Interpretive Jiggery-Pokery

You may not be a Scalia fan (I’m not) but some great lines today:

The Court’s next bit of interpretive jiggery-pokery involves other parts of the Act that purportedly presuppose the availability of tax credits on both federal and state Exchanges….Pure applesauce.

Applesauce as a legislative argument, classic.

NYC Changes

An amusing tweet:

https://twitter.com/kirstensibilia/status/613318679799943168

Female Tech Founders

Rare, but less so in NYC. And even less so in Brooklyn:

New York City, on the other hand, has produced the largest number of companies with a female founder: 374, or 21% of all startups

And while we are on the subject of New York City, it’s worth noting that Brooklyn, considered on its own, is the national frontrunner with 28% of startups

Still not great numbers, but go BK…

Fox News Anchors Are Dangerous

This is not a political/fact type argument. I mean genuinely dangerous in the “throwing a two sided axe directly at a person and hitting them” sort of way.

I was hit by an axe while performing a drum solo live on National TV…..words I never imagined saying!

This is Fox News promoting an upcoming lumberjack competition…

https://www.facebook.com/jeff.prosperie/videos/1674267599461490/

Let Greece Go

While I think a sensible compromise that keeps Greece in the EU is probably the best answer, that doesn’t seem likely and Barry Ritholtz’s article is amusing.

The bottom line is this: There is no easy end in sight for the absurd dance Greece has found itself stuck in with its European colleagues. It needs to start fresh. To quote my colleague Josh Brown, “The reason we’re all getting sick of the Greek drama is they haven’t killed off any main characters yet and it’s already season 5.”

Lady Liberty is 130 (ish)

Google has a doodle today commemorating the Statue of Liberty being delivered to the US, 130 years ago.

But the story is more complicated. Here’s Liberty’s head in Paris 132 years ago:

This is part of the NY Daily News slideshow on the topic.

Music Has a Well Known Liberal Bias

From fivethirtyeight.com:

The Long History Of Musicians Telling Republicans To Stop Playing Their Music

More Daily News

Donald Trump is the comedy gift that keeps on giving, and the NY Daily News is happy to receive this gift:

Hey, @realDonaldTrump — here's our Wednesday front page. http://t.co/m7V8GbV4r7 pic.twitter.com/MMJWECKq02

— New York Daily News (@NYDailyNews) June 17, 2015

It Just Works

As an Android guy, people always ask me when I’ll switch to an iPhone. For a long time the tiny phone size was the obvious not to switch, but now iPhones have actual good screen sizes.

So what am I waiting for?

My daughter has an iPhone 5. She’s had it for a year and change. Hardware-wise we have brought it back 4 times (bad screen, bad screen, won’t charge, won’t charge). Always under warranty so the Apple folks were basically nice, though I’m officially on a list of people who “return their defective phones too often”.

After multiple “won’t charge” issues we’ve stopped bothering when her latest refurbished piece of crap phone doesn’t charge well. Her iPhone hasn’t charged to 100% overnight in months. Brand new Apple chargers bring up the dreaded “This accessory may not be supported” message. Nice.

I’ve never had a charging issue in 5+ years with an Android phone. Nor have I ever returned one for defective hardware, much less 4x in a year.

Last night her phone charged to 100% for the first time in over 6 months. How did we do it?

She used my Samsung charger base.

Never Raise Taxes

Just add a fee to students that they never pay because it is then offset by a tax credit that can then be used to counteract what would be a tax increase in the eyes of Grover Norquist.

It’s pure fiction. It is a gimmick

Well duh…

You can’t make this stuff up.