Tag Archives: San Francisco

Circumcision of babies should be forbidden by law. – [VIDEO]

Circumcision is an abomination.

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San Francisco is also, perhaps infamously, an intellectual and cultural bubble in which ludicrous ideas can find support, particularly in the tech industry.

“Before long, you may find yourself nodding in sincere agreement as someone explains the inane first-world problem that their startup or pet open source project is trying to solve.” GO READING THE WHOLE PIECE.

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Funny Blog Name Of The Day — Sunday Edition

The Only Republican in San Francisco Imagine being an empirical, free-market thinker in a socialist town. Funny blog name. I sympathize. Best wishes to that blogger.

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The secret Google document that Bo Cowgill doesn’t want you to see

- Google’s Web Search Quality Rating Program handbook, used in their fight against webspam. – - Via SEL -

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Comment spam paid by Emile Servan-Schreiber of NewsFutures-Bet2Give

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San Francisco residents who’d like HubDub CEO Nigel Eccles to answer hard questions should all converge to the District Bar.

San Francisco’s District Bar, 216 Townsend Street @ 3rd from 7:00 PM PST this Wednesday, February 6, 2008. Hard Questions: How will you resolve the matter of the BA Crash event derivative that you expired too early? Who should expire … Continue reading

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Eric Zitzewitz now out of Silicon Valley and San Francisco’s rich and remarkable local clusters based on industry niches, skills, school ties, traffic patterns, ethnic groups and even weekend sports teams —ALAS.

Hardware companies have clustered around industry leaders in Silicon Valley, while Internet advertising and design has taken root in San Francisco. [...] The [Silicon] Valley residents see themselves as true entrepreneurs, entirely focused and dedicated. Marc Andreessen, 36, the co-founder … Continue reading

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My understanding was that she wasn’t Treasury secretary in the Clinton administration, so I don’t know exactly what experiences she’s claiming.

Barak Obama on Hillary Clinton. Everybody laughed. New York Times columnist Maureen Dowd (in a November column) continues: Hillary [Clinton] did not show good judgment in her areas of influence — the legal fiefdom, health care and running oppo-campaigns against … Continue reading

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Bloggers will provide the best coverage on Earth for your prediction market conference(s).

If you’re thinking about setting up a PM event, take a look at Matt Mullenweg’s blog reporting on the EG 2007. Absolutely remarkable.   In the Beginning We’re a mere hours away from the beginning of Entertainment Gathering 2007, so … Continue reading

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PurePlay’s Patented Legal Hack

Some months ago, I noted that Betzip.com (since rechristened “PurePlay.com”) employs an intriguing legal hack to avoid anti-gambling regulations. It charges its customers a flat monthly fee, which qualifies them to win large prizes for winning online poker games. Non-paying … Continue reading

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