Category Archives: US

Disney queues…

“Frost says the rule change is a precursor to a much more dramatic change, a FastPass replacement (?) called xPass, which allows visitors to reserve their ride-times far in advance, over the Web, simultaneous with their other bookings — dining, hotel, etc.”

Walt Disney World tightens the rules on FastPasses – Boing Boing.

Surely they should just work on getting rid of the queues? Why would I want to spend a day in Disneyland working on the salesman problem and attached to my mobile phone.

I do that all week!

The death penalty…

I’ve never understood why you’d kill a killer. Surely you’d want to study, understand and prevent.

Really? Why would you want serial killers around, paid for by your taxes. Well you might want to talk to them about what happened…

“There is significant evidence out there that suggests that not only did John Wayne Gacy not operate alone, he may not have been involved in some of the murders, and the fact that he was largely a copycat killer,” Stephenson told WGN.

U.S. News – Serial killer John Wayne Gacy had accomplices, lawyers say.

 

 

 

Colbert vs. Todd…

Colbert has found an obvious target for ridicule and exploited it. It’s been the best comedy since Bush…

“It all started when Colbert announced that, as permitted by Citizens United, he planned to form a super PAC (“Making a better tomorrow, tomorrow”). As he explained to his viewers, his hope was that “Colbert Nation could have a voice, in the form of my voice, shouted through a megaphone made of cash … the American dream. And that dream is simple. That anyone, no matter who they are, if they are determined, if they are willing to work hard enough, someday they could grow up to create a legal entity which could then receive unlimited corporate funds, which could be used to influence our elections.”

And Chuck Todd is out of his depth. He’s forgotten that politics is there for a reason. He is the triumph of form over function!

“Colbert took the mainstream by storm in interview after interview that schooled Americans about the insanity of Citizens United and garnered blowback from NBC White House correspondent Chuck Todd, who complained that Colbert is “making a mockery of the system” and questioned whether the real agenda was to “educate the public about the dangers of money and politics … or simply to marginalize the Republican Party?” Then came the un-ironic defenses of the irony of Colbert and the obligatory navel-gazing about whether Colbert is in fact effecting real change or in peril of succumbing to “irony fatigue.”

Stephen Colbert is winning the war against the Supreme Court and Citizens United..

Clint Eastwood on Gay Marriage…

“Because what I really believe is, let’s spend a little more time leaving everybody alone. These people who are making a big deal out of gay marriage? I don’t give a fuck about who wants to get married to anybody else! Why not?! We’re making a big deal out of things we shouldn’t be making a deal out of. […]

They go on and on with all this bullshit about “sanctity” — don’t give me that sanctity crap! Just give everybody the chance to have the life they want.”

via Clint Eastwood on Gay Marriage and Politics in General.