Saturday, December 13, 2008

Friday, November 14, 2008

Peter Schiff Was Right


It's kinda hard when you're the only guy in the room being the pessimist. It's always easy to be a sheep. Bad things usually happen to sheep.

Saturday, November 01, 2008

Palin Punked



Those friggin Canadians!

Nick Vujicic

Nick Vujicic ... his faith is a big part of what keeps him going. But, I watched the video, and it wasn't faith. It was the incredible, indomitable, human spirit that I saw. We're capable of incredible feats. I can't imagine living Nick Vujicic's life -- but he is inspirational.

Sunday, September 28, 2008

American Politics ...


... cause what happens south of the 49th has greater global implications.

John Kerry of John McCain: interrupting the negotiations to save his campaign.

Monday, September 15, 2008

Tuesday, August 26, 2008

Stupid Americans ...



... and also stupid women. There is so much hate in these women, that they're willing to give up on a man who is a firm supporter of women's rights, in order to support a man who doesn't care about them. The more I see people like this, the more I'm glad Clinton didn't win -- because these are the voters she attracted.

At least they were outnumbered at this rally -- and confronted by an articulate, rational young woman. There's still hope for America -- not in Obama -- but in the voters the young woman represent.

Saturday, July 26, 2008

Monday, June 30, 2008

BMW M3 vs Toyota Prius



Both make you feel smug behind the wheel ... but for different reasons.

JCPenny Commercial



This commercial is apparently not being played on US TV. Because in America, teens don't want sex -- they want to go off an die in Iraq -- this from the parental generation that brought us "make love, not war." I guess after free love, they grew up and found religion.

Tuesday, June 24, 2008

In memory of George Carlin


George Carlin - Life is Worth Losing


George Carlin - Back in Town


George Carlin - Carlin on Campus


George Carlin - Doin' It Again


George Carlin - What Am I Doing In New Jersey


George Carlin - On Location


George Carlin - Playin' With Your Head

And now, the classic ...

George Carlin - Seven Dirty Words

Monday, June 23, 2008

Wednesday, June 11, 2008

Daylight Robbery - What Happened to the $23billion?



An investigation by BBC One's Panorama estimates the amount of money stolen, lost or just not properly accounted for in Iraq could be as high as $23billion.

For the first time the extent to which some private contractors have profited from the conflict and rebuilding has been researched by Panorama using United States and Iraqi government sources.

Based on information from these sources, the programme can reveal that as much as $23billion is not properly accounted for in Iraq.

In the run-up to the invasion one of the most senior officials in charge of procurement in the Pentagon objected to a contract potentially worth $7billion that was given to Halliburton, a Texan company with links to the White House. Unusually only Halliburton got to bid – and won.

Bunnie Greenhouse, a former US Army Procurement Executive, was assured by Pentagon officials the imminent invasion justified the lack of competition.

"It was absolutely the most blatant disregard for the federal procurement law I had ever seen in all the years I have worked in government contracting," she says.

During the course of her investigation, reporter Jane Corbin discovers that 70 cases exposing fraud and waste in Iraq are gagged by the US government – preventing the American public knowing the real scale of the problem and the involvement of some of the biggest names in corporate America.

Thursday, June 05, 2008

Chura Liya Hai: Classic Asha Bhosle



This is a classic Asha Bhosle song, from the movie Yaadon Ki Baaraat [1973]. You can catch Asha singing it live, in Chicago, age 77, here.

Aap Jaisa Koi: Indian Disco



I grew up listening to this ... I remember seeing Qurbani when I was around 10-years-old.

New Math



This is actually good ...

Wednesday, May 28, 2008

Sunday, May 18, 2008

Yo, Stupid Americans ...



... please, listen to your smarter peers, don't vote for this idiot. John McCain lies.

The tragedy of suburbia



In James Howard Kunstler's view, public spaces should be inspired centers of civic life and the physical manifestation of the common good. Instead, he argues, what we have in America is a nation of places not worth caring about.

Sunday, April 13, 2008

The Politics of Lies



Obama will lose only if the American people are stupid enough to not want to hear the truth, but would rather wallow in their only self-denial. Since the American people have demonstrated this capacity previously (twice elected Bush), there's a good chance Obama will lose.

An Engineer's Guide to Cats

The Last Lecture: Really Achieving Your Childhood Dreams



Professor Randy Pausch delivered the Last Lecture at Carnegie Mellon University on Sept. 18, 2007. The Last Lecture series asks preeminent individuals to give a lecture on things that really matter to them -- to imagine that it is the last talk they would ever give, because they would die afterwards. For Randy Pausch, the last lecture was not just a hyperbole -- he has been diagnosed with terminal pancreatic cancer. In August of 2007, he was given six more months to live.

As of today, Randy Pausch is still alive.

The lecture is over an hour long, but give it a try. Full transcript can be found here [PDF].

Updated: July 25, 2008
Randy Pausch is dead.

Monday, April 07, 2008

Saturday, April 05, 2008

Mathmaticious vs. Fergalicious

I don't like this song. I don't even like Fergie. Silly. No redeeming quality. But, here's Mathmaticious ... funny ...




And this is the context.

Sunday, March 30, 2008

Wednesday, March 19, 2008

Obama Speech: 'A More Perfect Union'



Full text of this speech, one of the most powerful speeches Obama has made in this campaign, can be found Huffington Post. In this speech, Obama addresses the issues of race in America.

Update: And Jon Stewart had this to say about the speech:

Updated: Here is Jeremiah A. Wright's full speech. In context, you can understand why the man is pissed.
We have supported state terrorism against the Palestinians and black South Africans, and now we're indignant -- because the stuff we've done overseas is now brought back into our own front yard. America's chickens are coming home to roost. Violence begets violence. Hatred begets hatred. And terrorism begets terrorism.
This is not the sound bites that makes it on the nightly news.

Sunday, March 16, 2008

Patrick Leahy Explains ...

... to the Bush administration, just who they work for, and just who's interests they are supposed to protect. Of course, Bush ensured that his administration was populated with people no smarter than him.

Officer Wayne Guillary

This is officer Wayne Guillary of the LAPD dealing with protesters. He's an example to the rest of the his peers.

Tuesday, March 11, 2008

And Now, A Message From MTV



WTF? This from the Corporate masters at MTV? What were they thinking? Hmm ... well, when the tide is turning, and there's money to be made, it doesn't matter what the message is.

Looks like thinking may be coming back in vogue. Go figure. I guess there's only so much dumb people can take.

Tuesday, February 19, 2008

Dumb Americans are Scary



These are dumb Americans. Religion has been proven to rot your brain and cause independent thought to cease. Proof is in the video. Be forewarned however ... it's a frightening vid. Put the kids to bed first. Turn on all the lights. Pause the video repeatedly to allow yourself time to overcome the nausea.

Sunday, February 17, 2008

Hilary says "Thank you"



Not that I don't like Hilary Clinton or anything -- actually, I really don't, but that's besides the point. What I would like to point out here is that people went to her site in the last little while and gave her $10 million. It's incredible. It's incredible, because worthwhile causes struggle to raise a fraction of that, yet the sheep throw their wallets at politicians. There's something wrong when it takes so much money to run a political campaign. It's also ironic that the people who donated to Clinton, were probably doing so using credit cards. Yes, American debt is funding putting its politicians in power.

Hilary also confirmed my worst fears in this video. She says she will work "24/7" -- "every waking hour" to help the poor Americans who can't afford health care or the money to own a home (yet managed to donate to her campaign?). Clinton doesn't sleep. She isn't human. She's a politician.

BTW, poor Americans ... if you didn't donate to her campaign ... who did? And guess who gets to curry favour from her if she's elected?

Monday, February 11, 2008

The Vienna Vegetable Orchestra


I just discovered the Vienna Vegetable Orchestra via Discover Magazine ... how ... interesting ...? After the concert, the make soup from the leftovers and feed it the audience. Mmmm ... vegetables ...

Wednesday, February 06, 2008

Crazy Weather


The snow was so bad coming home tonight, the buses were skidding all over Finch Avenue. That hill just west of Don Mills had all the Finch East buses coming to a stop, not being able to make it up.

Thursday, January 17, 2008

Japan Loves Whales


Japan continues to hunt whales for research. Not entirely sure why the world puts up with this. We all know that Japan is only hunting the whales for food. Really, what is wrong with the world. Put some pressure on the Japanese. This shit has got to stop.

Wednesday, January 02, 2008

The Story of Stuff















The film is sorta preachy ... but we need to be preached to. Watch this film. Show it to your kids. Force your friends to watch. Save the world. We can all be heroes.