Monthly Archives: August 2007

I hear it’s headed to New Hampshire, South Carolina, & Oklahoma next

Not in a particularly serious mood today. Here’s a screen cap of somethin’ that made me chuckle (click on the thumbnail):

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Spot the extra word

In a section of an MSNBC article about Massachusetts’ mandatory health insurance system, found the following from an owner of a seafood restaurant, who had already been offering insurance before the new rules: “I think that’s basically how liberal government … Continue reading

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Speaking of performance-enhancing injections…

Insinuation of cause & effect that says more than the author realizes in 3…2…1…: Global stocks staged a strong rally on Monday after central banks pumped emergency funds into the markets for a third consecutive trading day. [...] The liquidity … Continue reading

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Not sweating the details (or “I hate the 80’s: part XXVII”)

As anyone who thinks about these kinds of things knows, there’s a rather striking difference between the media in the U.S. & how news is done abroad.  For example, take the following: Manuel Noriega (remember him?  Thought not…) is up … Continue reading

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Ladies Love Unintentional Consequences

Found this amusing: apparently because of recent crackdowns on illegal immigration, competition between “coyotes” is so fierce they’ve taken to treating women like actual human beings. Props.

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I 100% disagree with Jim Wilson on something

Sure, it’s baseball, and I’m in no way a fan (IMO, playing the video game is more fun than the actual sport), but a disagreement is a disagreement. Personally, I think the whole steroids thing in baseball is overblown, for … Continue reading

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WTF, people?!?

I’m offline for a few days, and warrantless surveillance gets LEGALIZED??  Gawd forbid I break my wrist, water-boarding’d become the punishment for marijuana possession, yeesh… Spines.  You have them.  Acknowledge that.

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An update, and back to the usual…

Apparently what caused all the problems was a domino effect of sorts from yet another defective part, this time the heat sink for the processor. It wouldn’t fit properly, so the slightest shift (I have a super old desk) moved … Continue reading

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Site notice ($%@ing computer…)

If you don’t hear anything in the next few days, it’s because my home computer is severely dysfunctional at the moment, bear with me.  I should be back up to normal in a few days.

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