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Is Wal-Mart evil?

By | January 13, 2004

Hmmm… I keep wondering this myself. Signs are pointing more and more that yes, Wal-Mart is evil. How else do you descibe a company that takes out life insurance on their employees, collects the benefits when the employee dies, but fails to tell the employees family about the insurance? Wal-Mart was sued for this, and… Read More »

Hooray for New Jersey!

By | January 13, 2004

Add New Jersey to the list of states that grant same-sex couples legal benefits, including health care and financial rights. While this doesn’t legalize gay marriage in New Jersey, it does allow same-sex couples many rights that married hetero couple haves. NJ Governor McGreevey said, “‘This legislation is a matter of fundamental decency.’” Amen to… Read More »

ACLU backs Rush Limbaugh?

By | January 13, 2004

“‘It may seem odd that the ACLU has come to the defense of Rush Limbaugh,’ [ACLU] state chapter’s executive director, Howard Simon, said.” Only odd in the same way as expecting Bill Clinton to come to George Bush’s aid. Or for PETA to help out the cattleman’s association. In other words, yes, it is damnedodd!… Read More »

Can’t we all just get along?

By | January 12, 2004

What in the world is up with the Democratic presidential hopefuls? At their last debate, Al Sharpton and Howard Dean got into a shouting match over race. Dennis Kucinich jumped in against Dean on taxes and social security. And John Kerry jumped in on Pentagon funding. This is shaping up to be a very entertaining… Read More »

More RFID wackiness

By | January 12, 2004

Long-time readers of this blog know that I am no fan of RFID. This is a technology which, in theory, could destroy personal privacy. Imagine a small transmitter embedded in every thing you own: every piece of clothing, even. This is what the ultimate goal of RFID companies is. The RFID backers then go on… Read More »