Articles and Propositions

What else is down this year?

2012-02-05T11:51:00.000-08:00

Website magazine reports that the world spam rate hit a 3-year low. I guess other folks are like me and only read their facebook mail. Everything else goes in the trash! Spam killed email and now it's killing itself!

Private Enterprise? Yeah, Right

2012-02-04T19:44:00.000-08:00

So often you hear the corporate lackeys... er... to be politically correct: the conservatives... squawk about how much better private enterprise is than the government. How the government fucks shit up, but private enterprise gets us through just fine. Yeah right,

Keep your knees tight, or bring along some Saran Wrap.

Another Milestone

2012-01-29T09:48:00.000-08:00

This is from THE PROGRESSIVE magazine. It's in an article on how students are the new indentured servants. They start life with a huge debt, and so become slaves to banks right from the get go. And now... well, check it out!

Not quite the 99%

2012-01-28T20:47:00.000-08:00

So website magazine runs an ad for a web service that will tell you WHO visited your website. Of course we want every site we visit to know our names, addresses, sexual orientation and political leanings, don't we?

Thomas Jefferson... No wonder he's banned

2012-01-07T17:27:00.000-08:00

Awhile back I read that the notorious Texas board of education was purging Jefferson from the curriculum because he was the author of the famous "Wall of Separation between church and state" dictum. I figured he was a vague Christian with principles. Now I find out he was a UNITARIAN. The same branch of Christianity as Barry Lynn, the head of Americans United for the Separation of Church and State. Maybe there's something to those Unitarians.

Only in New York

2011-12-31T09:30:00.000-08:00

Yeah, in New York they have no respect for cuisines, or purity, or tradition. ANYTHING is okay. That's bad... and that's good. In any case, it's weird! This is from my local Korean deli:

Kimchi, Philadelphia cheese steak, in a wrap. Yeah!

How the 1% spend their money

2011-12-22T19:59:00.000-08:00

Ever wonder how the ONE PERCENT spend their money? I mean, if you've got a BILLION dollars, what are you gonna do with TWO BILLION dollars. Well, while Americans starve, and the Republicans and Democrats find ways to "trim the fat" from the Federal budget aiding poor people... lets see what those RICH GUYS are buying with the money they don't want to pay in taxes:

This from a liquor store catalog. In case you can't read it, that's $18,600 for a single bottle of whiskey.:

Why Bother Voting, They'll Do It For You

2011-12-21T13:16:00.000-08:00

With the Republicans in several states taking the vote away from the poor by bringing back the Poll Tax. (They do it by requiring Photo ID to vote. The only acceptable ID is state issued--- you guessed it-- you have to pay for it!) There are plenty of new ways to steal elections. To be fair, it's not only the Republicans who do the stealing... only MOSTLY the Republicans.

Is My Phone Following Me?

2011-12-11T07:44:00.000-08:00

So it turns out not only does everything you do on the internet get recorded, stored and sold. Everything you do in REAL LIFE is recorded, stored and sold. What a surprise?

Where'd Ya Get Yer License, Bud?

2011-11-13T07:08:00.000-08:00

I saw this in a catalog... I think it was HEARTLAND products. In case you were worried about getting picked up for packin' heat on the streets of DesMoine, just buy a license! Now that I've got a mail order license to carry a gun, can anyone recommend a place to buy a license to KILL?

Giving Good Head

2011-11-06T19:24:00.000-08:00

This is from PC World... though it sounds like one of those Snopes things or whatever that TV debunking show is. Strengthen your TV reception, OR your car key fob. I wonder what it does to your brian.

If you can't read this, you can get an enlargeable immage here.

And the Teabaggers say Corporations pay too much in taxes

2011-10-29T20:16:00.000-07:00

In the 50s, 33% of the US taxes were paid by corporations. This year, it was 9%. Too much for some people. And check this out. amNewYork paper featured this article about how corporations pay their CEOs more than they pay in taxes!! Only in America!

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Hidden Agenda? Bargain Books not such a bargain...

2011-10-28T05:49:00.000-07:00

I hate Obama as much as the next guy. He's weak, a corporate hack, war-lover, blah blah blah. But there's general annoyance and then there's weird paranoia. This is the "politics" section of a book catalog from

Edward R. Hamilton, Bookseller in Connecticut released this list as part of his BARGAIN BOOKS sale.

"Rewrite the constitution," "radical left policies,""liberal mobs" huh? How do you spell a-g-e-n-d-a?

Credit Where Its Due (NY Post)

2011-10-21T20:20:00.000-07:00

I hate their politics, but you've got to give Murdoch's NY Post credit. They know what's important in a story!

From my junkmail

2011-10-08T05:36:00.000-07:00

If it's got a bank return address on it, it goes right into the shredder. But stuff from magazines, I at least open. This is from FREE INQUIRY, an included note from Richard Dawkins. Here's a great excerpt about religion.

Hate Government Use Government

2011-09-28T02:19:00.000-07:00

The Tea Baggers say they hate the government and want to take money out of the pockets of the poor and put it into the pockets of the rich. But wait? They don't quite look in the mirror for those who get government funds.

I Knew It!

2011-09-25T22:59:00.000-07:00

The AMA of all people give a notice about what should be obvious. The relationship of TV and DEATH!

Bad Christians, Good Muslims dept:

2011-09-22T01:09:00.000-07:00

The same issue of The Smithsonian that talks about the success of Finnish Schools (big government, no religion, no private schools), talks about the changes taking place within Islam. While Christian fundamentalists are getting stronger-- and uglier, Muslims are getting LESS fundamental, and more accepting. Yeah! It's about time this stuff was written about! The problem is that it's too good, too truthful, for America. I bet the Smithsonian will be disciplined HARD in the near future.

http://www.smithsonianmag.com/people-places/The-Struggle-Within-Islam.html

Let's Finnish With This Christian/Tea Party Propaganda

2011-09-22T00:56:00.000-07:00

Throughout the US, Christian Tea Partyists are trying to dismantle the American Public Schools. Pushing for government funding for religious schools (obviously a violation of the Constitution), they say "competition" will improve the schools. Add to that, a lot of teaching to the test, and we'll improve, they say. Well, they're wrong.

A great article in THE SMITHSONIAN magazine shows the case of Finland, and how a country recently inundated with immigrants can have an education system that actually TEACHES. No private school. No standardized tests. Just real learning.

http://www.smithsonianmag.com/people-places/Why-Are-Finlands-Schools-Successful.html

Why help old people... or the sick when you can buy wine?

2011-09-11T08:20:00.000-07:00

Greed is in again. The rich don't want to pay more taxes than the poor. Corporations don't want to pay ANY taxes. Republicans call for the gutting of Medicare and Medicaid... puts more in their pocket. Now, some bankers and hedge fund managers are being indicted. Think they'll be convicted? Yeah, right. Not if they shell out for the wine!


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Mental Illness?

2011-09-05T14:37:00.000-07:00

I'm not sure I get this "disfunction" stuff. Not that I'm a fan of mental illness. But why do they (Newsweek) make it look sick to want to disassemble your own body, when those who want to disassemble OTHER people's bodies (the military, Blackwater, the Pentagon, "our boys") are heros?

Why I Love Language Reason # 943

2011-09-05T07:51:00.000-07:00

This snippet was from the PROGRESSIVE magazine. One of the few I actually pay for a subscription to. It quotes Harper's Magazine:

Why It's Hopeless Reason #843

2011-09-04T03:09:00.000-07:00

I guess everything goes back to PT Barnum's "No one ever went broke underestimating the intelligence of the American people." I should be used to it by now, but sometimes it still amazes me.

And they have the balls to call it TRYX!!!

2011-09-03T19:29:00.000-07:00

Casio has introduced a new mini video camera they advertise "Capture your life from every angle." Their ads show a couple... er... snuggling. But you get the idea of SNUGGLE PLUS! More than that, get this copy:
"the TRYX can turn, twist, hang and stand to get shots you'd never believe from angles you never thought possible.:

Keep your eyes peeled on xvideos.com for the latest TRYX!

You Gotta Love America...

2011-08-21T23:36:00.000-07:00

when such an idiot can be a candidate for president. Who knows, the way things are going, GW Bush may be the SMARTEST Republican we've had since... since... I forget...