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I haven't been following the wii releases too closely to do justice to them and there's more than enough coverage for Halo3.
Sunday, August 26, 2007
Digg Survey Results
Digg recently had a survey and here's what some of the results were.
Even with all the Ron Paul enthusiasts, Barack Obama ended up getting the most votes,with 29.6%. Ron Paul comes in second with 23.9% pf all the votes. The lowest performers were Chris Dodd, with 50 (.1%), Duncan Hunter with 62 .1%) and Sam Brownback (*snicker* I wonder why it's brown) with 79(.2%). Dennis Kucinich is inexplicably missing.
The OS of choice is NOT Linux, which only had 22.5% of the vote. but rather windows, with 59.6% and Mac OSX comes in second with 30.2%
Our gaming platform of choice is the wii and PC with 43.5% and 41.4% respectively. 360 came in 3rd with 38.3%.
Almost 3/4s ( 71.5% ) think/know Al Qaida was the one who attacked the US on 9/11, while 18.4% of users believe the US was behind it.
43.2% are atheists with protestant and catholic consisting of16.2% and 12.2% of the community
And about half of us think Digg is About the same as it's ever been
Even with all the Ron Paul enthusiasts, Barack Obama ended up getting the most votes,with 29.6%. Ron Paul comes in second with 23.9% pf all the votes. The lowest performers were Chris Dodd, with 50 (.1%), Duncan Hunter with 62 .1%) and Sam Brownback (*snicker* I wonder why it's brown) with 79(.2%). Dennis Kucinich is inexplicably missing.
The OS of choice is NOT Linux, which only had 22.5% of the vote. but rather windows, with 59.6% and Mac OSX comes in second with 30.2%
Our gaming platform of choice is the wii and PC with 43.5% and 41.4% respectively. 360 came in 3rd with 38.3%.
Almost 3/4s ( 71.5% ) think/know Al Qaida was the one who attacked the US on 9/11, while 18.4% of users believe the US was behind it.
43.2% are atheists with protestant and catholic consisting of16.2% and 12.2% of the community
And about half of us think Digg is About the same as it's ever been
Thursday, August 23, 2007
A Child's Guide To United States Foreign Policy
Stolen directly from Austrailianpolitics.com. That's ok because I'm black and people expect me to do dumb s*** like this.
Q: Daddy, why did we have to attack Iraq?A: Because they had weapons of mass destruction honey.
Q: But the inspectors didn't find any weapons of mass destruction.
A: That's because the Iraqis were hiding them.
Q: And that's why we invaded Iraq?
A: Yep. Invasions always work better than inspections.
Q: But after we invaded them, we STILL didn't find any weapons of mass destruction, did we?
A: That's because the weapons are so well hidden. Don't worry, we'll find something, probably right before the 2004 election.
Q: Why did Iraq want all those weapons of mass destruction?
A: To use them in a war, silly.
Q: I'm confused. If they had all those weapons that they planned to use in a war, then why didn't they use any of those weapons when we went to war with them?
A: Well, obviously they didn't want anyone to know they had those weapons, so they chose to die by the thousands rather than defend themselves.
Q: That doesn't make sense Daddy. Why would they choose to die if they had all those big weapons to fight us back with?
A: It's a different culture. It's not supposed to make sense.
Q: I don't know about you, but I don't think they had any of those weapons our government said they did.
A: Well, you know, it doesn't matter whether or not they had those weapons. We had another good reason to invade them anyway.
Q: And what was that?
A: Even if Iraq didn't have weapons of mass destruction, Saddam Hussein was a cruel dictator, which is another good reason to invade another country.
Q: Why? What does a cruel dictator do that makes it OK to invade his country?
A: Well, for one thing, he tortured his own people.
Q: Kind of like what they do in China?
A: Don't go comparing China to Iraq. China is a good economic competitor, where millions of people work for slave wages in sweatshops to make U.S. corporations richer.
Q: So if a country lets its people be exploited for American corporate gain, it's a good country, even if that country tortures people?
A: Right.
Q: Why were people in Iraq being tortured?
A: For political crimes, mostly, like criticizing the government. People who criticized the government in Iraq were sent to prison and tortured.
Q: Isn't that exactly what happens in China?
A: I told you, China is different.
Q: What's the difference between China and Iraq?
A: Well, for one thing, Iraq was ruled by the Ba'ath party, while China is Communist.
Q: Didn't you once tell me Communists were bad?
A: No, just Cuban Communists are bad.
Q: How are the Cuban Communists bad?
A: Well, for one thing, people who criticize the government in Cuba are sent to prison and tortured.
Q: Like in Iraq?
A: Exactly.
Q: And like in China, too?
A: I told you, China's a good economic competitor. Cuba, on the other hand, is not.
Q: How come Cuba isn't a good economic competitor?
A: Well, you see, back in the early 1960s, our government passed some laws that made it illegal for Americans to trade or do any business with Cuba until they stopped being communists and started being capitalists like us.
Q: But if we got rid of those laws, opened up trade with Cuba, and started doing business with them, wouldn't that help the Cubans become capitalists?
A: Don't be a smart-ass.
Q: I didn't think I was being one.
A: Well, anyway, they also don't have freedom of religion in Cuba.
Q: Kind of like China and the Falun Gong movement?
A: I told you, stop saying bad things about China. Anyway, Saddam Hussein came to power through a military coup, so he's not really a legitimate leader anyway.
Q: What's a military coup?
A: That's when a military general takes over the government of a country by force, instead of holding free elections like we do in the United States.
Q: Didn't the ruler of Pakistan come to power by a military coup?
A: You mean General Pervez Musharraf? Uh, yeah, he did, but Pakistan is our friend.
Q: Why is Pakistan our friend if their leader is illegitimate?
A: I never said Pervez Musharraf was illegitimate.
Q: Didn't you just say a military general who comes to power by forcibly overthrowing the legitimate government of a nation is an illegitimate leader?
A: Only Saddam Hussein. Pervez Musharraf is our friend, because he helped us invade Afghanistan.
Q: Why did we invade Afghanistan?
A: Because of what they did to us on September 11th.
Q: What did Afghanistan do to us on September 11th?
A: Well, on September 11th, nineteen men, fifteen of them Saudi Arabians, hijacked four airplanes and flew three of them into buildings, killing over 3,000 Americans.
Q: So how did Afghanistan figure into all that?
A: Afghanistan was where those bad men trained, under the oppressive rule of the Taliban.
Q: Aren't the Taliban those bad radical Islamics who chopped off people's heads and hands?
A: Yes, that's exactly who they were. Not only did they chop off people's heads and hands, but they oppressed women, too.
Q: Didn't the Bush administration give the Taliban 43 million dollars back in May of 2001?
A: Yes, but that money was a reward because they did such a good job fighting drugs.
Q: Fighting drugs?
A: Yes, the Taliban were very helpful in stopping people from growing opium poppies.
Q: How did they do such a good job?
A: Simple. If people were caught growing opium poppies, the Taliban would have their hands and heads cut off.
Q: So, when the Taliban cut off people's heads and hands for growing flowers, that was OK, but not if they cut people's heads and hands off for other reasons?
A: Yes. It's OK with us if radical Islamic fundamentalists cut off people's hands for growing flowers, but it's cruel if they cut off people's hands for stealing bread.
Q: Don't they also cut off people's hands and heads in Saudi Arabia?
A: That's different. Afghanistan was ruled by a tyrannical patriarchy that oppressed women and forced them to wear burqas whenever they were in public, with death by stoning as the penalty for women who did not comply.
Q: Don't Saudi women have to wear burqas in public, too?
A: No, Saudi women merely wear a traditional Islamic body covering.
Q: What's the difference?
A: The traditional Islamic covering worn by Saudi women is a modest yet fashionable garment that covers all of a woman's body except for her eyes and fingers. The burqa, on the other hand, is an evil tool of patriarchal oppression that covers all of a woman's body except for her eyes and fingers.
Q: It sounds like the same thing with a different name.
A: Now, don't go comparing Afghanistan and Saudi Arabia. The Saudis are our friends.
Q: But I thought you said 15 of the 19 hijackers on September 11th were from Saudi Arabia.
A: Yes, but they trained in Afghanistan.
Q: Who trained them?
A: A very bad man named Osama bin Laden.
Q: Was he from Afghanistan?
A: Uh, no, he was from Saudi Arabia too. But he was a bad man, a very bad man.
Q: I seem to recall he was our friend once.
A: Only when we helped him and the mujahadeen repel the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan back in the 1980s.
Q: Who are the Soviets? Was that the Evil Communist Empire Ronald Reagan talked about?
A: There are no more Soviets. The Soviet Union broke up in 1990 or thereabouts, and now they have elections and capitalism like us. We call them Russians now.
Q: So the Soviets ? I mean, the Russians ? are now our friends?
A: Well, not really. You see, they were our friends for many years after they stopped being Soviets, but then they decided not to support our invasion of Iraq, so we're mad at them now. We're also mad at the French and the Germans because they didn't help us invade Iraq either.
Q: So the French and Germans are evil, too?
A: Not exactly evil, but just bad enough that we had to rename French fries and French toast to Freedom Fries and Freedom Toast.
Q: Do we always rename foods whenever another country doesn't do what we want them to do?
A: No, we just do that to our friends. Our enemies, we invade.
Q: But wasn't Iraq one of our friends back in the 1980s?
A: Well, yeah. For a while.
Q: Was Saddam Hussein ruler of Iraq back then?
A: Yes, but at the time he was fighting against Iran, which made him our friend, temporarily.
Q: Why did that make him our friend?
A: Because at that time, Iran was our enemy.
Q: Isn't that when he gassed the Kurds?
A: Yeah, but since he was fighting against Iran at the time, we looked the other way, to show him we were his friend.
Q: So anyone who fights against one of our enemies automatically becomes our friend?
A: Most of the time, yes.
Q: And anyone who fights against one of our friends is automatically an enemy?
A: Sometimes that's true, too. However, if American corporations can profit by selling weapons to both sides at the same time, all the better.
Q: Why?
A: Because war is good for the economy, which means war is good for America. Also, since God is on America's side, anyone who opposes war is a godless un-American Communist. Do you understand now why we attacked Iraq?
Q: I think so. We attacked them because God wanted us to, right?
A: Yes.
Q: But how did we know God wanted us to attack Iraq?
A: Well, you see, God personally speaks to George W. Bush and tells him what to do.
Q: So basically, what you're saying is that we attacked Iraq because George W. Bush hears voices in his head?
A: Yes! You finally understand how the world works. Now close your eyes, make yourself comfortable, and go to sleep. Good night.
Monday, August 13, 2007
Fox's 1/2 Hour News Hour sucks @$$
Now, I love political humor and realize it's importance in contemporary American society. However, There's a critical element missing in Fox's show, humor. Without humor, the show is just a string of liberal-bashing segments that can be found on just about all of Fox's shows minus the awkwardness. Don't take my word for it.
Find that funny? Maybe I'm missing my right lobe, but jokes seemed like they were lifted right off a Disney Channel sitcom. (ouch) To make matters worse, I'm actually cherry-picking the HIGHEST rated clips. (They do get worse)
This one isn't funny so much as it is sexy, proving the age-old truth that the only thing Fox seems to get right is sex.
(Yes, Simpsons is part of the fox network but notice the absence of the conservative bias*)
The lack of humor would be palpable had the 2/3 hour show (that's how long it FEELS like) were the only show on television doing political humor. But it's not. (in fact, you could argue that it's the worst show on television. with Metacritic giving the show a measly 12/100, despite the high viewer count for the pilot)
The show seems to be taking aim at The Daily Show with its "liberal" bias, by leaning right with its jokes, which immediately cripples the show right from the start. Even with all the daily show clips taken off, I managed to find something that's funnier than the best clips of the 4/3 hour show.
Now, I don't hate Fox News for being conservative. (I myself know that ALL major news stations have a bias, either left or right) I hate them for being to damn paranoid and inaccurate. And in a democracy, making citizens unintelligent is just unpatriotic.
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1 day after I post the entry, this shows up. Fox, go F**k yourself!
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2 days after the show gets cancelled. Do I have great timing or what?
Sunday, August 12, 2007
chain letter
the chain letter is in the quotes. my comments are not
YEAR:
2029
“Ozone created by electric cars now killing millions in the seventh largest country in the world, Mexifornia , former ly known as California. White minorities still trying to have English recognized as Mexifornia's third language.”
Assuming California secedes and gets away with it, why would English be the 3rd language and not the 2nd? (assuming the Latino community, who the majority of which speak English, would change the official language to Spanish.)
“Spotted Owl plague threatens northwestern United States crops and livestock.”
22 years isn’t enough to take a creature from near-brink extinction to eccesive commodity
“Baby conceived naturally. Scientists stumped.”
At least, they would be if babies in the past were not conceived naturally. If these “scientists” are stumped by this in 22 years, I’d say we should all personally pummel them.
“ Couple petitions court to reinstate heterosexual marriage.”
What was in place before that? gay marriage? Considering that gay marriage is outlawed in all states minus 1, if it managed to not only become instated in the US in 22 years but manage to in fact ban heterosexual marriage, America really is the red neck country of the western world and I’d be living in Canada.
“Last remaining Fundamentalist Muslim dies in the AmericanTerritory of the Middle East (formerly known as Iraq, Afghanistan, Syria and Lebanon). “
What happened to Egypt, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Oman, Turkey, and Iran? Did we bomb the $#@! out of them and are no longer existing?
“Iran still closed off; physicists estimate it will take at least 10 more years before radioactivity decreases to safe levels.”
That explains why 1 of the countries was missing form the list.
“France pleads for global help after being taken over by Jamaica.”
Their bobsled team was very formidable.
“Castro finally dies at age 112; Cuban cigars can now be imported legally, but President Chelsea Clinton has banned all smoking.”
Fidel Castro was born in 1929, effectively making him 103 years old, not 112. (Unless he masted time magic, which would explain why he managed to outlive all other Cubans before him.)
“George Z. Bush says he will run for President in 2036.”
That is just what America needs.
“Postal Service raises price of first class stamp to $17.89 and reduces mail delivery to Wednesdays only.”
Unless we run into some bull$#@! inflation, I highly doubt you’d pay more than $1 for a stamp.(assuming rates increase at an average pace(considering from 65-85 we have a 400% increase, as opposed to just a mere 100% increase between 85 and now, we can expect a 175% increase over 20 years due to various unfavorable economic factors.) It took 20 years for rates to double (from 22 cents in 85 to 41 cents in 07)
“85-year $75.8 billion study: Diet and Exercise is the key to weight loss.”
I highly doubt anyone is currently taking part in a diet study that would last their entire lives. If they’re using different people in each decade, then the numbers are invalid.
“Average weight of Americans drops to 250 lbs.”
And it only took me 22 years to become below average.
“Japanese scientists have created a camera with such a fast shutter speed, they now can photograph a woman with her mouth shut.”
Haha. But I call bull. Their mouths are never closed. Even asleep, they’re still talking.
“Massachusetts executes last remaining conservative.”
Why would a highly liberal state even consider executing people? More like ‘Mass. liberals abort last remaining conservative baby” now that would be more believable.
“Supreme Court rules punishment of criminals violates their civil rights.”
If such were the case, they’d also rule that all Americans are guilty of some crime. Inconceivable? When was the last time you downloaded music or took something that didn’t belong to you, or threatened someone? Yeah, thought so.
YEAR:
2029
“Ozone created by electric cars now killing millions in the seventh largest country in the world, Mexifornia , former ly known as California. White minorities still trying to have English recognized as Mexifornia's third language.”
Assuming California secedes and gets away with it, why would English be the 3rd language and not the 2nd? (assuming the Latino community, who the majority of which speak English, would change the official language to Spanish.)
“Spotted Owl plague threatens northwestern United States crops and livestock.”
22 years isn’t enough to take a creature from near-brink extinction to eccesive commodity
“Baby conceived naturally. Scientists stumped.”
At least, they would be if babies in the past were not conceived naturally. If these “scientists” are stumped by this in 22 years, I’d say we should all personally pummel them.
“ Couple petitions court to reinstate heterosexual marriage.”
What was in place before that? gay marriage? Considering that gay marriage is outlawed in all states minus 1, if it managed to not only become instated in the US in 22 years but manage to in fact ban heterosexual marriage, America really is the red neck country of the western world and I’d be living in Canada.
“Last remaining Fundamentalist Muslim dies in the AmericanTerritory of the Middle East (formerly known as Iraq, Afghanistan, Syria and Lebanon). “
What happened to Egypt, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Oman, Turkey, and Iran? Did we bomb the $#@! out of them and are no longer existing?
“Iran still closed off; physicists estimate it will take at least 10 more years before radioactivity decreases to safe levels.”
That explains why 1 of the countries was missing form the list.
“France pleads for global help after being taken over by Jamaica.”
Their bobsled team was very formidable.
“Castro finally dies at age 112; Cuban cigars can now be imported legally, but President Chelsea Clinton has banned all smoking.”
Fidel Castro was born in 1929, effectively making him 103 years old, not 112. (Unless he masted time magic, which would explain why he managed to outlive all other Cubans before him.)
“George Z. Bush says he will run for President in 2036.”
That is just what America needs.
“Postal Service raises price of first class stamp to $17.89 and reduces mail delivery to Wednesdays only.”
Unless we run into some bull$#@! inflation, I highly doubt you’d pay more than $1 for a stamp.(assuming rates increase at an average pace(considering from 65-85 we have a 400% increase, as opposed to just a mere 100% increase between 85 and now, we can expect a 175% increase over 20 years due to various unfavorable economic factors.) It took 20 years for rates to double (from 22 cents in 85 to 41 cents in 07)
“85-year $75.8 billion study: Diet and Exercise is the key to weight loss.”
I highly doubt anyone is currently taking part in a diet study that would last their entire lives. If they’re using different people in each decade, then the numbers are invalid.
“Average weight of Americans drops to 250 lbs.”
And it only took me 22 years to become below average.
“Japanese scientists have created a camera with such a fast shutter speed, they now can photograph a woman with her mouth shut.”
Haha. But I call bull. Their mouths are never closed. Even asleep, they’re still talking.
“Massachusetts executes last remaining conservative.”
Why would a highly liberal state even consider executing people? More like ‘Mass. liberals abort last remaining conservative baby” now that would be more believable.
“Supreme Court rules punishment of criminals violates their civil rights.”
If such were the case, they’d also rule that all Americans are guilty of some crime. Inconceivable? When was the last time you downloaded music or took something that didn’t belong to you, or threatened someone? Yeah, thought so.
Idiocy
http://www.the-trukstop.com/articles/2007/idiocracy.html
in case reading hurts your eyes too much
in case reading hurts your eyes too much
Saturday, August 11, 2007
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