October 29, 2006
Glistening
Sorry for missing this story from 2003 -- but I'm really glad someone is taking the fight to the sickos who run nude summer youth camps. I mean, it's just inappropriate!Proposal 2
For your consideration: ELECTION 2006 | AFFIRMATIVE ACTION: A lot at stake if ban is passedWhat a ban on affirmative action would mean to public schools
What a ban on affirmative action would mean to public colleges
What a ban on affirmative action would mean to local government If that creeps you out, vote NO on proposal 2. UPDATE: More here.
October 28, 2006
Pop it
The other day I got a flyer for this in the mail. I think it would be fun to go and laugh at the silly Christians, especially considering the "syllabus":1st Dynamic NightWhile that's amusing enough by itself, the icing on the cake is the presenter's name: David Asscherick. Yes, God does have a sense of humor, and it manifests in making ministers' names start with ass-cherry. I can think of two good jokes right off the bat:
Saturday, November 4, 7 pm
Discover that You Can Understand Bible Prophecy!
You, yes you, can understand Bible Prophecy. In this introductory message you will learn the basics of studying and understanding Bible Prophecy, and specifically, the book of Revelation. 2nd Dynamic Night
Sunday, November 5, 7 pm
Discover: How Ancient Babylon Foretold the End of the World!
The question to end all questions: Will this world ever end, and if so, when? You will be amazed at the incredible accuracy of the Bible's prophecies concerning this topic! 3rd Dynamic Night
Monday, November 6, 7 pm
Discover: How Near Is the End?
There are unmistakable and sure-fire signs that we are living in strange and unusual times. Thinking people everywhere realize that we are on the verge of something big. But is the end really near? And if so, how near? 4th Dynamic Night
Tuesday, November 7, 7 pm
Discover: Bible Prophecy's Answer for Human Suffering
Mass Starvation. School shootings. War. Crime. Disease. Pain. Suffering. If God is so good, then why is the world so bad? Why does God allow these things? Does He care? Does He hear? The Bible answer is stirring and beautiful. 5th Dynamic Night
Thursday, November 9, 7 pm
Discover: The War Behind the Wars
War is a familiar word to us. Even now it rages. Yet the greatest war ever fought is depicted in Bible Prophecy. Who are the combatants? Who will be the victor? Come and see!
Do you think if we push Asscherick for more, that we'll encounter resistance? Yeah, I heard that everyone went out to dinner afterwards. They all wanted to leave Asscherick behind, but he would just not give it up!Ultimately, I think I'll stay home, because I can watch Asscherick speak online.
Foetus
This is from a British newspaper, but the attitudes it describes are the same in the UK as they are here:...The prevailing attitude these days seems to be that abortion is state-sanctioned murder and we put up with it because if we didn't, women would have them in back alleys anyway. It is the lesser of two evils, therefore, and as such, must be cloaked in silence, since whichever way you look at it, it still has an evil at its core. This line has taken hold because it is the least controversial way of supporting the right: so an MP standing up and saying "Women need this right, because otherwise they will put their health at risk having illegal terminations" will not find the pro-life lobby instantly rearing up against them, petitioning their constituents with what a murderer he or she is. If, however, an MP were to stand up and say "I am pro-choice because I do not consider this to be murder. I do not consider it to be evil. I do not consider a foetus which a woman has a one in three chance of involuntarily rejecting anyway to be a viable life unless she deems it so. I do not buy this craven sentimentality about the unborn, this pseudo-spiritual cleanliness we ascribe to it. In fact, it makes me sick", then votes will be lost. In other words, there are no votes to be won supporting abortion in an ideologically honest way, and lots to be lost...
"Conventional wisdom"
This is one of the best articles I've read recently. It shows you how the myth of the lawsuit crisis was started. (Much like the myth of the liberal media, it's not actually true.) Stephanie Mencimer has an entire book coming out about how the insurance industry has made it nearly impossible for the average citizen to find justice. Look for it!October 25, 2006
I got three years of prior art, bitch
Tim Bray:The Internet has been amazingly quiet about IBM’s litigation against Amazon. It feels to me like maybe the biggest Internet story of, well, maybe, ever. I haven’t gone and read the IBM patents yet, because reading patents always depresses me. If the titles mean anything (not always a sure bet), this might mean that IBM has finally managed to figure out how to set up that Internet Tollbooth that we’ve always been afraid of. If you’re interested in “Presenting Applications in an Interactive Service”, “Storing Data in an Interactive Network”, “Presenting Advertising in an Interactive Service”, “Adjusting Hypertext Links with Weighted User Goals and Activities”, or “Ordering Items Using an Electronic Catalogue”, apparently IBM thinks you need to pay them for the right to do any of those things. If the courts agree with them, it’s time for me to find a new line of work.John Gruber:
I certainly can’t stand the idea of software competition being resolved (and eventually stymied) via patent litigation — but somehow I get the feeling that the company behind the infamous One-Click patent isn’t going to get much sympathy.Actually, both Bray and Gruber are violating my patent #8,151,623, "Snarky Commentary about Technology Delivered Via An Electronic Network". I'll see them both in court.
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Sunday Link Dump
Insults - they just don't make them as they used to Stories That Would Have Turned Out Differently If The Protagonists Had Had Cell Phones. From John Moe's Conservatize Me: Can These Movies Make You A Conservative? If you’re so smart, why didn’t you invent YouTube?October 13, 2006
October 11, 2006
Eggs, milk, tits
Before this evening, there was a text file on my desktop entitled "things to blog about". Its contents were the following:breasts(Read today's previous blog entries for explanation.)
Sting
Watch me as I ululate, ha ha ha ha hah!
While I am grossly inexperienced at karaoke, it seems to me that "Desert Rose" by Sting would be the ideal song choice.Trust me, my eyes are peeled
Random guy at bar: ....blah blah blah blah blah Breast Awareness Day blah blah blah...Jeff: Excuse me, did you just say "Breast Awareness Day"?
Guy: Yes.
Jeff: I don't see how it's possible for me to be any more aware of breasts.
Guy: Oh, I meant Breast Cancer Awareness Day.
Jeff: Ohhhhhh!
Killer copper
As of the moment I write this, the Corner has only changed two of the three references to "IUDs" in this post to "IEDs". However, I emailed myself the post when I saw it earlier today, and all three said IUD. I can prove it! :-) I guess it's a good thing they changed it -- otherwise I'd still be under the impression that the Corner thinks birth control devices are killing thousands in Iraq.October 10, 2006
No consistency
Dear Mr. DeVos, If you claim during a debate that you're not familiar with "those ads", you're not allowed to claim 30 seconds later that they're just like ads coming from the Granholm campaign. Love,Jeff
