50 years ago today Martin Luther King gave a speech in support of Rosa Parks at the beginning of the Montgomery bus [read more...]
The mark of someone who is working in the interests of an open society is that he is intellectually honest. This honesty is a sign that he is selfless, that he does not work in his own interests but that he is working for what is right. This honesty comes in the form of questioning the status quo and questioning oneself in a constant search for what is right. He must constantly ask “why?” The result of this [read more...]
Logistical nightmare ruins otherwise epic show.
This show would have been great, had the Varsity theater gotten their shit together and realized there would be tons of kiddies coming. First of all, I was informed at the show that you could have bought advance tickets, but this was not publicized anywhere else. Then, they opened the doors to let people in about a half hour before showtime, and there was a line around the block. It was probably around 0 degrees [read more...]
Does this make dizzyingly perfect sense to anyone else?
...evidence obtained through torture - no matter by whom - [is] not admissible in British courts.Let's face it, the whole concept of torturing someone as a means to gather information (setting aside the fact it is disgustingly inhumane) is fatally flawed. Start torturing ME and I'll probably tell you [read more...]
Queen and 50 Cent: Two great tastes that taste great together?... It tastes better than you'd think. A nod to the nice photoshop work too.
Check it out: Q-Unit
[read more...]Do you remember when broadcast journalists actually made a difference? Remember when they actually informed the public instead of clogging our airwaves with pretty faces and political rhetoric? Well, I don't either, because I was born in the early 80's, and grew up in an age when someone decided that broadcast media should make everyone paranoid and superficial instead of informed and cultured.
Well I saw a great movie the past weekend that reminded me things can be (and were) [read more...]
Finally! American's are coming to their senses. I don't know who thought intelligent design was a science in the first place, but Pennsylvania voters have (by removing some school board members) obviously realized that it's not. Check out this NY Times article.
On a related note: Pennsylvania is also kicking ass this week because Penn State dominated Wisconsin in College footbal, and the [read more...]