2012 archive
Voyeur Wars 0
Beyond creepy.
He installed secret cameras in what were supposed to be secret places.
This dude put a lot of effort into being a perv.
“When Jupiter Aligns with Mars . . .” 0
At Psychology Today, Michael Kay sees the alignment:
Building anything with a short-term destination in mind is an exercise in nothing less than stupidity.
Football uber Alles 0
There is no truth to the rumor that college administrators value winning teams over inquiring minds.
Stray Though, Caller ID Dept. 0
If you are unwilling to identify yourself, I’m unwilling to answer the phone.
Nothing To Do, Nowhere To Go 0
Slight improvement.
The drop in claims indicates the job market in the mid- Atlantic region, which employs about 14 percent of U.S. workers, may be stabilizing after Sandy put some area residents out of work at the start of the month.
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The four-week moving average of jobless claims, a less- volatile measure, climbed to 405,250 from 397,750.
The number of people continuing to collect jobless benefits dropped by 70,000 to 3.29 million in the week ended Nov. 17. The continuing claims figure does not include the number of workers receiving extended benefits under federal programs.
One Piece at a Time 0
Heh.
Tappen, 35, admitted in federal court Wednesday that he built a plane, on the government’s dime, out of parts he ordered through his job. He pleaded guilty to filing a false claim and faces up to five years in prison when he is sentenced April 1.
Facebook Frolics 0
All seriousness aside, any legal mumbo-jumbo you post on Facebook, or any other site with a “Terms of Service” that you agreed to, means nothing. The TOS pwns you, baby.
Light Bloggery 0
Spent most of the last two days editing another podcast for HPR. I’ll let you all know when it comes out. Bloggery is likely to remain light for a couple of days. Things to do.
Republicans against Disabilities 2
Little Ricky is back in action:
Specifically, Santorum, joined by Sen. Mike Lee (R., Utah), urged the Senate to reject the U.N. Convention on the Rights of Persons With Disabilities – a treaty negotiated during George W. Bush’s administration and ratified by 126 nations, including China, Russia, Iran, Cuba, and Syria.
The former presidential candidate pronounced “grave concerns” about the treaty, which forbids discrimination against people who have AIDS, are blind, use wheelchairs, and the like. “This is a direct assault on us,” he declared.
Follow the link to see his reasoning.
It makes sense only in the warped world of winguttery.
Droning On 0
Robert Greenwald discusses the rain of robotic death from the skies. A quote:
According to the NYU-Stanford study, and others are substantiating this, maybe two per cent of the people we are hitting are “high value” targets.
Facebook Frolics, Wishful Thinking Dept. 0
Details at the link.
As near as I can decipher this story, it means that horny college students talk about sex, even if they aren’t getting any, but, the more they talk about it, the more likely they are to try to get some. (In other news, water wet.)
The researchers suggest that the voyeurs who run Facebook should increase ads about safe sex to said college students, based on their posts.
Cavalcade of Spots 0
Lies, damned lies, and Citizens Benighted:
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A Virginian-Pilot analysis of political ad sales to the four Hampton Roads stations found that the commercials amounted to more than 260 hours of air time. That doesn’t include the barrage of nationally broadcast ads bought directly from networks or cable outlets.
Great Moments in Stupid 2
MarketWatch dot com, an organ of Rupert Murdoch’s Wall Street Journal, has implemented a Fiscal Cliff Countdown Clock (remember the “Fiscal Cliff,” a creation of your gridlocked-by-Republicans Congress as romanticized by your fact-free media?), the better to scare you with, my dear.
No link. Find it yourself.
Triangulating Globalization 0
E. J. Montini connects the dots:
Now, in order for Americans to get the cheap goods they demand on shopping days like Black Friday the ugly, unsafe labor conditions were moved to countries far way and into factories whose laborers we don’t care much about.
According to an Associated Press report from Dhaka, “When the fire alarm went off, workers were told by their bosses to go back to their sewing machines. An exit door was locked. And the fire extinguishers didn’t work and apparently were there just to impress inspectors and customers.”