Ron | July 31, 2008
NYT Link: http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/30/nyregion/30about.html?em&ex=1217563200&en=e162726ad1b6d34b&ei=5087%0A YouTube video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oUkiyBVytRQ Cops need oversight. In another case at the library, a police officer testified that he and three other officers had to carry one protester, Dennis Kyne, by his hands and feet down the library steps. Videotape showed that Mr. Kyne walked down the steps under his own power, and [...]
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Ron | July 30, 2008
So yeah, as most SoCal people know, there was an earthquake yesterday, measured at 5.4 Mw, with some reporting a period of 20 seconds. I was in the middle of the street walking to my car when it happened. It kinda felt like I was surfing the street or something. Two female coworkers ran outside [...]
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Ron | July 30, 2008
http://www.theonion.com/content/news/al_gore_places_infant_son_in EARTH—Former vice president Al Gore—who for the past three decades has unsuccessfully attempted to warn humanity of the coming destruction of our planet, only to be mocked and derided by the very people he has tried to save—launched his infant son into space Monday in the faint hope that his only child would reach [...]
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Ron | July 30, 2008
Church shooter expressed the following: 1. I hate liberals. 2. I am angry that my food stamps are being reduced. Something seem strange? Here’s a hint. Food stamps are basic welfare, and welfare is associated with liberalism. Oh and he was pissed that he could not get a job since ’05. One could mention the [...]
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Ron | July 29, 2008
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Ron | July 25, 2008
Please, find a different climactic goal in your lives. http://www.kottke.org/08/07/bratty-brides
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Ron | July 24, 2008
http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/07/24/odd.names/index.html I’m suddenly reminded of a girl that told me about how her father had given her younger sister a legal name with non-traditional spelling (well, I would argue incorrect; you can’t say, “My name is spelled J-a-c-o-b but it’s pronounced ‘Ron’” and not be a douche). I instantly imagined all the future annoyances that [...]
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Ron | July 23, 2008
7 blog post drafts pending. I gotta follow through, although many of them aren’t really worthy of posting. Hell this one isn’t. But I need to get my mind off things. Ernest Hemingway -> Understatement ->lol wtf? Event: During the Kuala Lumpur to Perth leg of British Airways Flight 9 on 24 June 1982, volcanic [...]
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Ron | July 23, 2008
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/jul/17/italy.g8/print This is why we need to be vigilant over government powers. Thankfully America hasn’t gotten to this point against its own citizens, though non-citizens seem to be fair game these days. Although I suppose many of the people in the article were foreign nationals, too. Well, who knows what it will be like here [...]
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Ron | July 18, 2008
Eric linked this quiz to me. Pretty interesting. 56% percentile for men, 36% percentile for women. Come on ladies, step it up!! =p
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