whoa

Posted on August 15, 2008 - Filed Under

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Some serious apple jocking going on in the comments over here. Wonder if pinky has grown her sack yet?
Not to be trolly, but…. if you substitute the sentence
Apple should design a phone the remains intact when you drop it 3 feet.
to
Microsoft should write an operating system that blocks spyware when you download porn.
would the [...]

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Excess ain’t rebellion

Posted on July 31, 2008 - Filed Under

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In case you missed this you’re-drinking-what-they’re-selling essay, oh, about five years ago, just like I did, it’s been re-worked into Rob Walker’s latest book, Murketing:
Under these circumstances, the thinking goes, P.B.R. needs to stay neutral, ”always look and act the underdog” and not worry about those who look down on the beer, presumably because they’re [...]

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Smells Like Government

Posted on May 7, 2008 - Filed Under

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All ages shows in Omaha? lazy-i breaks it down….
It’s been about 20 years since I’ve been to an Omaha City Council meeting, and in that time nothing has changed about the council chambers — the paneled décor, the dirty upholstered chairs, the institutional florescent lighting. The place even smells the same, a mixture of dust, [...]

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Grand Central

Posted on February 6, 2008 - Filed Under

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Every night, the last bit of terrestrial Manhattan I see is Grand Central Station, and I do not surface again until I’m looking down onto my home in Brooklyn. It serving as my wormhole, then, I was curious enough to watch the American Experience episode on its construction this week.
It also has to do [...]

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Fail

Posted on February 5, 2008 - Filed Under

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Nice and direct, well done.

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From a distance…

Posted on September 17, 2007 - Filed Under

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…I continue to love Ernie Chambers:
(09-17) 16:15 PDT Lincoln, Neb. (AP) –
Fed up with the threats, tired of natural disasters, the state’s longest-serving state senator is using his legal muscle against who he says is the culprit — God. State Sen. Ernie Chambers of Omaha sued the Almighty in Douglas County District Court last week.
Chambers, [...]

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i am i remix

Posted on September 10, 2007 - Filed Under

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At apophenia “pointer remixing“:
We craft our identity through pointing all the time. Language is mostly about pointers (”signs”). The list of favorite TV shows, movies, and music on social network sites are a linguistic pointer to these cultural referents. Yet, in a multimedia world, instead of having to just reference them by name, I can [...]

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I never read that book before, but I still get the metaphor

Posted on August 23, 2007 - Filed Under

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To piggyback Dave, I point thee toward the sage Rake who posits: “perhaps the problem with Lennie Small is not that he failed in hugging Curley’s wife, but rather that he let go too soon.”

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One Billion Dollars

Posted on March 13, 2007 - Filed Under

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The numbers are in: One Billion dollars is how much it costs to keep America safe. And the only way to do it is to break our TVs. Oh well, guess it’s time to be a patriot and buy a $5,000 HDTV. It’s for the children:
Congress set the deadline several years ago in an effort [...]

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‘Our Long National Nightmare Of Peace And Prosperity Is Finally Over’

Posted on January 3, 2007 - Filed Under

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Wow.  Sadly, this really was written in 2001.
During the 40-minute speech, Bush also promised to bring an end to the severe war drought that plagued the nation under Clinton, assuring citizens that the U.S. will engage in at least one Gulf War-level armed conflict in the next four years.
“We as a people must stand united, [...]

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Sophistry

Posted on August 11, 2006 - Filed Under

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Americans! Don’t be drawn in by Daniel Radosh’s terrorist loving, children hating wordplay.
If somebody is selling liquid explosives at the airport newsstand, I would think the thing to do would be to make them stop, not to let people buy them as long as they don’t get on the plane. Or is the point that [...]

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The Job You Save May Be Your Own

Posted on June 9, 2006 - Filed Under

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Bank of America lays off workers to be replaced by overseas employees. If the dead men walking don’t train their replacemetns, ix-nay on the everance-say ay-pay.
Shirley Norton, a BofA spokeswoman, confirmed that while workers aren’t being explicitly told they have to train their replacements or risk losing severance pay, they are being instructed that severance [...]

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Post 959

Posted on May 19, 2006 - Filed Under

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Daniel Radosh, responding to Forever Pregnant, and the ensuing kickoffs…
So when it comes to the CDC report, why should you and I be so protective of the feminist message - that women are more than just baby-makers - that we’re willing to risk the health of the babies who are going to be born from [...]

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Two Months Was Too Much To Expect

Posted on February 6, 2006 - Filed Under

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For those scoring at home, my iPod shuffle crapped out again, making it about as reliable as Windows 95. Way to go fuckers. Back to the genius bar, I guess.

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Fetal Assault?

Posted on January 18, 2006 - Filed Under

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Ernie Chambers’ fillibuster blocking “fetal assault” legislation in Nebraska’s legislature has ended after 4 days, passing the first round of votes 39-1. Chambers was the lone “no”. The bill’s sponsor Mike Foley “asked lawmakers not to treat the bill as an abortion measure, saying it relates only to third-party attacks against pregnant women and not [...]

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They Do More Than Rule on the Pledge of Allegiance?

Posted on January 10, 2006 - Filed Under

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“Today, the Ninth Circuit holds that the California Attorney General and the City & County of San Francisco may proceed with their unfair practices suits against PG&E, notwithstanding the defendant’s effort to remove the matter to bankruptcy court. A majority of the Court holds that the claims for civil penalties and restitution under § 17200 [...]

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It’s A Write-Off

Posted on December 27, 2005 - Filed Under

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Temporary exemptions extended to Katrina victims1 are expiring, so many are now facing mortgate and other payments they’ve temporarily been skirting. Thanks to the foresight of our government, we won’t have to worry about freeloaders getting a free pass any longer. Just don’t let Elizabeth Warren dissuade you with her commie rhetoric:
…Wait long enough, [...]

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Does The Shoe Fit Both Feet?

Posted on December 22, 2005 - Filed Under

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Now taking bets.
In one corner:
“The legislation in effect deputizes the bankruptcy courts as collection agents for the credit-card companies,” said Mark Sargent, dean of Villanova University’s law school, a bankruptcy expert, and critic of the bill. “The great irony of this is that it’s having your cake and eating it too. They push credit to [...]

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Screw You, Government

Posted on December 19, 2005 - Filed Under

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“The $12.7 billion in college cuts are part of an effort, led by conservative Republican lawmakers, to show discipline with the public’s money. But Democrats say GOP leaders only want to pay for tax cuts, all the while eroding the ability of parents to pay for college.”
Meanwhile, as of Dec 19th afternoon, the cost of [...]

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Fuck Apple

Posted on December 15, 2005 - Filed Under

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Some of you may be considering giving the gift of an iPod this holiday season. Might I suggest you do not get an iPod? I have a 1 Gig shuffle that does not work, and everybody I know with any iPod product has had it stop working at least once. Usually more often. I am [...]

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