How do I know that? I don’t, but through the years, EVERYONE keeps saying that exact phrase, so it MUST be true. OTOH, his music kicks ass, so should it matter if he’s a douchebag? Only as an OCD trait. Why is Scott Stapp a douchebag? I don’t know. Something about being a hypocrite. Do [...]
Another summer is winding down. And, as normal, so are gas prices. Locally, I’ve seen over a dime per gallon reduction in the past week. So, is now the time to breathe a sigh of relief? If breathing a sigh of relief is all the US of A is going to do, then what about [...]
(Time) The drugs used to execute prisoners in the United States sometimes fail to work as planned, causing slow and painful deaths that probably violate constitutional bans on cruel and unusual punishment, a new medical review of dozens of executions concludes.
Even when administered properly, the three-drug lethal injection method appears to have caused some inmates [...]
After sitting on pins and needles for most of the week, I was jumping for joy when UPS delivered my new Nikon SLR camera. At first glance, everything looked normal – the outer box was a little oversized, but appeared to be in great shape. What I pulled out was shocking: the Nikon box was [...]
It seems that there is a big buzz around the blogosphere and internet news sites concerning Google Maps’ return to pre-katrina satellite views for the New Orleans area.
First of all, it could be that I’m just on a renegade Google data center, but I haven’t seen the post-katrina views for over a year now. Big [...]
The US Copyright Office has released their new set of rates for the payment of royalties by Internet Radio – royalty rates so high that they likely will put most US-based indie webcasters out of business. Read more details here.
The recording industry’s greed is so great that rather than accepting royalty rates that are [...]
Friday, February 10th. Around 8-9pm, I lost my my internet connection. After troubleshooting for a few minutes, I find that it’s not just the DSL, but it is actually my phone line that is dead. I place a call to BS tech support. Of course at that time, it’s not a live voice which tells [...]
Don’t like what you’ve read, heard or seen about this facility over the past few days?
Too bad.
Get used to it.
This is just a preview of what nationalized health care will look like.
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late addition: could not have said it better myself…
He was for the joke before he was against it.
You know education, if you make the most of it, you study hard, you do your homework, and you make an effort to be smart, you can do well. If you don’t you get stuck in Iraq. –Democrat Senator John Kerry
And the next day…
My statement yesterday, [...]
Mercury News
Mexican President-elect Felipe Calderon on Monday slammed U.S. plans to build more fences on its southern border, saying it would not solve illegal immigration.
You’re right. You, as the incoming President of Mexico, have the power to solve to problem of your citizens fleeing your country.
President Vicente Fox, of Calderon’s conservative National Action Party, has [...]
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