That shit costs money, we’ve got ship today.  And add some more SPLASH to the app.  [That is, it’s almost always a mgmt problem, not a developer problem]

Whoever is first is going to have an outsized importance. The advantage of Iowa (and NH) is that we are small and stubborn — candidates MUST come meet people one-on-one and have an actual dialog. If, say, California, was first it would simply be a blitz of TV ads and the kind of obnoxious self-pleasuring events that…

As long as one of the four is Shakira, I’m good with that! :)

Ooh, congrats on the Kansas Chefs winning that super bowling trophy!

Ok. The caucus is a party-building mechanism first, the presidential preference thing just comes along for the ride. It now gets the media all worked up because it propelled Jimmy Carter from nowhere into the White House. (There is actually an Iowa primary in June). I like the social aspect of the caucus — once every…

“Iowa, we can get *some* things right”

Actually, I don’t hate it at all.

Secure electronic voting has been a solved problem in computer science since I was a CS grad student many decades ago. But forget THAT, we need a flashy APP! I can just imagine... Now with extra hot new CSS and JS-framework-du-jour!!11!!!  “Make it MORE Appy!”

Never ascribe to malice that which can be adequately explained by ALL SOFTWARE SUCKS.

The Democratic Party just can’t help but cannibalize itself.  Did they learn nothing?  “Thou shalt not speak ill of any fellow Democrat”  Learn it, love it, live it.

Interesting that his corner exit strategy (avoid a “harsh” throttle input) seems the opposite of Jackie Stewart’s (don’t accelerate at corner exit until you can put the hammer down).

Weird that you had to even show up. I know ever court is different, but my wife just checked “Nursing Mother” on the form you mail back and they said, “Thanks, we’ll try you again in a couple years”.

One (or a handful) of precincts mean nothing. Statistical Noise. In ours, Warren won and Biden wasn’t even close to viable. Does that mean anything? Nope. Not by itself. Remember the caucus is a party-building tool first, and preferring presidential candidates comes along for the ride. Of course, all the media cares…

I included Waterloo as it is the most racially diverse of Iowa’s cities (and elected one of the only five black state reps).

Unfortunately, there is Waterloo/Iowa City/Ames/Des Moines and then there is the rest of Iowa. Which is how we end up with a vile Congressman like Steve King.

Well, if they can’t get the rights to that, maybe they can call it the Muggle.

Don’t care.  Maisie is cute as bug.

The Constitution makes no mention of political parties or how people are nominated to run for President. However, it does mention freedom to assemble, which is essentially what political parties are — a private assemblage of people — and as such they are given considerable latitude to choose their own rules. As such,…

It goes without saying that this is a terrible event for his family and friends.

Because we’re better people than the rest of the country (and more modest too).