Good news, Chrysler and GM buyers!
It is my hope that the steps I am announcing today will go a long way towards answering many of the questions people may have about the future of GM and Chrysler. But just in case there are still nagging doubts, let me say it as plainly as I can — if you buy a car from Chrysler or General Motors, you will be able to get your car serviced and repaired, just like always. Your warrantee will be safe.
In fact, it will be safer than it’s ever been. Because starting today, the United States government will stand behind your warrantee.
Tough luck to you Toyota and Honda buyers, but clearly their unions didn’t make sufficient donations during the last election. Also, if you chose not to buy a car at all, my God man, don’t you realize there’s an economy that needs stimulating?!?
Via cspowers.
What: March Seasteading Social
When: March 28, 2009 12:00 PM
Where: Click the link below to find out!
Meetup Description: Come out and socialize with your fellow seasteaders! The Starry Plough in Berkeley has graciously offered to host us from 12-4. We’ve got the place to ourselves, so we’ll have plenty of roo
Because we have the space to ourselves for the March Social, we’ve decided to add in a bit of content and special meetings for those who are interested. We’ll be covering some specific areas of interest and Patri will be giving a talk/rant on Libertarianism, so if you’re curious about Sailing, Ocean Engineering, or why Libertarians are dumb, we hope you’ll come out and join us.
Here’s the Schedule:
* 12pm Socializing
* 1pm Libertarian Stupidity – A talk by Patri Friedman
* 1:15pm – Introduction of Sailing Club and Ocean Engineering
* 1:20pm – Sailing Club meeting for interested members, socializing for others.
* 1:50pm – Ocean Engineering meeting for interested members, socializing for others.
* 2:20pm – Socializing
I hate it when people go on about the “beauty” of old age. Aging is decay. Yeah, you might find beauty in old age, just as you might find beauty in the mold patterns of an abandoned building. But it’s nothing to be celebrated. If 19 year-olds woke up one morning in the bodies of their 90 year old selves, most would become suicidally depressed.
Fortunately, we no longer need be resigned to aging–fight aging now!
(Note, the source is kinda sketchy, some of the pics/stories aren’t real. But the whippet pics are real. )
More about myostatin.
Isn’t it weird how you can be fully aware of your dysfunctional thoughts and behaviors, yet still find it incredibly difficult to change them? You would think that once you had identified them, you could simply substitute new thoughts and behaviors.
As I wrote to a friend, “…my brain isn’t a unitary organ. Rather, it’s a bunch of modules jury-rigged together over millions of years of evolution. Different parts of my brain have different priorities and motivations. For example, my lizard brain just wants to fuck and eat candy all day.”
If only we had a drug that made it easier for your neocortex to wrestle the lizard brain to the ground.
Also, I think they should name this baby elephant “Benjamin Button”:
Doesn’t he look like an old man?
Patty and Allen Eckman create beautiful cast paper sculptures (see below). The sculptures can also be turned into bronze sculptures, while keeping the archival paper original in its original state.
