The Microsoft Login Problem

My guess is that whatever problem I am seeing is specific to my environment or W8 victims would be screaming up a storm.  My W8 notebook is talking through the guest wifi here in the hospital.   Like most guest wi-fis, attempts to contact a remote server go to a servver that requires you to approve a conditions, of use page, before allowing the http request through to target server.  I suspect that however W8 is validating the Microsoft login, isn't handling an inability to get a legitimate response from live.com;  I may have to wait until I am home henc.

Backing Up Over Your Own Kid: Why Isn't the Federal Government Doing Something About This?

I can see why someone who has backed a car over his own child would feel terribly guilt-ridden about this.  I can see why he might start a movement to increase awareness that you should make sure that your small children are not behind your car before starting it up.  But insisting that the federal government needs to do something about it?  From the September 25, 2013 Houston Chronicle:

Consumer advocates and parents who accidentally backed over their children plan to sue the federal government, forcing it to issue a long-anticipated rule requiring automakers to help drivers see behind their vehicles.

"If it takes this kind of action, that is what we're going to have to do," said Greg Gulbransen, a New York pediatrician who accidentally backed over and killed his son, Cameron, in 2002, and is a plaintiff in the lawsuit expected to be filed Wednesday. "We've tried so hard for so long, and now we're stuck."

What next?  Are people who beat their kids to death while drunk going to demand that the government mandate monitored video cameras in every room of your house?

Michelle Obama's Nutritional Big Sisterism Is Out Of Control

A number of bloggers are linking to this February 14, 2012 Carolina Journal article about government gone wild:

RAEFORD - A preschooler at West Hoke Elementary School ate three chicken nuggets for lunch Jan. 30 because a state employee told her the lunch her mother packed was not nutritious. 

The girl's turkey and cheese sandwich, banana, potato chips, and apple juice did not meet U.S. Department of Agriculture guidelines, according to the interpretation of the agent who was inspecting all lunch boxes in her More at Four classroom that day. 

The Division of Child Development and Early Education at the Department of Health and Human Services requires all lunches served in pre-kindergarten programs - including in-home day care centers - to meet USDA guidelines. That means lunches must consist of one serving of meat, one serving of milk, one serving of grain, and two servings of fruit or vegetables, even if the lunches are brought from home. 

Compared to what a lot of kids bring from home for lunch, this sounds like a pretty impressively good selection.