Chavez is bad
Tuesday, June 22nd, 2010http://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/americas/06/18/venezuela.interpol.warrant/index.html?hpt=T2
Just a quick reminder, he is a dictator. Regardless of the other PR stuff he does, he’s a dictator.
Manute Bol dead at 47
Saturday, June 19th, 2010(CNN) — Manute Bol, one of the tallest players in NBA history, died Saturday at the age of 47, a spokeswoman with the University of Virginia Medical Center confirmed to CNN.
http://www.cnn.com/2010/SPORT/06/19/obit.manute.bol/index.html?hpt=T2
Dennis Hopper dies
Sunday, May 30th, 2010(CNN) — Dennis Hopper, the one-time Hollywood enfant terrible who portrayed such indelible characters as “Easy Rider’s” biker Billy and “Blue Velvet’s” huffing villain Frank Booth, died of prostate cancer Saturday morning at his home in Venice, California, his wife said. He was 74.
http://www.cnn.com/2010/SHOWBIZ/05/29/obit.dennis.hopper1/index.html?hpt=T2
Gary Coleman Died
Friday, May 28th, 2010Gary Coleman, who by age 11 had skyrocketed to become TV’s brightest star but as an adult could never quite land on solid footing, has died after suffering a brain hemorrhage. He was 42.
http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20389492,00.html
SLIPKNOT Bassist Found Dead
Monday, May 24th, 2010According to the Des Moines Register, Urbandale, Iowa police are investigating the death of SLIPKNOT’s bass guitarist at a local hotel.
http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=140601
Terribly tragic news. I’m a fan of their music, and now I don’t know what will become of the band.
RONNIE JAMES DIO Dies
Sunday, May 16th, 2010“Today my heart is broken, Ronnie passed away at 7:45am 16th May. Many, many friends and family were able to say their private good-byes before he peacefully passed away. Ronnie knew how much he was loved by all. We so appreciate the love and support that you have all given us. Please give us a few days of privacy to deal with this terrible loss. Please know he loved you all and his music will live on forever.” Love, Wendy
http://www.ronniejamesdio.com/
Sad day in heavy metal music. I got to see him a few times on tour, he loved to perform.
Net Neutrality
Wednesday, May 12th, 2010Leaked: Telcos’ secret plans to use fake “citizens groups” to kill Net Neutrality
http://www.boingboing.net/2010/05/11/leaked-telcos-secret.html
Look at it this way, what comcast and at&t are wanting to do basically comes out like a mob shake down. “If you want to see morbidmemo.com, you have to pay 10K a month for it to show up on our tubes”. This should be the job of the carriers to say, it’s an even playing field, but as we know all they do is raise fees and provide mediocre service.
Lena Horne
Monday, May 10th, 2010Legendary singer, actress Lena Horne dead at 92
http://www.cnn.com/2010/SHOWBIZ/05/10/obit.lena.horne/index.html?hpt=T2
Really? From space?
Thursday, April 22nd, 2010“the satellites are capable of calculating your average speed between two points”
http://gizmodo.com/5521918/speeding-tickets-now-coming-from-outer-space
There was a time where space was a place of wonder, not it’s just another place to screw you over from.
Maybe it isn’t that bad
Tuesday, April 20th, 2010Ex-military leaders: Young adults ‘too fat to fight’
http://www.cnn.com/2010/HEALTH/04/20/military.fat.fight/index.html?hpt=C1
Maybe we’ll actually eat ourselves out of a war. High fructose corn syrup might be our ticket to peace.
