President Bush wants to establish a permanent human presence on the moon. I think there are better things to worry about right now (*cough*enormous debt*cough*) then blowing/budgeting money for something like this.
Category: Stupid
Look out for almanac-welding thugs
The FBI is warning police nationwide to be alert for people carrying almanacs, cautioning that the popular reference books covering everything from abbreviations to weather trends could be used for terrorist planning.
I’d be more worried about the guy with the laptop with WiFi access who’s downloading crap off the ‘net than some guy with a dated almanac — and I’m not really worried about either.
Yet another reason to hate PETA
They’re going to performances of the holiday favorite Nutcracker, handing out “Your Mommy Kills Animals” pamphlets to small kids whose parents wear fur. Full story.
Update on 12/29: Here’s a page that shows what they were handing out.
How does a state solve its homeless problem?
It give its homeless bus tickets, and sends them to other states.
“Frequent faller” tries to scam Wal-Mart
People like this need to get beaten senseless, and force fed UPN’s prime-time line up. On Black Friday (the day after Thanksgiving, for those of you who haven’t heard the term), news broke that Patricia Vanlester was knocked unconscious and, her sister said, “trampled by a herd of elephants,” a stampede of shoppers reaching for DVD players that went on sale at 6 a.m.
Pundits and media outlets nationwide stated that the incident was just another example of greedy Americans who don’t give a rip about the holidays and are just trying to score a deal.
But leave it to journalists to crack this lady. This lady has been “trampled” several times, filing 16 other claims of being injured at work or at a business. Veteran journalist Al Tompkins interviews the reporter who followed up on the anonymous e-mail tip, and how he broke the story. Good read, and if it weren’t for guys like this, we’d all feel sorry for the lady. I know I don’t.
That’s kind of you, Larry
Hustler’s Larry Flynt says he owns nude photos of Pfc. Jessica Lynch, but decided not to publish them. That’s kind of you, Larry, to pretend to have scruples, but my money says you don’t have the photos. If you did, you’d publish them. You’ve never backed away from this kind of stuff before, and I don’t expect you to now. Personaly, I think this is probably just a clever publicity stunt, but somebody’s welcome to send me those photos to prove me wrong (joke).
Student faces criminal charges for stealing 25-cents worth of cheese
This is why I RARELY vote for school bond measures. They’d have plenty of money if they’d just get rid of morons like this. All tenth-grade Corey Cambell wanted was some cheese with his fries, and he was willing to pay for it. But they wouldn’t let him.
“I was walking out of the door and the lady called me over,” Cambell said. “I said okay. She asked me what I had, and I told her cheese. She told me that cost 25 cents and I said ‘OK, let me give you 25 cents for this cheese’. And she said ‘No. Give me your ID’.”
The next thing Campbell knew, Deer Park Police were giving him a ticket.
“The ticket says this is a Theft, Class-C violation, including one plastic container of melted cheese,” said Corey’s Mom, Donna Campbell. “It’s valued at 25 cents.”
Money Corey offered hand it over, but the school said to tell it to the judge.
How blogging can get you unemployed
First, you post a picture on your blog of Microsoft getting a big shipment of G5s. The next day, you’re unemployed. At least his site was Slashdotted and he’s getting linked all over, so the guy will probably get a job pretty quick. But it still sucks nonetheless.
Hell, I don’t even know if my employer knows I have this site, but they probably wouldn’t care. Checking the logs, I’m sending traffic their way, so they can’t complain.
When is spyware not spyware?
When you’re getting sued, you’ll do whatever a company says, even if it is a slimy company like Gator. Quoted:
In an effort to improve its corporate reputation, adware company Gator has launched a legal offensive to divorce its name from the hated term “spyware”–and so far its strategy is paying off.
I had very little respect for them before, but lawsuits like this make me respect them even less.
Can’t you just buy regular damn coffee anymore?!?!?
7-Eleven used to be one of the only places that you could get just basic, no frills, coffee (you certainly can’t walk into Starbucks and ask for it). Well, 7-Eleven has moved to a “Beverage Bar” setup, according to this press release:
The new 7-Eleven hot beverage bar will feature: five or more varieties of coffee (Exclusive Blend, Dark Mountain Roast, 100 Percent Colombian, Decaf, Flavored), four Italian-style flavored syrups (Vanilla, Caramel, Hazelnut, Irish Creme), five toppings (Cinnamon, Nutmeg, Vanilla, Chocolate, Mini- marshmallows), Steamed Milk Mix, Hot Chocolate made with Hershey’s Cocoa, Flavored Cappuccino, Half and Half and flavored creamers (French Vanilla, Hazelnut, Irish Creme), sugar and artificial sweeteners, and seven varieties of teabags (Black, Earl Grey, Green, French Vanilla, Orange Spice, I Love Lemon, Mint Medley) to be brewed fresh with hot water.
That equals out to over 1300 combinations of stuff. Link via Tara at PR Bop, who points out “Look, I can barely choose from all the cold drinks they have now. What am I going to do when it gets cold, I stagger in to the 7-Eleven, and I’m confronted with this beverage bar? I’ll tell you what: my brain will lock. I’ll probably end up getting Earl Grey with caramel syrup and mini-marshmellows or something.”