Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson is talking up the President’s 700 Billion dollar super bailout plan. He’s saying how it was the least costly option like he was choosing Delta faucets over solid gold bathroom fixtures.

A few minutes ago I ran across something on Slashdot that talked about “Cognitive Radios”. Now I am not a hamster, I realize that they’re not talking about Radios with a full blown AI but rather something that can intelligently adapt it’s use of radio frequencies.

If you’ve ever had any doubts that some people are not only without brains, but they’re also without any sense (you’ll note I didn’t say common sense, there ain’t no such thing anymore. sense isn’t common at all.) or compassion. The story of a woman facing federal charges over a soda that she refused to pay for and then dumped on the counter will convince you.

I see that North Korea is now making threats that it could restart it’s nuclear reactor. The mere mention of this intention is enough to set off the political equivalent of a pulse oximeter all over the place.

Several months ago we got a new pup. She was quite the energetic little bundle at what was it? six or eight weeks old? Anyway, We figured that because she was so small that our cat would be able to learn to get along with her. We also figured that as she got older some of the hyperactive thing would go away. Boy were we ever mistaken.