Why Conservative Radio and TV Thrives and Others Don’t
It’s taken me a few swings to get this article written. It’s sort of a weird topic, one that was started by an online discussion I was following for a bit. The simple question...
Category: Weird stories
How Facebook is Losing Its True Value
Facebook has found itself in some serious trouble. The social media giant has gotten itself into a real issue with a company called Cambridge Analytica, which apparently got pretty easy access to the personal...
I Still Am At a Loss To Explain Trump 1 Year On
2017 has been a pretty horrible year in the world, all considered. We find ourselves closer to World War III than at any other time, the internet has turned into a cesspool, and pretty...
Peak Car Theory and the End Of Life Reality
I was musing the other day how much my life has changed in the last half a decade. 5 years ago I was married and I moved to a new city. It’s a city...
Anonymous Internet and The Rule of The Minority
I often read the site Techdirt, in part because I find it endlessly fascinating how a small group of people can twist and convoluted everything in the universe to fit their small, limited agenda....
The Shame in Shaming The Shamers
I think shaming is perhaps the 2015 buzzword / trend / excuse that most annoys me. Well, not actually the shaming, but rather people who insist on taking every negative opinion and trying to...
Free Speech Advocates Freak Out When Judge Rules Against Them
I visit a lot of different websites and I read and consider many different points of view. That means that I can read the wacky conservative rattle trap of Rush Limbaugh on one side,...
Why Rick Falkvinge Just Doesn’t Get It
Recently, Rick Falkvinge posted up another rather laughable article over at torrent freak, which is one of the few sites that seems to let him post with fairly free reign. Anyway, the piece, called...
NASCAR Bit By Cheating Scandal
Sometimes you just can’t get a break, that must be the feeling is NASCAR’s world headquarters these days. After a season full of odd situations, start and park drivers, and various forms of cheating...
How the Internet Taught Us How to Wag The Dog
I am the sort of person who can spend hours reading stuff online, cruising from one site to another. I am sort of a internet junkie with an endless supply of my favourite drug...
NASCAR Blows It on Knaus Appeal and Bristol
I guess it should come as no surprise to most people in the know, but NASCAR once again has managed to make a laughing stock out of itself. The rescinding of suspensions and points...
Occupy Wall Street? How About Occupy Yourself?
The current and ongoing Occupy Wall Street (twitter tag #Occupywallstreet ) protests have certainly started to gain some traction in the media. Outlets in the US such as CNN have been giving the event...
Duh, Weiner.
This is one of those stories that I just can’t wrap my head around, because there is just so much stupid going on here. Rep. Anthony Weiner has finally resigned from his office, as...
Julian Assange Hurts Wikileaks Crediblity Again
A while back, I wrote a piece about Wikileaks and how just being able to do something didn’t make it right. There are so many things that have happened around Wikileaks in the last...
