Category Archives: politique américaine
Onion News Network: President Obama Punches Wall Street Banker in Face
Do we need another dumb Texan for president?
Pharyngula: Do we need another dumb Texan for president?
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Deprimant… parce que c’est lui ou le gars au bobettes magiques qui sera le candidat…. ou peut-etre meme les deux en tant que president et vice president? Ca serait un mechant beau duo. :-\
Dans le meme ordre d’idee:
Bad Astronomy: Did Rick Perry just admit to violating the US Constitution?
WTFnoway.com – A visualization of how the world really is.
On est pas les seuls jambons
informationweek.com: Social Security Data Center Approaching Collapse
Via: slashdot.org: Social Security Information Systems Near Collapse
J’aurais pu ecrire qu’on etait aussi jambon que les autres, mais il me semble que notre perception est qu’au Quebec et/ou Canada, les couts de developpements informatiques sont astronomiques, pour ne pas dire ridicules/insenses/criminels/demoralisants/etc.
Mais on peut se consoler en regardant ailleurs, a defaut de se prendre en main et de regler les problemes! Bonne nouvelle, non? 😉
One of the biggest problems is the agency’s transition to a new data center, according to the report. The IG has characterized the replacement of the SSA’s National Computer Center (NCC) — built in 1979 — as the SSA’s “primary IT investment” in the next few years.
The agency has received more than $500 million so far to replace the outdated center, which is now so severely strained by an expanded workload over its time of operation that it may not be able to function by 2012, according to the report.
Mais bon, avec notre registre des armes a feu de 2G$, et le fait qu’on est 10 fois moins, ils ont encore des croutes a manger ces americains pour nous battre!
P.S. Mon estimation est que mon ordi a la maison pourrait gerer le registre des armes a feu sans probleme, mais aller dire ca aux compagnies qui ont empoche les 2G$….
A New Year’s Resolution for the Rich
The Huffington Post: Sam Harris: A New Year’s Resolution for the Rich
Une excellente lecture suggeree par Mr. Tibirna: Numbers and common sense.
Un fait interessant que j’ignorais:
It is worth noting, however, that throughout the 1950’s–a decade for which American conservatives pretend to feel a harrowing sense of nostalgia–the marginal tax rate for the wealthy was over 90 percent. In fact, prior to the 1980’s it never dipped below 70 percent. Since 1982, however, it has come down by half.
Fed-up family returns to foreclosed home
Via: zerohedge.com:
Meet Danielle And Jim Plus 9 Part 2 – This Time Squatting On The Ratigan Show
Imaginez payer une grosse somme d’argent a votre banque pour finalement voir le capital augmenter sur le releve de votre hypotheque le mois suivant….?!?!?! Je ne sais pas si le probleme est generalise. Mais une chose est certaine, ca ne va pas bien dans l’immobilier aux States, et les revelations faites dans le video (vraies ou fausses) laissent notre imagination extrapoler un peu trop facilement. 😉
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Food Inc
Via: neuraldump.com: Food, Inc
Je ne sais pas si ce upload sur youtube est legal ou non. Mais si vous regardez quelquechose a la TV qui n’est que partiellement interessant, prenez plutot le temps de regarder ce film documentaire. Il vaut la peine d’etre regarder d’un bout a l’autre.
Spoof GM Commercial Claims They Repaid Loan
Goldman’s Fabrice Tourre: Much more than a faceless math whiz
theglobeandmail.com: Goldman’s Fabrice Tourre: Much more than a faceless math whiz
Fabrice Tourre has led a life most mathematicians can only dream about – ski trips to fancy resorts, a $2-million annual salary and at least a couple of girlfriends in exotic European cities.
In one e-mail sent to a girlfriend in January, 2007, he lamented that he had to “mentor others, in view of the fact that I am now considered a ‘dinosaur’ … I feel like I’m losing my mind and I’m only 28!!! OK, I’ve decided two more years of work and I’m retiring.”
Liberte 30! C’est mieux que mon but de liberte 35! Ca sera peut-etre Prison 30 😉
