By John Cole of The Scranton Times-Tribune
I love that many television news people keep telling us “but this is what audiences want to see!” Somehow, I doubt that.
2 days ago
July 2, 2009
June 22, 2009
“ I believe that, when my daughters grow up, barriers to marriage equality for same-sex couples will seem as archaic, and as unfair, as the laws we once had against inter-racial marriage. And I want them to know that, even if he was a little late, their dad came down on the right side of history.
Senator Christopher Dodd, adopting a fully inclusive position on marriage.
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Whoa. that’s surprising from Dodd.
1 week ago
June 21, 2009
1 week agomy life included. naw, it’s not that bad. well kinda.Somebody’s gotta pay for all this nature.
Pave the Rainforest.
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At first glance, thought this was some place in England, then saw the Empire State Building. Oh. Em. Gee. Well done New York, well done.
1 week ago
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It’s like the futuristic, ideal, NYC…but now! Sometimes, I really miss NYC.
1 week ago
June 16, 2009
“ The Obama administration is fighting to block access to names of visitors to the White House, taking up the Bush administration argument that a president doesn’t have to reveal who comes calling to influence policy decisions. Despite President Barack Obama’s pledge to introduce a new era of transparency to Washington, and despite two rulings by a federal judge that the records are public, the Secret Service has denied msnbc.com’s request for the names of all White House visitors from Jan. 20 to the present.
Obama blocks access to White House visitor list - White House- msnbc.com
The more things change …
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Jeeeezusss. making all of us who voted for him feel a little foolish.
2 weeks ago
June 15, 2009
Why do hotels buy beautiful HDTVs and drive them with stretched SD pictures and mono sound?
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good question.
Because you can’t split an HD signal 250 ways cheaply. For most big == HD anyway.
and since most people are in a hotel room for a very short amount of time, they’re not really going to care all that much about an HD vs. SD picture.
2 weeks ago
June 11, 2009
Funemployment
While millions of Americans struggle to find work as they face foreclosures and bankruptcy, others have found a silver lining in the economic meltdown. These happily jobless tend to be single and in their 20s and 30s. Some were laid off. Some quit voluntarily, lured by generous buyouts.
Buoyed by severance, savings, unemployment checks or their parents, the funemployed do not spend their days poring over job listings. They travel on the cheap for weeks. They head back to school or volunteer at the neighborhood soup kitchen. And at least till the bank account dries up, they’re content living for today.
“Week one: ‘I thought, ‘OK … I need to send out resumes, send some e-mails, need to do networking.’
Week two: ‘A little less.’
Every week since: ‘I’m going to go to the beach to enjoy some margaritas.’”
via LATimes
except for people like me who don’t get unemployment, severance, or mom & dad paying all my bills (though they’ve been nice enough to help a bit). So yeah, i’m out there every day, looking for a job. This sucks.
3 weeks ago
