Candidates for NSA Surveillance

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These folks want to end the world and don’t seem bashful about saying so (reg):

Pastors of some of the largest evangelical churches in America met Tuesday in Inglewood to polish strategies for starting 5 million new churches worldwide in 10 years — an effort they hope will hasten the End Time.

Just what are the bushies doing to stop this conspiracy?

In an interview at Faith Central Bible Church in Inglewood, James Davis, president of the campaign, said, “Jesus Christ commissioned his disciples to go to the ends of the Earth and tell everyone how they could achieve eternal life.
“As we advance around the world, we’ll be shortening the time needed to fulfill that great commission,” he said. “Then, the Bible says, the end will come.”

They would do better to donate their money to this effort to achieve eternal life.

What’s Your House Worth?

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Try out Zillow.com.
I asked it about my street and in less than 30 seconds it has popped up estimated values for my street and about 40 more houses surrounding us. You’ll quibble with the values because, well, your house is obviously worth much more than that house next door.
Quibbles aside, this site provides a wealth of pricing information, trends, comparables and the opportunity to fine tune the estimated value of any property. What it is missing is the expert eye of an appraiser assessing a properties current condition.
More info here and a this update:

Six hours after Zillow.com, a Seattle-based Web site that offers free home valuations, launched its beta version Wednesday, the site crashed under the onslaught of 300,000 page views. It was out for several hours.
“What caught us by surprise is how much people used it and how deeply they used it,” company spokeswoman Amy Bohutinsky said.

The Zillow Blog has updates and lots of folks are reporting on how it worked for them.

Even though they are still in beta using the service will be well worth your time if you are buying or selling residential real estate.

Report to the South Dakota Legislature

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If this bill becomes law in South Dakota:

HB1222 would require each institution under control of the Board of Regents to report annually to the Legislature “on steps the institution is taking to ensure intellectual diversity and the free exchange of ideas.” It defines intellectual diversity as “the foundation of a learning environment that exposes students to a variety of political, ideological and other perspectives.”

Then an appropriate report might be:

This institution supports a learning environment that exposes students to a variety of politcal, ideological and other perspectives. End.

Stupid legislatures deserve appropriate responses. They might, though, actually read a report that is this short.
As to the long list of ‘may includes’ I suggest the institutions interpret the ‘may’ exactly and ignore the list.

Via Instapundit who apparently thinks this silliness is a good idea though he is a bit more cryptic than usual. On the other hand he may be using the word moving to suggest a movement.