Miniupdate - 25 May 2009
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silveradeptNot much here, just the stuff that’s been around the desk over the last couple days. Like Towel Day, for you hoopy froods. Also the day where you salute those who died in war, and curse those who sent people to die in unjust wars for needlessly causing the deaths of others.
This does mean, however, that horror stories on toilet paper are clearly in, as are tips on how to make a little money writing science fiction (at least, on the business side), and a curious affair involving inflatable rhinoceroses. Oh, did you hear about the shirt that is taking the Internets by storm?
We also see the Church of Scientology going on trial in France for organized fraud.
And we find out one of the pinup girls written to by soldiers kept the correspondence, which proves that the artifacts of our history are often lying in the hands of the people you might think wouldn’t have any.
It also means, though, that we find out the FCC claims that it has the right to enter a house without a warrant to inspect any equipment that uses radio spectrum, like your wireless router, there are some people trying to manufacture the latest terror plot just to keep you scared, which didn’t work all that well.
We also find that in some areas of the country, prom is still a racially segregated affair, which is sad in a lot of ways, but pales in comparison to the version of American History written from the explicitly Christian perspective, calling itself a Patriot Bible and ignoring completely the religious proclivities of the founders and several other influential thinkers in declaring that everyone was a Christian, even if other history books don’t say as much. Because, “Everyone knows” the Bible is the single greatest influence on the country throughout time.
California's going to have to work things out on their own, at least for now, according to the scuttlebutt from Washington and some fears of setting a dangerous precedent for bailouts. Mr. Krugman has seen the seeds of this collapse and wonders why there aren't more people moving, in California, to fix it. Kinda wish the reasoning about dangerous precedent had come into play before the previous administration decided certain institutions were too big to fail and declined to trustbust them as a condition of assistance, and we do wonder why the things that are handicapping the state’s ability to get out of the situation aren’t being steadily repealed.
Amazon is adding in a disc-on-demand service.
Next to last, bottoms up - urine and sweat reprocessing is a success - water from waste is go.
Last for tonight, and most importantly, someone took the Olbermann challenge and got himself waterboarded. No, not Sean Hannity. Eric “Mancow” Miller went under. He lasted six seconds and declared it “Absolutely Torture”. For his part, Mr. Olbermann donated $10,000 to the charity of Mr. Miller’s choice, Veterans of Valor. So now, there's really no reason to say or believe that it isn't torture - the skeptic said it was torture.
This does mean, however, that horror stories on toilet paper are clearly in, as are tips on how to make a little money writing science fiction (at least, on the business side), and a curious affair involving inflatable rhinoceroses. Oh, did you hear about the shirt that is taking the Internets by storm?
We also see the Church of Scientology going on trial in France for organized fraud.
And we find out one of the pinup girls written to by soldiers kept the correspondence, which proves that the artifacts of our history are often lying in the hands of the people you might think wouldn’t have any.
It also means, though, that we find out the FCC claims that it has the right to enter a house without a warrant to inspect any equipment that uses radio spectrum, like your wireless router, there are some people trying to manufacture the latest terror plot just to keep you scared, which didn’t work all that well.
We also find that in some areas of the country, prom is still a racially segregated affair, which is sad in a lot of ways, but pales in comparison to the version of American History written from the explicitly Christian perspective, calling itself a Patriot Bible and ignoring completely the religious proclivities of the founders and several other influential thinkers in declaring that everyone was a Christian, even if other history books don’t say as much. Because, “Everyone knows” the Bible is the single greatest influence on the country throughout time.
California's going to have to work things out on their own, at least for now, according to the scuttlebutt from Washington and some fears of setting a dangerous precedent for bailouts. Mr. Krugman has seen the seeds of this collapse and wonders why there aren't more people moving, in California, to fix it. Kinda wish the reasoning about dangerous precedent had come into play before the previous administration decided certain institutions were too big to fail and declined to trustbust them as a condition of assistance, and we do wonder why the things that are handicapping the state’s ability to get out of the situation aren’t being steadily repealed.
Amazon is adding in a disc-on-demand service.
Next to last, bottoms up - urine and sweat reprocessing is a success - water from waste is go.
Last for tonight, and most importantly, someone took the Olbermann challenge and got himself waterboarded. No, not Sean Hannity. Eric “Mancow” Miller went under. He lasted six seconds and declared it “Absolutely Torture”. For his part, Mr. Olbermann donated $10,000 to the charity of Mr. Miller’s choice, Veterans of Valor. So now, there's really no reason to say or believe that it isn't torture - the skeptic said it was torture.
