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Wednesday, October 31st, 2007I’ve been bummed for the last couple of weeks leading up to Halloween. While I’m not a big holiday guy, I think Halloween is the last truly fun holiday left. Plus I’m a horror writer, so I’m kinda obligated. It may be watered down some and I’m still disappointed more kids don’t dress up as [...]
Fleeting Moment
Monday, October 29th, 2007The mandatory moment of silence established in Illinois schools as part of the Silent Reflection and Student Prayer Act has now been formally challenged. I’ve already said my piece on the act, so I’ll only repeat that it was only a matter of time before this happened.
And the waste of time, money, and resources continues.
On [...]
More Huckster BS
Wednesday, October 24th, 2007Huckabee got busted again, this time claiming most of the signers of the Declaration of Independence were clergymen. Best case scenario: 4 out of 56 of them were practicing or former preachers. Only 1 was an active minister. (Thanks for the link, Tim.)
This is the second time this week he’s demonstrated religion is going to [...]
Abortion and the Workforce
Monday, October 22nd, 2007Presidential wannabe Mike Huckabee is quoted as follows regarding abortion and the reduction in the American workforce:
“Sometimes we talk about why we’re importing so many people in our workforce,” the former Arkansas governor said. “It might be for the last 35 years, we have aborted more than a million people who would have been in [...]
The New Face of Television
Thursday, October 18th, 2007Best Buy is dumping analog televisions effective immediately in anticipation of television going all HD in 2009. I say good for them, because it’s pointless for anyone to purchase an analog television that’s only going to be watchable for a year and a half. They’ll also be stocking the idiotic bail-out coupons the gov conjured [...]
Moment of Stupidity
Wednesday, October 17th, 2007The Illinois legislature recently passed a law requiring all schools to observe a moment of silence. The law had been previously vetoed by the governor, but the Illinois House and Senate overrode the veto. I have a lot of problems with this, beyond it being a way for the religious right to sneak mandatory prayer [...]
This is Your Modern World
Thursday, September 27th, 2007Watching Windows install itself is about as exciting as watching paint dry, particularly when it’s going onto a new hard drive in a server that puked its guts up the day before, Dell failed to deliver a new hard drive, and there are two buildings full of people relying on services to be restored, so [...]
Score One for the Good Guys
Thursday, September 27th, 2007A federal judge has ruled parts of the Patriot Act unconstitutional! Specifically, she has thrown out the provisions of the USA PATRIOT Act that violate the probable cause portion of the Fourth Amendment.
Ben Franklin said it best:
“Those who would give up essential liberty to purchase a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.”
It’s nice [...]
How Far They Fall
Thursday, September 20th, 2007I was just a kid when the Reverend Jesse Jackson ran for president, and it was his second time around I was really becoming aware of national politics. Maybe it was just the school I went to, or the teachers I happened to have, but I remember him as being someone to look up to. [...]
Gutsy Ads
Monday, September 17th, 2007I was reading a recent issue of Linux Journal when I stumbled across an ad featuring a prominent picture of a woman’s face and the headline “Don’t feel bad, our servers won’t go down on you, either.” I thought that was kind of ballsy for an IT publication, and I’ve been meaning to scan it [...]
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