Archive for March, 2004
Lives of Sopranos actors as messed up as on the show. Success of the show credited to Method acting.
Joshua N. Wiley (ally) has returned.
In case you did not hear it from all of the other news sources, The Passion of the Christ made more in its 5-day opening weekend than Return of the King, is the big hit of 2004.
American Aristocracy and Racism: the real reason why Californians hate Wal-Mart
1 Comment Published by Jake Allen March 2nd, 2004 in UncategorizedA USAToday article in the Tuesday money section hints at the real reason why Californian suburban towns do not want Wal-Mart Supercenters, but you have to get to the end of the article and read between the lines.
Wal-Mart lowers prices, which is what they are famous for, but they also lower wages and lower the […]
Christianity Today explains the ugly baby in The Passion of the Christ. It was really weird.
Power company offering high-spped internet over power lines (1mbit down and up . . . cheap personal severs in the near future?). This could seriously revolutionize telecom, and the Ockhamist loves competition. The big surprise is how the FCC (leaping out of the pocket of AT&T) let this happen so quickly. Rural […]
Muslim producer will distribute The Passion of the Christ in France, boycott ends. French complain, “le film est trop normal pour nous”.
MADNESS?
Roe v. Wade almost overturned in 1992; blame Kennedy
2 Comments Published by Jake Allen March 4th, 2004 in UncategorizedRoe v. Wade, the landmark Supreme Court decision that effectively legalized abortion on demand. His papers, held by the Library of Congress, are to be released today. NPR got an advance copy, and is reporting as of four hours ago that the 1992 case of Planned Parenthood v. Casey, still in our memories, […]
It is easy to get direction in life. It is hard to get a good direction.
Animal rights activists are wako
1 Comment Published by Jake Allen March 10th, 2004 in UncategorizedThese people are wako. They are in my town.
I have recieved a significant number of hits this month (~330) from this IP in Tokyo, Japan. Is it a crawler I cannot identify, or do I suddenly have a Japanese following?
That’s not what I learned in school . . .
Closed Published by Jake Allen March 11th, 2004 in UncategorizedWere over a million white people enslaved by Africans?
“Most accounts only look at slavery in one place, or only for a short period of time. But when you take a broader, longer view, the massive scope of this slavery and its powerful impact become clear.”
I quit my classes this week. Conisdering this decision delayed my posting earlier. I will work through August and begin again in the Fall.