Actor Heath Ledger found dead in his Manhattan apartment ( Read more... )

hello, media... stop the fucking manipulation!
( i am torqued )

last night there were some articles on internet news sites regarding a computer failure at LAX which delayed passengers on international flights. the computer system is the one which compares airline passenger lists with the terror watchlist. the result is that those people are flagged for secondary screening at customs ( Read more... )

a semi-truck carrying 8000 gallons of fuel crashes and burns in san francisco causing the collapse of the I580/I80/I880 freeway maze ( Read more... )

the question in my mind has been answered with regard to the two hour forty five minute lag. why didn't the police lock down the campus? it was said yesterday they didn't feel it necessary as they thought the shooting in the dorm was the result of a domestic dispute ( Read more... )

hmmm... reading today's headlines ( Read more... )

i was reading an article in the l.a. times with regard to the upcoming release of 300. came across this lovely gem from the cinematographer.

In that regard, Fong said he had yet to read a description that conveyed his sense of the look and tone of the movie. "The other day someone on the Internet said it looks 'antique.' That's pretty good. ( Read more... )

last month i posted an entry with regard to governor schwartzenegger's health plan.

yesterday there was an article in the l.a. times discussing the effect this plan will have on the middle class.one of the things i like about the times is that they include an e-mail address for the journalist of an article. after reading the article i decided ( Read more... )

Hoax -noun
1. something intended to deceive or defraud: The Piltdown man was a scientific hoax.
-verb (used with object)
2. to deceive by a hoax; hoodwink.
[Origin: 1790-1800; perh. contr. of hocus]

-Related forms
hoaxer, noun

-Synonyms 1. deception, fraud, fake, imposture, humbug.
Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1)hmmm... ye know, in boston and ( Read more... )

i am an avid reader of foreign news sources. i find it fascinating to read the perception of the US in other countries. the following tasty morsel comes from the london times.

But the Clinton candidacy is a Grand Deceit, an entirely artificial construct built around a person who, stripped bare of the cynicism, manipulation and calculation, is ( Read more... )