Don’t be Google: A battle-cry for Net Neutrality

By now you should have heard about the closed-door talks that Google isn’t having with Verizon that absolutely wouldn’t destroy Net Neutrality as we’ve known it (and Google has argued for it) for the last several years. Here’s the rundown: The New York Times published an article that Google and Verizon were nearing an agreement… Continue reading Don’t be Google: A battle-cry for Net Neutrality

James Cameron invited to a brainstorming session on stopping the oil leak in the Gulf of Mexico

Federal officials are hoping film director James Cameron can help them come up with ideas on how to stop the disastrous oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. via Obama launches criminal investigation of oil leak – Salt Lake Tribune. Wait…what?? First Kevin Costner generously donates his glorified vacuum cleaners that he’s been developing secretly… Continue reading James Cameron invited to a brainstorming session on stopping the oil leak in the Gulf of Mexico

franklin roosevelt’s second bill of rights

watched mike moore’s capitalism: a love story last night.  this speech from FDR stuck with me.  in fact, i cried as i was watching it.  what if FDR had been able to enact these propositions?  would sarah palin exist?  would g-dub?  would we be billions of dollars in debt and our entire economy and social structure… Continue reading franklin roosevelt’s second bill of rights

positive identification

this makes me sick: today, wikileaks released a military video and transcript they acquired depicting US helicopters gunning down a group of Reuters journalists in Iraq. the cameras slung over their shoulders were mistaken as AK-47s and RPGs (rocket-propelled grenades). the video is 3 years old, from 2007, so it’s irrelevant to get up in… Continue reading positive identification

“One Big Ass Mistake, America”

One Big Ass Mistake America That’s what I saw gracing the back of an old Ford pickup truck as I took the cat to the vet on Thursday. it immediately made me think of a Saturday Night Live sketch from last week that we just saw the night before. my first thought in response to… Continue reading “One Big Ass Mistake, America”