Today in racism: Hate mail

Muslim American organizations hurried Friday to condemn the shootings at Fort Hood, saying they have already begun receiving some hate mail and emphasizing that there are thousands of Muslims serving in the armed forces.

The article is short and has a few good moments.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/11/06/AR2009110601752.html?hpid=topnews

posted : Friday, November 6th, 2009

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Moar apps?

Verizon is finally getting a Google Phone, as I call it, and I’m pretty excited by that.

Reviewers have been reviewing and one thing that seems to come up is that the iPhone’s app store has So Many Apps!!! and the app store available for Verizon’s new phone doesn’t have that many apps.

Considering that so many of the apps available for the iPhone are programs that make fart noises and other nonsense, I’m surprised to see people quoting the raw number of apps like it’s a big deal.  Who cares if there are a lot of apps, if they aren’t useful?

posted : Friday, November 6th, 2009

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Surviving a zombiepocalypse: Flashlight

I was trying to watch 28 Days Later last night and I couldn’t: I’d played too many zombie/monster survival video games for it to be believable. Dude goes into a dark church armed with a bag of fucking Pepsi? Come on.

I haven’t thought through the particulars, yet, but I know there’s one thing I would acquire as soon as possible in the event of a zombiepocalypse: a flashlight. What type of flashlight is another question all together. Part of me thinks one of those wind-up flashlights would be good so there’s no need for batteries. Then again, a giant Maglite would be super sexy, especially considering it could double as a weapon. Granted, you don’t want a zombie (et al.) close enough to you that a Maglite would be necessary… but shit happens during zombiepocalypse, right? Right.

Once you have acquired said flashlight of your choosing, never go anywhere dark ever. Ever.

posted : Wednesday, November 4th, 2009

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Voters hold VA Gov. accountable because they're mad at the Prez because of Congress' incompetence/naked greed

Well… here’s the link - http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/oct/30/virginia-governor-election-barack-obama

It’s tragic that we have conflated the different levels and branches of politics and government to the point that we actually think it’s reasonable to elect a State Executive Branch official based on frustration with the National Executive Branch’s performance on things that are decidedly the job of the National Legislative Branch. News agencies report on it; we take it in like it makes perfect sense.

Choice quote of this article about the Virginia’s guber-election:“[The Prez’s] healthcare plan is a disaster. He doesn’t know how to deal with the rest of the world.” And that’s why this woman is going to vote for “The Other Guy” to run the Executive Branch of Virginia. For the record: Congress writes legislation, not the Prez (nor the Gov of any state); the rest of the world loves the Prez.

posted : Friday, October 30th, 2009

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A note against hate crime legislation

  • A link for you:
  • http: //www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5h6sgiIL7BtQ0ut1GYxjlHGHvHV5gD9BKAF801
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  • I've known of people who got their asses beat because they were thought to
  • be gay. I've lived in a place where I was warned by multiple white friends
  • that I should never, under any circumstances, go to a certain town in the
  • eastern part of the county; sure enough, lost on the back roads one day, I
  • saw a sign letting me know I was entering said town and immediately pulled a
  • u-turn in the middle of the two-lane highway.
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  • Being attacked just because you're gay or black or bi or Latino sucks. But
  • being attacked sucks regardless. I don't like the idea of
  • institutionalizing that certain lives are worth more than others. Or that
  • certain reasons for violence are more palatable than others. If I kick
  • someone's teeth in because they're Latino, I'm in big fucking trouble. If I
  • kick in someone's teeth just because... well, that's not so bad.

posted : Wednesday, October 28th, 2009

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posted : Tuesday, October 27th, 2009

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