B.O.I.

To B(O.M.B) or not to B(O.M.B), that is the question.

Sorry, I like puns.  The Economist analyzes what to do with Iran and its increasing nuclear buff-ness.  War does seem like a stupid idea with Iran.  I've been seeing pamphlets up around campus suggesting that the US shouldn't sanction Iran, either, and that puzzles me.  Intrigued, I Googled "no sanctions on Iran", and stumbled onto this website.  I'm very interested in what these people propose we do about Iran.  Iran's repeatedly ignored calls to slow down their uranium enrichment, and in the past, has had secret reactors.  The country reluctantly allows inspections by an international organization.  This isn't George Bush Jr. being kind of stupid and invading Iraq while claiming WMDs.  This is various countries being concerned about Iran's ability to weaponize its nuclear material.

I wonder what these "no sanction" folk do when their kids misbehave.  Beating the kid (attacking Iran) might not be so good, but the kid has got to at least get a time out (sanctions), right?  I agree that Iran should be able to use nuclear energy (though it does seem odd that every other country in the world seems to want to NOT use nuclear energy, unfortunately), if someone tells you to slow your roll, you're going to look suspicious if you don't.  Just sayin'.

By the way, Outkast reference in the title?  Anyone?  Bueller?  No, not Boi like Big Boi, B.O.I., like B.O.B., but we're not talking about Baghdad.

Jeremy Lin...

... and more racist thoughts thoughts on racism.

Via Cracked.com, 4 things the Jeremy Lin story reveals about modern racism.

I posted previously on fortune cookie Lin-sanity frozen yogurt and how, as a (second generation) Taiwanese-American, I wasn't particularly offended and didn't find it particularly racist.  The Cracked columnist's revelation #4, though, with the screen shots of comments on Hoekstra's political ad, had me irked (the comments, not the revelation).  Which got me to thinking about racism...

How Is It...?

Jon Stewart poses two very good questions... "How is it that Mitt Romney hasn't crushed this guy already?", and "How is it that Rick Santorum hasn't crushed this guy already?"

Which sends us to Paul Krugman, who sends us to Digby, who

 sends us to Chris Mooney on how conservatives become less willing to look at the facts, more committed to the views of their tribe, as they become better-educated.

David Stern = Punk

Sacramento Kings have arena deal in place with David Stern along for the ride when it came to arrangements between the Kings and the city of Sacramento.  Thank you, David Stern, for proving once more that you're a jackass.  You did nothing to help out the Supersonics situation, merely saying it was unfortunate, and all but helping Clay Bennett pack his bags to Oklahoma City.  And somehow, Sacramento is more deserving than Seattle...?  Not trying to bash Sacramento at all, but honestly, Seattle is top 20 in market size, has a passionate fan base, and has history (won an NBA championship), yet doesn't deserve David Stern's support?  Since this blog does not have the whole "Adult Content" warning thing, I will have to refrain from expressing any more anger.

Yes, I'm from Seattle, and I love(d) me some Supersonics.

Classic Comedy Butchered

Greg Mankiw - Abbott and Costello Explain Unemployment.  Two things; one, this isn't as funny as Abbott and Costello should be.  Two, I have a feeling this is a jab at Obama, but I can't really tell, and the jab isn't even necessarily pertinent...  I'm not sure, I haven't looked at the data.

Frozen Yogurt + Fortune Cookies

"Taste the Lin-sanity" frozen yogurt has... fortune cookies in it?
To be fair, as someone pointed out in the comments section, a lot of Chinese restaurants out there serve fortune cookies, so Chinese folk aren't really helping their own cause.  I'm not saying fortune cookies in (Asian inspired) frozen yogurt is a good idea, but any Chinese person offended by this needs to call out Panda Express and other Chinese restaurants for serving fortune cookies as well.  I, for one, wouldn't mind a full shut down of Panda Express, except for their cream cheese rangoons.

Full disclosure, I'm Jeremy Lin-lite; second generation Taiwanese, I play basketball, I studied economics as an undergrad.  It's just that I'm 5'7" and nowhere near as awesome.  Or smart, since he went to an Ivy League school, and I went to a WAC school where people read surf forecasts instead of graduate level textbooks in their freshman year.

P.S.  Some ice cream suggestions in the comment section are pretty funny.  "Charles Barkley Ice Cream: It's Turrible"...  T-R-B-L, turrible...

@dj mr. nick

I don't condone twitter, but KTUH's dj mr. nick has a new Twitter account.

Might as well encourage people to follow KTUH's Twitter account while I'm at it...

What Is Opportunity?

Noahpinion - What is opportunity?

So, we have two thought experiments:

1. Ability is 100% inheritable (an average of your parents'), and income is a direct function of ability.  A straight up meritocracy.

2. Ability is determined at birth by a dice roll.  Straight up luck.

Are either scenarios the "land of opportunity" to straight cash, homey?