I just discovered a really disconcerting "feature" of Gmail and Android phones ( Read more... )

The crappy refrigerator that came with the house lasted about 18 years with no maintenance. My nice (expensive) replacement that was installed in 2004 (I think) died last week, spoiling everything in it, frozen or fresh. I called Sears, and never really got past their hard-sell of a maintenance contract before I hung up. Instead I paid for a ( Read more... )

From the Washington Post:The Associated Press reports that Susan G. Komen for the Cure, the nation’s leading breast-cancer charity, will cut off its funding to Planned Parenthood affiliates, where the foundation has traditionally paid for preventive screening services.
Their explanation is they've adopted "new guidelines" that prevent them from ( Read more... )

Ok, so I haven't been driving much in this area recently. Early this afternoon I had to visit the company office, and turned on my favorite radio station, 105.9 FM "The Edge". Instead of rocking Classic Rock, I got an earful of what sounded a lot like Joseph Goebbels, except in English instead of German, and ranting about "Libs" instead of Jews. ( Read more... )

A right-wing anti-abortion group calling itself the "Susan B. Anthony List" has purchased $90,000 worth of airtime to run ads that make out Planned Parenthood to be an organization primarily focused on abortions and providing few other services. Even WTOP, a somewhat right-leaning radio station, clearly understands the nature of this ad, as they ( Read more... )

Is anyone else getting spammed by Arena Stage?

I'm getting spam from Arena Stage on multiple email address, and to mailing lists that I manage. Clearly they've purchased a list of email addresses are are merrily spamming everyone on it. This has been going on for months now.

I wandered over the the Washington Post website to see what comments people were posting re the situation in Egypt. As usual, the right-wingers are flooding the comments pages, only this time it seems like someone forgot to give them their talking points ( Read more... )

Fresh Caught Canadians:

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For the amusement of certain astronomer-types and like-minded folk, I bring you this revelationary website:

Galileo Was Wrong

And don't miss the First Annual Catholic Conference on Geocentrism starting November 6th, 2010!

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It's hard to read, but the caption says, "What makes you so sure the Anti-Christ is a HIM?"
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