All the news I feel like posting, when the mood strikes me, or when a news event grabs the attention of my obtuse, twisted mind, and I can think of a relevant, or witty, or sarcastic, or skeptical, or off-color, or paranoid comment to attach to the headline/blurb.
j jackson, editor-at-large
(nope. they haven't caught me yet.)
j jackson, editor-at-large
(nope. they haven't caught me yet.)
THE PEOPLE'S BEST INTEREST "U.S. telecom companies poised to build a cell-phone network in Iraq are bidding for government contracts. Do they have the best interests of the Iraqi people in mind?" [Wired] {What a stupid question. Do they even have the best interests of American people in mind? Of course not. They're only interested in the best interests of their stockholders--and even that is sometimes suspect.}
THE DEAN OF APPROXIMATION From The Hardball Newsletter: "Chavets: A Democrat leaps in and lands on his face...Last Sunday on 'Meet the Press,' host Tim Russert asked Howard Dean if he knew the size of the American military. 'Somewhere in the neighborhood of 1 or 2 million,' the former governor of Vermont replied. (The correct answer is 1.4 million.)" {Ah, isn't 1.4 million somewhere in the neighborhood of 1 or 2 million any more?}
LET YOUR FREE FLAG FLY A Latrobe, PA bottler pisses off veterans when he flies a Christian flag above the American flag. His reasoning? "God over country." A dissenter says "That's a fine statement to make. But that gives no one the right to fly the flag above the United States flag." [Pgh Chnl] {In fact, he's talking out his ass.Everyone has the right to fly any flag over the U.S flag. The established protocol is only a "guideline," and no penalties are specified for its violation. After all, this is a free country, isn't it?}
OFFICIAL BURGLARS WITH BADGES Hillary Clinton is reaping the rewards of a best seller. Her poll ratings continue to rise. (USA Today) {Funny. I liked Hillary a lot better before she started publicly dissing Bill. Now, she seems to me to be more the normal politician than the victim. But I guess her ploy is working if more people like her. Just goes to prove that people can be led around by their noses.}
ALL I NEED IS THE AIR THAT I BREATHE "The Pentagon launched a campaign on Wednesday to rebut allegations it sought to mold U.S. intelligence findings to support the view that Iraq's alleged weapons of mass destruction posed an imminent threat to American interests." [Reuters] {This one is, as they say, a 'no brainer.' Of course, they "sought to mold U.S. intelligence findings." That's what they do. That's par for the course. If they hadn't sought to mold U. S. intelligence findings, now that would be news.}
BAD CHOICE After eight years of indecisiveness, the House of Representatives is about to pass a bill outlawing partial-birth abortions. [MSNBC] {I'm generally against abortion. But I believe in choice. Pregnant women should be allowed to decide their own futures. But if a woman is too indecisive to make that decision before the third trimester, then fuck her. (Whoops, maybe that's a bad word choice here.)}
FCC FAVORS BIG MEDIA "The makers of hardware and software applications that let viewers screen out objectionable content from their movies are asking a federal judge to throw out a lawsuit by Hollywood studios and directors." [Wired] {The Hollywood drive to stop the distribution of software that will filter "objectionable" material out of DVDs is disingenuous and hypocritical. They don't want their content altered for artistic reasons, and yet they'll sell their product to TV, which edits it in the very same way, and then some.}
OOOOMMMM "Our mantra is that we want to expand human potential through innovation," says a researcher, describing his group's goal to help disabled people to learn and communicate. [Wired] {Now all he gotta do is look up the definition of the word 'mantra.' Unless they got an organization full of people walking around repeating "We want to expand human potential through innovation...we want to expand human potential through innovation...we want to..." But maybe he was speaking metaphorically, like, that's their "catch phrase." But now that I think of it, I like the first sense better. It's more likely to induce an altered state of consciousness. All businesses and organizations should adopt this psychology. Imagine the employees of a corporation like GE, for example, walking around chanting "We bring good things to light...we bring good things to light... we bring good things to light... It might actually achieve some spiritual purpose. Like, maybe they will actually start to bring good things to light, instead of...oh, never mind. It's not worth it.} |
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