This happens to me far to often:
“Hey, Newsbunny! Want to come out tonight?”
“I can’t. I have to work early.”
“Oh, C’mon. How early could you possibly have to work?”
“Four AM.” Continue reading
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This one goes out to Michele Bachmann, the craziest, most lyingest right wing freak show running for President today. Continue reading
The Seattle Post-Intelligencer is probably the weirdest name for a newspaper I’ve ever heard but It sounds weirdly relevant to today’s world, which often seems “post-intelligent.” Take Rebekah Brooks, for example, the News International CEO who did some pretty stupid things and resigned today over her involvement of the ever worsening News of the World telephonic ethics scandal. More headlines inside!
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
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
What’s up, you guys? Are you loving summer or what? It’s awesome isn’t it? No season beats Summer, except for maybe Autumn or Spring. And Winter has it’s certain charms too, I suppose. Anyway, Summer is great though. My face and chest are taking on that mid-July toasty reddish-tan quality and on Monday I went to Canada’s Wonderland, a theme park here in Southern Ontario and I rode a bunch of roller coasters and I fucking love roller coasters. Enough about me though, let’s turn to the roller coaster that is life and see what the headlines are saying. These are fresh of the rack this morning so dig in! Continue reading
Alright you guys, who’s drunk as hell right now? I am but hopefully you’re not because if you’re reading this it’s the morning time and you’re on your way to work or whatever it is you do on Wednesdays or maybe it’s like quarter to one in the afternoon and you’re just getting up and the only thing you have to do while waiting for the coffee to brew is check out Crasstalk. Either way it’s probably not four in the morning and you’re probably not just getting home from the bar/work. So here’s some things you might not know because you don’t check the news at four in the morning. Continue reading
You would think this is pretty much a no-brainer…well, you would be wrong. Michele Bachmann seems to think that the institution of slavery is just where she should rest her presidency-seeking laurels…endorsing it, creating make believe people who fought to end it, you know, just all around bastardizing American History and offending a large part of the nation with racist statements and all around stupidity. Yes, indeed, this is the way to win votes in this country. Let’s discuss the tenets of slavery…erroneously! Continue reading
Netflix has just announced that they are splitting up subscriptions for DVD and streaming video. You may still have both, but you’ll pay more. After September 1 the monthly fees will be $7.99 for the one DVD plan and $11.99 for two. Adding a subscription for unlimited streaming will be an additional $7.99 a month, the stand-alone price for a streaming-only plan.
They’re selling this as Great News for DVD-only customers, saving them the $2.00 more than they are currently charging for streaming as well as mailed DVDs, but it’s poorly disguised spin. Just tell us it’s not profitable to give us both for one lower price; that you didn’t anticipate the demand. We’re grown, we can handle it.