A questionable beef

So Arby's has decided to be a late contributor to the Rush Limbaugh boycott, though they were not a sponsor. So a company who sells fast food at a higher price point, and whose signature product is red meat, thinks pandering to liberals is a good business decision?

I think not.

Legal Insurrection is leading the charge to hold companies like Arby's responsible for their poor decisions.

And the results for March...

According to the temperature records at weather.com, my city had 11 record high temperatures last March (10 in a row, March 13-22), and 2 ties for record high temperatures.

It was a great month, weather-wise.

Summer's here!

Before winter even officially ends, and before the six weeks predicted by Mr. Groundhog passed, we've had temperatures in the 70s and even 80s. I for one am grateful, even if it means my air conditioning has run in March for the first time. I have no love for cold winter weather.

Incidentally, that means my normal game of seeing how long I can go before turning on the air conditioning in my car is already over. Especially knowing I would be driving south, it wasn't worth suffering.

A simple step against voter fraud

My plan for preventing voter fraud, for those who just don't want to require voters show IDs:

Each voting location has a thumb print scanner and a webcam. A person who cannot show ID puts his or her thumb on the scanner, looks into the webcam, and says "I swear/affirm, under penalty of perjury and voter fraud under (statute number), that I am (name), of (residence, city), and that I am a registered voter and legally allowed to vote in this jurisdiction." The scan and video is uploaded simultaneously to a secure server and a public server.

Within four hours (and I'm being conservative there), YouTube would be filled with embarrassing videos of anyone trying to vote illegally. Picture the same person shown claiming to be six different people, with time-stamped videos arranged in sequence, and an animation showing them moving from precinct to precinct. Or picture a series of pictures of people voting under a name, side by side with that name's obituary. The secure server will confirm the crowdsourced documentation of voter fraud.

It won't fix absentee ballot fraud or fraud committed by those counting the votes, but it would stop a particularly easy form of voter fraud, voting in the name of the dead or no longer resident.

Occupy Fail

Amid much fanfare, the Occupy forces pledged to refurbish a foreclosed home so that a homeless person could move in. Problem #1: the home was actually still owned, by a person who couldn't make the payments. Problem #2: they had no idea what they were doing. Problem #3: the house is now in shambles and occupied by Occupy squatters.

If you ever wondered if you should listen to these losers, read this New York Post article.

Meanwhile, in Honolulu

An incredible Pro Tour for fans of Magic: the Gathering. Congratulations to Brian Kibler. And check out the epic semifinal match between him and Jon Finkel. Semifinalist Finkel won another $12,500, more money that she who must not be named will never see.

A little political history

If you feel like a little political history, here's an interesting account of the candidacy of Evan Bayh for governor of Indiana, and his eligibility for the office. The case essentially boiled down to the state Constitution's five year residency rule, and the undecided legal question of whether residency required physical presence or whether a domicile standard was appropriate.