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Rampent consumerism
Just caught an article about Samsung's latest offering - a 110-inch ultrahigh definition flatscreen TV for $150,000. It took me a few minutes to work out just why the notion revolted me.
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And they're STILL making the same mistake...
http://finance.yahoo.com/news/rising-riches-1-5-us-080438335.html
And just what, you might ask, is the mistake the writer is making? A mistake, incidentally, which Yahoo! writers have been making for years.
It's quite simple. They are assuming (do you remember the cliche about that word?) that income is the same thing as wealth.
Not so. Income ( Read more... ) -
Dame Baroness Margaret Thatcher and Annette Funicello, RIP
Another one two gone. A pity, too - I liked her them. Classy ladies, both of them - although in very different ways. -
Grrf!
With this: http://news.yahoo.com/obama-eyes-legacy-try-132807517--politics.html, Obama has triggered my annoyance once again.
"He will use his powers, he says, to build a country where "you can make it if you try.""
Really.
First of all, what makes him assume that this country isn't already a place where you can make it if you try? Everything I' ( Read more... ) -
A quick question...
About how often do you have to deal with spam in your LiveJournal?
I keep getting spammers posting (almost always ads) on posts dating back years. The one I posted observing Syd Barret's death, in particular, seems to attract the vermin. It always kinda puzzles me why they bother - I always delete them as soon as I notice, and they very rarely last ( Read more... ) -
Everyone needs to watch this, now and as often as possible!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c8C7i9kdEf8
Madison Rising. These people should rise - to the top of the charts, and to unbelievable success. In an industry that seems to specialize in not cool, these guys are very cool. Rock on, dudes, rock on. -
Well, the Fertility Holiday has spawned a whole new crop of vegetables...
Today, kestrelcat had an appointment downtown and found traffic, even public transit, disrupted by
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Just saw this headline on Yahoo: Could a Democrat challenge Obama in 2012? I kinda liked the presenter's interaction with a Magic 8-ball for answers (hey, it's at least as accurate as most political commentators), but my first thought on reading the line was, "Y'know, the way he's headed, a freakin' potato could probably challenge him!" And really ( Read more... ) -
Technical difficulties
Is anyone else having problems connecting to Yahoo? Has anyone heard of something going on which would knock them off the 'web?