October, 2012 archive
The Voter Fraud Fraud 0
More indications that Republicans are so hyped about voter fraud because it’s what they do:
The Moreno Valley College student is among scores of voters in Riverside County who say they were duped.
Formal complaints filed with the state by at least 133 residents of a state Senate district there say they were added to GOP rolls without their knowledge, calling into question the party’s boast that Republican membership has rocketed 23% in the battleground area.
Facebook Frolics, Creepy Stalker Dept. 0
The San Jose Mercury-News has a long story about Facebook’s latest attempt to get into your pants, or at least into the dressing room while you are trying them on:
If you poke, friend, like, or tag anything or anyone on the Faceborg, read it to find out just zucked you are.
The Entitlement Society 0
Steven Pearlstein explores the mysterious world of the Entitled. A nugget:
I am a private-equity fund manager.
(snip)
I am entitled to a healthy and well-educated workforce, a modern and efficient transportation system and protection for my person and property, just as I am entitled to demonize the government workers who provide them.
I am entitled to complain bitterly about taxes that are always too high, even when they are at record lows.
Read the rest. It’s quite a long list.
Welcome to the Machine 2
For some fool reason, as I listened to this episode of Radio Times about “wearable computers,” I was unable to shake this image:
Beached 5
Yesterday, we went to the beachfront to see the sand sculptures for the annual Neptune Festival. Here are some miscellaneous shots; I’ll be posting some shots of the sculptures throughout the week:
Republican Jesus 0
Shamelessly stolen from kavips:
John 3:20: Jesus looked upon the crowd and proclaimed, “Oral contraceptives are murder. If a woman is truly raped, her body will shut that down. Rape the children but remember to ask God for forgiveness, because only then will you enter the Kingdom of Heaven.”
Mark 12:17 Then Jesus said unto them, “Overthrow Caesar. Refuse to pay your taxes or proclaim them wrong. Run for office and take over your nation’s rulers and replace man’s law with God’s law. It is God’s will that you lie and cheat to achieve these goals.
Two Weeks before the Mast 0
In Sunday’s local rag, Carl Fincke describes his experience sailing on a container ship as a paying passenger from Philadelphia to Panama.
A luxury cruise ship it wasn’t, but he had a great time.
It’s a good read.
One More Time 0
I said it then and I say it now.
Republicanism equates wealth with virtue; therefore, the gaining of wealth by any means possible is the acquisition of virtue; and that virtue in turn magically washes clean sins committed in acquiring the wealth that begot the virtue.
It’s a touching “Heads I win tails you lose” canon: Their rewards on Earth ensure their rewards in Heaven. Q. E. D.
Exhaust Thieves 0
There has been a rash of thefts of catalytic converters, most from new cars at dealerships, in these parts.
The most popular target are those out-sized monsters, Toyota Tundras, because it’s easy to get under them:
The security guard heard clanking in the back parking lot. She yelled that she was calling the police, and a man ran away. He left behind 13 catalytic converters under a row of Tundras, according to Josh Hamilton, the dealership manager.
Hamilton speculated that the man may have unbolted the parts with a power drill or a ratchet set. The parts were intact and placed, rather than dropped, on the ground, he said.
My advice would be trade in your Tundra for something that needs only one parking space, like a small Winnebago.