Monthly Archives: April 2007

Microsoft sez “do as we say, not as we do”

Found an amusing bit of info on a board I check out occasionally.  If you have Windows XP Pro, do this sometime: Open Notepad Go to the menu bar in Notepad & pick “File > Open” In the file type … Continue reading

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“Are you ready for some bullsh*t?!?”

Excuse me while I throw up: Drink beer, eat candy, buy a car. Now add a new pitch to next year’s lineup of Super Bowl television ads: Vote for me. Politics? On Super Bowl Sunday? As states line up to … Continue reading

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Irony, equality, & explosives

Many elements among the insurgency in Iraq think women are 2nd class citizens.  But when something needs to be blown up look what they do… Most often, the images of Iraqi insurgents are of men firing mortars or destroying humvees. … Continue reading

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The “get the neos a f#$%ing mirror” fund: now taking donations!

Glenn Greenwald: ain’t shit changed but the address. Here he points out how easily sideways arguments for genocide slide from the lips of the Endless War Caucus, despite their claims that thinking the world isn’t meant to be reshaped by … Continue reading

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No wonder Bush sticks by oil…

A recent publicity stunt involving a hydrogen-electric car, if not for the reaction time of Alan Mulally (the worthless CEO of Ford I mentioned recently), would’ve resulted in the words “President Dick Cheney” making sense. This fool has control of … Continue reading

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One more slap at that hornet’s nest oughta do it…

Maybe this is why the wingers are swearing up and down Iran wants to attack us: A Pakistani tribal militant group responsible for a series of deadly guerrilla raids inside Iran has been secretly encouraged and advised by American officials … Continue reading

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This just in: water is wet

“What?  Employee-owned business actually works better than a top-down command structure?  Wow!  Whodathunkit?” Props.

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“Traitor!! You anti-american enemy plant surrender monkey! You…oh, wait a minute…”

Did somebody say “diplomacy“?: President Bashar al-Assad met a Republican member of the U.S. Congress on Thursday, a day after Democrat House Speaker Nancy Pelosi ended a visit to Syria that was criticized by the White House. The official news … Continue reading

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Paying to lose

Yet more proof that in CEO-land, market logic does not apply.  All emphasis mine: Ford Motor Co., which posted a loss of $12.7 billion last year, said on Thursday that Chief Executive Alan Mulally received $28.18 million in compensation in … Continue reading

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A step towards representation

While my state is so clenched that merely allowing a vote on Sunday liquor sales is seen as some type of affront to human decency, Florida is joining the 21st Century on a rather serious issue: In a change billed … Continue reading

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