It’s been almost a week since the Las Vegas Mandalay Bay massacre and the idiot media is still looking for “a motive.” They remind me of O.J.’s fruitless search for the “real killer.” I don’t watch the alphabets, except when trapped in airports or, with increasing annoyance, in my employer’s cafeteria so I’ve missed days … Continue reading The Mass Kill as Performance Art
Category: Rants
EquiFucked
If you have the misfortune of dealing with US Fuckancial orifice Insertions (Financial Institutions) you’ve probably heard of the Equifax hack. Equifax is one of three large companies in the US that collect, without your explicit approval, personal credit information to compute credit scores. Your credit score is a single number that allegedly measures how … Continue reading EquiFucked
Stop Writing Dead Tree Letters to the Editor
I don't pay for newspapers anymore and neither should you. The dead tree media is truly and absolutely dead. It serves no function in the modern world and like the What Happened Hildabeast, it needs to FOAD. The collapse of print media and the incontinent wailing of unemployed political operatives with bylines has been duly … Continue reading Stop Writing Dead Tree Letters to the Editor
Idaho Statesman Regurgitates High Precision Hate Calculations
The other day while eating lunch in my employer's cafeteria I picked up the fish wrap version of the Idaho Statesman. My employer kindly subscribes to the Statesman and scatters copies around the office so I don't have to spend my money on what is usually a slightly left of center, sane, and boring publication. … Continue reading Idaho Statesman Regurgitates High Precision Hate Calculations
I Help Fat Little Kim Pick Nuke Targets
Guam? Guam? Kim, you can't be serious! I realize you live in a self-imposed hermit kingdom where questioning your fat headed notions results in being thrown to actual dogs but surely you're aware of Baker's Law of American Cluelessness. No matter what the topic of conversation roughly one-third of the American public won't have a … Continue reading I Help Fat Little Kim Pick Nuke Targets
I WannaCry about the Plunging Quality of Evil Geniuses
I have something to confess; I have no patience or sympathy for idiots. When imbeciles impale themselves on reality I smirk and guffaw. With such a nasty attitude it won’t surprise you to learn that I really enjoyed the recent WannaCry Ransomware cyber attack. Judging from the mewling soiled diaper press you might conclude civilization … Continue reading I WannaCry about the Plunging Quality of Evil Geniuses
FCC Follies and Monkey Browsing
There is much wailing on the intertubes about proposed changes to FCC Internet privacy rules. That horrible orange Russian stooge is desecrating the Lightbringer's enlightened decrees and the usual suspects are having boringly predictable conniption fits. Apparently, our Internet privacy is now under attack and horrible things will ensue. You poor dumb fucks. You have no Internet … Continue reading FCC Follies and Monkey Browsing
What is Required: Hybrid Books
It's time for another product suggestion. Last year I threw out the need for caption printing on the back of photographs. It's an obvious thing to do but only a few vendors partly support backside caption printing. Eventually, the masses will notice this glaring deficiency, grab their pitchforks, and demand backside captions. We're not a … Continue reading What is Required: Hybrid Books
On Shiny Pony and Witch Berning
This week Canada’s shiny new Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is hanging out with Obama. You can imagine my excitement: two photogenic lightweights sharing a heartwarming bromance on the public’s dime. I am at a loss to imagine a more hurl inducing scenario. I shared my feelings with a terse CBC comment. As a dual US-Canadian … Continue reading On Shiny Pony and Witch Berning
What is Required: Print Captions on the back of Photographs
I am tired of waiting for "the market" to exploit painfully obvious opportunities so I will now provide guidance, in the form of milliblog entries, that tell our less imaginative entrepreneurs just what some of us would buy if we could. Here's a deep request. How about printing captions on the back of photographs? I … Continue reading What is Required: Print Captions on the back of Photographs
Analyze the Data not the Drivel 