choice of whether or not to take further austerity measures upon themselves, the Central Bankers insist that they will decide. … Continue reading
Prof Niall Ferguson of Harvard Embarrassed a Lot of Alumni on GPS
It’s sad and embarrassing when a Harvard Professor resorts to obfuscation and irrelevant personal attacks in order to make his point with viewers. The nadir of Ferguson’s contemptable performance came when he sighted China’s move away from government regulation as … Continue reading
Cantor Loses His Way – Again
House Majority Leader Eric Cantor spoke out of turn when a Tornado leveled Joplin and later recanted in a letter to participle. Proving his inability to learn from experience he again threatened to withhold disaster aid, this time to the … Continue reading
NRC: North Anna Might Have Exceeded Design Limits.
Steve Wood of Dominion Resources is fastidious about returning phone calls to his Cell. The fact that I have not heard from him might indicate that neither he nor David Heacock is comfortable answering the questions I raised in my … Continue reading
A Tale of Two Websites
What is a delighted customer worth to a Company? V.I.P. Zappo’s pays shipping in both directions, and exceeds customer expectations at every opportunity. An order I placed at 2AM was on my doorstep before 4PM the same day. Once, an … Continue reading
Concrete Block Masonry Needs Reinforcement Against Lateral Loads
No picture makes the point more clearly that masonry may sustain vertical loads very well, but without reinforcement it is very poor at sustaining lateral loads. The picture was taken a few miles from the epicenter of Tuesday’ quake, in … Continue reading
Dangerous Caddy gets Production OK
The Cadillac Motorcar Division of General Motors is about to introduce a rebadged Chevy Volt clad in the angularly swept sheet-metal identified with todays Alphabet Caddys. The car is dangerous in that last time GM thought it was a good … Continue reading
At Last, the Aesthetic Police will save us
Certainly terrorists stake out potential targets in advance and we know they do take photos of them. So now, if you plan to take photos in Long Beach California, they had better be good. The Police there are standing by their … Continue reading
BroganNibley
ddoublenegative
adjunct
participle
participle 