Andymatic

Month: July 2005

  • Entertainment Industry Fears DVD Fatigue

    And fatigue usually means We’ve sold so much mediocre shit that consumers are starting to figure it out… Consumer purchases of DVDs were slowing down caused Wall Street analysts to cut their earnings forecasts for stocks offered by the corporations that own the major movie studios. I refuse to hold any pity for Hollywood.

  • Last Minute 1.5 Billion Oil Giveaway In Energy Legislation

    Henry Waxman sez: This provision is a $1.5 billion giveaway to the oil industry, Halliburton, and Sugar Land, Texas. The provision was inserted into the energy legislation after the conference was closed, so members of the conference committee had no opportunity to consider or reject this measure. Of course there’s a Tom Delay connection. Asshole.

  • Whew!

    I am the teleclass superstar today! I started the blogging course today (2 runs – one at 1pm and one at 8pm Eastern) plus the podcasting course at 9:30pm Eastern. Plus I was a participant in Michael’s Book Yourself Solid program. The only drawback is I have to turn off my AC during calls so […]

  • Judge in Ressam Case: Our System Worked

    We did not need to use a secret military tribunal, or detain the defendant indefinitely as an enemy combatant, or deny him the right to counsel, or invoke any proceedings beyond those guaranteed by or contrary to the United States Constitution. I would suggest that the message to the world from today’s sentencing is that […]

  • Critical Column Causes Wal-Mart to Drop Newspaper

    A reporter for the Pensalcola News Journal was critical of Wal-Mart’s practices: Mark then described how Friedman’s book pointed out that more than 10,000 children of Wal-Mart employees are in a Georgia health-care program, which costs the state’s taxpayers nearly $10 million a year. Mark also pointed out that a New York Times report found […]

  • NYC MTA to Force Sikhs to Wear Patches on Turbans

    Five Sikh workers who work for the transit system have announced they are planning to sue the MTA because the agency is requiring all Sikh workers to now place an MTA patch on their turbans.

  • National Guard Allegedly Shakedown Iraqi Merchants

    A company of the California Army National Guard has been put on restricted duty following allegations that battalion members mistreated detainees in Iraq and extorted shopkeepers. This according to a report in the Los Angeles Times. Among the allegations is that at least six soldiers from the battalion took part in a scheme to extort […]

  • Printer Micro Dots Allow Your Documents to Be Tracked

    Imagine that every time you printed a document, it automatically included a secret code that could be used to identify the printer… In an effort to identify counterfeiters, the US government has succeeded in persuading some color laser printer manufacturers to encode each page with identifying information. That means that without your knowledge or consent, […]

  • Sighting

    Ron just reported a Stan McQuay sighting at the airport.

  • Christianity Paradox

    Excerpt from a Harper’s article: 40% Americans can name more than four of the 10 Commandments Half can cite all over Gospel authors 3/4’s believe ‘God helps those who help themselves’ is in the Bible (actually Ben Franklin) America is simultaneously the most professedly Christian of the developed nations and the least Christian in its […]