Andymatic

Month: October 2006

  • Am I a Nuke or Not

    Is anyone else baffled that we can’t tell if North Korea did a nuclear test or not? The news says we have seismometers all over the globe. Plus the satellite surveillance. Plus everything else. If we are such a bad-ass military machine why don’t we know if this was really a nuclear test or not? […]

  • Non-Violence, Progressive Framing and Project Runway

    (from yesterday) The darned wireless isn’t working at the Argo Cafe. I even called ahead and they said it was working which means either it wasn’t working, it’s spotty or they are lying to me. Got to the gym slightly early today in the middle of ALL THE FRICKIN’ SNOW. Yes. Snow. And then when […]

  • 'I won't be ignored, Dan.”: North Korea Launches Nuclear Test

    Or it might just be seismic activity. Just broke.

  • Bush Approval Ratings Hit New Low: 33%

    And we’re back in Nixon territory: Meanwhile, the president’s approval rating has fallen to a new all-time low for the Newsweek poll: 33 percent, down from an already anemic 36 percent in August. Only 25 percent of Americans are satisfied with the direction of the country, while 67 percent say they are not. BUT: Can […]

  • Man Handcuffed Secret Service for Calmly Criticizing Dick Cheney

    From Mofi: So I approached him, I got about two feet away, and I said in a very calm tone of voice, ‘Your policies in Iraq are reprehensible.’ And then I walked away.” …  “He [Secret Service] grabbed me and cuffed my hands behind my back in the presence of my eight-year-old son and told […]

  • Adjustable Rate Mortgages: The Brewing Nightmare

    From BusinessWeek: For cash-strapped homeowners, it was a pitch they couldn’t refuse: Refinance your mortgage at a bargain rate and cut your payments in half. New home buyers, stretching to afford something in a super-heated market, didn’t even need to produce documentation, much less a downpayment. Those who took the bait are in for a […]

  • 24-Year-Old Buys 6 Homes No-Money Down: $2 Million Debt

    Nothing smarter than blogging your own financial fraud: I’m a 24-year-old aspiring real estate investor from Sacramento CA. After going to few seminars I bought 8 houses in 8 months across 4 states with no money down. I fixed and sold 2 and then ran out of cash. I am now facing foreclosure on 6 […]

  • Paraguay Refuses Immunity to US Soldiers

    (via Newsvine) Paraguay’s decision to refuse diplomatic immunity for U.S. troops and not to renew a military cooperation pact sparked debate Tuesday, with analysts calling the developments a blow to U.S. attempts to improve regional ties. Foreign Minster Ruben Ramirez said Monday that Paraguay and Washington would not renew a defense-cooperation agreement for 2007 over […]

  • Newsweek Dumbs Down for Mouth-Breather Americans

    Rebecca does some fun analysis of Newsweek reportage inside the US and globally: Last week if you bought or subscribed to Newsweek outside the United States, you received a magazine (the October 2nd issue, to be precise) with this cover story, "Losing Afghanistan," about how U.S. efforts to keep the Taliban out of power may […]

  • Divorce Rate Higher for Christians Compared to Other Faith Groups

    The couple that doesn’t pray at all together, stays together: With Atheism, women and men are equally responsible for a healthy marriage.  There is no room in Atheist ethics for the type of ‘submissive’ nonsense preached by Baptists and other Christian and/or Jewish groups.  Atheists reject, and rightly so, the primitive patriarchal attitudes so prevalent […]