Torch Song for the Olympic torch

Betcha the Olympics committee wonders why oh why did they allow San Francisco, unabashed political arena, to be the only American point on the torch relay route dubbed the “Journey of Harmony”.
Extinguished in Paris (oft joshed at for their cowardice), many cringed at the thought of what Bay Area pro-Tibetan protesters might do [...]

RonPaul.com sells for $25k

Ron Paul, dreamlogic.net fave Republican Presidential hopeful (totally media-snubbed despite his overwhelming “underground” popularity — amazing record-breaking campaign fundraising and high finish in Nevada), has no affiliation whatsoever with RonPaul.com… well, not yet anyway. Recently, RonPaul.com (formerly a Portland consulting firm) sold on eBay for $25,000. The winning bidder’s id, domaininsider, leads me [...]

70 Minutes of Ron Paul - Glen Beck Interview

So, I haven’t really done a Ron Paul post yet, and this lengthy interview seems to be a good place to start. If you don’t know Ron Paul, just watch the video. I’m sure you’ll appreciate his straightforward answers. If you know Ron Paul, watch the video. It’s actually one of the best interviews he’s [...]

A few issues to be upset about

I don’t usually bring in political articles in an effort to keep the comment boards civil, but some of these issues in the past week or so have been pretty frustrating.
The Evil P2P Menace!
This CNET news article reports that Congress is now claiming P2P networks are a threat to national security. Why? Because a [...]

Bye Bye Blair

UK Prime Minister Tony Blair announced today that he will resign on June 27th. He is the only one in UK history besides Margaret Thatcher to last a full 10 years in office. Even though most of the country distrusts him (similar to our country’s leader’s falling popularity rating) he holds steadfast to [...]

Shh… government secret printed on roadsign

North Korea and their two biggest undisclosed targets (Japan and us) are on the cusp of negotiations (or rather they disobey and watch us sweat) yet again. Did our leader really believe their disarmament promises? Silly George. Silly Abe san.

Well, here’s a silly roadsign to ease the tension of potential nuclear war. [...]

Our Government is just a little more “hip”

Yahyah, break it down now *wacky dance sequence*
Well, maybe “hip” isn’t the right word, but I hope we see a lot of change in the U.S. government now that a series of first-time achievements are being logged. Er, first, Nancy Pelosi (CA, Dem) is the first female Speaker of the House. [...]

UCLA Library Tasering Incident

Here’s a reason why YouTube’s user uploaded videos are so completely awesome. An incident of police abusing their power, that would have been either swept under the rug, or relegated to a two second sound byte on the evening news, is now national story, thanks to a citizen journalist uploading his video to YouTube. I [...]

MOVIE REVIEW . Babel

Iñárritu’s latest is essentially a high minded anthology film tackling the lack of communication, compassion, and empathy in the world today. Given the amount of press this film is receiving, I’ll let you read an in-depth rundown of the narratives elsewhere. Regarding the structure of the film however, Iñárritu’s inteleaving of the tales hinders, rather [...]

MOVIE REVIEW [SCREENER] . Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan

Chris and I love gore gore horrorfests, but no scene ever made me want to shield my eyes and turn away as did a certain clip in Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan. It started out as a fair fight between Borat Sagdiyev (Sacha Baron Cohen) and Kazakh [...]

MOVIE REVIEW [SCREENER] . Flags of Our Fathers

Everyday we are sheltered from the truth. On the news, in history books, by our peers and parents. We are forced to believe that War is inevitable. War is unpreventable. War ultimately saves lives. The topic is so saturated with deceit that the proletariat always accelerates acclimation. It is [...]

Still no Idiocracy screenings in SF

It’s the second week since Mike Judge’s latest film reached limited release, and still no screenings in the San Francisco bay area, nor in the cultural mecca that is New York. Sad. Kris and I have been waiting for it to release for quite a while. If you’ve not heard of Idiocracy, you’re not alone. [...]

Iran.. just finishing what we started

Hey so the other day my friend emails me with the usual polite morning intro “wut r u doing?” and so I’m like “Worrying about Iran.. what else?” I don’t think that’s what he wanted to hear, but how can you ignore it when it’s driving gasoline prices up and up yet again. More importantly, [...]

Stuck in the middle with you.. China, Iran, and Korea

China is on the fence again.. this time with Iran and N. Korea and a whooole shitload of oil. If China sides with Iran this time, they may just lose their chance at remaining buddies with N. Korea in the future, but their natural resource dependency is, well to say the least, all consuming. [...]

Bush Joke

Just received this one. Thought it was kind of funny:Just received this one. Thought it was kind of funny:
Donald Rumsfeld is giving George Bush a daily military briefing and tells him that three Brazilian soldiers have been killed in Iraq.
Bush softly says, “That’s absolutely terrible”, and is then at a loss for words, [...]

Asian Bird Flu in Africa

First cases of Asian Bird Flu found in a commercial poultry farm in Nigeria. Teams are investigating; so far they’re unsure if any humans have been infected.. certainly they have been exposed to it. Officials blame illegal imports.
Contrary to what the Chinese Govt would like to have the world believe, Asian Bird Flu [...]

Falun Gong practitioners barred from performing in San Francisco Chinese New Years Parade

Falun Gong, a group promoting wellfullness of the Mind, Body, and Spirit through a series of meditations and exercises based on Taichi and Quigong practices, has been barred from performing in San Francisco’s Chinese New Years festivities by the organization in charge of the event. Falun Gong members have performed, and won multiple awards, in [...]

Morons in San Jose

So the San Jose City Council approved a plan this past week to spend $5 million of taxpayer’s money to purchase land for a potential stadium for the Oakland A’s. Nevermind that the Oakland A’s have repeatedly stated they have no intention of relocating their team to San Jose, nor would they think about moving [...]