Month: January 2003

‘Amendment 59: Limitations and prohibitions on the development and deployment of the Total Information Awareness program.’ $5 they just retitle the thing and do what they want anyway: “This? No, no – this is the Complete Information Awareness Initiative…” We’ll see how long the 60 day delay holds.

Andrew Sullivan rips into the Rolling Stone’s shodding reporting on ‘bug-chasers’ – men who actively seek HIV infection. The story reports that 25% of all all new HIV infections among ‘men who have sex with men’ are from this strange pursuit. Bug chasers do exist – this kind of fetishization of the disease was inevitable […]

From the alt.showbiz.gossip Usenet group: (posted by ‘Dame Delia Dampcrotch’) The hot story flying around Hollywood today is about Joe Millionaire’s real job: is he a construction worker or an underwear model or… a gay escort? Many of the print and broadcast tabloids have been flooded with calls since the show premiered on Monday from […]

Is a new disorder being identified to meet unmet needs or to build markets for new medications? The corporate sponsored creation of a disease is not a new phenomenon, but the making of female sexual dysfunction is the freshest, clearest example we have.

I keep seeing the preview for Kangaroo Jack and this movie looks like such a worthless piece of garbage. It’s one of those previews where you see it and you can hear the entire viewership of the United States groan in unison. And you can immediate encapsulate the movie upon seeing the first five seconds: […]

LyingMediaBastards presents a Flash-based wargame simulation of the War Against Iraq.

The latest Get Your War On is online.

I think in response to the utter boredom of cubicle living – my team and have an ever-shifting pantheon of nicknames for eachother. I evolved from Andy > Andrew > Drew > Drew Carey > Drew Diggler. John evolved similary: John > Juan > John Juan > Juan Loren-Maltese – in homage to the recent […]

From Three of Larry Elder’s “Fifteen Ways to Avoid Being Called an ‘Uncle Tom’: (from a discussion on Metafilter on racist guide for parents from NJ teacher’s union) Whenever possible, disparage the success of other ethnic groups. Never attribute their success to hard work, discipline and sacrifice. Remember every racial slight and slur that’s ever […]

I have been playing with the news aggregator AmphetaDesk. It’s a free program that grabs the latest headlines from your favorite sites and puts them all on one page. I love it so far. I am always spending way too much time checking every favorite site during the day so if I can see them […]