December 2008
Gizmodo | Dell's "Carbon Neutrality" Is Really a... →
Dell’s declaration of its carbon neutrality is based on a self-defined carbon footprint that includes emissions produced by its boilers, company-owned cars, air travel and electricity use. What it doesn’t count, however, is anything related to actually making its computers.
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2008-12-21) →
Alison Krauss & Union Station (24)
Dixie Chicks (18)
Emmylou Harris & Carl Jackson (15)
Mark Knopfler and Emmylou Harris (12)
Alison Krauss (11)
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Study: Religious right "virginity pledges" do not... →
The big question here is whether Obama and the new Congress will put an end to funding this waste of money or if they will buckle under yet again to the anti-science, anti-rational American Taliban. The problem is not only in the US as the Bush administration had exported this program (with US tax dollars, of course) around the world.
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It’s too bad that the only way to keep an iPhone or iPod Touch from opening Image Capture every time it’s connected is to disable automatic image downloading from all “cameras” that are connected to the computer.
I rather liked having the pictures on my camera automatically downloaded, but was continually frustrated by Image Capture opening every time that I connected my...
Digital Domain - What Carriers Aren’t Eager to... →
What they’re not telling us is this: “It costs us basically nothing to send your text message along our networks but we’re still going to charge you a high fee because we can, fucker, and you’ll pay it because you don’t have a choice.”
The Energy Challenge - No Furnaces but Heat... →
RIP Eartha Kitt →
Such sad news to hear. Her “Santa Baby” is my favorite.
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AP: Pope greets Christmas with appeal for abused... →
I wonder if his appeal includes those kids who are kicked out by their devoutly religious parents because they are gay? I wonder if it includes those who run away rather than endure the torture—yes, torture—of “therapy” intended to “cure” homosexuality.
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“I’ll bet when we elect our first gay president, he doesn’t invite an...”
– Twitter / John Gruber: I’ll bet when we elect our …
JEFBOT Webcomic : JEFBOT.105_A Christmas Bow →
“For Gondor!”
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xkcd - 2008 Christmas Special →
Raptors with light sabers are HOTT!
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The Bilerico Project | Why I don't donate to the... →
Thanks to the Salvation Army’s discriminatory policy towards trans folks, this girl died out in the cold.
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Study reveals 10m digital music tracks unsold in... →
[A] study of digital music sales has posed the first big challenge to this “long tail” theory: more than 10 million of the 13 million tracks available on the internet failed to find a single buyer last year.
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My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2008-12-21) →
Alison Krauss & Union Station (24)
Dixie Chicks (18)
Emmylou Harris & Carl Jackson (15)
Mark Knopfler and Emmylou Harris (12)
Alison Krauss (11)
Imported from Last.fm…
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The Problem for Gays with Rick Warren — and Obama... →
Obama has proven himself repeatedly to be a very tolerant, very rational-sounding sort of bigot.
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Obama Camp Releases Talking Points on Rick Warren... →
The Inauguration will also involve Reverend Joseph Lowery, who will be delivering the official benediction at the Inauguration. Reverend Lowery is a giant of the civil rights movement who boasts a proudly progressive record on LGBT issues. He has been a leader in the struggle for civil rights for all Americans, gay or straight.
That’s nice and all but it’s wholly negated by...
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The Bilerico Project | George Bush wants to write... →
Insert obligatory joke about teaching W to read.
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“I’d expect George Bush to have a homophobe on the stage. But Obama?...”
– Rick Warren is a major fail and a total affront | AMERICAblog
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Obama picks anti-gay, anti-choice pastor for... →
So many pro-choicers, gay activists, and progressive Christians worked their asses off to elect Obama, which makes Obama’s decision to give Warren a platform at the inauguration a real fuck-you.
I was wondering what that pain my cheek was earlier. That must be where Obama slapped me in the face.
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Teacher to Student: "Take Off Your (Marriage... →
The school now contends that their decision was based on protecting Mariah’s safety, since I guess Big Bear High is so filled with roaming packs of homophobes that the Principal and Superintendent are no longer able to provide a safe environment for their students.
Either way, sounds like a problem.
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My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2008-12-14) →
Taylor Swift (13)
Dixie Chicks (10)
T.I. (6)
Beyoncé (5)
Stephen Fry (3)
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Daring Fireball Linked List: Obama Nominates Nobel... →
World-renowned scientist rather than oil company shill? Change.
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Daily Kos: Traditional marriage, Bible-style →
In short, if we are to let the Bible define what “traditional marriage” should look like, then our marriage laws should be amended as such:
A. Marriage in the United States shall consist of a union between one man and one or more women. (Gen 29:17-28; II Sam 3:2-5)
B. Marriage shall not impede a man’s right to take concubines in addition to his wife or wives. (II Sam 5:13; I...
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Congressman proposing bill to kill BCS system -... →
And this is important enough to warrant Congressional attention? Some people really need to get their priorities straight.
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Feds take Gov. Blagojevich into custody - Chicago... →
Gov. Rod Blagojevich and his chief of staff John Harris were arrested today by FBI agents on federal corruption charges. Blagojevich and Harris were accused of a wide-ranging criminal conspiracy that included Blagojevich conspiring to sell or trade the Senate seat left vacant by President-elect Barack Obama in exchange for financial benefits for the governor and his wife. The governor was also...
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Official Gmail Blog: New in Labs: Tasks →
Last week I tried to use the integration of Remember the Milk and Google Calendar. It failed. I could never sign in to RTM from Google for some reason. I dropped RTM like a bad habit. Anyway, at the time, I was wishing that I could use tasks in Google in some way and here it is. Tasks in Gmail. Now, if they could export this to Calendar, I’d be totally in love with them, instead of...
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Arkansas Blog: Farm Bureau backs cruelty bill →
“It would not allow charging a felony for just ordinary mistreatment or cruel treatment of an animal,” [Farm Bureau president Stanley Reed] said. “It would have to be pretty atrocious.”
It makes me sad that any kind of mistreatment is classified as “ordinary”.
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My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2008-11-30) →
Broadway Revival Cast
Nickelback
Tracy Chapman
T.I.
Beyoncé
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