Sunday, November 22, 2009
“The E.P.A. would rather look the other way than crack down on cities, since punishing municipalities can cause political problems,” said Craig Michaels of Riverkeeper, an environmental advocacy group. “But without enforcement and fines, this problem will never end.”

Sewers at Capacity, Pollution Spills Into Waterways - Series - NYTimes.com

Ugh, and apparently Philadelphia is one of the frequent offenders…
Posted at 10:24pm Tags: NYTimes Sewage
Monday, November 16, 2009

Book Review - 'What the Dog Saw - And Other Adventures,' by Malcolm Gladwell - Review - NYTimes.com

Pinker on Gladwell, I don’t think it can get more masturbatory than this.

Posted at 9:57am Tags: NYTimes Steven Pinker Malcolm Gladwell
Monday, November 2, 2009
“Through the first nine months of 2009, Ford, the only Detroit automaker to avoid bankruptcy this year, has had a profit of more than $1.8 billion.”

Ford Posts an Unexpected Profit of $997 Million - NYTimes.com

FordMoCo FTW!
Posted at 12:42pm Tags: NYTimes Ford
Monday, October 26, 2009

The New York Times' on The Ultimate Brooklyn Cliches: Banned from the Co-op - Park Slope - Gawker

A rundown of the first-world problems in this Times piece.

Posted at 10:06am Tags: NYTimes WhiteWhine
Tuesday, October 13, 2009
“Ms. Ignagni said her biggest concern was that the bill would require insurers to accept all applicants for several years before the government had any meaningful way to enforce a requirement for people to have insurance. In that gap, Ms. Ignagni predicted, many people with health problems are likely to enter the market.”

Democrats Call Insurance Industry Report Flawed - NYTimes.com

<sarcasm>Right, god forbid insurance companies should have to insure people with health problems. That’s just unamerican!</sarcasm>
Posted at 7:40am Tags: NYTimes Health Care
Friday, October 9, 2009
“The Nobel Committee announced Friday that the annual peace prize was awarded to Barack Obama, just nine months into his presidency, “for his extraordinary efforts to strengthen international diplomacy and cooperation between peoples.”

In Surprise, Nobel Peace Prize to Obama for Diplomacy - NYTimes.com

P-I-M-P
Posted at 10:06am Tags: NYTimes Obama
Wednesday, October 7, 2009
“I was carried off into a boiling sonic river of brutal, obscene, blasphemous noise that blasted me like a cannon out of my depressed cave and directly into the fury I was experiencing each waking day.”

Dance With the Devil - Happy Days Blog - NYTimes.com

An amazing tale of finding empowerment through metal.

I personally prefer power metal, and can’t listen to death or black metal at all. But I only use power metal to get work done, or get me pumped for the day. The continually frantic beats and shredding make taking breaks seem a terrible idea, and the continual onslaught is so mind-numbing that I don’t get distracted at all.
Posted at 8:27am Tags: NYTimes Music Metal
Saturday, October 3, 2009
“The Ford Motor Company, which has been gaining market share both from new models and by surviving without a government rescue or bankruptcy, said its sales declined just 5 percent last month. For the entire third quarter, sales by Ford’s three domestic brands rose 5 percent, the company’s first quarterly increase in four years. […] The best news for the month came from Hyundai, which has been gaining momentum throughout the recession. Hyundai said its sales rose 27 percent in September.”

After Clunkers Program, Auto Sales Are Slow Again - NYTimes.com

The only brands not suffering are the ones that are Microsoft Auto partners. Coincidence? I think not.
Posted at 4:22am Tags: Cars NYTimes Ford Hyundai
Friday, October 2, 2009

Penske Deal Fails, and G.M. Moves to Close Saturn - NYTimes.com

R.I.P. Saturn.

Posted at 4:09am Tags: NYTimes Saturn Cars
Tuesday, September 15, 2009

Rogue ad hits New York Times site | Security - CNET News

And I was beginning to worry this was just me.

Posted at 10:19am Tags: NYTimes Malware