tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-41048602012-01-09T13:07:39.060-08:00This is my page for ranting. Everything contained on this page is hearsay and conjecture.ACPatriothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00429932913649913372noreply@blogger.comBlogger3501100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4104860.post-29484415019070672292009-03-25T15:53:00.000-07:002009-03-25T16:13:10.859-07:00

In "Civil Disobedience", Thoreau notes that one cannot in good conscience pay taxes to a government that acts in discordance with one's morals.I think Matt Taibbi must have had this lesson in mind when he closed his latest well-researched, thought provoking piece on the economy with:Good luck with that, America. And enjoy tax season.Go and read that piece when you have time to spare. It's quite

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I can't say I hate the new government yet, because the old one's still there, but this capitulation is really grating. The Dems don't need his backstabbing vote. There's about a zero chance he would ever be on the right side of any worth bill anyway. I think now that Bush is essentially retiring Lieberman has gained my most hated politician status. Nader didn't doom Gore, that motherfucker

ACPatriothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00429932913649913372noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4104860.post-81194122717253641392008-11-05T00:14:00.000-08:002008-11-05T00:21:10.862-08:00

YES THEY DIDI'm no Democrat so I can't take any credit, but I am pretty fucking ecstatic.

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Firedoglake has a good post up describing the conditions at the "Free Speech Zone" established for protests at this week's Democratic National Convention. The zone consists of a parking lot-like area, unshaded, in the burning heat of the city, surrounded by chain link fence. The inhospitality of the place defeats the purpose of any protests by ensuring limited press coverageIt's a travesty that

ACPatriothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00429932913649913372noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4104860.post-20213231367275209232008-06-05T02:02:00.000-07:002008-06-05T02:04:26.518-07:00

There's a drought here in Southern Calfornia. Even the gobernator is taking notice.I came from a similarly water-poor state, Colorado, and I've noticed a big difference between the reaction there and here. There, people worked to ration water and conserve. Here, people seem to think that because they live in America and, especially, in SoCal that they will have unlimited resources, forever,

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When I named my blog The Anti-Corporate Patriot, I wanted it to eventually serve as a resource for responsible consumers, as well as a repository of information on and links to corporate crimes, atrocities, and the like. Unfortunately I've done a remarkably poor job on becoming that organized. I'm afraid for now, this list of five bad corporations from Cracked.com is the best that I can do.

ACPatriothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00429932913649913372noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4104860.post-85887955520928996552008-02-27T14:15:00.000-08:002008-02-27T14:19:59.408-08:00

Although not quite as entertaining as slow-motion boobs, I still think watching a medieval-style execution of several household objects in slow motion is worth my (and your) time:What an interesting hobby... I used to own one of those axes but at the time my parents wouldn't let me chop anything. What a waste. Oh, and shouldn't the theme music be death metal?

ACPatriothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00429932913649913372noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4104860.post-15196518872969529492008-02-12T19:06:00.000-08:002008-02-12T19:11:21.009-08:00

After reading what Glenn Greenwald has to say about the effects of "bipartisanship" in Washington, I'm starting to think that it's time to follow the French example (I'm thinking Marie Antoinette here). Off with their heads! All of them.

ACPatriothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00429932913649913372noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4104860.post-27463440599219645762008-01-11T18:01:00.000-08:002008-01-11T18:22:04.405-08:00

Unlikely, but it's a hell of a lot better than corn for producing ethanol, probably. From what I can gather from the limited information provided switchgrass seems like its more of a hardy weed-like plant than wimpy corn. If predictions hold, we'll be able to get a maximum of five times the energy you put into it, that is if we can scale up the refining process, compared to a paltry 1.25 times

ACPatriothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00429932913649913372noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4104860.post-15669438625152477972008-01-08T22:25:00.000-08:002008-01-09T15:38:38.979-08:00

95% Dennis Kucinich94% Mike Gravel85% John Edwards82% Chris Dodd80% Barack Obama78% Joe Biden77% Hillary Clinton73% Bill Richardson31% Rudy Giuliani23% Ron Paul20% John McCain17% Tom Tancredo15% Mike Huckabee13% Mitt Romney5% Fred Thompson2008 Presidential Candidate Matching Quiz... none of the above. But I'll have to admit I am more intrigued by Kucinich, especially upon learning that he has

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Ther's no better way to cheer yourself up in times of impending doom than watching chimpanzee hijinks, courtesy of the Japanese. Pan-kun gets a bit of surprise in this one, his reflexes are incredible:*I'm aware that chimps aren't monkeys, but rather our closest living great ape relatives. The video is still fucking funny.

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The US took another step towards authoritarianism this week when the Supreme Court refused to consider a case in which a German National was (allegedly) kidnapped by the CIA, flown to Afghanistan, and tortured. According to the German, Khaled el-Masri, he was kidnapped while vacationing in Macedonia and released after the ordeal without being charged! According to the article, it was apparently

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Today on The Daily Show the guest was John Bowe, an author who was promoting his book Nobodies: Modern American Slave Labor and the Dark Side of the New Global Economy, a book about that "offers a searing report on recent immigrants enslaved as workers in out-of-the-way places in modern-day America," (from a review) . From what I saw on the Daily Show, the book sounds bone-chilling - and a

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Check out this awesome comic, apparently somehow published in the Baltimore Sun:The Pain ComicsIt is amazingly awesome. Be sure to check out the artist's statements and you might want to start with the top ten.Oh, and I got this prayer from the site, which is now going to be what I'm praying the next time I have to bow my head for appearances sake:O Lord, we beseech Thee in Thy Righteousness to

ACPatriothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00429932913649913372noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4104860.post-33378100298492308972007-08-07T23:36:00.000-07:002007-08-08T00:33:17.727-07:00

The Disgruntled Chemist tagged me with this meme in which I am supposed to present 8 random facts about myself. Here are the rules:1. We have to post these rules before we give you the facts.2. Players start with eight random facts/habits about themselves.3. People who are tagged write their own blog post about their eight things and include these rules.4. At the end of your blog, you need to

ACPatriothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00429932913649913372noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4104860.post-85226334082327218122007-08-03T23:32:00.000-07:002007-08-03T23:37:46.739-07:00

Foreigners want us to think that our infrastructure is weakening, and that our government is still spying on us. The problem is, they're right.Fucking Democrats. Weren't they going to work on this stuff?

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It's about fucking time.

ACPatriothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00429932913649913372noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4104860.post-36033969935923158512007-07-16T20:33:00.000-07:002007-07-16T20:36:59.181-07:00

In the spirit of the start of a new (ChaMP) school year, and of procrastination, I've decided to repost some old haikus I posted on this blog way back in December of '03:Writing some haikuscan be exhilileratingbut I suck at itProcrastinationIs to die a slow death butI hate my homeworkProcrastinatingSurfing the waves and the netI do it right now.Those things actually weren't too bad!

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When they defend the corrupt health insurance industry, I thinks they might be.er, I mean thanks for hosting my blog for free Google!

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So I often hear about how this is the future, so how come we scientists haven't come up with flying cars yet? Well, the following isn't a flying car, but it is something that looks like technology from "the future", and surprisingly, its from Microsoft. None of the individual technical achievements are that noteworthy, but taken all together its pretty damn cool: (Check this link, I didn't want

ACPatriothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00429932913649913372noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4104860.post-64821522073263827412007-06-17T01:02:00.001-07:002007-06-17T02:08:38.703-07:00

My girlfriend got me a Wii last Christmas, and I really like it. My roommates and I have even spent some time "competing" against each other with the awesome Wii Sports game. Some people are taking it even farther, forming Wii sports clubs. Now, my first impulse is to scoff at these uber-nerds who need things like Wii sports as an excuse to get out, but on second thought, it's really not too

ACPatriothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00429932913649913372noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4104860.post-91802218115836965192007-06-11T01:14:00.000-07:002007-06-11T01:21:02.651-07:00

Oh, actually it is an island. Truly terrible Star Wars joke there, but this story is so fucking outrageous that I shouldn't need a good joke to sell you on reading the article. It's a fucking mad-made island. Twice the size of Texas. In the pacific. Made out of plastic! Is there anything more disgusting?I saw this a while ago but was too lazy to write up a post at the time. Props to

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The Onion News Network reports on some of the relatively unknown victims of Mexican illegal immigration: corporate executives.Immigration: The Human CostPure comedy gold. The onion translates well to video, and they bring their skill at choosing the perfect, most stereotypical looking people for their parts. Looks like the Daily Show will finally have some real competition in the comedy news

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I don't have any problem damaging my liver, but dammit I'd better be having fun while doing it. That's why I think nothing of binge drinking on weekends, while at the same time being strongly against Monsantos genetically modified corn that causes liver and kidney damage.That's the problem with genetically modified food. It sounds like a great idea, but unfortunately corporations like Monsatan

ACPatriothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00429932913649913372noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4104860.post-1170751040496721472007-02-06T00:26:00.000-08:002007-02-06T00:37:20.520-08:00

Actually, that's unfair, you could probably get a better deal out of Satan.I switched cellular phone companies recently, from Cingular to Sprint, and this company seems as intent on losing me as a customer as the last one. Not only did they "accidentally" triple-charge my deposit, but those bastards took two weeks to port my number over from Cingular(though, to be fair, the bastards in question

ACPatriothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00429932913649913372noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4104860.post-1170265326860339882007-01-31T09:36:00.000-08:002007-01-31T09:50:53.600-08:00

The UK Green party presents a good case on why Windows Vista sucks. From the article:All computer hardware, such as monitors and sound cards, will have to obey Microsoft's rules for encrypting content in order for consumers to use Vista to play 'premium' content, such as Blu-Ray and HD DVD disks. Although it is unlikely to prevent copying, it will make Vista more attractive to Hollywood film

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If so, don't read this! You'll be sure to lose it.*I warned you...*but you still may be highly amused

ACPatriothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00429932913649913372noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4104860.post-1168509067986428192007-01-11T01:50:00.000-08:002007-01-11T01:54:30.086-08:00

The greatest drunkard who has ever lived. Andre the Giant, I salute you.

ACPatriothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00429932913649913372noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4104860.post-1163010924110081032006-11-08T10:32:00.000-08:002006-11-08T10:35:24.133-08:00

I've got this feeling that it's going to be a wonderful day.The sun in the clouds has a smile on its face,and its shining a salute to the American race.Oh boy it's swell to say, Good Morning USA!!Oh, and FUCK YOU CALIFORNIAFunny how all the bond measures passed, but none of the taxes. Cahlifuhrnians think they can get everything for free...

ACPatriothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00429932913649913372noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4104860.post-1162589377033308392006-11-03T13:29:00.000-08:002006-11-07T01:41:38.526-08:00

UPDATE: In many (if not most) cases, farmed fish can be worse than wild-caught fish. Here's a great link to check for the most responsible way to eat a fish (besides catching it yourself):Seafood WatchJust in case you missed it, overfishing has reduced fish stocks to the point of collapse. We're not talking about just one fish here, we're talking about virtually all wild fish. With that in

ACPatriothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00429932913649913372noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4104860.post-1161326864611191672006-10-19T23:42:00.000-07:002006-10-19T23:55:49.996-07:00

At least according to my referrals. I must be the number one google image result for this image, all because of the result of one of my google bombs. I knew that beneath my flabby uncoordinated grad student exterior lay heart of a deadly, lithe, cold-hearted ninja. Eat katana bitches!Seriously though, there's a lot of people searching for images of ninjas, and they seem to particularly

ACPatriothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00429932913649913372noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4104860.post-1160776218563037202006-10-13T14:48:00.000-07:002006-10-13T14:50:18.590-07:00

If all commercials were like these, I would never stop watching TV. (If nothing else, be sure to watch the Trunk Monkey theft retrieval system and kid-chasing videos.)I really want a trunk monkey (or great ape, if you prefer).

ACPatriothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00429932913649913372noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4104860.post-1160762687216236322006-10-13T11:00:00.000-07:002006-10-14T02:57:07.716-07:00

After reading these posts by The Disgruntled Chemist, I'll have to agree.Q-LINK PENDANTS SUCK, and YOU SHOULD NEVER BUY THEM. They are based on pseudoscience, and just plain silly. Only morons will fall for their deceptive marketing tactics.Update: Success!!

ACPatriothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00429932913649913372noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4104860.post-1160551567596572622006-10-11T00:24:00.000-07:002006-10-11T00:26:07.623-07:00

I swear that I am not taking Olbermann as my false idol yet, but he does a good and mildly entertaining job of summing up my thoughts on the recently passed detainee act.

ACPatriothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00429932913649913372noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4104860.post-1159394708497010392006-09-27T14:27:00.000-07:002006-10-03T23:16:57.616-07:00

Some will find these statistics surprising: Over half of US Christians approve of torturing suspected terrorists, as opposed to less than half of secularists.I, personally, do not. Consider the violent history of christianity. From the crusades, to the inquisition, to the genocide of native americans, Christianity is a religion that has been steeped with violence. Its very symbol, the

ACPatriothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00429932913649913372noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4104860.post-1158732709665054742006-09-19T22:23:00.000-07:002006-09-20T14:10:01.033-07:00

...If Cheney and Specter get their way. Recently their bill (along with a much better Feinstein sponsored bill on the same subject) passed the Specter - chaired Senate judiciary committee. According to the article, the bill will effectively gut FISA and allow BushCo to spy on Americans virtually without any supervision. Here's some highlights of the bill, from an email I recieved from

ACPatriothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00429932913649913372noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4104860.post-1158051646778068982006-09-12T01:48:00.000-07:002006-09-13T00:06:26.050-07:00

It's interesting to compare Bush's 9/11 speech (You can find the video on cnn.com), with Keith Olbermann's.Bush spends a great deal of his speech talking about honoring the people lost in the attacks on 9/11/01, in an attempt to rekindle support. That makes Olbermann's speech in front of the gaping hole where the World Trade center once stood all the more damaging. The main point of Olbermann's

ACPatriothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00429932913649913372noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4104860.post-1157527687824714822006-09-06T00:26:00.000-07:002006-09-06T00:28:07.836-07:00

The irony of this just kills me.

ACPatriothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00429932913649913372noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4104860.post-1155168689224204532006-08-09T16:52:00.000-07:002006-08-15T01:11:34.536-07:00

[Edit: Dammit! I'm too late. I started this post last Wednesday on my way to Alaska on a fishing expidition, but unfortunately wasn't able to finish it. Now nobody cares about Lamont, what with all the explosive chapstick and cease-fires going around. I guess I'll still publish the post for my own satisfaction and to prevent the death of this blog. Fishing was great, by the way.] By now

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...but let's see Jebus do this. Engadget kind of dismisses the technology because it's incredibly slow, but I think it has great applications at least as a physics demo, and is cool enough that it doesn't need applications. For you non-scientists, the concept is relatively simple even though there is a lot of jargon that makes it sound more impressive. Just take a two dimensional form (the

ACPatriothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00429932913649913372noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4104860.post-1153535685147771152006-07-21T18:20:00.000-07:002006-07-21T19:34:48.150-07:00

We moved one step closer to dictatorship on Wednesday when Gee Dubs blocked a Department of Justice probe into the illegal NSA wiretapping. Bush's decision represents an unusually direct and unprecedented White House intervention into an investigation by the Office of Professional ResponsibilityThe key there is "unprecedented", indeed no president has ever blocked a probe into Executive Branch

ACPatriothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00429932913649913372noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4104860.post-1153471812485501372006-07-21T01:49:00.000-07:002006-07-21T01:50:38.176-07:00

Why is this so awesome?

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Just so this blog isn't always so down and dreary let's take a look at one of the lighter news stories making the rounds this week:SECRET COKE DOCUMENTS AND POTIONS ALMOST SOLD TO PEPSI! FBI NETS THREE IN MASSIVE STING!I'll have to admit that I clicked on this news story almost as soon as I saw it, but the whole thing is just ridiculous. First off, the whole thing almost reads like an

ACPatriothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00429932913649913372noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4104860.post-1151632270215597652006-06-29T18:47:00.000-07:002006-06-29T18:51:10.226-07:00

Now I know. Check out the statistics linked (at the bottom) by this Jesus' General post and you'll know too.It's really taking all my willpower right now not to start constructing a guillotine, french revolution style.

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... no longer. Since I'm writing my Master's thesis I decided to take the plunge and go write in a coffee shop. And yes, I'm counting Panera Bread as a coffee shop. I needed some lunch too! Already I can feel contempt for those fools going about their daily lives not in a coffee shop. We ooffee-cafe' goers are a superior breed. Our tastes in music, movies, and literature set the very

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2026: Skynet sends a specially outfitted terminator back in time to ensure Skynet would achieve its dominion over the human race.2006: That terminator, the governator, sends a secret order to the mayor of Los Angeles to ensure that the first step of the war against humanity was achieved by deploying drones over Los Angeles (my speculation).Seriously though, these are kinda creepy although I'm

ACPatriothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00429932913649913372noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4104860.post-1150186659235038002006-06-13T01:15:00.000-07:002006-06-23T01:00:23.303-07:00

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I wasn't planning on blogging until I finish my Master's thesis, at which point I will unveil a new and improved blog, but I couldn't resist bitching about this stab in the gut a little bit.It looks like the new members of the supreme court are out to protect the guys that got them appointed. This ruling absolutely will benefit the corrupt politicians that currently run our government. I wish I

ACPatriothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00429932913649913372noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4104860.post-1148518176321831402006-05-24T17:38:00.000-07:002006-05-24T17:50:46.656-07:00

With a nod to The Chemist for the inspiration, I'd like to say congratulations to my girlfriend, KillJuliet, for graduating with her Master's degree in social work! She's three years younger than me and already accomplished more than I have. She's also done with school (for now) and I am infinately jealous. Luckily this means she'll soon have a (relatively) high paying job and I'll have a sugar

ACPatriothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00429932913649913372noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4104860.post-1147156073208748922006-05-08T23:04:00.000-07:002006-05-08T23:27:53.220-07:00

I haven't posted much lately, and I won't be posting much for the near future, because I'm working on my PhD advancement and I don't have time to blog. After this quarter I plan on getting back to blogging with a new and improved blog so stay tuned (or linked).For now I'll leave you with angry angry thoughts about a certain rootin' tootin' wannabe dictator. Also, check out this editorial

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I just got back from the Newport Beach Film Festival, where I saw Ten 'Till Noon. The OC Weekly described the film as one of those movies that tries to be like Pulp Fiction, and succeeds, and is maybe even better than Pulp Fiction. I disagree. The movie tried to be like Pulp Fiction, but didn't succeed. Entertaining, but I wouldn't reccomend it.I bring this up because right after I saw the

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Commandante Agi, Kill Juliet, and I went to protest president Bush's appearance at the Hyatt Regency here in Irvine. Three factions showed up - Anti-Bush liberals like me who don't approve of any of his policies, Anti-Bush racists who want to blame Mexicans for all of our country's problems (some were shouting to "get-rid" of Mexico), and the Anti-Bush Armenians. Their presence puzzled me for a

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It's about time I expanded my blog roll. There are several blogs I visit nearly every day that I'm not even linked to.First, Daily Kos. One of the biggest blogs on the internet, Daily Kos is a democratic blog, but it's a liberal democratic blog, so I'm ok with linking to it despite the fact that I have no particular affiliation with the Dumb-o-crats. I also really want to read Kos' book,

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PZ Meyers from Pharyngula imagines what we would be like if we were truly designed intelligently over at Forbes. No more dangling testicles!! What say you, creationists?Oh, I see, we have awkward dangling testes because God does. We'll see if I'll be worshipping that God anytime soon.Cross-posted at Nice Shoes, Wanna Fock?

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Why is it that when I read this the following image springs to mind?

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For a long time I've advocated recycling obsolete electronics. My reasoning was that recycling would reclaim the base materials that were still usable, and that the rest of the contaminants would get disposed of properly.Boy was I wrong. (Warning: Salon article)Yes, according to Salon, much of the electronic equipment we "recycle" gets shipped overseas to impoverished nations like China, where

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I was going to leave my April Fool's post below as the top post for the week to try to ensnare more people, but I've come accross something far more important: A man, Harry Taylor, scolding Bush (watch the video, it's worth it) at one of Bush's "Town Hall" style forums!! Harry asks Bush if he would appologize for tapping our phones, and asks him if he ever feels any shame. Bush of course

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I'm tired of blogger. AC Patriot will be moving here, which I think is a much better host for blogging.This page will remain as an archive of sorts, for a time.Edit: In the spirit of my post, everyone should check out this April Fool's site, it's hilarious.

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Why the hell is Ann Coulter famous?*Discuss.*Note, I did absolutely no research on the subject, so the answer could be obvious. It's still a valid question.

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I can't work up the will to do any substantive blogging lately, but I can still picture blog. Behold! LebowskiFest LA 2006:I went as Walter Sobchak, John Goodman's character."Life does not start and stop at your convenience you miserable piece of shit!"I was one of only two or three Walters at the festival the first night, which was a little dissapointing. In fact, very few people dressed up,

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I'm not going to post much this week, since I'm at the March Meeting of the American Physics Society (along with Dirty Liberal Rob). In fact, i'm blogging from a particularly boring talk right now. Thought I'd share. Come back next week.Update 1: Does anyone else loath Adobe Acrobat? Anytime I'm not careful with that program it will crash.Update 2: I'm tempted to do a live blog from Rob's

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Some fools like to claim that Islam is a fierce, warrior religion, and that since its founding its members have contributed nothing useful to this world. Directly refuting that claim is a new exhibit in England, of 1001 of the greatest of Muslim inventions. Also, if you're lazy, check here for a highlight. Let's see, we owe the discovery of expermental physics, modern chemistry, hygiene, algebra

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This comes as no surprise to those of us that have read Fast Food Nation. For the rest of you, if you're a meat eater why haven't you read it yet?

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If you have ever listened to Loveline when Adam Corrolla (sp) was on the show, you probably are familiar with the game "Germany or Florida", where Adam and Dr. Drew present a crazy news story (like someone getting hacked up for sausage, or something), and callers have to guess whether the story happened in Germany or Florida (sausage - Germany would be my bet). It turns out some pretty crazy and

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I just saw a girl pull a Willis McGahee in the aeriels competition. That sport is insane - people are getting 50 feet of air. The girl landed on her feet but just slightly off axis and her knee got destroyed. The sport is awesome but how do you ever get the balls (or the stupidity) to take it up?

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but he's been blasting Dick Cheney in his monologue all week, some seriously funny stuff. Most of them from this week are listed on this page. Some of my favorites:In an interview on Fox News, Dick Cheney took full responsibility for shooting a fellow hunter. Then surprisingly, he broke down and admitted to killing two drifters in Flagstaff, Arizona in 1989. Do you know that Dick Cheney

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...want you to read their new science blog, appropriately titled "Nice Shoes, Wanna Fock?". I am one of those retards. For those of you that have a life and aren't nerdy enough to understand the title, Fock was a famous quantum theorist from Russia. Yes, I realize a pun is the lowest form of humor, and that this is a particularly bad pun, but I'm fine with the title so fock off.Anyway, as I

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In the interest of furthering a United America, I'm continuing this meme assigned to me by Amicus on ThePrejudicialEffect. I guess this finally teaches me the utility of a meme - to unite liberal and conservative bloggers. On with it:Four jobs I've had:1. Stockman (Wal-Mart)2. Maintanance Engineer (Anasazi Heritage Center)3. Pizza Delivery Driver (Domino's)4. Professional Research

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Even if you're a guy. I saw this article on ESPN about Michaela Hutchison, a female high school wrestler who recently won the state championship in Alaska in her weight category. It kinda blew my mind - wrestling gets a lot of flak because it basically involves two sweaty guys groping each other and trying to "pin" each other down beneath them, but it really is a cool sport, and very tough.

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Check out this article on Carl Zimmer's blog about a wasp that turns a cockroach into its own personal zombie! The wasp temporarily paralyzes the roach, and then stings the roach in its brain so precisely that the roach is still able to move but lacks any of its own initiative to do so. The wasp leads the roach back to its lair where it is devoured by the wasps offspring, Alien (the movie) style.

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To reiterate, in 2005 nearly everything that could go wrong did go wrong for the republicans, save a proof of God's nonexistence being published (I'm working on it). After a year like that, the republicans should be on the ropes in 2006, with the other party poised to make significant gains. That would be true, if only the other party was not the lovable losers we call the democrats.Let's look

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Alliteration adds ambiguity.Anyway... I had promised to expand on my thoughts regarding the current sad state of politics in this country. I'm moved to create a post like this because in the last week alone I think the democrats may have squandered much of the political capitol the republicans have been so generous in providing. More on that in a second, first I'd like to address exactly why I

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The defeat of the filibuster yesterday and today's confirmation vote of Alito in which he was confirmed by the count of (58-42).....I intended to finish this post tonite, but I'm far too drunk right now, really. My tally includes a Schlitz 40, courtesy of TheDisgruntledChemist (thanks Chemist), half of Pabst, a couple shots of Whiskey, some more shots mixed with tonic, a Dos Equis Amber, and a

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Tomorrow night there will be protests accross the nation during Bush's State of the Union Address, to symbolically drown out the President's message with music and show people that the US is not united in supporting these criminals. I haven't decided whether I'll attend or not, but I thought I should get the word out since this protest is the continuation (and culmination) of other protests I've

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This awesome and hilarious (and basically work safe!) video, appropriately entitled Fear of Girls, sums up my middle school years and first two years of high school*.*Except there was no homoeroticism. I saved that for TDC and DLR.

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Not exactly a surprise. The Bush administration, shills for the oil corps that they are, have evidently made it a policy to keep government scientists from speaking to the public about global climate issues if the scientists take a viewpoint that BushCo don't like. Now one of the scientists, Dr, James Hansen, the top climate scientist at NASA, speaks out about the censoring. From the NY Times:In

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Call your Senator and tell them to support the Kerry filibuster. Especially Feinstein.*zip* There now that was fun, wasn't it?Update: I mean Kerry's filibuster of Alito. Courtesy FireDogLake. Check it for updates.Edit: Feinstein says she will vote "no" on cloture!! It's gratifying to call a senator and have them do exactly what you tell them to. The next person to call is Ken Salazar from my

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One of the most annoying facts of my job is that I occasionally have to work with engineers, or more frequently in the same place that engineers work. This is annoying because most engineers at UCI (or really anywhere) are incompetent fools, for lack of a better phrase. That's not to say that all engineers are morons, I've worked with some very capable and intelligent people that were engineers.

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Stephen Colbert, journalist, patriot, genius, and host of the Colbert Report, gave The Onion the grand honor of an interview this week. I suggest you read it, if you have any interest in bettering yourself at all.

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This sucks. I hope that this guy isn't as pro-Bush as those scare-mongering commercials claimed.Then again, I shouldn't let myself be so easily manipulated. Besides, who can blame the Canadian people for wanting to change the ruling people after the "sponsorship scandal". I hope that our country goes the same way this year after Abramoff. And who can be scared of those wobbly headed canadians

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1. Prove My Love - Violent Femmes. The "You do it all the time" song.2. Stupid Canadiens - NoFX. First time I ever looked to see the title of this song. I can't understand what they're saying but I bet it's funny.3. Revolution Regained - The Living End. This is a really good band that not many people know about. This song starts off like an 80s power balad, but moves into punk4.

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Are there any movies with a more compelling cannibal than Hannibal Lector in Silence of the Lambs? Probably my favorite Anthony Hopkins character. (Besides um, what else, Van Helsing in Dracula?) Yes, we all like to pretend to emulate Hannibal. We all wonder if human liver really does go well with fava beans and a nice chianti. thp thp thpt hpthp!!! I even had a marvelous time dressing up as him

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Here's an interesting infomercial type article about how the sitting position used to take a shit in western countries leads to all sorts of diseases. It's extremely long, and I didn't read the whole thing, but they may be on to something. If I told you how I ended up at the website I would have to kill you.

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Scientists in Ireland have discovered one of the most prolific Irishman who have ever existed, with roughly 3 million men worldwide among his descendants. Wow, I bet that guy felt pretty satisfied (and drained) when he went to bed every night.Unfortunately I don't think I'm descended from him because they list Gallagher, Boyle, O'Donnell and O'Doherty as surnames of the descendants, while my

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I've added a link to a blog called Clusterfuck Nation, which is worth checking out. It seems to mainly be about Peak Oil and the current prognosis. Kunstler, the author, seems a bit alarmist and long-winded, but he could be right.Hat Tip: CommandanteAgi

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Hey fatty, Fat fat fat fatty!Is this traditional fat person slur going to go the way of ethnographic slurs such as kike, nigger, wop, spick, kraut, mick, redskin, gook, chink, jap, slanty, poo poo head, and frog? It will if NAAFA, the National Association to Advance Fat Acceptance mentioned in this article, has anything to do with it. Personally, while I think it's your business if you want to

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using Google that is. Google "(your name) was killed by" and see what Google forsees as your fait. Apparently, I will either be killed by Tess while she was attempting to mindwarp me so that I forget what I did while at Las Cruces University (remind me to stay away from there)orI will be killed by the Gibborim for my part in disrupting their ritual sacrifice,or I will be killed by a drunk

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Sometime last November, I think it was (stupid beer), I went to Catalina Island (more properly "Santa Catalina") with my girlfriend on a camping trip. Now, some 2-3 months later I've finally decided to post some of the pics:Most ferrys from the mainland go directly to Avalon, a town and harbour nestled in the hills of this beautiful island. My first thought was "They called it Avalon? They don't

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Yes, you heard it here first. I actually approve of something Bush is doing. No, I didn't mix a pain killer with whiskey in my morning coffee.Anyway, Bush is really doing two things right: He's starting an initiative to increase the teaching of certain important languages in our secondary schools, languages such as Arabic and Chinese. This is the real way to fight terror - increase

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Once again Pat "The mouth of God" Robertson has channelled God to tell us lazy sinners what we should have already known: Ariel Sharon's stroke was caused not by a fatty diet or by a malfunctioning circulatory system straining to keep the old and obese man alive, but rather by the almighty and wrathful God, angry that Sharon helped bring about a semblance of peace with those damned Palestinians

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New Scientist has put together an article of 13 things that do not make sense in modern science. (Why 13?) While this is by no means a comprehensive list, and it totally ignores chemistry and materials science, it's worth a read. Some of the things, such as the homeopathic remedies, aren't really all that compelling since the results have only been produced by one lab, but other of these

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First off, damn you all for not continuing my meme. Where's the creativity? Are we not more than this base clay, more than merely robots linking to the news in our blogs? Can we not think, and create?Second, I'd like to address the question Bill O' Reilly cares much about: what is the reason for the season? (And by season I mean Xmas?) Do we celebrate merely to commemerate the birth of the son of

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RULES1. Post a comment to the blog post where you found this meme so that that blog owner can add a link to your post. In the comment describe what choice your post takes.2. Repost these rules at the top of the post3. Post a link at the top of your part of the story to the blog you got the meme from so people can read what has happened previously in the story.4. Add your portion of the story. It

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A good idea for a meme struck me the other day - How about a choose your own adventure meme? I haven't done any creative writing for a long time. For those of you that don't know (stupid jocks), choose your own adventure books are children's books where the reader can make choices to help guide the story: at a certain point in the story, usually a cliff-hanger or mini-climax, the reader will be

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I've often cited numbers from the national acadamies showing that the US is rapidly falling behind in number of engineers and scientists graduating.Here's an article about a Duke study that says those numbers may be wrong, at least about the engineers. According to the article, the US may actually be leading in per-capita engineering graduates.There are some questions I'd have to answer before I

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Some of you may find this article and this website offensive!!(So go check 'em out)

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As expected, John Campbell the republican won the run-off for the Congressional seat in the 48th district in the special election held Tuesday. However there was one thing I didn't expect: I can't believe that a racist, Jim Gilchrist, recieved more votes on election day than either "main party" candidate! Gilchrist, founder of the minuteman project, ran a one issue campaign - stop illegal

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...and everyone else that believes in free speech. Join the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF). As you'll see on their homepage, the EFF is dedicated to protecting free speech on the internet, including the right to blog anonymously.With the recent rash of firings of people for blog reasons, and for stuff like this, it's readily apparent that an organization like the EFF is needed. Please

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My girlfriend gave me an ipod nano for my birthday. It's pretty sweet - extremely small, and completely electronic. There is no hard drive, so it should be pretty durable as long as I protect the screen.Here are the last 10 songs I got on shuffle:1. Keep Ya Head Up - 2Pac (the first emo rapper)2. Never Ending Story Theme Song - New Found Glory (I like punk covers of cheesy songs)3. She's

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Well, time to face facts. Democrats are losing. Liberals are losing. I'm tired of being a loser. Okay, so that's been obvious for a while. Why am I converting now, and how did I rid myself of my conscience and regard for my fellow man, and become a republican? I used this handy guide. It has ten easy lessons on how to become a republican. I can already tell that they will serve as a handy

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