So I’ve been procrastinating today, mostly ignoring my Econ study that I should be doing, reading my classmates’ thesis chapter drafts (to my credit I did one), and have just been messing around online and playing with my blog.
Tomorrow I will hit the Econ full-force and am going to the SLC review on Monday.
Rachel and I watched You Only Live Twice last night (well, we finished it this morning), which rocked. Ninjas flip out and kill people in the movie. I think that when they try to make Bond look Japanese, he looks more like a Vulcan, but that’s just me.
The Washington Post calls the Edwards campaign in the little-engine-that-could phase. I’d be in agreement. I’m leaning more and more towards him. As is pointed out in this Saletan piece, Edwards electibility is actually higher than you might think. Plus, he has real principled stances (ok, I’m against the death penalty and he’s not), and doesn’t seem to waffle as much as Kerry does. Plus, as
Then, there was this piece in today’s NYT about a new overhaul of federal aid. I don’t think it’s a good idea. Basically, we’ll give more money to countries whose governments respect human rights, et cetera.
African countries like Senegal and Ghana that respect civil liberties stand to benefit under the new program, according to budget analysts; the war-ravaged nations of Sudan and Somalia, however, do not.
What control does the average Sudanese have over their government? Hardly any. Why should they suffer more because of it? Yet another one to add to the complexities of foreign development. Jeez, this is hard.
Oh, and as Boing Boing points out: check out MediaChest. Here’s my profile.
