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Daily Archives: July 14, 2011
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Certainly, I’ve been more bored in my life. Usually, as a journalist, I’m being paid to be bored to death. This time, at this conference on how health care industries can use social media to enhance their public relations and marketing, I had paid almost two hundred bucks to observe massive piles of old news.
There was, of course, the gigantic movie-style screen on the center of the stage of the auditorium of the midtown facility, showing endless PowerPoint slides. Continue reading
Forget everything that happened last night on that dance-a-two-step episode of SYTYCD. It was all just filler…no what we really care about is finally after a million seasons and more dancer sweat to fill all Gaterade Shill Bottles everywhere…our beloved Cat Deeley can finally say, “I’m Emmy nominated!” It’s about damn time.
Okay, now on with the show.
I believe in limited government, more power to the states and more responsibility to the individual. I’m not a heartless conservative who believes that all federal social programs are ridiculous and unnecessary. We need that safety net, but I may argue that it is woefully inefficient and could use some tightening up.
I read a December 2009 USA article that really illustrates, to me, that our federal government is growing too large. It makes me concerned that our federal government is bloated and full of waste. Continue reading
Riverside County Supervisor Jeff Stone proposes that California be split in two. The new state, which he wants to call “South California,” will comprise of the counties of Orange, San Diego, Fresno, Imperial, Inyo, Kern, Kings, Madera, Mariposa, Mono, Riverside, San Bernardino and Tulare. I live in Kern, so needless to say, I’m pretty interested in how this goes.
Stone has said, “Our taxes are too high, our schools don’t educate our children well enough, unions and other special interests have more clout in the Legislature than the general public.” OBVIOUSLY the only sane solution is to form your own state that consists of counties where nobody wants to live. Because the only thing keeping California down is the massive amounts of tax dollars coming in from Los Angeles and the Bay Area. The Riverside County board of Supervisors voted 4-0 to see where this goes, but with the proviso that no public funds be spent on it. I really hope this is their way of giving this guy a Kong to keep him entertained. Continue reading
Brooklyn film maker Matt Finlin has made this sweet documentary short about Brooklyn’s annual Giglio Feast. It’s a wonderful slice of New York in the summertime. Enjoy. Continue reading
Since the super duper star of television somehow managed to forget to submit his name for contention, we all wondered if the Emmys would cease to exist. Nah. That’ll never happen. We pretty much know what we like on television and what we don’t. One Sheen don’t stop no show. But it’s rare that the nominations ever pull anything really crazy out of their hat anymore…like I dunno, an Emmy nod for The Cape or something insane like that. Oh, ho! The Cape. NBC, you guys are just Gods Among Programming. I tell you, it’s like your first year on the television box. Anyway, I digress…back to the Emmys…it’s mostly what you expect, but perhaps there are a couple WTF’s going around.
Let’s take a look at this morning’s nods.
Today for the QOTD we are going to get a bit metaphysical. Let’s engage in a little spiritual speculation. Continue reading
By popular demand, I’m writing another article on the Debt Ceiling Crisis currently facing the United States as we head into the last few critical weeks before default. Please note the change in title from “Hostage Situation” to “Hostage Crisis”. My next entry, depending on the outcome of current negotiations, be “Tango Down: US Debt Ceiling Crisis Averted” or “Grab Your Ankles: US Defaults on National Debt”.
For those that didn’t read my previous article, here’s a quick summary of the situation. Continue reading
Didja miss me?
I’ve finally made it to the Great White North, only to discover it really is a helluva long way up there and the interwebs are only marginally faster than carrier pigeons, so I thought I’d just yell at you instead for today if that’s all right.
And even if it’s not.
So click onward and behold all the gossip you’ve been missing because you only read the Post and the HuffPost and the Daily Beast and you completely didn’t hear that bit about Linnocent getting shot.