Archives for: October 2010

10/31/10

10/29/10

It's a pornography store. I was buying pornography!

"Fate of porn domain left in government hands." I'm wondering how much of this would help filtering. Obviously any work proxy and many foreign governments will block anything in an .xxx domain, but pornographers know that, and I don't see them moving… more »
1 comment »Permalink 11:38:55 pm by Ragamuffin, Categories: Technology

10/28/10

I blow up the spot

"Letter: BP, Halliburton knew of flaws in cement in Gulf oil spill well." Let see how the free market works: 11 people dead, billions in damage both to the Gulf and the people living around it, and they get is a measly 8% drop in their stock price? more »
1 comment »Permalink 10:44:42 pm by Ragamuffin, Categories: News

10/27/10

Don't be up in the MySpace figuring out

"Myspace concedes to Facebook, changes focus." For a last gasp, this is a decent attempt. I give it a more than fair chance of working. I'd have actually used the site if it didn't specialize in garish ass site designs. more »
Leave a comment »Permalink 04:39:40 pm by Ragamuffin, Categories: News

10/26/10

Daily WTF

"The State of Jay-Z's Empire" . . . in the Wall Street Journal. more »
Leave a comment »Permalink 10:29:56 pm by Ragamuffin, Categories: Misc

10/25/10

Everyday People

Charles Murray, author of the white supremacist book The Bell Curve, writes "The tea party warns of a New Elite. They're right" for the Washington Post A better title could be "Major National Newspaper Allows White Supremacist to babble along Tea-Par… more »
Leave a comment »Permalink 08:36:59 am by Ragamuffin, Categories: News

10/24/10

Windows

"Microsoft: Windows 8 Is 2 Years Away." They did a MythBusters years ago where they just put a printout of a picture of someone's face to bypass a facial recognition system in front of their face, and the system let them log in. I'm going to bet doll… more »
Leave a comment »Permalink 09:09:46 pm by Ragamuffin, Categories: Technology

10/23/10

This only scheming hidden as state secret

"Wikileaks outs 400,000 classified Iraq War docs." more »
1 comment »Permalink 08:55:04 pm by Ragamuffin, Categories: News

10/22/10

Freedom of speech, just watch what you say.

Tim Wise and Glenn Greenwald have both come to the defense of Juan Williams. Greenwald has a point, but I'm finding Wise's opinion more persuasive. more »
4 comments »Permalink 04:37:26 pm by Ragamuffin, Categories: News

10/21/10

Quote of the Day

I mean, look, Bill, I'm not a bigot. You know the kind of books I've written about the civil rights movement in this country. But when I get on the plane, I got to tell you, if I see people who are in Muslim garb and I think, you know, they are identify… more »
1 comment »Permalink 09:05:49 am by Ragamuffin, Categories: News, Video

10/20/10

Work is scarce, competition is fierce

John Stossel responds to critiques of his views on unions in "Public-Sector Unions Choke Taxpayers": Jakob wrote: "Are you really this stupid? Do you really want to lower American workers' standards to that of Honduras and China, where democrat… more »
3 comments »Permalink 02:02:14 pm by Ragamuffin, Categories: News

Daily WTF

"NewsBusters is the leader in documenting, exposing and neutralizing liberal media bias." more »
Leave a comment »Permalink 01:44:50 pm by Ragamuffin, Categories: Media Bias

Awesome

"President Obama to appear on Discovery's 'MythBusters'." This could only be better if it was on "birther-ism." more »
Leave a comment »Permalink 12:55:20 pm by Ragamuffin, Categories: News, Entertainment

10/19/10

PBS

"Taking the Public Out of Public TV: PBS fare differs little from commercial TV." more »
Leave a comment »Permalink 06:21:54 pm by Ragamuffin, Categories: News

10/18/10

Carly

I like this ad: [video:youtube:A2lDIHyqo7Q] Here's to hoping that more Democrats start playing rougher. more »
1 comment »Permalink 07:49:46 am by Ragamuffin, Categories: Politics, Video

10/17/10

Quote of the Day

In many cases, a better alternative to layoffs is to cut everyone's hours and pay and spread the pain more widely. That's a popular approach in Germany, where the export sector is booming and the unemployment rate is now comfortably well below ours. Cal… more »
1 comment »Permalink 05:04:54 pm by Ragamuffin, Categories: News

10/16/10

The Villain in Black

"Anti-Obama billboard in Colorado taken down." It's attacks like this that illustrate that it's not anything that's Obama has done that has riled up the right, but rather what he is. more »
2 comments »Permalink 09:16:05 pm by Ragamuffin, Categories: Politics

Vs.

"The DUI Exception to the Constitution": In the beginning there was a law. That law said thou shalt not drive under the influence of alcohol. Period. It was a good law. We need it. It addressed the problem. It was fair. Unfortunately, there were so… more »
1 comment »Permalink 08:05:45 pm by Ragamuffin, Categories: News

10/15/10

And give me the eyes that I may recognize the serpent

Townhall.com presents "Eight Straight Suicides" by Mike Adams: Officials on college campuses across the nation are alarmed at a wave of recent suicides involving Christians who have been harassed by homosexual activists. The main stream media isn’t… more »
10 comments »Permalink 08:25:25 am by Ragamuffin, Categories: News

10/14/10

You must learn

Larry Elder says that "Republicans Need To Man Up and Ask Black Voters, 'Are You Better Off?'": The monolithic pro-Democratic black vote is a clear and present danger to America. As recently as 1956, the GOP captured 39 percent of the black vot… more »
1 comment »Permalink 02:11:37 pm by Ragamuffin, Categories: Politics

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