September, 2012 archive
The Voter Fraud Fraud, Millenium Bug Dept. 0
The lady has voted since 1932.
She does not drive, so she does not have a license (and getting a license in Pennsylvania is a convoluted process–I know; I used to live there).
She did not have a passport because she never expected to travel internationally (and, if she had had one once, it likely would have expired by now).
She could not get an ID because whoever programmed the damned computer didn’t believe she could be.
The Republican gut out the vote effort proceeds apace, encountering only small bumps in the road as it moves to disenfranchise voters Republicans don’t like.
Droning On, Out of Sight, Out of Mind 0
The geniuses at Apple are keeping its iJunk safe from news about robotic death raining from the sky:
(snip)
Begley said that Drones+ was rejected twice by Apple on technical grounds since he first submitted it to the Cupertino, California-based maker of iPhones, iPads, iPods and Macintosh computers in July.
A third rejection came this week, according to Begley, with Apple informing him that Drones+ would not be allowed in the App Store because many people were likely to find the content objectionable.
iJunk apps don’t download themselves and force users to run them.
Apparently, in Apple world, robotic death raining from the sky is quite acceptable, thank you, so long as no one learns of it on iJunk.
Rules of the Row, Citizens Benighted Dept. 0
Robyn Blumner considers the state of political discourse and suggests some new norms. Here’s one.
The rest pretty much flow from that one.
Like, Wow 2
Facebook is cracking down on fraudulent “Likes.”
“It’s their currency,” said Jeremiah Owyang, a partner at research firm Altimeter Group. “Facebook is playing the Federal Reserve, to take the counterfeit currency off the market to ensure that there’s quality in the marketplace.”
I wonder how many regular users actually pay attention to who likes this corporation of that bit of over-priced lickspittle merchandise.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
Look politely:
The argument started with the two exchanging dirty looks, police said.
The shooter pulled out a pistol, the teen’s brother dropped the laundry detergent and his mom froze up, police said. The 17-year-old tried to run but was struck in the side of his back.
Sucklers at the Government Teat, Local Babbitt Dept. (Updated) 0
I must congratulate the local rag for uncovering Virginia Beach’s surreptitious effort to lobby the public, that is, the taxpayers of Virginia Beach, on behalf of building a sports palace for the rumored maybe sometime mystical build-it-and-they-will-come professional sports team.
Here’s the lead; sordid details at the link.
“New Arena Means New Jobs, New Revenue and New Era for Virginia Beach,” said the headline Friday on BringItVA.com.
The related Bring It VA Facebook page includes testimonials about the economic impact of the arena – “Who can’t be in favor of a project like this?” one said – interspersed with “Did you know?” claims such as “The arena will create over 1,200 full-time jobs.” And @BringItVA carries the message on Twitter.
There’s a reason that developers are unwilling to build sports palaces on their own hook.
They know it’s a money-losing proposition.
I could go on, but I won’t. Just read the article.
Addendum, Later That Same Morning:
A columnist at the local rag has a novel analysis of the prospects for the sports palace.
Sucklers at the Government Teat 0
Daniel Ruth looks behind the curtain at the backstories of those “small-guvmint” Republicans who “graced” the stage in Tampa.
If it wasn’t for government, they might actually have to go out and get real jobs.
They just want the whole teat for themselves and their sponsors.
Read the rest.
Have Cake, Eat It Too 0
IOKIYAR. Contradict Me explains.