While my parents have ceased their subscription to the local propaganda rag, going on FB today I immediately ran into two local stories of stupid school principals: One of a girls' school who was making three students wear wigs after they had donated their hair to kids with cancer, on the grounds that their new hairstyle (ie. bald) was punk and ( Read more... )

(Well, I've always been able to...)

Psychologist Team Says Yes

What's slightly giggle-worthy is that the studies would suggest that conservatives tend towards greater jumpiness and vulnerability to fear. (And yet some would not hesitate calling liberals the "p%^&ies.") They're also less likely to be bothered by widening inequality in society.

Via Adrian Monck:

"You Don't Understand Our Audience"
What I learned about network television at Dateline NBC.
By John Hockenberry (Techonology Review)

I can't recommend it enough, especially if TV is your main news source. And there are just too many choice quotes.

At the moment Zucker blew in and interrupted, I had been in Corvo's office to ( Read more... )

It wasn't the Sharon Harris Nuclear Plant, thank god, but the air and ground water and everything in and around Apex, Cary and probably the Triangle area is going to be screwed for a while:

BREAKING: Chlorine Gas Cloud Threatens NC Suburb(CHLORINE? CHLORINE? I know Chlorine is bad, but you're kidding me if you think that's the worst thing that's ( Read more... )

Northwest Airlines is the carrier that Jason and I travel on most often. It's not the greatest, but it's not the worst, either. (And for whatever reason, the planes we travel on within Asia are always nicer - even within the same airline - than those Stateside and the ones traveling between Japan and the US. I have no idea why. But the difference ( Read more... )

Can I just say that I absolutely LOVE this poster:


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