Wednesday

End of the month close time so busy at work. School will be very busy over the next two weeks or rather busier then normal. Not much else going on so on to the news.

Our "wonderful" leaders in Sacramento have another bright idea:

The measure, AB1471, would require starting in 2010 that all semiautomatic
pistols sold in California contain a mechanism to stamp the gun's make, model
and serial number on the shell casing of the bullet every time the weapon is
fired.

Of course most guns used in crimes are stolen and they tend to be older models so this technology will not be of much help for a long time. And if the gun is stolen, how will this help police in solving the crime? The people who steal the gun sell it to another crook who uses it. May the bill die and not be revived. The solution to gun crime is simple, use a gun to commit a crime, die. First offense, even if the gun isn't loaded or will even work. The bad guy wanted others to believe if they didn't comply they would die so the bad guy should die instead. I know the arguments against capital punishment and the 8th Amendment to the Constitution, but still think we should give it a try. It would get the message out, don't use a gun to commit a crime.
Hat tip Lucianne.

Bill Gates had better watch out or he may be replaced as the richest man and his replacement won't be an American!!!!! (cue xenophobic gasp). Carlos Slim like Andrew Carnegie believes in vertical integration and he is making a lot of money in Mexico. Hat tip Lucianne.

Finally, laptops cause health problems. When your mother said to not slouch, she wasn't kidding.

See you tomorrow.