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The story of Joseph Stack is a tragedy, of an extremely confused and disturbed man who sought to terrorize innocent civilians and employees of the government in the interests of his own sick, twisted agenda. It’s also, paradoxically, a tale of incredible fortune and serendipity. Unfortunately, it also seems to be an opportunity for partisans on [...] I could see the smoke from miles away on the Whitestone Expressway, a thick acrid black shroud of destruction tearing its way through a commercial strip in my hometown Jackson Heights. In the aftermath, it would turn out to be a four-alarm fire of questionable (or at least “unknown”) cause and all storefronts on the [...] With so-called comprehensive healthcare reform all but passed in the United States Senate, it seems certain that our nation will soon nationalize a major segment of our economy and place it under strict, socialist government control. I will spare you for now a thorough discussion on the merits and demerits of such a system, aside [...] Seven Things I Learned While Watching 2012 1. It’s no Independence Day. I am a huge fan of one of Roland Emmerich’s previous works, Independence Day. ID4 was a nearly perfect reincarnation of the spectacular book and movie War of the Worlds, told for a modern-day audience. 2012 lacks every element that made ID4 so [...] Without question, the Internet has proven itself to be a magical fountain of bottomless knowledge and human know-how. I don’t think it’s an underestimate to say that more learning has been facilitated via the limitless collaboration and exchange provided by the global medium in the past decade than perhaps in any other period in human [...] Many New Yorkers woke up this past Monday morning to a mixture of shock and amazement, as a number of local Dunkin’ Donuts franchises operated by the Riese Restaurants corporation were replaced overnight by Tim Horton’s, the similarly themed chain famous up north in the frozen Canadian tundra. The “beef” between Riese and Dunkin’ owner [...] Stolen shamelessly from The Big Picture. Does it chill anyone else out there to the very bone that NASA has started a program it tongue-in-cheekly refers to as “Singularity University?” In a spare one-room office at Nasa’s Silicon Valley campus, a small band of futurists is plotting to save the world. The means are not a revolutionary technology or a [...] Three interesting little tidbits from the world of celebrities and gossip that I’m too lazy to post individually: Gwyneth Paltrow has underway a campaign to fill the earth with smelly, greasy-haired pregnant women. Apparently, according to an article in the rail-thin Madonna BFF’s online magazine allegedly authored by the celebrity herself, the magical elixir known as [...] Congrats to the owner and operator of the Web site Hot Chicks With Douchebags, who successfully had a defamation lawsuit filed again his book and site dismissed on the grounds that the uber-hott plaintiffs were suffering from an incurable case of douchescroatitis. It’s been quite the interesting winter for the New York Metropolitan Baseball Club. It started rather promisingly, with the acquisitions of Francisco Rodriguez and JJ Putz to sure up a much-maligned bullpen. But since then, things have taken a turn for the…odd. Let’s recap, shall we? - Former relief pitcher Ambioiz Burgos — [...] So, as you likely know, our current president, Barack Hussein Obama, is the author of several best-selling, semi-autobiographical books. As part of the process that goes into the production of every book these days, Obama also narrated the entire text of both tomes for release as audiobooks and downloadable mp3 files. The problem? Apparently, [...] The amazing thing about the Internet is…I believe it. H/t to Street Carnage. No doubt most of us — especially those off from work for 16 days and counting — are lamenting and fearing the impending return to the office that January 5th marks. I know, personally, I managed to accomplish diddly squat of my goals for the time off, and am still as stressed and as [...] The strict constructionist/classical liberal libertarian in me has always been intrigued by the movement to repeal the 17th Amendment, the alteration to the United States Constitution that mandates popular election for each state representative to the Senate. Previously, Senators were designated by the individual state governors — providing a real contrast to the populist House [...] Watch CBS Videos Online Might be the only game in town to rival In-N-Out and Fatburger. So, instead of posting to this blog, I have been working furiously on researching my final paper for a management class on the current subprime lending crisis. Rather than look at it from the perspective of who’s to blame — the lenders or the homeowners — I chose to tackle a different perspective: that [...] |
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