Zeal For Truth

Mitt Romney has officially suspended his campaign. But at this website, we really don’t care about Mitt Romney, so the more important question is: what does this mean for Ron Paul?

The Death Blow Scenario - With Mitt Romney out, that leaves Huckabee, McCain and Paul going for the nomination. Romney’s supporters will likely back Huckabee over McCain, but some will pick McCain. With Romney’s votes, McCain gets the required delegates to make it to the convention unopposed. Ron Paul drifts quietly into the night.

The Brokered Convention Scenario - If Huckabee drops out soon, then Christians, pro-lifers and immigration advocates only have one rational choice - Ron Paul. Pro-war republicans will have to swallow their dislike of Paul, and vote for him because McCain holds positions closer to Hillary Clinton than Ronald Reagan.

What the media doesn’t get in all of this (but McCain and Huckabee are very aware of this) is that Ron Paul has significantly more delegates than his poll numbers would indicate. His campaign reported 42 after Super Tuesday. He won’t have enough to win, but he may have enough to be the kingmaker in a brokered convention.

eBay Changes Feedback Structure
eBay stops the tit-for-tat feedback cycle that has been happening lately. The problem is that sellers are conserably more likely to leave retaliatory feedback. The new rules are designed to fix this by basically removing sellers from the feedback equation.

As both a buyer and seller on eBay, I can definitely confirm that the seller has way to much advantage in the current feedback system. However, the problem could be fixed if this issue were looked at more fundamentally. The sellers are claiming that they have rights to leave the last word on feedback because “buyer satisfaction” is part of their requirements. In other words, unless the buyer leaves positive feedback, then they haven’t “completed” their part of the transaction. I think this is garbage - a petty excuse to preserve an etiquette system that allows them to retaliate. I propose that the seller should be required to leave feedback once they have shipped the item (this is when the item is legally the buyer’s responsibility) or the buyer has confirmed they have received the item. Are you listening eBay? I propose!

Money
Wesley Snipes was acquitted of tax fraud, conspiracy.
Euros are starting to become accepted in New York city.

Maniacism
FBI wants palm prints, eye scans, tattoo mapping

Medicine
Assisted suicide, sans doctor, in Oregon. Husband arrested for murder of wife with Lou Gehrig’s Disease.
Finnish patient gets new jaw from own stem cells

Ministry
5 Reasons Why The Emergining Church Is Fading
Cigarette Silence: When will the Church comment on the evils of Big Tobacco?