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10 Classic TV Shows You Still Can't Watch Online - (Snurched from Steve Buchheit.)
Has Big Data Made Anonymity Impossible? - As digital data expands, anonymity may become a mathematical impossibility.
US returns stolen Tyrannosaurus dinosaur to Mongolia
In Poland, Pursuing Valuable Energy Deep in the Earth Fuels Dissent Above Ground - Fracking oil.
Why did Komen for the Cure give Nancy Brinker a 64 percent raise? - Now that the Komen foundation has become a shill for right wing politics and policies, as opposed to a non-partisan charity devoted to cancer research, I think all of our cancer donations should go almost anywhere else. And believe me, nothing about this story convinces me otherwise. I've certainly stopped supporting any Races for the Cure.
Brady resigns as Illinois GOP chairman amid gay marriage controversy - The 'controversy' being that Brady showed insufficient bigotry to retain his qualifications as a good conservative. The GOP keeps pretending to clean up its brand, but the true face of conservative America keeps showing through.
5 Lowlights From The NRA Convention - Because the gun culture is all about high-minded principle, reasoned discourse and keeping it classy. Remember, according to the NRA you are safer with guns, even if you happen to be one of the 30,000 who die unnecessarily every year. (Thanks to danjite.)
Blade Runner, Terminator, Minority Report and the deliberate sabotage of the Postal Service - So if your whole political shtick is based on being anti-government, then the Postal Service is a threat you’ve got to get rid of. That’s why, back in 2006, Republicans in Congress passed something called the “Postal Accountability and Enhancement Act,” requiring the agency to “pre-fund its future health care benefit payments to retirees for the next 75 years in an astonishing ten-year time span.” If you haven't heard of this, pay attention. It's all the GOP's intellectual dishonesty and ongoing vandalism of government rolled into one neat package.
QotD?: What scares you?
5/7/2013
Writing time yesterday: 1.0 hour (WRPA)
Hours slept: 7.75 hours (solid)
Body movement: 0.5 hours (stationary bike)
Weight: 248.2
Number of FEMA troops on my block digging for fossils in the yards of God-fearing Republicans: 0
Currently reading: The Thief of Time by Terry Pratchett
Has Big Data Made Anonymity Impossible? - As digital data expands, anonymity may become a mathematical impossibility.
US returns stolen Tyrannosaurus dinosaur to Mongolia
In Poland, Pursuing Valuable Energy Deep in the Earth Fuels Dissent Above Ground - Fracking oil.
Why did Komen for the Cure give Nancy Brinker a 64 percent raise? - Now that the Komen foundation has become a shill for right wing politics and policies, as opposed to a non-partisan charity devoted to cancer research, I think all of our cancer donations should go almost anywhere else. And believe me, nothing about this story convinces me otherwise. I've certainly stopped supporting any Races for the Cure.
Brady resigns as Illinois GOP chairman amid gay marriage controversy - The 'controversy' being that Brady showed insufficient bigotry to retain his qualifications as a good conservative. The GOP keeps pretending to clean up its brand, but the true face of conservative America keeps showing through.
5 Lowlights From The NRA Convention - Because the gun culture is all about high-minded principle, reasoned discourse and keeping it classy. Remember, according to the NRA you are safer with guns, even if you happen to be one of the 30,000 who die unnecessarily every year. (Thanks to danjite.)
Blade Runner, Terminator, Minority Report and the deliberate sabotage of the Postal Service - So if your whole political shtick is based on being anti-government, then the Postal Service is a threat you’ve got to get rid of. That’s why, back in 2006, Republicans in Congress passed something called the “Postal Accountability and Enhancement Act,” requiring the agency to “pre-fund its future health care benefit payments to retirees for the next 75 years in an astonishing ten-year time span.” If you haven't heard of this, pay attention. It's all the GOP's intellectual dishonesty and ongoing vandalism of government rolled into one neat package.
QotD?: What scares you?
5/7/2013
Writing time yesterday: 1.0 hour (WRPA)
Hours slept: 7.75 hours (solid)
Body movement: 0.5 hours (stationary bike)
Weight: 248.2
Number of FEMA troops on my block digging for fossils in the yards of God-fearing Republicans: 0
Currently reading: The Thief of Time by Terry Pratchett