The Vampire Attack from We Love You So on Vimeo.
Wednesday, October 7, 2009
Tuesday, September 15, 2009
MTV VMA's 2009 - Taylor Swift gets Humiliated by Kanye West
This is an excerpt from an IM conversation that took place as I watched this...
- watching the Kanye thing now
- she's walking up
- all seems fine so far
- nice background music
- ugh
- I don't like country music
- OMG
- what is he doing?
- WHAT IS HE DOING?
- WHY WOULD YOU GRAB THE MIC?
yeah...
Friday, September 11, 2009
True tales of Wal-Mart founder Sam Walton
The American Prospect reviewed some books about Wal-Mart and discovered this wonderful tale about Wal-Mart founder Sam Walton treatment of his employees
Around the time that the young Sam Walton opened his first stores, John Kennedy redeemed a presidential campaign promise by persuading Congress to extend the minimum wage to retail workers, who had until then not been covered by the law. Congress granted an exclusion, however, to small businesses with annual sales beneath $1 million -- a figure that in 1965 it lowered to $250,000.
Walton was furious. The mechanization of agriculture had finally reached the backwaters of the Ozark Plateau, where he was opening one store after another. The men and women who had formerly worked on small farms suddenly found themselves redundant, and he could scoop them up for a song, as little as 50 cents an hour. Now the goddamn federal government was telling him he had to pay his workers the $1.15 hourly minimum. Walton's response was to divide up his stores into individual companies whose revenues did not exceed the $250,000 threshold. Eventually, though, a federal court ruled that this was simply a scheme to avoid paying the minimum wage, and he was ordered to pay his workers the accumulated sums he owed them, plus a double-time penalty thrown in for good measure.
Wal-Mart cut the checks, but Walton also summoned the employees at a major cluster of his stores to a meeting. "I'll fire anyone who cashes the check," he told them.The "values" of Wal-Mart, the largest private-sector employer in the U.S., are shaping our national economy -- and that's a very bad thing. (Via WashPost)
Thursday, September 10, 2009
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Monday, April 13, 2009
Clever campaign by NORML
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From: "Allen St. Pierre"
Date: April 13, 2009 5:43:52 PM EDT
Subject: Marijuana Consumers Demand to Pay Taxes!
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From NORML.ORG:
Marijuana Consumers Demand to Pay Taxes!
$14 billion dollar check presented to US Treasury represents "tax and regulate" boost to economyNew York, NY: On April 15, better known as Tax Day, at 8:00 AM representatives and supporters of the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws (NORML), including the organization's national director Allen St. Pierre, will stand on the steps of the General Post Office in Midtown Manhattan and present a check for $14 billion to the US Treasury Department.
The check total is an estimate of what American taxpayers spend every year to maintain marijuana prohibition. According to the report "The Budgetary Implications of Marijuana Prohibition in the United States", Americans spend some $6 billion on law enforcement costs related to enforcing marijuana laws. Taxing and regulating the production and sale of cannabis like alcohol products would reduce these costs while raising an estimated $8 billion in new tax revenue. That's according to Nobel Prize Winner Milton Friedman and over 500 other accredited economists.
"On a day when so many Americans lament having to pay state and federal income taxes, we're representing America's millions of otherwise law-abiding cannabis consumers—as well as supportive non-consumers—who're ready, willing, vocal and able to contribute this huge sum to our struggling economy, while providing truly 'green' jobs and allowing police to focus on more important priorities," says Allen St. Pierre, NORML's Executive Director. "All we ask in exchange for our $14 billion is the right to smoke our pot responsibly and in peace—just in the same way as the millions of daily consumers of alcohol products in our country."
WHO
Representatives of the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws, including NORML's national director Allen St. PierreWHAT
American cannabis consumers and anti-prohibitionists present a $14 billion check to the US Treasury.WHEN
April 15th, 2009 at 8:00 AM (press conference with mock check) and 4:20 PM presentation of check with NORML supporters.WHERE
The steps of the General Post Office in Manhattan
441 Eighth Ave
New York, NYCONTACT FOR INTERVIEWS:
- Allen St. Pierre, NORML, 202-483-5500, media@norml.org
- Ruth Liebesman-Martinuk, Esq., NY NORML, 212-804-5740, NewYorkNorml@aol.com
- David Bienenstock, author of 'The Official High Times Pot Smoker's Handbook' and a senior editor at the magazine, 212-387-0500
References regarding the economics of cannabis legalization:
- http://www.canorml.org/background/CA_legalization2.html
- http://www.drugscience.org/Archive/bcr4/exec_summ.html
- http://www.cantaxreg.com (See: Revenue Potential and Economic Analysis, and Background Materials.
Tel: (202) 483-5500 • Fax: (202) 483-0057 • Email: norml@norml.org
Sunday, April 12, 2009
Defend Michelle Obama's organic garden from pesticide lobbyists? Really?!?
This is something that I almost can't believe we actually have to take action on! Help the First Lady defend her organic garden?!? The attacks are so extreme from pesticide lobbyist than the US people must intervene? Seriously...are the pesticide lobbyists THAT bored or desperate to show some sort of results to their clients that they're attacking the First Lady's organic garden? I think I'm going to email MACA's clients and suggest they divert their funds elsewhere during this economic crisis... =-)
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Monday, March 30, 2009
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Thursday, March 5, 2009
Loud 'n Clear Commercial
I'm not sure if it was the guts of the producers of this ad or their belief that their target audience wasn't that bright; but something led them to produce this ad with many uses for their product that I felt were best left to the imaginations of the audience and not played out in the ad. It was eerie to have you "hehe wouldn't it be funny if..." played out on the ad is a bit of a creepy "everyone spies on their neighbors and their children too!" with a strange Disneyland happy smile.
I'm not sure if they're hoping to capture the success of that wrap around blanket thingie - but this ad just seems odd.
Monday, February 23, 2009
I know I'm a geek...but...
I can't tell you how excited I am to have one of these on their way to my office...
Thursday, February 19, 2009
Sunday, February 15, 2009
Wednesday, February 11, 2009
Sunday, February 8, 2009
Life Fail
One of the things I love is that the puzzle pieces don't actually fit together...ah the simple joys...
Saturday, February 7, 2009
Monday, February 2, 2009
Sunday, January 25, 2009
Saturday, January 24, 2009
Important memo from the USA
Dear World:
The United States of America, your quality supplier of Ideals of Liberty and Democracy, would like to apologize for its 2001-2008 service outage.
The technical fault that led to this eight-year service interruption has been located, and the software responsible was replaced Tuesday night, November 4th.
Early tests of the newly-installed program indicate that we are now operating correctly, and we expect it to be fully functional by mid-January.
We apologize for any inconvenience caused by the outage, and we look forward to resuming full service---and hopefully to even improve it in years to come.
Thank you for your patience and understanding,
The USA
The United States of America, your quality supplier of Ideals of Liberty and Democracy, would like to apologize for its 2001-2008 service outage.
The technical fault that led to this eight-year service interruption has been located, and the software responsible was replaced Tuesday night, November 4th.
Early tests of the newly-installed program indicate that we are now operating correctly, and we expect it to be fully functional by mid-January.
We apologize for any inconvenience caused by the outage, and we look forward to resuming full service---and hopefully to even improve it in years to come.
Thank you for your patience and understanding,
The USA
Thursday, January 22, 2009
A wonderful sight...
This image was totally worth the wait from Election Day to Inauguration Day...
and here's another one as an added bonus...
So Long W!
It's almost hard to describe just how happy I am that this departure has finally come...
So long Bush. Please...don't come back...
My favorite media pictures from Obama's Inauguration - Part 1
Our pictures will be coming soon...
These are in no particular order...
Sunday, January 18, 2009
Friday, January 16, 2009
Kudos to Giant for a cool gadget
Kudos to the folks at Giant for adding the "Scan It!" tool to their stores. I had never seen this before, but Steven and I used it when we went to the store today. It was awesome! You carry around a little portable scanner and do your purchasing (and bagging) as you shop. It keeps tabs on your total and lets you know what specials there are. When you're done you just go to the register and pay - no need to scan everything. Very cool and it worked great...Wednesday, January 14, 2009
Tuesday, January 13, 2009
Monday, January 12, 2009
Saturday, January 10, 2009
Metro's Inauguration Tips!
Ha! This had me in a trance somehow... Thanks to Lara for posting it on Facebook.
Thursday, January 8, 2009
Barack Roll - 2009 People's Choice Award for "Favorite User Generated Video"
Why are they the 2009 awards when they're honoring something from 2008?
Friday, January 2, 2009
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