Rants and Satire
10 Things That Terrify Left-Wingers
With all the left mainstream media and left-wing blogs describing right-wing “tea partiers” as racist, backwards, conspiracy theorists I thought I’d make up my own list of 10 Things That Terrify Left-Wingers. These are the things that keep American Liberals awake at night. Continue »
FUN THINGS TO DO IN AFGHANISTAN
Poppies do not grow themselves – far from it. This finicky variety of Papaver requires great love and vast sums of money only available under the watchful eye of a U.S. occupation. Without military aid throughout the plant’s cultivation and harvest, economic devastation could drive the unemployment rate of the U.S. occupied region above its 2008 level of 35%. Continue »
Federal Trade Commission Clears Up...
The Federal Trade Commission has hosted a series of workshops on the Future of Journalism: “How Will Journalism Survive the Internet Age?” Recently, the FTC released a “Discussion Draft” on May 24th with the potential policy recommendations to “Reinvent Journalism.” Continue »
DYNCORP – Still Making A Killing
You may have heard that Cerebus Capital Investment recently purchased DynCorp. Dyncorp was a publicly traded DOD contractor that has been awarded billions of dollars for a myriad of defense contracts in Iraq, Afganistan, the Balkans, and other hot vacation spots. Cerebus Capital Management LP has a track record of making investments in a variety of dubious enterprises so the… Continue »
Hot and Bothered Zombies!
Global Warming has entered its final stages. The first of which is, The Red-Light-District-Sweating-My-Balls-Off-So-Much-I-Want-To-Kill-Someone-Stage (also known as RLDSMBOSMIWTKSS for simplicity). I need not stress the importance and severity of the issue, since as a general rule the longer the initialism the worse the problem is. According to Matthew DeLisi, a sociologist at Iowa State University, higher temperatures can increase human… Continue »
Morality Doesn’t Need a Stamp of...
Stop me if you’ve heard this one. “They call it illegal immigration for a reason. Keyword being ILLEGAL.” Then the conservative goes on to talk about how awful it is that workers from other countries disrespect our laws, and how it proves they are criminals at heart because of their complete disregard for our immigration law. (In another version of… Continue »
