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Alright, so I read an article this week about this contractor who retires and sells his business for $500 million. He gives a chunk of that to his employees and offers to give a huge chunk to form 15 little high schools in the inner city of Detroit. The teachers’ union manages to end this by striking and getting the mayor and the governor to retract their support for this generous man’s offer, on the argument that it would hurt the kids left behind in the main schools.

Right. Smaller class size would be worse how? So they argue that the $7,100 (in Detroit) per student that follows the students to these new schools would hurt the students left behind. So wait a second. You’re not tracking these dollars per student? The full $7,100 does not cover an individual student’s education? What are they doing with that money? Hmm, maybe pooling it and then uses it for various purposes, with a small amount dedicated to each child’s education? Sounds about right. This is the problem with unions. Continue Reading »

I like PCs. A lot. I don’t care for Macs, even if they’re supposedly “easier” to work. There aren’t that many differences between Macs and PCs, except for the slowness and the sucking of Macs. Continue Reading »

It’s official. Spammers have officially given up - it no longer matters what they say, so long as you get an email to fill your inbox.

I checked my hotmail account that I only use to receive registration emails and such, so of course it’s filled with spam. I see this subject in an email:

“Stretch Her Penis Slide Apart xqgmnrb”

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Now I ask you… will it really mighty her penis, man?!

My real concern is whether you’re stretching her “penis slide” apart, or whether you can somehow stretch her penis, then slide apart. The latter is more probable, I have to suppose, because of the possibility of Transformer-like female penii. They transform from a penis slide into giant robot penis slides.

Maybe he just got himself too hot about female penis slides to finish his sentence.

What the fuck is the point of iTunes? Do people not realize that they’re just charging you for something you can get for free? It’s such a great new innovation, too! The technology has only been around for, you know, 6 or 7 years.

Does anyone even realize that, if you want to BUY music for some silly reason, they’re charging you the same price as you could get it for elsewhere, for only a digital copy? As much as I love mp3s, it’s still nice to have a CD.

Does no one see that the selection is limited enough that you probably can’t find everything you want? You can get any song ever made via mp3, if you try.

Does not a single person realize that this is Apple selling this shit? The same people who brought you every other product made for look and not function. I’m sure iTunes is great. At least it draws attention away from their fucking G5, which not only is the “fastest personal computer ever” (mmhmm) but it makes you toast and coffee in the morning, all while causing visual orgasms to anyone lucky enough to be within 50 feet.

I hope Apple has a nice day. You know, where they’re not ridiculed. As much as usual.

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WASHINGTON (AP) — Congress is set to ban a specific abortion procedure, a legislative landmark that could lead to a fierce legal fight affecting a woman’s right to end a pregnancy. The ban on what opponents call partial birth abortion is likely to pass by a wide margin when it comes up for a vote scheduled in the Senate on Tuesday. Three weeks ago, the House passed the bill with a 281-142 vote, and Senate action would send it to President Bush, who strongly supports the ban.” Continue Reading »

So there was this big Islamic conference last week in Malayasia. Malayasian Prime Minister Mathahir, while giving a speech at the conference, said the following: “We are actually very strong, 1.3 billion people cannot be simply wiped out. The Europeans killed six million Jews out of 12 million, but today the Jews rule the world by proxy. They get others to fight and die for them.â€?. Um… Zieg Heil there, Mathahir. Continue Reading »

So this kid’s gonna be standing trial soon, this North Carolina college student who allegedly put those boxcutters and notes that were found in those Southwest Airlines planes. Right. So here we go with this.

First of all, no real crime was committed here. All that was found was some box cutters, clay, and weird notes in a bathroom of a Southwest Airlines flight. Unless those notes said, “There is a bomb on this plane”, then there’s no charge to be placed. But apparently its a crime nowadays to get things you’re not supposed to bring on a plane past airport security. As if that’s any kind of effort. These idiots will search the shoes of every eight year old that goes by. Way to go guys, I’m sure the bombs are there. That just brings back my idea of requiring all 20-40 year old males to be searched regardless of race, thus simultaneously avoiding any potential charges of discrimination and eliminating any chance of a bomber getting on board. Back to the point. The government has granted itself the power to do basically anything it wants in the name of “security”, from charging someone for an incident as silly as this to revoking your citizenship and trying you in a military tribunal. It’s getting a little too much like a police state, and a whole lot less America. Plus we have this huge new Department of Homeland Security and the TSA. The TSA is like taking a blind man and then plugging his ears and binding his feet together, then giving him a gun and telling him to go have fun. Nothing good can come of that. I’m really glad I’ll be paying at least 40% of my income in a year or so for these kinds of expenditures. It’ll be nice to feel all safe. Oh wait, no it won’t, because all that’s come from this “safety” focus is a bunch of annoyances and no useful security improvements.

You’re probably wondering why I titled this, “Moron v. Moron”. Because this kid is a moron too. I love how the news agencies and every vigilante things they’re gonna save the world by exposing our shitty security procedures. You know what, buddy? You’re a stupid asshole, and you’re gonna get your ass kicked for being a stupid asshole. And I’m not gonna feel an ounce of pity. Yes, we all know the security is fucked. But we also all know that these people are looking to screw the public over any chance they get. So if they catch you mentioning the word, “terrorist” in an airport, they’ll pull you aside and hand you over to the proctologist while saying, “Have a nice day”. So yeah, you thought you were being all smart by getting your shit past security. You win. Moron.

“Good evening. Leuitenant Govanah Cruz Bustamante has infohmed me that I should not invade the Mexico with the broom. He said something to the effect, “No Blood for Tahcos”. I did not understahnd this since ve alreahdy have plenty of the tacos in the Taco Bell. But then I opahned the window and saw prohtestors cahling for a recall because they do not like the invasion. Then on the news the John Stossel was interviewing the tiny children at the high school and he asked them why they were protesting. They said, ‘Because we don’t think their should be any blood spilled for Tacos. We should wait for the UN to act.’. John Stossel asked them where they believe the Vincente Fox is, and they replied, ‘In Canada, right?’. I was greatly distressed by these evehnts. Then Sharon Stone came in and said, ‘Hollywood is pissed at you for this war. Alec Baldwin says you should be stoned to death, because he is a civil and good man and said it’s more patriotic to kill our own citizens.’ I then beat her many, many times with the broohm of jahstice because she was an agent of the evil. I plan to flee to China where I will board their new spaceship to go to the Mars, where the ahliens have asked me to start the reactah. Once I come back, I will bring oxygen, I mean Jahstice, to the Mexico. Excuse me while I swim to Chinah.”

“Attention puh-nee citizens of Cahlifonia. I have finished meeting with President Bush and I have some fresh ideas for this state. I removed my broom of juhstice from its place about my mahntel this morning and swept Governor Dahvis out of office, because he is tahking too long to leave. I then phroclaimed myself Governoh of this great state. As my first ahct, inspired by my meehting with President Bush, I have assembled the national guard of Cahlifornia on the mexican border for an invasion. I beleive we have a moral impehrative to clean Mexico up, what with all the steahling and the drugs and the monies from the selling of the drugs, and the fact that evehy time I go there foh a Tequilah my damn Hummer gets stohlen. Therefore we will sweep mexico until there is justice. Now, there is this puny man with a puny mustache claiming that I cannot do this, some man named Vincente Fox. I asked him, ‘Why do you add that silly e to the end of your first nahme?’, but he could not reply because of the jahstice of my broom. He was then killed by his own generahls who have divided mexico up in regions accohding to the drugs that are processed there. I have ahmed the national guard with brooms of justice made from the giant redwoods to sweep mexico, and I stand ready to send the troops in. Now all I need to do is end this silly trahnsit strike so I can bus the troops ovah the bohder. I must go beat up some union membahs with my huge ahms and my broom of jahstice. Excuse me. Ah’ll Be Back.”

I abhor Blockbuster. I can’t be any clearer on the subject. I loathe it. It is like kryptonite if I were Superman, or lemon Pledge if I were a stubborn built-up spot on a wooden coffee table.

Why, you ask, why would a nice normal person hate a nice big business that provides so many movies at all hours of the day? Why indeed? Continue Reading »