June 24th, 2009
In a move that should surprise nobody, Fox News has again mis-identified a disgraced Republican politician as a Democrat. This time? Philandering Republican senator Sanford was graced with an inaccurate “(D)”.
You might ask, why should anyone care about a mistake? You would be right to wonder whether this isn’t simply an overreaction on my part. After all, everybody makes mistakes from time to time.
Fox “News”, however, makes this exact mistake on an frequent basis. There have been no cases of them claiming a Democrat senator as Republican, nor have there been cases of them accidentally ascribing honorable Republican actions to the Democratic party. Fox “News” is, to be blunt, a propaganda operation, and not any kind of real news media.
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May 28th, 2009
Now, don’t misunderstand me. The idea of sharing your work and letting others profit from it, and you from them, is a very fine idea. It is my committed opinion that the source code for all software should be freely available to anyone. I have nothing against the GPL or any other OSS license, they have brought sweeping changes to an industry that might otherwise have sunk into total stagnation. I, in fact, use quite a lot of open source software in my daily life.
I mean what I said, though. Open Source is, or rather is infected with, a disease. The disease is a very simple one: “It works for me, so fix it yourself, noob.”
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Tags: Geekery, Ranting
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May 18th, 2009
Thanks to my move last December, all the in-progress work on my direction-finding extra-sensory belt went into the dump. Now that I’m settled into the new place, I’d like to go back to work on the project. Here’s the thoughtlog for today.
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Tags: Geekery, Transhuman
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April 24th, 2009
Well, now. This could get entertaining. From the same people who brought you “tea-bagging” and “No-bama (I’m scared of the n****r)”, now comes an armed march on Washington.
Yes. Unemployed barely-literate gun-porn-afficianados are going to take their prized pot-steel AK-47 and march into Washington. Well, if you’re in the National Guard, the Police, or the Army, I’ll be hoping for you that none of the fringe lunatics have armor-piercing rounds. Because when the shooting starts–and with a million armed lunatics in one place, it will start–it’s going to be a very unpleasant time for everyone. I think it would be reasonable for the President to spend the beginning of July visiting some states that aren’t filled with treasonous klansmen.
My countrymen deserved Bush.
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April 16th, 2009
Yesterday was tax day. Did you pay your taxes? I sure hope so. Your taxes payed to pave the roads that benefit everyone in the country, whether they drive or not. Your taxes payed to educate our children, keeping them off the streets and out of gangs. Your taxes are, at this very moment, being used in a desperate attempt to keep us from spiraling into a second Great Depression. Your taxes pay for the continuing efforts to cure debilitating diseases. Your taxes protect the environment from profit-seeking corporations, and keep the air safe for our children to breathe.
Freedom isn’t free. You everyday take advantage of the vast benefits extended to all Americans. Yesterday was your turn to defend your country; not with a rifle, but with a checkbook. To every Citizen that willingly contributes to our great national experiment in democracy, I have only one thing to say.
Thank you.
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April 11th, 2009
So. President Obama discovered that a favorite pizza chef of his was in town during a White House dinner. He requested some pizzas, and Chris Sommers of the St. Louis-based pizza-joint π was happy to oblige. Now, this is a statesman I can get behind. No caviar and baked pheasant, the Prez served pizza.
Just for comparison’s sake, let’s take a look back at what shrub served at his White House dinners.
The White House said the menu included fruitwood-smoked quail with quince gastrique; quinoa risotto; thyme-roasted rack of lamb; tomato, fennel and eggplant fondue; a salad course of endive, baked brie and walnuts; and a pear torte to cap the meal.
Among the wines: bottles of Shafer Cabernet “Hillside Select” 2003 — about $300 per bottle…
– Fox News, 15 November 2008
Republicans will cry over anything.
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April 9th, 2009
Republican Representative Betty Brown would like Asian people to discard their culture and take names that are “easier for Americans to deal with”. This, according to her spokesman, has nothing to do with race, but merely with the fact that “we [can't] deal with them readily”.
I dunno. If I was going to choose a culture with names that Americans can’t handle, I wouldn’t go after the Lees, the Wangs, and the Longs. Let’s make Mr. Czeslawa and Ms. Szczepan choose less foreign-sounding names. Perhaps Mrs. Bakhvalova would like to be Mrs. Johnson instead? If you can’t “deal with” pronouncing or recognizing names from a non-WASP culture, maybe you shouldn’t be a state legislator.
If you ask me, we should realize we’re all immigrants from a foreign culture, and make everyone take a Native American name. I’ll go first. You can call me Qochata.
Tags: Politics, Republicans, Xenophobia
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April 8th, 2009
According to Contessa Brewer of MSNBC, a 4% increase in defense spending equals a sharp cut. Unfortunately for her, she was called on this statement by former Secretary of Defense Cohen.
If you haven’t already, expect to see the screaming talking heads refer constantly to the liberals slashing defense budgets. Well, they’re lying through their teeth. Again.
I just thought you should know.
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April 8th, 2009
42-year-old Juan Alberto Ovalle was arrested on Friday after driving to meet what he thought would be an underage girl. The fun part? Mr. Ovalle let his gonads do the thinking for him, instead of the Bibles he read daily for Focus on the Family.
Except…
If a man is caught in the act of raping a young woman who is not engaged, he must pay fifty pieces of silver to her father. Then he must marry the young woman because he violated her, and he will never be allowed to divorce her.
– Deuteronomy 22:28-29
I guess he was just being a good Christian. Can you blame him for wanting a wife, really?
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April 7th, 2009
A Marine calls Rush Limbaugh on his crap.
Media Matters – Caller criticizes Limbaugh, Hannity, etal, on torture: “It’s like you’re all brainwashed”.
I’m always proud of those who go in first. Charles, even though I probably am completely opposed to your politics, I would like to shake your hand.
He’s exactly right, too. Torture is wrong. It doesn’t get us any information, it doesn’t save lives, and it does nothing but satiate vicious impulses. When you see a nasty little boy that likes to pull wings off of flies, think of the Republicans that support torture.
The screaming reich-wing talking heads have never admitted our torturing innocents, and if they ever admit torturing criminals, they applaud it. Think of that. Government officials, in the Twenty-First century, applauding the very same acts that earned Wilhelm Keitel a noose.
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