A year without a Paris Hilton Sex Tape? No! August 6, 2006
Posted by madwizard in Current Events, Sexual Healing.1 comment so far
Yep, that’s right! Our currently leading sex-tape ho-bag has sworn off all sexual contact for at least a year. Ooo…
Here is my problem with this…If she isn’t there to be the sexual scapegoat for the repressed sexuality of our ridiculously puritan society, won’t we all just explode in sexual ickiness? You don’t believe that we live in a ridiculously puritan society?
Here is proof…From the mouths of babes, so to speak.
First link by comcast.net entertainment, second from stupidevilbastard.com(and then via TPRS)
Woohoo! The U.S.A. and France have finally agreed to stop fighting! August 5, 2006
Posted by madwizard in Current Events.add a comment
Yay! Oh, wait, they aren’t at war. Why are they negotiating a cease fire again?
So they agree, that the U.N. might agree, to present a ceasefire that, maybe, someday, Israel and Lebanon will both agree to. Hmm…Why is it that I feel the U.N. is frigging worthless? Oh, it’s because they have the eye of the global media, yet are completely impotent to do…anything at all. I get a giant headline that U.S.A. and France have agreed on a ceasefire, and all it means is that Israel and Lebanon (oops, *Hezbollah*) will keep having at each other. Just like most U.N. revolutions, it isn’t even worth the paper it’s written on. It’s verbal (or in this case, contractual) masturbation on a global scale by a worthless organization.
Daily Show weighs in on Lebanon-Israel Conflict August 4, 2006
Posted by madwizard in Current Events, Religion and Philosophy.add a comment
Wow…This has to be one of the most vicious comedy bits the Daily Show has ever done on the religious factionalism of the region. It’s definitely a good watch…
The Ultimate in Preventing Disgruntled Ex-Employee Rampages August 4, 2006
Posted by madwizard in Business, Current Events.2 comments
We’ve all heard about the corporate sub-culture devoted to research ways to reduce the chance a disgruntled employee will go on a rampage. Firing on Fridays, giving better recommendations than merited, laying off rather than firing, etc…
Well, now we have reached a new low apparently.
LONDON (AFP) – A company has defended its decision to sack one of its staff by text message, claiming it was keeping in touch with youth culture.
Katy Tanner, a 21-year-old sales assistant, received the message while she was off work with a migraine, the South Wales Echo newspaper said Friday.
The text message said: “We will not require your services anymore…Thank you for your time with us.”
“I don’t think it’s right to just text someone. At least they should have talked to me face to face,” Tanner said.
“You’re not allowed to text in sick, you have to phone. The fact that they texted me is a bit of double standards.”
Wow…That’s all I have to say…What a pathetic cowardly way to fire someone. And from what she said, she called in sick earlier that day, since you can’t text in sick! So they decided, after she called in sick, to fire her, and avoid directly telling her about it.
The oddest thing is, it isn’t like it was a bunch of suits in a boardroom necessarily. This was a body-piercing and jewelry store in Cardiff. Weird.
Link via Yahoo News.
Hah! See! Finally, we have proof! August 4, 2006
Posted by madwizard in Evil Robots intent on World Domination, Fun and Interesting, Technology.1 comment so far
I knew there were robots being trained to be more efficient killers! My advice if you see one…Kick it while it’s down, which appears to be roughly half the time. The other half of the time? Run!
Ouch…That’s gotta hurt! August 4, 2006
Posted by madwizard in Current Events, Technology.add a comment
According to this article at arstechnica.com, AOL’s dropping customer count has finally prompted some axe action from Time Warner. TW is selling off all Europe dial-up infrastructure, making many AOL paid services free, and firing around 5,000 employees. Yikes…Sounds pretty serious. The article says that they will go the advertising route to make up for the loss of revenue from their pay services. I wonder if they’ll still send out those neat little coasters with their logo on them for me to use…
Ah, our rich, intrepid lawmakers once again win a battle against the poor August 4, 2006
Posted by madwizard in Corruption, Current Events.add a comment
Well, our Senate has yet again shot down a bill to raise the minimum wage in our country. I mean, it isn’t like the cost of living has increased, has it? It’s not like inflation actually exists.
According to an article on CNNMoney.com, both sides seem to be playing politics with this one, with the Democrats having stomped on the bill because it was porkbarrelled with a decrease in estate taxes. One can only imagine why Republicans would have sponsored this bill for the first time in ten years right now. Oh, wait, it is an election year, isn’t it? The Democrats are claiming this bill to be a clever double threat: Porkbarrelled estate tax decreases that benefit only the rich, and election year sucking up to the poor if it actually passed. And so they stomped it into the ground.
My question is this…What the hell is an estate tax decrease doing on a bill to raise the minimum wage? Someone tell me what the hell the two have to do with one another? Maybe I’ll believe the Republicans actually give a crap about the poor if someone can answer this question…
And should the Democrats, even knowing that the rich would prosper in more than one way if this bill passed, still have stopped it? It would improve the lot of the poor in this country by finally allowing minimum wage to catch up to the increased standard of living. The rich pay less taxes, the Republicans can claim to have sponsored and passed the bill.Are these two consequences bad enough to stomp on the bill? Apparently Democrats feel that they were.
Thanks again, Congress…
Here’s the full link: http://money.cnn.com/2006/08/04/news/economy/minimum_wage/
Oooh…This comes as a shock…Which tarot card am I? August 4, 2006
Posted by madwizard in Fun and Interesting, Personal.1 comment so far
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You scored as IV – The Emperor. The Emperor represents power. There is nothing subtle about this Tarot card. The Empress has power through love.The Emperor has power through power. He is in control, he is forceful and ambitious. Nothing will stop him. He is a natural leader, having either been born to the role or having disposed of all those who stood in his way. If well aspected in a Tarot spread this card can indicate success. It represents obstacles overcome, goals reached and ambition fulfilled. If badly aspected it can indicate either weakness or an abuse of power.
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