November 2008
1 post
October 2008
7 posts
“Reagan had an immense faith in the power of ideas. But there has been a counter,...”
– Even wingnut David Brooks gets it, so it’s probably true. However, if this Republican version of Walter Mondale does indeed run in 2012, it will be fun watching her go down in a sea of blue states.
Palin’s future causes Republican rift - CNN.com
Disinformation
It’s interesting to see so many people filled with disinformation in regards the economy and how one presidential candidate will influence it over another. The other day I heard someone declare that if you want this recession to turn into a depression, raise taxes (i.e vote for Obama), whereas if you want to presumably “save” our economy, lower taxes (i.e. vote for McCain).
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An Err in Declaring the Death of Eras
I’ve been reading a lot of essays lately declaring the end of the Reagan Era. An end that is, of course, by virtue of Obama’s assumed ascendency to the White House. Even if McCains somehow pulls off a win, a feat which neither he nor that dimwit from Alaska deserve at this point, so say the pundits the Gipper’s time has passed. It’s as though some egg timer somewhere has...
“There’s no need to obsess over every movement of the Dow. Instead, check...”
– http://finance.yahoo.com/retirement/article/106000/10-Steps-to-Retire-a-Millionaire
In the future...
Money as we know it will not exist, but will be replaced with a currency based in energy units. I know this sounds farfetched and ridiculous, but when you stop to think about it, it would be the next logical step in human economic evolution. Eventually, we will come to depend on electricity so much and paper money and even computer money will have become so mistrusted due to devaluation and...
“The bill has grown considerably since it was first proposed by the...”
– Bailout Bill Passes; Now For The Hard Part - Forbes.com
September 2008
12 posts
Movie Titles that Sound Like Porn Titles but...
-Horatio Hornblower
-Holes
-Dick
-The Black Stallion
-What’s Eating Gilbert Grape?
-The Shape of Things to Come
“Yogi’s teacher: You don’t know anything, do you Berra? *
Yogi: I...”
– Yogi Berra - Wikiquote
“The only thing we learn from history, I am afraid, is that we do not learn from...”
– Ron Paul: My Answer to the President | Ron Paul .com
“Chinese researchers claim they’ve confirmed the theory behind an...”
– Chinese Say They’re Building ‘Impossible’ Space Drive | Danger Room from Wired.com
Vote John McClane '08 - T-Shirts, Buttons &... →
If he picks MacGyver as VP, he’s got my vote.
Commentary: Bailouts will lead to rough economic... →
This is a good piece by Ron Paul, but it does not address the real underlying issue.
Whenever I hear conservatives go on and on about the power of the “free market” I wonder if they really understand the phrase they are using. Whether the market is regulated or deregulated, how can the “free” market truly be free when a handful of bankers control the currency and wealth of...
“The result is this campaign to “otherize” Mr. Obama. Nobody needs to point out...”
– Op-Ed Columnist - The Push to ‘Otherize’ Obama - Op-Ed - NYTimes.com
This is closely entwined with something I wrote a Daily Kos editor a week or so ago concerning McCain’s “Country First” campaign slogan. It’s very subtle, and no doubt an accusation as the one I am making...
“We have our winning meme, and now we have the help we need to get it...”
– Daily Kos: State of the Nation
John McCain is a Liar
“Palin also said she had some “insight” into Russia because “they are our...”
– Palin: U.S. could have to defend Georgia - John McCain News- msnbc.com
CNN Political Ticker: All politics, all the time... →
This has more to do with McCain’s rise in the polls than it does about anything 9/11-related. Bill probably hates Barack, but he can’t stomach the idea of Sarah Palin becoming the first female VP or possible Prez if old-as-shit McCain kicks the bucket in office. Not when he’s invested all his time into Hillary. At this point, he’s gonna have to step in and tell Barack how...
RealClearPolitics - Election 2008 - General... →
So much for McCain’s Palin pick bounce that was meant to steal the spotlight from Obama. An abridged and disorderly GOP Convention probably won’t help much, and I suspect the internal numbers for McCain are far worse than the ones here show.
“Even the worst picture is someone’s favorite film, and that someone is the...”
– ‘In a world’ voiceover master dies at 68 - CNN.com
August 2008
6 posts
Why You Should Never Feel Jealous
These days it’s easy to covet thy neighbors goods. There’s so many cool things to buy. There’s iPods and Hondas and shiny new computers. Everywhere you go someone has something to sell, and all for a low, low price with low, low monthly payments.
But it’s all excess, and usually the people who have all the nice things only have them because the bank allowed them to....
The Pointlessness of the Olympics
Over the past few months I’ve enjoyed the unscheduled absence of television from my life. It’s actually difficult to imagine returning to a medium in which I have no control over anything I see whatsoever. I can’t sit down to watch the news knowing it is Lou Dobbs, or Bill O’reilly or even Jon Stewart who is in charge of what is put in front of my eyes. If I’m not...
Women Interested in Surgery →
I love when I stumble across a site with a really specific name. I wonder if this domain was purchased with the search engines in mind.
“This is way easier than asking them to buy you a gift certificate, and is more...”
– [Written in my DH admin panel in the “Donations” category.]
Honestly Dreamhost, could you be more insulting? DH is a decent host, albeit spoiled by the childish tone throughout the website. The above sentence is only one example of many.
July 2008
29 posts
Time now...
To relaunch Max-Bro.net. I’m tired of sitting on all this potential and being afraid.
The Dark Knight: Best Picture of 2008
The Dark Knight is an exceptionally rare film in a multitude of categories. It is rare because it’s a hyped film that actually lived up to the hype. Rare because it’s broken so many records so quickly. Rare because it represents the last work by a great actor. And rare because it represents not only a milestone in the comic bok genre, but the action/adventure one as well.
It’s a...
Cuill - Welcome To Cuill →
The new Google?
Daily Box Office for Friday, July 25, 2008 →
So good to know a quality film like the Dark Knight kept another shitty Will Ferrel movie out of first place. My heart warmed when I saw this chart.
Moon walker Dr. Ed Mitchell claims alien cover-up... →
Don’t know what to make of this. I suspect this aging astronaut is just trying to grab a bit of fame before he becomes too senile to appreciate the attention.
However, if aliens are indeed in contact with earth governments, then how has that gone unnoticed for 60 years? It’s just too perfect, too neat, that governments the world over have somehow been able to coordinate such an...
You Might Be A Gen-Yer If...
You can’t possibly imagine how it’s possible that a phone number does NOT connect to a cell phone or at the least a digital voice mesage system.
[And you can hardly remember those tape answering machines]
Marketer's Jive
Sometimes, it’s all in how you put it…
Beer :: Libido-enhancing social-encouraging fluid
Living in the ghetto :: Urban diversification dwelling
Porn :: Female empowerment graphic displays
Secretary :: Administrative Executive Assistant
Intern :: Workforce Flow Executive Enforcer
Poor :: Income-generating Tax-paying Superhero
A Gamer's Confession
Guy: Forgive me Father, for I have sinned.
Father: What have you done?
Guy: Eleven years ago I told my 5th grade classmates I beat Tiger Helli with one life. But secretly, I used Game Genie, and used the Infinity Lives option.
Father: This is sad to hear.
Guy: There is more, Father. Seven years ago I proclaimed a secret passageway in Mario Bros. that had never been found to impress Vicki in...
Why do the poor stay poor? Reason #27
Because, like a wayward billiard ball crashing across the green, knocking against other balls at random, the poor make virtually every decision in a fog of desperation. Knowing that one wrong move means a missed mortgage payment, or less food for the week, or at the least the emotional disembowlement feeling that comes with money lost needlessly, they react towards every decision, every...
Bill Hicks Interviews | Interview Listings (beta) →
It’s comedy* week on Interview Listings. First up is Bill Hicks, who never struck me as “prophetic” or “profound” like many people claim, as much as just a cantankerous guy.
*This means absolutely no Carlos Mencia.
Working Class Heroes, Anti-Intellectualism, and...
It’s interesting, although probably not accidental that two movies featuring unlikely anti-heroes who enjoy boozing and life’s pleasures premiered back-to-back this summer. I’m talking, of course, about Hancock and Hellboy II: The Golden Army.
While Hancock porportedly markets itself as a comedy in the vein of “Greatest American Hero,” according to several reviews it...
Deep Questions #47 Or: How to Win the Drug War
Why is the nickname for cocaine “blow?” You don’t blow it. You don’t do anything with that involves blowing or exhaling air in any way. Wouldn’t it be more proper to just call it “snort?” Hey man, I just scored some great snort from out by the railroad tracks. Ah man, who knew doing snort in the bathroom stalls could be so much fun?!
I think...
If Batman Carried a Gun...
Lt. James Gordon stands beside the bat signal light atop the roof of police headquarters on a dark, cloudy night.
Gordon: Ready for another dangerous night, Batman? I hear the Joker’s plotting to rob Gotham’s First National Bank.
Batman: Eh, no that’s just a rumor. I actually shot the Joker three nights ago.
Gordon: I also hear Two-Face is—wait, what?
Batman: Shot him....
Friend Somehow Bad At Hanging Out | The Onion -... →
They could have written this about me. But so often people think I come across in a certain way even though that’s not really who I am, and all because I display my emotions poorly. That of course leads to certain expectations which I am immediatly burdened with and unable or unwilling to fulfill. Which then leads to disappointment on the part of the party who misjudged me. Which ultimately...
Dalai Llama Interviews | Interview Listings (beta) →
Started out looking for Pope John Paul II interviews but couldn’t find any, so had to jump shiop and dig up Dalai llama ones instead. One thing I would like to know though is how the Tibetans determine that the spirit of the former Dalai Llama has settled in a particular infant. Do they use the same instrument the Ghostbusters used to track ghosts? Or maybe it’s like a huge lottery and...
Billy Graham Interviews | Interview Listings... →
Had to crawl through dozens of Google pages for quality interviews with a preacher who through his lifetime rarely granted interviews. Turns out there are two other famous Billy Grahams. Graham the 1970s wrestler who looks like Hulk Hogan’s forerunner, and Graham the boxer.
Joel Osteen Interviews | Interview Listings (beta) →
I was surprised by the number of anti-Osteen blog posts, videos and comments of people mixed in with the data I found on the Lakewood preacher. For someone who basically just preaches a positive message with lukewarm theology mixed in, he sure gets a lot of heat. Then again, most people, when not infatuated with one religious figure or set of beliefs, tend to have pretty good bullshit detectors.
Christopher Hitchens Interviews | Interview... →
Like most of the interviews I’ve listed thus far, the best ones are with Jon Stewart. But in collecting links for Hitchens, I discovered a few interviews that were done in the mid and late 90s. It’s getting harder and harder to find anything done before 2001 when looking for interviews or really any kind of info on anyone on the web.
90s vs. 00s Trivia
In the event of an international catastrophe, who is better equipped to save the world: the Mighty Morphin Powers Rangers, or the Powerpuff Girls?
Is it better to be a Spawn of hell or to be a Hellboy?
Is Bill Clinton better at getting blowjobs than Bush is at starting wars, or vice versa?
Is it better to live in Ebaumsworld, or to have a good sense of CollegeHumor?
Who is more obnoxious? Bob...
What it's Like to Die
During a quick nap I had a powerful dream that made me feel what it’s possibly like the very moment you die.
In the dream I was standing alone outside at night. I turned and saw a concrete staircase that reminded me of a staircase just outside a condo where I used to live. A sudden, overwhelming feeling of loneliness washed over me as I looked down the staircase. Then a small gust of wind...
Richard Dawkins Interviews | Interview Listings... →
It’s religion week on Interview Listings, and first up is popular science writer and vocal atheist Richard Dawkins. Check out the multi-part interview with him on The Agenda with Steve Paikin, who is by far a better interviewer than almost any prime time American broadcaster.
Will Smith Interviews | Interview Listings (beta) →
Here’s an example of an actor who also happens to be a very interesting human being. Some people have drive, some people work hard. But very few people are propelled forward by a seemingly mystical energy source. Will Smith is one of those people. Number one albums, number one movies, it’s simply astounding what one person can accomplish with an insane amount of drive and passion. Not...
“I’ve spent a good deal of time in the past 12 months raising money for docstoc....”
– Here’s a few things I’ve learned myself since reanimating Interview Listings:
-Getting traffic is easy. Striking the right balance between what you’re paying out for traffic and what you’re taking though advertising is tricky.
-Sometimes you have to make do with an inferior...