http://tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com/2010/08/newsweek-poll-republicans-think-obama-probably-wants-to-impose-islamic-law.php?ref=fpa So basically there is a group of people that think President Obama is a muslim and will impose islamic law. Instead of find out the truth, people will cling to an idea that makes them feel ‘better’. So the lack of clarity for some, is better than actually having the facts, seems par for [...]
“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.
Marijuana use by seniors goes up as boomers age http://www.salon.com/news/2010/02/22/us_seniors_marijuana/index.html As they have in the last few decades, baby boomers my change how business is done in this country. But the catch this time is it might actually do good. The aging population might actually work to get drug laws reformed or maybe repealed altogether. [...]
“The music industry is in a major state of crisis and some up and coming acts are reluctant to dirty their hands with social networking” http://news.cnet.com/8301-31001_3-10460660-261.html?tag=TOCmoreStories.0 So let me get this straight, if the band isn’t doing the job of the record label you want nothing to do with them? The use of “social media” [...]
The FBI is pressing Internet service providers to record which Web sites customers visit and retain those logs for two years, a requirement that law enforcement believes could help it in investigations of child pornography and other serious crimes. http://news.cnet.com/8301-13578_3-10448060-38.html?tag=smallCarouselArea.1 On the one hand, all the conspiracy nuts use this to line their nests. And [...]
Month-to-month fluctuations in rates of collision claims in jurisdictions with bans didn’t change from before to after the laws were enacted. Nor did the patterns change in comparison with trends in jurisdictions that didn’t have such laws. http://gizmodo.com/5459813/handheld-cellphone-bans-dont-reduce-car-crashes-after-all Wow, imagine that, a useless law. Regardless of the situation people will do stupid stuff, a cell [...]
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/23/movies/23polanski.html?scp=2&sq=Roman%20Polanski&st=cse Of all the places to get caught it, Switzerland has to be a decent place. The people might be a bit crazy, but the place in general seems ok. Polanski will have to make cheese for a few years as punishment.
http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2010/01/13/2172962.aspx Pat Robertson is a douche bag. Actually that’s an insult to douche bags.
Why Twitter Will Endure http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/03/weekinreview/03carr.html It’s a fad, like myspace and facebook. If anything, it might work because it’s two syllables like goo-gle or ap-ple.
http://paolov.wordpress.com/2009/10/01/what-is-natural/ The term natural drives me nuts, it’s so broad that it get’s co-opted by evertyhing to sell product. Maybe the term needs to be put to bed in exchange for another word, or at least make a more grandular definition.
