Murphy's Law Meets Medical Records

Mix IT with medicine, and most smartasses like me can predict the results:

http://science.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=09/04/28/1229225

More Proof That We Are 4T

http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/04/28/specter.party.switch/index.html

REALLY Bad Mission Planning

And, I can guess how it happened- The PR people wanted post-911 footage.

Well, they got it:

http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/04/28/low.flying.plane/index.html

http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/04/27/air-force-one-backup-rattles-new-york-nerve/

Most "beauty shoots" of aircraft take place well away from populated areas. I've worked with directors; they always want closer shots, for a more dramatic effect. That's how we lost one of the two B-70's and an F-104, once.

In a little known film, Von Richtoven And Brown, an incident occurred where a director kept calling "Closer! Closer!" from a tower built to film very low-altitude stunts.

The off-duty Irish Air Force pilots (filmed in Ireland), and one quite famous ex-USAF fighter pilot (playing Brown) had had quite enough.

They attempted to ram the tower. There's footage of the camera crew- and director- jumping from the tower to save themselves.

PR people, and film directors, need keepers for a reason.

Additional: I just learned from my spy network that the guy who ordered the mission was an idiot at his previous job:

http://newmexicoindependent.com/25987/ex-unm-prez-louis-caldera-approved-new-york-city-jet-flyover

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_Caldera

He's a Pointer, a Clintonista, and at UNM he was "encouraged" to "pursue other interests" to the tune of $700 k.

A Pointer who gets assigned to Fort Dix is usually likened to a certain fictional Captain Wilton Parmenter... Think John Laroquette from "Stripes".

TV/Cable Vs. The Internet

You're paying how much for what I get for free?

http://entertainment.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=09/04/26/0034248

And, A Little Video For My Debate Opponents On the Old Board

http://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2009/04/26/mccain_manager_steve_schmidt_gop_is_extinct_.html

At Least He's Honest About The Gaffes

More than Cheney ever admitted to:

http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0409/21717.html

How St. Louisans Were Educated- Or, What Makes Us Nuts.

http://www.newsweek.com/id/195122

Life Is Not Fair

http://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,1888608,00.html

Agent 00-13 Leaves USB In Purse

How many times do we have to tell you to give up on portable computing devices that have sensitive data on them:

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/politics/article6169077.ece

Lake Michigan Yields Up A Dauntless

Jimmy Hoffa expected soon:

http://www.wbbm780.com/Historic-World-War-II-Aircraft-Pulled-From-Lake/4267707

Cyber Warfare

http://blogs.usatoday.com/technologylive/2009/04/hackers-infect-19-million-pcs-.html?loc=interstitialskip

More Torturous Details

http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2009-04-22-senate-report-interrogations_N.htm

Ancient Texts Online

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/8009974.stm

Rummy Planned Torture Long Before Iraq

http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2009/04/22/benjamin/

http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2009/04/22/madden/

Torture Tactics Have Old Origins

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30338039/

Taking Coin Collecting Too Far

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/04/21/AR2009042101723.html?hpid=moreheadlines

Cheney Wants His Stuff To Go PUBLIC?!?

http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0409/21487.html

The Surge Is Working!

http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0409/21549.html

Public Higher Ed Being Screwed By States, Again

http://www.usatoday.com/news/education/2009-04-21-tuition-public_N.htm

Opening The Film Archives

Evidence that DVD isn't going away:

http://www.slate.com/id/2216522/pagenum/all/#p2

Stuff that doesn't justify HD is finally getting released. DVD makes that marginal product worthwhile, on price.

Sith Creditors Executing Order 66

http://www.slate.com/id/2216604/

Brazilian Hams Hack US Military Sats

http://www.wired.com/politics/security/news/2009/04/fleetcom?currentPage=all

Slashdot Dump

http://tech.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=09/04/21/2317203

http://ask.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=09/04/21/2020255

http://tech.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=09/04/21/1951212

http://news.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=09/04/21/170202

http://tech.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=09/04/20/2312233

http://science.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=09/04/20/1957220

A Penny For Your Slots?

http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/P/PENNY_SLOTS?SITE=WBBMAM&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT

Paying Over The Odds For Rejection

http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2009/04/21/accepting_rejection/

X'r acts Pragmatically, And Calmly To The 4T

Way to lead them Millenials! You're better than us Boomers at dealing with adversity:

http://www.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/04/21/maryland.family.shot/index.html

Note to normal people: This is revenge on my debate opponents on my former board, who had engaged in a great display of tub-thumping that they were better then everyone else at dealing with the 4T. Especially us weak, self-centered Boomers. For the rest of us, this horrific crime is proof that regardless of generation, everyone has a breaking point.

JSF, Hacked. And More

http://www.cnn.com/2009/US/04/21/pentagon.hacked/index.html

OK, OK, We'll Give You Your Stolen Car Back!

http://www.wbbm780.com/Thief-to-victim---You-can-have-your-car-back-/4221285

The Surge Is Working!

And, it's moving to Afghanistan:

http://www.usatoday.com/news/military/2009-04-16-troops_N.htm

Sneaky Chinese Money Move

http://schott.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/04/17/copper-standard/

Geography Of Job Loss

http://www.slate.com/id/2216238/

The FBI's Malware

http://blog.wired.com/27bstroke6/2009/04/fbi-spyware-pro.html

Crew Fatigue As Deadly As Ever

http://www.salon.com/tech/col/smith/2009/04/17/askthepilot317/

IL US Senator Burris Raises A Whole $845!

Brilliant move, to take that Senate Appointment from Blago:

http://www.politico.com/blogs/scorecard/0409/Burris_raises_845.html

Obama And The Torture Memos

http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0409/21329.html

SECDEF Gates Prepares For The Deadliest War: Congress

http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1891859,00.html?xid=rss-topstories-cnnpartner

Air Travel Worse Than Ever

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30210457/

Amazon Screws Up

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30215820/

There Is No Depression

Know when to fold:

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30235263/

Cry For the Bankers

Taking the Fed's money means they can't collect on their lottery jackpots:

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30258111/

The Surge Is Working!

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30249847/

Losing Sucks

http://rothenbergpoliticalreport.blogspot.com/2009/04/have-house-gop-retirement-woes-run.html

There Is No Depression

http://www.cnn.com/2009/LIVING/04/15/foreclosure.phones/index.html

How Much Is A Name?

http://www.express.co.uk/posts/view/95023/Price-war-over-personal-identities

More Excellent Lawyer Conduct

http://www.abajournal.com/news/high-functioning_alcoholic_lawyers_may_defy_stereotypes/

Cargo Ships Do More Than Get Captured

http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2009/apr/09/shipping-pollution

Bad Humans

http://www.metro.co.uk/weird/article.html?Woman_tapes_puppy_to_fridge&in_article_id=621274&in_page_id=2

There Is No Depression

http://www.cnn.com/2009/US/04/15/funeral.business/index.html

The Geography Of Stress

http://www.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/04/15/healthmag.stress.states/index.html

We're Suckers

http://www.usatoday.com/money/books/reviews/2009-04-12-infomercial-history_N.htm

"Last year, more than 30% of Americans ordered a product from a television infomercial.

Ever wonder why we're such easy marks? Former Radar magazine editor Remy Stern has an answer. His new book examines the evolution of the infomercial from birth to where it is today, a $100 billion industry."

Lotteries Losing Customers

http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2009-04-12-lotteries_N.htm

Even Bigger Employment/Generation Marker

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/13/us/13age.html?em

Generational Change Marker In Employment?

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/12/weekinreview/12lohr.html?em

Cry For The Poor Restaurant Owners

http://www.stltoday.com/stltoday/news/stories.nsf/missouristatenews/story/2117E0F53F5E0B87862575970011E1B1?OpenDocument

Answer: It Owns You.

http://nymag.com/news/features/55878/

Twitted Out

http://www.slate.com/id/2215829/pagenum/all/#p2

Shriners To Close Hospitals

When my uncle died in 2000, the Shriners swept down like Col. Kilgore's choppers in Apocalypse Now to seize his estate.

http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/M/MELTDOWN_SHRINERS_HOSPITALS_INOL-?SITE=WBBMAM&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT

Huzzah, For SecDef!

After one worse than McNamara, Gates is backing up talk with action:

http://www.slate.com/id/2215491/

Windows 7 May Not Be So Great

they're keeping XP around:

http://tech.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=09/04/06/232225

Valuing Networks

http://tech.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=09/04/06/2341227

Suicide, News Media Style

Trying to kill off the last of their customer base:

http://news.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=09/04/07/1250236

Better Stay Home...

http://www.newyorker.com/talk/2009/04/13/090413ta_talk_mayer

Bad News For Comedians: No Bush

http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0409/20964.html

Another Reason We Really Need Libraries

Max the Dog thinks Librarians Are Cool:

http://www.newsweek.com/id/192764

Low Speed Chase- Aviation Style

Back in the Cold War, his ass would have been blasted:

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30082842/

Depression Map

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29976394/

And:

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29866657/

Love To See My Former Debate Opponent In Clarksville TN Explain This One...

The *recruiters* are committing suicide:

http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1889152,00.html?xid=rss-topstories-cnnpartner

And, Local TV News

http://www.tnr.com/politics/story.html?id=08947a22-9d7c-4a7a-8962-4d22e18420d3

Something To Think About As You Gloat Over Newspaper Woes

http://www.tnr.com/politics/story.html?id=a4e2aafc-cc92-4e79-90d1-db3946a6d119

Apple IPhone Not So Great

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/05/magazine/05wwln-medium-t.html?em

Heat Starting To Catch Up With Moore's Law?

Living with lower power:

http://hardware.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=09/04/05/0029211

Open US Government Database

http://news.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=09/04/05/1622207

Mommy, Can I Have A Computer That Will Last Fifteen Years?

http://ask.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=09/04/05/1854251

That's Some Iceberg

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7984054.stm

IBM Now Dumping the Sun Deal??

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30059318/

Single World Currency? Unlikely.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30047877/

Pitchforks

http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0409/20871.html

Skill?

http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20227024.800-poker-skills-could-sway-gaming-laws.html?DCMP=OTC-rss&nsref=online-news

Evil HOA's Vs Doggies

http://www.tampabay.com//news/humaninterest/article989591.ece?/

The Boneyard

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2009/04/04/financial/f074555D57.DTL

How Smart People Get Played For Suckers

http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/WhosCounting/story?id=7250901&page=1

QWERTY Uber Alles

http://www.usatoday.com/tech/wireless/2009-04-02-cellphone_N.htm

My Work Life Prepares To Get Worse

The proliferation of near-computers, and quasi-laptops, just drove support requirements geometrically upwards. It's more than the "I'm important enough to have a laptop!" chorus; now everything *has* to work together.

Control freakdom about staying totally connected 99.99999% should be added to the DSM 4.

And I take the hit/fall.

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/02/technology/02netbooks.html?em

Libraries Needed More Than Ever

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/02/us/02library.html?em

No Gitmo's In Afghanistan

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/03/washington/03bagram.html?_r=1&hp

Another Reason To Avoid Sports Betting

http://www.stltoday.com/stltoday/news/stories.nsf/laworder/story/81771BA7A74F202F8625758C0001C9A1?OpenDocument

Newspaper Woes

http://www.slate.com/id/2215154/

The Force Has A Strong Influence...

http://www.slate.com/id/2215160/pagenum/all/#p2

Change-O-Meter On G-20

http://www.slate.com/id/2215306/

OW! My Eyes!

http://www.slate.com/id/2215265/pagenum/all/#p2

What To Do If You've Lost Congress AND The White House?

First of all, stop acting like idiots:

http://www.slate.com/id/2215144/

Jupiter's Red Spot Shrinking?

http://science.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=09/04/02/1435208

The Black Hole, With Better FX

http://science.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=09/04/02/2012221

Thjis Has Happened Before, And Will Happen Again

http://www.salon.com/news/brand_graveyard/?last_story=/news/brand_graveyard/feature/2009/04/02/oldsmobile/

Obama Derangement Syndrome

http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2009/04/02/obama_derangement_syndrome/

IBM To Buy Sun

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30017126/

Funny?

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-1166446/Funny-men-laugh-ladies-bed-theyre-seen-intelligent.html

"Men, however, do not place so much value on a woman's wit.

While a man says he would like a woman with a good sense of humour, he really means one that will laugh at his jokes, said Mr McCarty."

I Know Of At Leat One College That Needs To Read This Article...

http://www.usatoday.com/news/education/2009-04-01-college-admissions_N.htm

As Michigan Goes...

http://www.detnews.com/article/20090402/METRO/904020403/Leaving+Michigan+Behind++Eight-year+population+exodus+staggers+state?fark

Results of G-20

http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1889226,00.html?xid=rss-topstories-cnnpartner

The Surge Is Working!

http://www.usatoday.com/news/military/2009-03-31-army-inquiry_N.htm

It's Tough Being A Limbaugh Other Then Rush

http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2009/04/01/rush_limbaugh/

Financial Warfare

http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0309/20723.html

Senate Grillings

http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0309/20747.html

There Is No Depression

Brit Style:

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29960322/

The Surge Is Working!

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29968729/

There Is No Depression

http://money.cnn.com/2009/03/31/news/companies/Airlines/index.htm?postversion=2009033107