April 18, 2009
Big Brother is Watching Your, Your Computer, and Your Porn
I found this video over on Peter Schiff's blog.
This is alarming, if true. The news source is Russia Today. My cautiousness around believing this is because there's something unbalanced and amateur about this report -- aside from the fact that they misspelled "copyright" in their captions.
But if this is, in fact, something the Obama administration is considering they should be ashamed of themselves. This is exactly the sort of thing our Constitution was written to prevent, specifically the part against illegal searches and seizures.
This is alarming, if true. The news source is Russia Today. My cautiousness around believing this is because there's something unbalanced and amateur about this report -- aside from the fact that they misspelled "copyright" in their captions.
But if this is, in fact, something the Obama administration is considering they should be ashamed of themselves. This is exactly the sort of thing our Constitution was written to prevent, specifically the part against illegal searches and seizures.
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April 15, 2009
Oh Just Stop
How many did you spot?
"Teabagging Day"
"nuts"
"whipped out"
"toothless"
"full-throated"
"tongue lashing"
"lick
"in a nut..."
"Dick Army"
"prostitute patron"
"tight-lipped"
"up close and personal taste"
"Dick Army"
"dick army"
This is funny, sure, but of course, he's making fun of the tax protests in typically liberal fashion -- by completely ignoring the actual principles behind the protests.
In one attempt to address those issues, he claims that it's about "taxation without representation" and although I did see one foolish YouTuber on Headline News this morning claiming that, that is not the issue behind these protests. Everyone knows that we have a Congress who is elected to pass laws to protect our rights.
These tax protests are about the fact that with regard to taxes, members of Congress has colluded with the President to pass laws that violate our rights in the realm of taxation.
And instead of using taxes to fund legitimate functions of government such as the police and the army, they add insult to injury and given our money away. They've literally handed it out to people who either through stupidity or bad judgment have squandered away their own. They've used our tax funds to purchase spectacularly unprofitable things, toxic assets, with all the condescension, arrogance, and audacity that you'd expect from a group spending other people's money. They've "loaned" it out to businesses that Americans obviously do not want to support so that those businesses won't go away and leave us alone.
"Trust us," Congress says, "It's for your own good." Terrifying words.
Our representatives have made it abundantly clear that their are either hell-bent on our destruction or they are too feeble and inept to be trusted with the powers of government. It's not that we aren't represented in government, it's that we're represented by fools and tyrants.
That's what we're protesting.
How many did you spot?
"Teabagging Day"
"nuts"
"whipped out"
"toothless"
"full-throated"
"tongue lashing"
"lick
"in a nut..."
"Dick Army"
"prostitute patron"
"tight-lipped"
"up close and personal taste"
"Dick Army"
"dick army"
This is funny, sure, but of course, he's making fun of the tax protests in typically liberal fashion -- by completely ignoring the actual principles behind the protests.
In one attempt to address those issues, he claims that it's about "taxation without representation" and although I did see one foolish YouTuber on Headline News this morning claiming that, that is not the issue behind these protests. Everyone knows that we have a Congress who is elected to pass laws to protect our rights.
These tax protests are about the fact that with regard to taxes, members of Congress has colluded with the President to pass laws that violate our rights in the realm of taxation.
And instead of using taxes to fund legitimate functions of government such as the police and the army, they add insult to injury and given our money away. They've literally handed it out to people who either through stupidity or bad judgment have squandered away their own. They've used our tax funds to purchase spectacularly unprofitable things, toxic assets, with all the condescension, arrogance, and audacity that you'd expect from a group spending other people's money. They've "loaned" it out to businesses that Americans obviously do not want to support so that those businesses won't go away and leave us alone.
"Trust us," Congress says, "It's for your own good." Terrifying words.
Our representatives have made it abundantly clear that their are either hell-bent on our destruction or they are too feeble and inept to be trusted with the powers of government. It's not that we aren't represented in government, it's that we're represented by fools and tyrants.
That's what we're protesting.
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April 07, 2009
Kumar Works at the White House
I don't know if you watched last night's "very special episode" of House MD. By "very special episode," I mean totally abrupt and senseless.
Here's an explanation of how this stupid, new turn came about.
Warning! Spoilers in that link!
Here's an explanation of how this stupid, new turn came about.
Warning! Spoilers in that link!
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April 06, 2009
How Not to Fight Piracy on the Intarwebz
I learned this morning from Marketing Pilgrim that Henry Porter thinks Google is a monopoly and a deleterious force upon the internets, our individual rights, and even our livelihoods.
BA BUM BUUUUMMMMMM!!!
I also learned from the very same utterances that Henry Porter is an idiot with an addiction to haterade.
Guardian.co.uk: Google is just an amoral menace
I am not sure if Mr. Porter realizes the irony of both decrying Google's success and at the same time arguing that it provides no value to its users. Given the how foolish the rest of the article is, I really don't think he saw it.
For instance, he argues that artists who want to share their work with the masses on the internet have no where else to go but YouTube, a Google subsidiary.
Really? There aren't any other video sites on the internets where people can post their own videos? Someone better not tell these people.
Want another example of Mr. Porter's pigheaded idiocy is his argument that Google is apparently killing newspapers (Yes, I know he denies it, but it doesn't stop him from making an argument that can only be construed as supporting that point.) and arguing that in this day of the internet, complete with Twitter, blogs, and new media, newspapers are the only thing that can save our freedom. Again, I really don't think he sees the irony.
And his ignorance is really just gobsmacking, such as his claim that Google has never known failure. Does anyone remember Google Answers? Probably not, because it was a failure. Remember when it flagged the whole internet as malware? Fail. Remember their failed attempt at radio advertising? No? Well, it was another fail. I would call their capitulation to China a failure as well.
Google has failures, but it has loads of wins. They have loads of wins because they do loads of things well.
Mr. Porter does rightly point out one sort of crime that is rampant on the internet: Intellectual Property Piracy. I would argue that many (30%?), if not most internet users think that P2P file sharing is morally acceptable and see nothing wrong with it. But this isn't Google's fault so much as it is a sign of the intellectual corruption of our time.
BA BUM BUUUUMMMMMM!!!
I also learned from the very same utterances that Henry Porter is an idiot with an addiction to haterade.
Guardian.co.uk: Google is just an amoral menace
Despite the aura of heroic young enterprise that still miraculously attaches to the web, what we are seeing is a much older and toxic capitalist model - the classic monopoly that destroys industries and individual enterprise in its bid for ever greater profits. Despite its diversification, Google is in the final analysis a parasite that creates nothing, merely offering little aggregation, lists and the ordering of information generated by people who have invested their capital, skill and time.I feel dirty just having read the article, so you'll need to hop on over there to get the full effect.
I am not sure if Mr. Porter realizes the irony of both decrying Google's success and at the same time arguing that it provides no value to its users. Given the how foolish the rest of the article is, I really don't think he saw it.
For instance, he argues that artists who want to share their work with the masses on the internet have no where else to go but YouTube, a Google subsidiary.
Really? There aren't any other video sites on the internets where people can post their own videos? Someone better not tell these people.
Want another example of Mr. Porter's pigheaded idiocy is his argument that Google is apparently killing newspapers (Yes, I know he denies it, but it doesn't stop him from making an argument that can only be construed as supporting that point.) and arguing that in this day of the internet, complete with Twitter, blogs, and new media, newspapers are the only thing that can save our freedom. Again, I really don't think he sees the irony.
And his ignorance is really just gobsmacking, such as his claim that Google has never known failure. Does anyone remember Google Answers? Probably not, because it was a failure. Remember when it flagged the whole internet as malware? Fail. Remember their failed attempt at radio advertising? No? Well, it was another fail. I would call their capitulation to China a failure as well.
Google has failures, but it has loads of wins. They have loads of wins because they do loads of things well.
Mr. Porter does rightly point out one sort of crime that is rampant on the internet: Intellectual Property Piracy. I would argue that many (30%?), if not most internet users think that P2P file sharing is morally acceptable and see nothing wrong with it. But this isn't Google's fault so much as it is a sign of the intellectual corruption of our time.
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This is Why I am Distrustful of the Police
For the sake of clarity, I understand that the TSA is not the police, nevertheless we see similar behavior with the police and pretty much any group of people empowered by the state to exert force over individuals.
Point of fact: there are limits to the amount of cash you are allowed to carry. I believe the amount varies by state (I'm not very clear on this, though. On Law & Order last night, I saw an episode where they said there was a $10K federal limit that required some sort of declaration.), but amounts above the limit are seen as being likely as proceeds from a crime, usually drug sales.
I remember a news story from a few years ago in Georgia in which a small business owner (I think it was some sort of landscaping company) was detained for something like $14K in cash he had.
Hat tip: Noodlefood.
Point of fact: there are limits to the amount of cash you are allowed to carry. I believe the amount varies by state (I'm not very clear on this, though. On Law & Order last night, I saw an episode where they said there was a $10K federal limit that required some sort of declaration.), but amounts above the limit are seen as being likely as proceeds from a crime, usually drug sales.
I remember a news story from a few years ago in Georgia in which a small business owner (I think it was some sort of landscaping company) was detained for something like $14K in cash he had.
Hat tip: Noodlefood.
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April 01, 2009
I Bring You the Headlines Mainstream Objectivist Blogs Ignore (Can't Think Why)
I just heard about this story on Chelsea Lately. It's so crazy I just had to blog it.
Boston EDGE: ’Liquored Up’ Lesbian Assaults, Threatens Forcible Insemination, Says Wife
Hot mess.
And can we revisit the fact that it was full of her brother's semen? If my sister were a lesbian (I'm not saying she is or isn't.) and her wife wanted to get pregnant, I would probably donate my semen to help them out. I don't have any particular issue with that except I would go to the doctor's office to make sure everything is professionally administered. What skeeves me out here is that this semen was apparently harvested at home.
I didn't think semen had a very long shelf life, so I guess he lives near by.
Still. WTF?
And then I remember that the timeline of this tale of woe goes from a quasi-incestuous masturbation incident to full-on attempted turkey-baster rape. Plus lesbians.
See what you can do with THOSE key words, Google!
Boston EDGE: ’Liquored Up’ Lesbian Assaults, Threatens Forcible Insemination, Says Wife
In an alleged drunken attack, a lesbian reportedly threatened to impregnate her unwilling wife with semen from the attacker’s brother.Need I go on? Let's recap the relevant facts:
- Lesbians
- One was drunk
- The drunk one was wielding a turkey baster
- The turkey baster was loaded WITH HER BROTHER'S SEMEN [the caps are mine]
- And she tried to force it upon her wife
Hot mess.
And can we revisit the fact that it was full of her brother's semen? If my sister were a lesbian (I'm not saying she is or isn't.) and her wife wanted to get pregnant, I would probably donate my semen to help them out. I don't have any particular issue with that except I would go to the doctor's office to make sure everything is professionally administered. What skeeves me out here is that this semen was apparently harvested at home.
I didn't think semen had a very long shelf life, so I guess he lives near by.
Still. WTF?
And then I remember that the timeline of this tale of woe goes from a quasi-incestuous masturbation incident to full-on attempted turkey-baster rape. Plus lesbians.
See what you can do with THOSE key words, Google!
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