March 2009
45 posts
WatchCursive - From The Hips
WatchCONVERGE New album out soon on Epitaph/Deathwish
Lawyer: Former Bush officials must face torture... →
From what I understand, if these six people (and probably more to come in the future) were to enter the European Union, they will likely be detained to face trial in Spain for the torture of five Spanish terror suspects at Guantanamo Bay. I can only hope that this moves forward and as international pressure increases, investigations begin here in America. Torture is unconscionable as well as...
Why Toddlers Don't Do What They're Told →
It’s great to know that toddlers aren’t developed enough to think about the future- but what about adults that can’t? I suppose those who never develop the ability to think about the future grow up to vote Republican.
“Curiosity. — If there were no curiosity, little would be done for the good of...”
– Friedrich Nietzsche, Menschliches, Allzumenschliches § 363 (1878) in Werke in drei Bänden vol. 1, p. 638 (K. Schlechta ed. 1973)(S.H. transl.) http://harpers.org/archive/2009/03/hbc-90004613
Hey President Obama →
I wasn’t fooled by Obama’s campaign slogan, “Change We Can Believe In.” I knew it was bullshit two years ago and I’m not surprised that Obama hasn’t been busy producing real change.
For instance, it doesn’t make sense to bail out failing businesses. We should be investing in our future instead of desperately trying to keep things the way they have...
A Climate Change in the Legislature →
Sounds like the legislature drank the “clean” coal kool-aid. This isn’t forward thinking, since they believe that coal is the only way to provide cheap electricity, but it’s nice to see that the state knows it will have to change things once CO2 emissions come under stricter federal scrutiny.
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Lessons from AIG
By Robert Weissman Watch out if you live in or visit Washington, D.C. If you see a camera or microphone, be careful not to be trampled by a politician rushing to shout their “outrage” at AIG, and its brazen scheme to pay $165 million in bonuses to employees at the company unit responsible for driving the company to the edge of insolvency. Maybe the politicians really are outraged. (They definitely...
European markets, which had surged on a report... →
This would be a HUGE mistake for Sun, HUGE.
#3551: A WORD OF WARNING →
Perry will fight stimulus dollars for unemployment →
Essentially this is $555 million that Texas’s economy has lost thanks to good old boy politics. The fact that Governor Perry held a press conference at an upscale hardware store shows exactly how out of touch he is. With or without these stimulus dollars, The State will have to raise unemployment taxes on employers before the end of the year.
My iPhone 3.0 Wishlist
- Copy and Paste
- MMS
- Video Recording
- Improved Auto-Correct
WatchDrag Me to Hell
#3547: PNEUMONIA →
missunderstood
she only wants, what she needs
things deserved, they’re owed
promises meant to be kept, not broken
quietly waiting her chance,
to be understood.
The World's Heaviest People →
For some reason, fat people amuse and fascinate me. How can someone die of starvation and weigh 500 lbs? Why would a husband bring his bedridden 900 lb wife 8 hamburgers to eat at once? My favorite question to think about is how does someone that lacks the strength to turn over use the bathroom?
Maybe somethings are best unknown.
Sick in the head: Why America won't get the... →
Great write-up on the state of healthcare in America.
It is a fundamental human right to have fair and equal access to healthcare and a single payer system is the best way to provide that. Unfortunately, this administration has made it clear that it would rather just require us to buy healthcare from a private insurance company.
Economist calculates optimum term of copyright: 14... →
Turns out the founding fathers got it right.
A crisis in the making: Only 4% of the Internet... →
There is absolutely no reason for my isp to not offer ipv6 addresses. (What I really don’t understand is why the iPhone doesn’t support ipv6 but that’s a different story.) Ipv6 solves a lot of problems we currently have to work around with NAT and uPNP/NAT-PMP.
Fighting the Future at Saddle Creek →
Jason Kulbel from Saddle Creek Records talks about digital distribution and album leaks.
Council approves large solar plant →
Way to go COA! This is one huge step in the right direction. The only thing that would be better would be if everyone paid for solar power on their electric bills, not just those who opt in. I have a feeling that time will come.
U.S. Is Said to Offer Another $30 Billion in Funds... →
AIG was insuring debt that was being sold from bank to bank and now has had to pay a lot of claims on the debt they insured. What I don’t understand is how no one though this was the same thing Enron was doing by trading weather and other ‘new commodities’? It simply was a bad idea and greed made it easy to see quick profits instead of insanely high risks.
Problem is that if...
WSJ claims Americans want Reagan’s economic... →
Just another example of how out of touch the people who spin the news are; Republicans would like for you to believe that they were and are not the problem. A good example, if you break your leg, you would go to the doctor. In this instance, a Republican that breaks a leg would say nothing is wrong and keep on trying to continue on like nothing ever happened. There was an election, the...
The Yelp Tee: Almost More Brilliant Than Pizzeria... →
If you can’t beat them, join them…
Kids Who Watch R-Rated Movies More Likely to Smoke →
Another Black Eye for Openness: Hulu Stops... →
As Hulu self-asphyxiates one can only wonder why. Why has Hulu chosen a quick early death? Their apparent unwillingness to continue to allow their content to be aggregated by third parties will definitely hinder their ability to survive.
McMeltdown: Cops respond to emergency McNuggets... →
Apparently it’s an emergency when McDonalds runs out of McNuggets. If you consider that an emergency, please stop eating fast food and turn off your television, find something to do with your life.
brake dust
the other day i replaced the front brakes on my car and was reminded of why i do most of my car maintenance myself.
while i was living in san francisco, my mom drove my car around for two years and had taken it to the dealership for new brakes.
last month i hit the wear indicator on one of my brake pads, so i knew it was time to change them. i finally got the time a couple days ago.
one of my...