http://capitalistlion.com Global Opinion of a Kapitalist Kitty. Capitalist is a web log focusing on world politics and other goings-on, as well as technical innovation and discussion. American, fairly right wing, and damn proud of both. en-us Mr. Lion 2012-05-11T17:30-05:00 Copyright 2002-2005, CapitalistLion.com http://capitalistlion.com/images/logo.jpg http://capitalistlion.com 33 88 World and technology commentary. By lions. hourly 1 2002-06-20T14:30-05:00 http://capitalistlion.com/article.cgi?2307 I really doubt they'll ever make another guy quite like Carroll Shelby. I had the pleasure of meeting the man some moons ago, and much of my own life has taken more than a few pages from his book of speed. He leaves us with this. A 662 horsepower showroom stock ponycar. Along with half a cen... Mr. Lion 2012-05-11T20:29:25-05:00 http://capitalistlion.com/article.cgi?2306 Please un-fuck the search functionality of OS X Mail. It is unusable and broken. ... Mr. Lion 2012-05-09T20:18:14-05:00 http://capitalistlion.com/article.cgi?2305 The last few days required that I install Windows 7 on a relatively current netbook. I had not touched Windows in any significant manner short of using a box at Kinkos on occasion for, oh, six years. The experience left me scarred, angry and confused. It blows my mind that a company with all the... Mr. Lion 2012-04-17T14:14:55-05:00 http://capitalistlion.com/article.cgi?2304 Work. More work. Even more work. This isn't a bad thing. Except for blogging. ... Mr. Lion 2012-04-13T22:49:35-05:00 http://capitalistlion.com/article.cgi?2303 One of the annoying things about having talk radio on in the background while hammering on things are the news bumps. To listen to any of the live shows over the airwaves, I'm forced to deal with WABC, and its tired, asinine "news" headlines every quarter hour or thereabouts. The "news" tirade t... Mr. Lion 2012-03-23T19:08:48-05:00 http://capitalistlion.com/article.cgi?2302 Oh no! We're running out of Helium! And that's made a few pretentious eggheads very cross indeed. Professor Robert Richardson, of Cornell University, New York, who won the Nobel physics prize in 1996 for his research on helium, argues that a helium party balloon should cost £75, to reflect the t... Mr. Lion 2012-03-20T17:37:38-05:00 http://capitalistlion.com/article.cgi?2301 By a wide margin, the usual gaggle of morons have widely panned Act of Valor, which is far from surprising. Hollywood these days, barring the occasional decent film that slips through, has its collective head so far up its butt it wouldn't know a decent film if one hit it in the face. That's pre... Mr. Lion 2012-02-25T10:44:16-05:00 http://capitalistlion.com/article.cgi?2300 The fun just keeps on coming in the EV Follies. Evidently if you completely discharge a Tesla-- something that would be fairly easy if, say, you returned home from a massive 50 mile journey and were met with a several-day power outage due to a major storm, grid calamity, or lack of supply (Californi... Mr. Lion 2012-02-23T00:04:43-05:00 http://capitalistlion.com/article.cgi?2299 I probably shouldn't even write this here, as this blog uses a layout and back end that I built in.. 2000? Or so. I haven't updated its structure or layout in a decade. Largely, as I never have the time to do so. Well, that's mostly true. There actually is a much better, shiney new XHTML-based blog ... Mr. Lion 2012-02-09T13:44:51-05:00 http://capitalistlion.com/article.cgi?2298 Looks like even with $200 million of a $500 million wedge of government cheese in their pocket, and some $850 million in private sucker funding, nobody wants a $100,000 electric car. Electric car startup Fisker Automotive Inc said on Monday it has suspended work at its U.S. manufacturing plant a... Mr. Lion 2012-02-08T10:39:16-05:00 http://capitalistlion.com/article.cgi?2297 Just so we're clear: Returning Iraq War veterans do not need a parade in NYC, but we can shut the whole place down when a bunch of idiots toss a ball around better than a bunch of other idiots. Wonderful. ... Mr. Lion 2012-02-07T15:06:41-05:00 http://capitalistlion.com/article.cgi?2296 Evidently Newt's huge surge in SC was a bit too much for the usual suspects, and as such the last few days have seen a pile-on of negativity tossed in his general direction. Can't challenge the Anointed One, nope. It got to the point that even Drudge was in the tank for the RINO establishment. T... Mr. Lion 2012-01-28T11:56:19-05:00 http://capitalistlion.com/article.cgi?2295 I'll be honest, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo was a film barely on my radar. Trailers suggested it was yet another yawn inducing heroine flick in a long line of, as Lileks once put it, that which hath Ellen Ripley wrought. I'm happy to say though, that Girl with the Dragon Tattoo is a massive brea... Mr. Lion 2012-01-27T15:10:46-05:00 http://capitalistlion.com/article.cgi?2294 In a word: Everything. On Nov. 1, Waddell, a 25-year-old executive officer with 3rd Battallion, 7th Marine Corps Regiment, was monitoring a surveillance camera in Sangin, Afghanistan, when he spotted a man who had been identified as a bomb maker working with area insurgents. Two days earlier, a s... Mr. Lion 2012-01-24T14:41:59-05:00 http://capitalistlion.com/article.cgi?2293 Okay, Mr. Lion, so what car should I buy that won't offend your delicate sensibilities? Well, I'm glad you asked. The sort of vehicle you drive says a lot about you as a person. It can also help you become a better person through cultivating an interest in driving, and the skills related to it. S... Mr. Lion 2012-01-23T14:23:49-05:00 http://capitalistlion.com/article.cgi?2292 Here's a pretty good list of cars you should sell if you own for some odd reason. The only changes I would make are to replace the Chevy Volt, that sell in fewer numbers than platinum-and-diamond tiaras, with the Lexus RX350-- a car that is universally driven badly by northeastern bluehairs desp... Mr. Lion 2012-01-23T12:35:43-05:00 http://capitalistlion.com/article.cgi?2291 A few things strike me about pissgate-- first, unsurprisingly, and quite deplorably, is the media running it up the flagpole with just about as much manufactured indignation as they can muster. Even though the bodies in question were previously an un-uniformed illegal enemy of our country. Even t... Mr. Lion 2012-01-13T15:59:41-05:00 http://capitalistlion.com/article.cgi?2290 Why do men go to strip clubs? Well, after years of intensive research, I have concluded that it's because there are naked women there. You're welcome. ... Mr. Lion 2012-01-11T14:44:16-05:00 http://capitalistlion.com/article.cgi?2289 You don't love men, you love romance novel goop conjured by other women. Why does Instapundit link this stuff? And why do I click it? ... Mr. Lion 2012-01-04T11:46:39-05:00 http://capitalistlion.com/article.cgi?2288 Heh. Fisker Automotive is recalling all 239 of its 2012 Karma luxury plug-in hybrid cars because of a fire hazard, according to a report filed with the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. Prices on the 2012 model start at $103,000, including the destination charge. I know, I know.... Mr. Lion 2011-12-31T14:27:22-05:00