Aqueduct Dec 5, 2012

A quick spot play that was posted a few minutes before Race 8 on Dec 5, 2012 came out good.

The play was posted here:

http://www.paceadvantage.com/forum/showthread.php?p=1369665#post1369665

(under user name iceknight ).

The horse Villanesca paid $ 12 on a $2 bet.

Playing Again - Los Alamitos

After a long break, I am back into playing horses again. This time I am going to start with QH racing at Los Alamitos.

Friday Nov 16, R1: #7 Offlee Cute, ridden by Cheryl Charlton. I am basing this one to win based on jockey factor and also on the dam's starts in her early days. Who knows!

#8 Playin the odds and #5 are also other strong possibilities.

Update:
This race did not go well. Offlee Wild had problems in the gate and never got into the race once it started. Finished last but one. #8 finished way back too. #5 came 2nd but at low odds.

Facebook Leaning Right? or Not?: You Decide

Interesting story - this! (excerpt from money.cnn.com: http://money.cnn.com/2012/10/16/technology/social/facebook-republicans/index.html?iid=HP_Highlight)

For the first time since 2006, the technology industry's corporate giving has doled out more to GOP candidates, $2.78 million, compared with $2.45 million to Democrats, according to an analysis by the Center for Responsive Politics.
Microsoft (MSFT, Fortune 500), Cisco (CSCO, Fortune 500) andeBay (EBAY, Fortune 500) have all given more to Republicans, according to monthly filings through the end of August.

Google has given out a total of $652,000 almost equally to both parties, with Republicans edging out Democrats by $500.

Facebook's corporate PAC gave entirely to congressional candidates and did not weigh in on the presidential race. One reason for heavier Republican giving could be that GOP House members outnumber Democrats.

(bold emphasis is are mine).

While there is a slight difference, we still see that the industry is more or less hedged, with only a 12-12% disparity (depending on which of 2.45 or 2.78 you use as the reference) in the political donations. Of course, money given to lobbying firms for individual legislation probably counts more but those numbers would have to be discussed another time and probably in more detail.

ASUS etbooks suck

Ok, so why am I callig these etbooks.. Because, my ..letter after M does OT work ...

This is a mildly used computer & it just fails like these.

What misery. Save your $$ buy ACER or DELL or IBM

See this for more about this issue.

http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/294966-30-1005ha-keyboard-touchpad-issue

Apple Goes Bananas

What Apple is saying to its users with home grown maps (http://goo.gl/GhAX7) = You HAVE to use Internet explorer if you have Windows as your OS. Hahaha, Enjoy your iPhoneV.

Google meanwhile comes out with updates to Android and its map system.

Apple also has difficulty showing depictions of planet earth (close in shape to an Orange) as that shape has already been patented by Orange Telecom

Disclosure: Information above is presented satirically and is not to be construed as the full truth.