how are we rich, exactly?

We still haven't repaired the damage from Katrina. Why?

"Patriots" will bristle if you suggest the Europeans would've rebuilt faster. If not, why haven't we, if we're so rich? I bet a lot of ppl would say "oh, it's b/c N'awlinz is a hell-hole that no one would invest in." OK, but if it's so crappy it couldn't be expensive, and being so wealthy, surely we could afford to write off the costs!

Oh yeah, and the only thing holding back under-privileged Detroiters from having white picket fences of their own are those dang strip clubs! I'm going to start a fully-nude, alcohol-serving club called "White Picket Fences", complete with a wholesome, "Golden Era" theme (well, focused on the 50's/60's post-WWII boom time). Maybe a future club can feature "Grannies Who are Trannies" and have a "Golden Gurlz" theme.

Being ignorant and close-minded about sex, while doing nothing to prevent half-deranged people from buying firearms, has a lot more to do with economic inequality than strip clubs - just ask the Dutch!

London 2012 Olympics Logo is Homo

Seriously, does it have to be spelled out to people for them to see it? The "0" and the "2" on the right-hand side is a man, inserting its penis into the left-hand side "2"/"1" figure (looks something like a goat). Srsly, it's a man copulating with a goat.

The London 2012 logo has to be one of the worst designs I've ever seen.

The Summer Obama Stole TV

"And, after your dad lost his bonus and the mortgage for his lake house, Obama 'blacked out' the liberal media so people wouldn't be able to watch his coup d'etat on PBS. That was the worst summer ever."

"Oh, and then we had to stop paying for your loft in the Village. Yeah. It was a truly terrifying time."

raw deal

So, let me get this straight - after about a decade of real wage stagnation, now the mantra is "oh, well, they may be cutting your pay, but at least you still have work!" BULLSHIT. People just accept this? PHUQUE!

jataopiue

it is what it is - there is no random

another surprising fact about Tom Hanks

He's at least 7 orders of fagnitude above a singing Pierce Brosnan.

Humanity strikes back!

Take that, ewe dirty pig-porkers!

"Snark Attack"

How long have I been waiting to see the word "snark" grace the headline art of the Gray Lady? Longer than it'd take me to accumulate enough savings to get any apartment in NYC, especially with such added perks as a Chinese bordello in the bathroom.

That is a perk, right?

only the smart leave young

lol, I don't care what the percentages are because I still firmly believe that most people are fucking MORONS. No amount of psycho-anal-wusses are going to uproot that deep-seated belief! :o)

your answer in less than 140 characters

Short retort to the headline: no!
Longer answer: we're spastic enough culturally without it, thank you!

bandwidth wars: redux

What's amusing is that a few years ago, it was all about how much bandwidth you could get for your buck. recent (bullshit) trend, however, "innovative" cable-internet companies will start moving to bandwith-cap wars, like the mobile phone industry did with minutes and free e-mail programs with storage. "Hey, choose us, we'll up your bandwidth allowance to 1TB/month!"

All this, as if DPI weren't bad enough. Now they'll limit your bandwidth as policy AND to support the extra intrusions of DPI. Brilliant.

On top of all this: if the RIAA doesn't get you, your carrier's roaming charges for streaming data will! lol

ROTFLMFAO

This article is pure brilliance.

funny how little has changed

A retrospective on nearly three decades of GUI design.

Yeah, so icon sizes/colors have been increased/refined, and the functionality of windows (not the OS) has changed a bit, but nothing revolutionary, imho. We're still clicking and dragging-dropping our wonderfully, weirdly wired way through the WWW.

Don't Drink the Wa-ater!

no, srsly

To those who say "dilution is the solution to pollution" - what's the saturation point of the environment, exactly? Because once that's reached, trying to rectify the situation becomes as pointless as trying to boil the ocean, lol.

Playboy names U-Miami top party school

Well, duh! Like, where else can you get stabbed by a tailback during a kegstand? NOT WISCONSIN! (last I heard, they ran out of tailbacks ... ) hahaha

unsurprising

Men trained to be ultra-macho, killing machines, and people are what, surprised that things like this are commonplace?

and now for something completely diffident

Monty would be proud!

what the dilly yo?

Old enough to hold a c0ck? Old enough to marry! I don't see the problem here ... maybe the proposed husband should try a new tack, like "dude, she totally attacked me first, so the marriage is just retribution!" lol

I propose that President Hussein (not the dead Iraqi, the real-live Majick Negro) should institute child marriage in order to breach the culture gap between the US and the Muslim world. We can't have young male minds corrupted with ideas of a warped, Satanic social decorum! Chris Brown should lead the efforts, with Bobby Brown as back-up. We want to make sure the message gets through to the ladies.

one can always hope!

A full third of Americans admit they are spiritually retarded? Stunning.

It pays to be a Trekkie in Austin

new fad prediction: studios will increase viral buzz for a movie by duping people as to it's "real" premiere locale. It'll work very well in the US, less so in places like Europe, where film premieres aren't as big a deal. Kudos to the marketing gurus who thought of that neat twist to an old formula.

It can't go too far though before people tire of the hassle and just watch the movie a month in advance. Oh, and Hugh Jackman - what are you doing? lol