February 2012
5 posts
Clueless Congressman Thinks Onion Article on... →
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How bad has education gotten in this country that an electorate could produce (a Dr. yet!) and vote into office someone who hasn’t learned how to do even the most trivial of critical thinking?
Rep. John Fleming has deleted his Facebook post linking to an article in The Onion about a fictional Planned Parenthood “Abortionplex.”
In a Facebook status on Friday, the...
Some People (i.e. Leonard Cohen Fans) Still Buy... →
As a tech writer, it is a good thing to remind myself that my habits are alien to most people in America. Not only do I pay for all my music, but I do it via the subscription service, Rdio, not Spotify or Pandora, or I get vinyl. Meanwhile, out in America, there are people buying CDs. Even when these people go on to the Internet to buy music, they order the CDs and have them delivered....
Study: Racism, Conservatism, Authoritarianism,... →
Huh. Who could have guessed this? Other than intelligent people, of course.
Are racists dumb? Do conservatives tend to be less intelligent than liberals? A provocative new study from Brock University in Ontario suggests the answer to both questions may be a qualified yes. The study, published in Psychological Science, showed that people who score low on I.Q. tests in childhood are more likely to...
January 2012
9 posts
Culture Desk: The Master from Flint Hill: Earl... →
Posted by Steve Martin
Some nights he had the stars of North Carolina shooting from his fingertips. Before him, no one had ever played the banjo like he did. After him, everyone played the banjo like he did, or at least tried. In 1945, when he first stood on the stage at the Ryman Auditorium in Nashville and played banjo the way no one had ever heard before, the audience responded with shouts,...
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Grooveshark's New HTML5 Mobile Webapp Streams... →
Grooveshark now offers a mobile webapp that plays music without the help of Flash, works on just about any smartphone, and doesn’t require a Grooveshark Premium account to use.
Grooveshark, one of our favorite music streaming services, has long offered apps for Andorid, jailbroken iPhones (after being pulled from the App Store), and other devices, but they require a premium account to use....
Activist Post: Setting the Record Straight: Did... →
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Anthony Gucciardi Activist Post There has been a great deal of publicity over the potential purchase of Blackwater (now known as Academi, and Xe before that) by mega corporation Monsanto. While the two seem to be a great match, as they both fail to consider the morality and consequence of their actions, it seems that Monsanto is only involved with Blackwater in infiltrating activist groups...
reddit going dark for a day to protest SOPA online... →
Rep. Lamar Smith: Not popular with SOPA opponents
On January 18, the online community at reddit will go dark for 12 hours in opposition of the Stop Online Piracy Act now being considered in the House and its companion PROTECT IP Act in the Senate. Both bills would give copyright holders tremendous power to have websites blocked, to get their advertising cut off, and to shut down their credit...
Handmade TARDIS purse →
Etsy seller LIMOchi makes these killer “poly leather” TARDIS purses to order for all your time-travelling bits and bobs. The seller claims that they are, indeed, bigger on the inside than they are on the outside.
( Not an official Doctor Who product , made by fan, to fan )… Measures: 28 x 16 x16 cm In blue poly leather and rigid cardboard. Also some details can be custom...
December 2011
19 posts
WatchA tribute to Bill Hicks: Keith wishes the ‘eternal’ comedian a happy 50th birthday
Ryan Adams Fined $30 for Hypersensitivity →
He fined himself actually:
At a Ryan Adams concert at the Ryman Auditorium on Tuesday, someone in the audience yelled out a request for Summer of ‘69, a Bryan Adams hit.
Ryan Adams, former leader of the band Whiskeytown, reacted with stream of expletives and ordered the house lights turned on, the Tennessean newspaper reported.
The alternative country musician found the fan who made the...
In Memoriam: Christopher Hitchens, 1949–2011 ... →
BY GASPER TRINGALE.
Christopher Hitchens—the incomparable critic, masterful rhetorician, fiery wit, and fearless bon vivant—died today at the age of 62. Hitchens was diagnosed with esophageal cancer in the spring of 2010, just after the publication of his memoir, Hitch-22, and began chemotherapy soon after. His matchless prose has appeared in Vanity Fair since 1992, when he was named...
At Last, Ron Santo Elected To Baseball's Hall Of... →
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This file photo shows Chicago Cubs third baseman Ron Santo clicking his heels on the way to the locker room after his ninth-inning sacrifice fly allowed the winning run to score for a 5-4 victory over the Pittsburgh Pirates in Chicago. (AP Photo)
This is a happy day and a sad day for all Cubs fans.
“Chicago Cubs legend Ron Santo”, as Pat Hughes...
AG Eric Holder urges Americans to fink on their... →
Nothing Says Happy Birthday Jesus Like an AK-47 →
Another reason not to shop Walmart: Walmart... →
Why is it news every time Billy Graham goes to the hospital.
“Billy Graham as “a self-conscious fraud,” who didn’t believe a word of what he preached, but was just in business for the money” Christopher Hitchens
November 2011
14 posts
Coco Robicheaux, New Orleans hoodoo bluesman, has... →
Hoodoo bluesman Coco Robicheaux collapsed Friday evening at the Apple Barrel on Frenchmen Street and was taken away by ambulance. He was reportedly pronounced dead after arriving at Tulane Medical Center. He was 64.
Rusty Costanza / The Times-PicayuneLocal blues guitarist and vocalist Coco Robicheaux, onstage at the Blues Tent during the 2010 New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival presented by...
What you learn with age →
I wish when I was younger I knew what I know today, what I feel like today, a kind of ease with myself. Because when you’re younger you are much more intense and everything’s much more important and you look back and you think, “Oh what was that all about?” Nothing is that important, just live your life because we’re here so briefly.
Sir Anthony Hopkins.
“Fox News lead[s] people to be even less informed... →
Fairleigh Dickinson PublicMind Poll:
According to the latest results from Fairleigh Dickinson University’s PublicMind Poll, some news sources make us less likely to know what’s going on in the world. …The conclusion: Sunday morning news shows do the most to help people learn about current events,while some outlets, especially Fox News, lead people to be even less informed than those who don’t...
Hold Them Accountable For Trickle-Down Economics... →
In the 1970’s banks were restricted by how high the interest rates could be issued on both the lending and savings activities plus the banks were limited to the immediate area of service. By the early 1980’s the interest rate ceilings were phased out and regulations regarding the kind of service and activities a bank engages in have been eliminated. The deregulation was positive in the scope of...
October 2011
24 posts
Voters either don’t understand, or they don’t... →
At first blush, it’s tempting to think congressional Republicans are simply out of their minds to kill jobs bills during a jobs crisis. It seems insane — Americans are desperate for Congress to act; Americans overwhelmingly support bills like the one considered by the Senate last night; and yet GOP officials seem wholly unconcerned. Aren’t they afraid of a backlash?
Well, no, probably not. The...