Read it over at WorldNetDaily now and be sure to check out Vox's blog right now especially this and this and this and this 'cuz the reactions to this article have been a real screa...
Monday, August 08, 2005
Sunday, August 07, 2005
RuneScape is a pretty neat lil' game
I'm going to be writing up a review of Guild Wars pretty soon (now that I'm almost level 11 and have had time to explore the game a bit). In the meantime, my 12-year old cousin Dylan came over earlier today and showed me something pretty darned cool: RuneScape. So far as massively-multiplayer online games go it's rather unique. Fer starters, the entire game is played via Java applet on your web browser. Graphics are 3-D, not the full-detailed...
Kyle Williams hits the mark again
This time he's spotlighting Christian hypocrisy toward homosexuality while caring little for the actual sanctity of marriage...Some of the very people who vehemently oppose and criticize homosexual marriage are basking in the hypocritical light of a double standard. Their mantra is "save marriage" – from homosexuals presumably – but the practices of the average American have nothing to do with a devotion to chastity. In other words, what is marriage...
Friday, August 05, 2005
Forcery: Coming soon to a TV set near you?
There is a good possibility that Forcery is going to be broadcast for a television audience soon. No, it ain't public access cable either :-) This is a pretty top-notch station we're talking about.Will post more about this as it develo...
Thursday, August 04, 2005
Now, THIS is a neat fanfilm! Why isn't TFN hosting this?!
Friend sent me a link tonight to a new Star Wars fanfilm that, apparently this is the first one known to come out of Russia. I think that's a strong selling point on this 'cuz Star Wars Alien War is full of that Russian storytelling tradition that emphasizes depth of character. For most of the story it's two characters in a darkened room, so it has to carry through on whatever...
This is why I no longer do the political discussion sites
I gave up participating in them about a year ago. For over five years I was known as "Darth Sidious" on Free Republic, until FR went neocon-crazy and banned me. Then it was a good stint on Liberty Post for awhile. I still watch LP every now and then for stuff... even though I can't stand the mean-spiritedness of many of its posters at all.This is one example that I found a few minutes ago, from a thread about Supreme Court chief justice William...
Wednesday, August 03, 2005
Carolina Circle memories, or: How one mall's food court destroyed an urban economy
There was a lil' "meet and greet" at our apartment complex tonight, after which Lisa and I decided to take a ride. Do some explorin' ya know. So it was that while driving around Greensboro and finding ourselves on Cone Boulevard I realized it had been a pretty long time since I'd seen the far east end of it, where Carolina Circle Mall was. That's where we aimed the car toward.Ooh-boy...The northeast side of Greensboro has seen a lot better days....
Monday, August 01, 2005
Bush was right to recess appoint Bolton to U.N.
Well, he was.I'm not the biggest supporter of Bush by far (as has been well-documented here). But let's face it: partisan Democrats - and that's what they've been exactly - have been pretty silly to hold up a United Nations appointment without a simple yes/no vote.I can see a rationale for stalling on something more important, if there's serious questions about a candidate's eligibility... but not on this one.That said, I don't like how Bush is...
At last, the face of Professor Alastor Moody
Better known as "Mad-Eye" Moody. Ain't It Cool News conveys the grisly visage of the newest Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher (or is he?) as he'll appear in the Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire movie this November. Mad-Eye has become my favorite character after the events of Order of the Phoenix (and I was really disappointed that he only makes practically a cameo appearance in the Half-Blood Prince) but this look for Moody... isn't what...
Four years of journalism school down the drain...
Over at Chad's Running Commentary there's some wry discussion about what happened at my old hometown newspaper this past week that got national attention. Seems that two cub reporters there were caught making up people and quotations for the paper's daily "man on the street" feature. In this case they were found taking mugshots from TheFaceBook.com website and attributing fake quotes to them. The two reporters should have been fired immediately....
Sunday, July 31, 2005
CAFTA: How to make an elected representative prostitute his principles
You need to register (for free) with the New York Times website to read this, but there's a fascinating (and disturbing) article about what happened behind the scenes that made CAFTA pass by two votes this past week. If just one Representative had voted against it, the measure would have been tied and thus no passage. As it turns out the pro-CAFTA cabal found their needed vote in North Carolina's own Robin Hayes, who had previously been rabidly...
Friday, July 29, 2005
Did a Clinton-era mandate doom Columbia?
I've been reading about this during the past few days since the Discovery launched: that because of regulations that Clinton pushed when he was President that severely limited the use of freon, that the foam material on the outside of the space shuttle's external fuel tank became pretty lousy and that's why that piece of foam hit and doomed Columbia two and a half years ago. Pardon My English has a good post about it that's well worth a read. Personally,...
Good pro-homeschooling essay at Sierra Times
Nancy Levant writing at Sierra Times about homeschooling versus public education. Her piece's opener is damn depressing, but accurate...I have very little hope for this nation. The bulk of the populace is still clueless as to the Executive Orders, Acts, and partnership bureaucracy system that have turned our Constitutional Republic into a new banana republic. The ongoing ignorance of the masses is beyond all comprehension and reason.The Southwestern...
Thursday, July 28, 2005
Army of Darkness on Sci-Fi Channel right now
I swear this must be one of the most funny torn-up movies ever ma...
CAFTA passes House 217-215
If I were to post the things the darker half of my nature is tempting me to say right now, Blogger.com would not only suspend this blog indefinitely, they would track me down, drag me out and have me shot, burn down my apartment, and sow the ground with salt.This is a dark night for America. It was horrible over ten years ago when NAFTA passed, and it just got a lot worse.The 217 that voted for this are traitors. The President of the United States...
Wednesday, July 27, 2005
Her love is real... but she is not
If there's ever a major jump in artificial intelligence, we are in serious bat guano if it gets coupled to this new technology. From the BBC:Japanese develop 'female' androidBy David WhitehouseScience editor, BBC News websiteJapanese scientists have unveiled the most human-looking robot yet devised - a "female" android called Repliee Q1.She has flexible silicone for skin...
CAFTA vote in House coming today?
Am hearing that the vote on the Central American Free Trade Agreement in the House of Representatives might be coming as soon as today.Any member of the House who signs onto this is a traitor worthy of putting against the wall. Ditto for everyone in the Senate who did (guess who that was from North Carolina) and anyone else for that matter.Our "representatives" no longer represent their constituents. They only screw them. For however much money...
