Archive for February, 2007
U.S. planning Iran bombs?
That crazy man, Sy Hersch, is at it again, pointing out how high-ranking officials are leaking information to him about our actual intentions towards Iran. I was admittedly being hyperbolic when I said the bombing would start in mid-March. On the other hand, if Wall St. thinks we’re headed for a recession, that may not [...]
Read More..>>Sorority’s Method of Recruitment: Kick out the Fat Girls
Sorority Evictions Raise Issue of Looks and Bias - New York Times
It’s one thing when college students do stupid things. But here’s a case of a national sorority organization–professional administrators—coming to a troubled local chapter and deciding that the old “misfit” image just wasn’t working to meet their recruitment goals. So they interviewed the sisters [...]
Zeroes
YouTube - Heroes–Zeroes
Read More..>>Don’t Cry for Me, DRM-RIAA
Cory Doctorow has penned an excellent article on Steve Jobs’ “confession” that he’d love to drop such awful DRM from Apple products, if only the nasty music labels would let him. In reality, it all comes down to control — for Apple, that is. Apple will only drop DRM when consumers demand to move their [...]
Read More..>>It’s Like Chicken Soup for the Body
Since everyone I know is sick (me too, as of this week), here’s my sure fire chicken soup recipe that’s both delicious and virtually guaranteed to get you back on your feet.
Start with one whole chicken, preferably kosher. Wash and remove any giblets. Neck and skin are good to cook, but I don’t eat [...]
Read More..>>Wars and Rumors of Wars
We’re moving right along on our time-line to war with Iran, set tentatively for mid to late March. Tensions are being ratcheted up on a daily basis. Media shills are writing pieces about how our entire Navy is just, like, sitting there, on Iran’s doorstep, doing nothing, and Iran is like being all threatening and [...]
Read More..>>The 1/2 Baked News Hour
YouTube - The 1/2 Hour News Hour
Frankly, I thought the first clip I saw of Fox News’ “Daily Show” clone was mostly unfunny, though I saw a few hints of satire at the beginning. It quickly descended into fart and B.O. jokes.
I guess by saying “clone,” I’m reminded that Dolly the sheep was [...]
Who’s Your Daddy?
I had an interesting conversation last night with a friend, covering many topics political. The one that continued to gnaw at me today was this. We tend to talk a lot about the growing divide between Left and Right and whatever that means in this country. In the rest of the world, Left and Right [...]
Read More..>>The Daily Godcast
Regular readers of this blog would probably peg me at a 4 or 5 on Richard Dawkins 7 point scale, though I wouldn’t have a problem if you called me a 6. For many people, I might as well be called an Atheist, because my definition of God bears so little resemblance to that of [...]
Read More..>>Too Black or Not Black Enough?
With Barak Obama officially “in it to win it,” people are spending their time debating whether he’s “black enough” to get the “cred” he supposedly needs to win “the black vote” (poverty, rap sheet, gunshot wounds, etc..) or if perhaps he’s still “too black” for most white Americans to vote for.
Consider the SNL clip [...]