Tuesday, September 30, 2008

John McCain is one of the "Keating Five"

John McCain has already contributed to a recession a couple decades ago. He accepted bribes to keep authorities off the back of a corrupt banker, which cost taxpayers $124.6 billion. This was also one of the factors leading to his foxy second wife's addiction to painkillers.

Obama however, is an honest family man who loves and respects his wife.

Sunday, September 28, 2008

McCain's battle with face cancer

So, the republican presidential candidate has cancer (read into the comments for that part. I'm gonna see if i cant find more on that. srrsly, brain tumor?). Thanks for letting us know that McCain. Seriously, he is literally a heartbeat (or a failed operation, or some chemotherapy... hell, a heart attack..!) away from giving the presidency to Palin. I sure as hell don't want that. I'd take Hillary over Sarah.

Saturday, September 20, 2008

Wednesday, September 17, 2008

John McCain should do a Seinfeld ad

because he really needs to connect with the people.

barack can. He raised $66 million this month. Thats a record, no joke. all thanks to the internet.

John McCain probably still thinks the internet is a series of tubes. well, youtube (and hes not too popular there.)

i just hope the red states arent glued to fox news, which seems to act like McCain's gonna win. i think it was the only station that covered sarah palin's first return to alaska (which she put into oh, millions of dollars of debt).

McCain doesn't have the same interests as the american public. Barack will at least pretend like hes listening to what we want if hes president, because i dont doubt he'd put up an online suggestion box. True public forums anyone?

Tuesday, September 16, 2008

Hurricanes, as seen from orbit - The Big Picture - Boston.com



This image of Hurricane Ivan, one of the strongest hurricanes on record, was taken Saturday from an altitude of about 230 miles by Astronaut Edward M. Fincke, NASA ISS science officer and flight engineer, looking out the window of the International Space Station on Sept. 11th, 2004. (NASA) #

hot damn.

So, ive started checking my college fund. I've never even touched the thing since it became mine when i graduated. lookee here, though:



I've lost nearly 1000$ since my birthday. this is when i start putting money in. i feel like a freakin genius (thats great, i had to spellcheck that.) sometimes.

Monday, September 15, 2008

The Margins of Error: John McCain Gets BarackRoll'd

oh, if only this actually happened..!

personal thoughts

this is probably my most "personal" blog in a while, but i had a few things on my mind..

-the worst thing about S.A.D. (seasonal affective disorder) is that in fall, you know youll start the cycle all over again, and you get ready for 5 months of hell.
-it's so touching how they call it "SAD"
-it frightens and saddens me that im not close at all with my family, and thats why i have such terrible social skills, but i still really wanna move out (at the same time i dont, for financial reasons)
-you can order all the atomic/subatomic/antiatomic particle plushies from particle zoo (i think the dark matter's pretty cute, but shipping would be through the roof cause its so heavy!)
-i geeeettt paiiiiiid this fri!
-im starting back up netflix. and simultaneously getting the blockbuster 2-week trial (for the 3-at-a-time plan! and canceling, of course.. muahaha!)
-reading articles like this, about kids with bipolar disorder just adds another reason to the list of why i never want to have kids.
-and also makes me think about the over-diagnosing of mood disorders in children (and pill culture in general)
-the more i think about evolution, the more it seems like we cant possibly be "alone"- life is the norm, not the exception.

Saturday, September 13, 2008

Seinfeld + Gates = ???

Now's the perfect time to get into the stock market

..even apple slipped a little, when it didnt reveal a surprise after announcing the new ipods.

gas prices keep rising. the two biggest factors? preemptive hiking, and drug abuse.

another juicy tidbit about this administration: countless documents are lost because people dont hit save. i think it could just be a windows problem. or terrorists.


on a side note, the whole obama-palin experience dispute reminds me of trying to get a "retail job." everyone wants "retail experience" but how do you get that if you need it to get it?


point is: consumer confidence is down. wayyy down. my little hometown's economy relies heavily on tourism, and weve had a particularly bad year due to gas prices and "stay-cations." gas prices hit up to $5 a gallon yesterday. that's about an hour's worth of work, after taxes.. and speaking of taxes, all this talk of the burden on taxpayers, tax cuts blah blah blah. what we need is decreased spending- by the government, and by us.

ive also thought of telecommuting to europe to do design. because itll a: save gas and b: pay more because of the exchange rate.

Friday, September 12, 2008

hollow earth? nah...

so, for a little while, i kinda believed in the whole "hollow earth" thing, where theres no subduction of tectonic plates, and earth is continually expanding. i could see that.

but this guy... idk, he says hes got witnesses like scientists and pilots. but ive got a problem with the "north pole opening" because um. hey, thats an ocean?? (<< i made this statement before i watched the whole thing, and they explain that its because of the shell's gravity that the ocean doesnt just run down like a drain)
whatever. video is about 90m total (jesus fuck).

BUTTT.. if it is true, it provides a (decent in my opinion) explanation of UFOs and aliens (which are androids). thats why aliens have no organs (particularly sexual organs) no vocal chords (they apparently use telepathy) and those creepy black eyes.

some interesting points:
-theres no war, and theyre more technologically advanced
-and theyre super tall (perhaps because the inner sun's gravity pulls them up?)
-this furthers my theory that our sister star is whats causing global warming, because it could be drawing the inner sun towards the south pole.
-half of this guys references are like "i talked to so and so who said they talked to someone and asked them about the hole in the pole, and they said yeah."
-towards the end where he talks about day/night inside, it sounds a little hokey.


realllly long. youre gonna hate it if youre skeptical.

Monday, September 8, 2008

twitter

so um, i added a twitter. idk how much ill use it, but its set up on my phone too.

Saturday, September 6, 2008

Capitalism leads to inflation

ok, ive never taken an econ course (believe me i want to, i just cant fit it into my schedule) but ive been reading about the whole thing with china, and it just baffles me... were so far in debt, and ive always wondered, "how did we get this far in debt? who the hell do we owe money TO even??"

other banks.

you know, usury used to be frowned upon. it used to be the jews making loans to people. rarely can they be repaid. the money isnt there in the first place, how can there be 20% more of it a few months down the road?

seriously, usury is the dirtiest form of capitalism. its just more of the "make as much money as possible" mantra.
the problem is that it seems to be an american is to be in debt.
people in africa live on a few dollars a day. seriously, i couldnt drive to work on that.

back to china. so we borrow money from them. but they have very little capital, and the invest in our Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, which are losing value.
so, a la Bear Sterns, were "bailing them out" which means, WTF:
It is not possible to calculate the cost of any government bailout, but the huge potential liabilities of the companies could cost taxpayers tens of billions of dollars
-New York Times

YAY AMERICAAA

so tell me, why do taxpayers have to cover the asses of corporate fuckups?

the truth

McCain doesn't talk shit about Obama, so much as Obama does about him? yet another lovely surprise from election 08.

Thursday, September 4, 2008

thank you, governor Patterson.

(after likening president Bush to Pluto as a very distant object) "I think down the road historians will declassify President Bush as president because he was never really elected.”

Wednesday, September 3, 2008

Google Chrome!

I seem to get excited *whenever* google or apple do anything.. soooo when i heard that google is releasing a browser, i totally creamed my pants.

theyre pretty much reinventing the browser. and making it open source. Firefox 3 has already integrated the new address bar functionality of chrome. and ohmygod they rewrote javascript.

google has big plans. including one for health care (!?)

Tuesday, September 2, 2008

NEWSFLASH:

The 17 year old daughter of McCain's running mate is preggo. McCain says he was unaware of this fact when he selected Palin. the kids are planning on getting married, but mccain may have just lost.


EDIT:
here's sarah palin's blog (unfortunately its not real, it was created when she was announced as running mate 8/30/08)