Category : Humanity

If I’m Paying to Get These Channels, Why Do They Still Have Commercials?

Posted on: 27 July 2008 /
Categories: Media

Because it’s BS, that’s why. The cable industry sucks and needs to be brought down. I should be able to pay to get any video content I want without having to also accept freakin’ commercials at the same time. Every sporting event should be available for live streaming HD download to my TV at a

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Government Defends Its Vote-Buying Monopoly Against Minnesotan

Posted on: 13 July 2008 /
Categories: Fascism

I know, I’m way behind the times, but there’s a 19-year-old kid in Minnesota who’s been charged with a felony for trying to sell his (presidential election) vote on eBay for a minimum $10 bid (Fox News via Cato). The kid’s obviously an idiot who doesn’t understand the world’s appropriate social order. When elected officials

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Top 7 Most Insouciant World Army Recruiting TV Ads

Posted on: 19 May 2008 /
Categories: Media, War

They’re not actually insouciant. They’re kind of the opposite of that. Inspired by the rockin’ Russian paratroopers (is it just me, or does that look like the world’s least cool obstacle course those guys are running through? ‘cuz that’s the most laughable thing in there…), I’ve now found a whole new category of crap to

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What I Learned About the Navy from Watching Carrier on PBS

Posted on: 14 May 2008 /
Categories: Media, War

If you haven’t watched it, it’s a pretty engaging ten-hour series that follows the six-month deployment of the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz to the Persian Gulf in 2005 (you can watch the entire series over the net by following the above link). Obviously the people who made the series chose to follow the lives of

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Happy VE Day

Posted on: 8 May 2008 /
Categories: War

So I got another two hours left for this headline to remain valid. May 8th, Victory in Europe Day. Hope yours was a happy one. In the spirit of the day: Favorite WWII European Theater of Operations Book: Up Front, Bill Mauldin Favorite WWII ETO Movie: The Great Escape or Das Boot Favorite WWII ETO

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Is Reuters Dumb Enough for *You* Yet?

Posted on: 6 May 2008 /
Categories: Media

Cuz they’re dumb enough for *me*! Now. Headline today: Anger, despair in main Myanmar city as prices soar “Main Myanmar city”, eh? “Main Myanmar city”? So is Angkor Wat “that famous, weird stone temple-looking thing you might have seen a picture of and that’s in that one Asian country”? How about Reuters gives us a

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The Problem with Direct Democracy Is That It Sucks

Posted on: 3 May 2008 /
Categories: Fascism

We live in a fantastic society. It’s one in which it’s not possible to leave a Target store without someone trying to get you to sign a petition for something or other. See? Fantastic. Direct democracy and referendums are bad. Aside from the Target hassles, here’s why: We already have a government. Several of them

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Do the FLDS in Texas Deserve Due Process? I Mean, Polygamy’s Worse Than Murder, Right?

Posted on: 14 April 2008 /
Categories: Fascism

It’s *possible* that the State of Texas held hearings for each and every FLDS child in Eldorado prior to taking them from their homes. I mean, *possible* — it just seems like, if they did, then they should say something. Otherwise they’ve committed state-sponsored kidnapping based on an anonymous phone call from a person they

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Program Music: An Ode to the Gulf War That I Wrote When I Was 24

Posted on: 28 March 2008 /
Categories: Self Promotion, War

This came up on my iPod at work today and it cracked me up. I’m guessing no one else will have the same reaction. Shame. I wrote this while I was taking an honors class on Beethoven my senior year in college. One day we talked about Wellington’s Victory and it sounded like it was

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How Many Things Can You Find Wrong with This Article?

Posted on: 7 March 2008 /
Categories: Media, People Are Special

Teed-off pro golfer who killed hawk in Orlando area apologizes Here are the problems I found (from top of the article to bottom): That being convicted of “killing a migratory bird” is punishable by up to a year in prison. The quote: “It’s just senseless when people kill wildlife when they are doing nothing but

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