Monthly Archives: May 2006

DOHS Slashes NYC Budget

I don’t even know what to say. Honestly, I’m so mad right now, I could kill. Just watch it. I want to see the Bush apologists explain this one. I’m all ears. [tags]department of homeland security, bullshit[/tags]

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Museum Of Anti-Alcohol Posters

During the days of the USSR, the Soviet government engaged in an anti-alcohol campaign. Some of the posters are simply stunning. Here’s a link to a bunch of them. via my friend Aleks who runs a great design company [tags]soviet, … Continue reading

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Overheard on Valleywag

From Valleywag: Publisher Tim O’Reilly writes a lengthy response to the Web 2.0 (TM) shitstorm. The upshot: Yes, O’Reilly wants to own the name “Web 2.0 Conference.” He’s also disappointed in you all. Anyone notice how much Tim O’Reilly sounds … Continue reading

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Short Memories And Pukey Swooning

Here we go. After a huge public brouhaha over O’Reilly harassing the organizers of a conference that used Web 2.0 in its name, Tim O’Reilly comes out doing major damage control, deflecting blame, and exposing his ass for the rest … Continue reading

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Jeff Nails It

Jeff, who’s not a Catholic apologist by any stretch of the imagination, writes about Pope Benedict, and makes a lot of sense… [E]very little boy in Nazi Germany was in the Hitler Youth. It would have been amazing had Benedict … Continue reading

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Update on Laptop Guy

If you like some cheese with your whine, read the followup to the bum laptop story I wrote about… [tags]laptop guy, amir Massoud Tofangsazan[/tags]

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Starfox DS! Starfox DS!

How can you not love the Nintendo DS? Every game that comes out is simply awesome, and this one looks no different. The Starfox series, one of the best parts of owning a Super Nintendo, and one of few highlights … Continue reading

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More Culture of Corruption

Harry Reid, who had lots to say about Jack Abramoff and corruption seems to have no problem accepting, er, “gifts.” As he was considering legislation designed to give the federal government a larger say in boxing (which is currently controlled … Continue reading

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No Prince in Simon’s Eyes

Simon Cowell was none-to-pleased with Prince’s diva attitude after his appearance on the American Idol finale. The following is from Contact Music via Drudge: AMERICAN IDOL judge SIMON COWELL has turned his famous barbed comments on PRINCE after being appalled … Continue reading

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Quien Es Jessie MacBeth?

Peacefilms.org is a leftwing mouthpiece anti-war site, a true rarity in this day and age. They featured a former US Army Ranger on their site berating the war, the President, and everything else under the sun. His supposed military credentials … Continue reading

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Good Thing They Lube First

If they didn’t, your ass would most certainly be sore after getting your car fixed at a few California Jiffy Lubes. KNBC did a hidden camera sting on Jiffy Lube and uncovered what many people already suspect about car mechanics … Continue reading

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Embeds With Terrorists?

The AP cracks me up. In an effort to provide a healthy dose of moral equivalence, they’ve apparently taken to planting photographers with terrorists. Here’s the caption from that photo: A Palestinian militant lies dead next to a homemade rocket … Continue reading

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Very Telling

In light of Sony’s announcement that the PS3 was officially going to cost an arm, leg, and left testicle, Joystiq ran a poll asking which combo of devices were people considering in light of the enormous entry costs of owning … Continue reading

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If Cable TV Were Food

Imagine for a minute you go to the store. You buy yourself a beautiful filet mignon, but when you get home you realize you can’t fit that filet mignon into your freezer, so you knock on your neighbor’s door and … Continue reading

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10 Stock Photo Cliches

Wow… You don’t realize how many of these you’ve seen until you see them in a list all together. Good stuff from CNET News.com as always. [tags]stock photography[/tags]

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Crude Comment of the Day

Okay. Here’s the deal. It’s completely vulgar, and unbelievably crass, and, of course, I found it hysterical. In a story about AIDS “work” failing (ya know, education, prevention, etc.) on Gothamist, there was this utter gem. Reprinted after the jump:

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