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In an appearance before Congress in February, when the controversy over Janet Jackson’s Super Bowl moment was at its height, Federal Communications Commission chairman Michael Powell laid some startling statistics on U.S. senators ( Read more... )

Heard on the radio this morning that Scott Peterson's family members are appealing to the jury to save Scott's life because his execution would "devastate the family".

Makes you wonder what Laci's already-devastated family thinks of that.

Fry the bastard, dammit.

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It's lunch-at-the-desk day. What goofiness will I browse today while I stuff my face?

Hey! How about Focus On The Family again?

In this episode they take on reviewing the "popular"¹ dating-advice book He's Just Not That Into You.

Problem number one: one of the authors used to work on Sex And The City, therefore following any advice the book ( Read more... )

Oh, this kinda crap just ticks me off...
Video games that have players shoot rival gang members, watch bare-breasted women and recreate the assassination of President Kennedy were criticized today by a watchdog group that said, at the least, they should be kept away from children ( Read more... )

The computers at work are being flaky today, so I am amusing myself in one of my standard sick'n'twisted ways. This variant: perusing the gag-inducing web sites of Focus on the FamilyI am somewhat amused and troubled by the fact that the self-same group that spends 90% of their effort doing everything they can to convince the populace that ( Read more... )

I must say, it sure looks like this Peterson thing is gonna get rather entertaining (as if it wasn't already).

From SJMN:'Defense attorney Mark Geragos has said he would not only prove Peterson innocent, but would find the ``real killers.'' The defense team has intimated that a satanic cult may have been responsible. Police have disputed such ( Read more... )

Usually on election days, I get the whole voting thing out of the way on the way to work in the morning. Today I didn't, because I forgot about the election until I was halfway to the freeway. Went home to get the ballot stuff and went on to work. Then I skipped lunch, so now it's 1:40, I'm hungry and I need to vote ( Read more... )