This one’s all in the metadata. A few days ago, Oliver Willis posted an immigration-related item on his blog entitled They Just Hate Hispanics, Admit It. Oliver put the entry under the categories “Immigration” and “Racism.” Who are these mysterious racists Oliver calls “they”? Oliver doesn’t specifically say, but he links to a single post [...]
Will the last person to leave the Katherine Harris for Senate campaign please turn out the lights?
We all know that Cynthia McKinney is a raving loon. The fact that she’s a Member of Congress (again!) troubles me only a bit, because even the clinically insane, paranoid, and racist are entitled to have representation in Congress, and why not one of their own? Besides, if you took the nutjobs and the morons [...]
She will never surrender! Katherine Harris is scheduled to make a “major announcement” this week, and it’s not what everyone expected it was. According to the Washington Prowler: …Harris very bluntly told them to forget about [dropping out]. When told they had strong interest from a well-known, respected former Florida elected official in jumping in, [...]
A group of protestors pay homage to Sammy Hagar by actuallly driving the speed limit around Atlanta’s betlway. Naturally, havoc ensues. Via Say Anything.
How is it possible that someone like John Dvorak has been writing a nationally-published computer column for decades when he produces such totally indefensible intellectual fluff? Will Apple Adopt Windows? Bigger companies than Apple have dropped their proprietary OSs in favor of Windows—think IBM and OS/2. IBM also jumped on the Linux bandwagon over its [...]
Not that anyone’s surprised, but there’s another major e-mail faux pas making the rounds. (Hm. I originally typed “e-mal” by mistake – perhaps a better term for this.) Again, not that anyone’s surprised, but this one comes from a recent Boston-area law school grad tanking her job interview. Here’s the full exchange (via 880012: —–Original [...]
There is something fundamentally wrong with your view of God if you think He wants people to die because of a cartoon. Speak out? Fine. Protest? Fine. Threaten death or actually kill people? Better re-examine whether or not you’re a true follow of a “faith of peace.” UPDATE: Comments are not open on this item.
“Please note: You’re not allowed to call yourselves followers of a ‘religion of peace’ if you riot and make death threats over a political cartoon.” Via The Shape of Days.