Saturday, April 12, 2003
CNN's Elizabeth Cohen [again]:
"Pain management is a big issue here. We're told she [PFC Lynch] is in pain, we can only assume that means her pain medicine isn't really working."
That's it, I'm switching to MSNBC....
Explosion at Kentucky food plant kills one
LOUISVILLE, Kentucky (AP) -- An explosion ripped through a food additive plant Friday, killing a worker and spewing a cloud of ammonia over parts of Louisville.
Despite the horrible death, officials were able to quickly control the resulting fire using Red #5, Yellow #7, Green #2... and even some Dextrose.
CNN's Elizabeth Cohen on the the arrival of PFC Lynch to Andrews AFB just minutes ago:
"We're not sure what to expect as far as how she will be transported: We're told she has two broken legs as well as a broken arm and a fractured back, so she may be on a stretcher...She could be in a wheelchair, too: Generally people with two broken legs will end up being escorted in a wheelchair."
If CNN is America's News Source, it's no wonder we're so f*cked up.
Explosion rips through fireworks factory
Officials at a local school near the factory said a huge boom accompanied the explosion, [Yes, generally there are "booms" associated with large explosions...] shattering school windows. Some eyewitnesses told police they saw a column of flames rising from the plant.
Police later learned those flames were from the factory's latest hot seller: Hussien-n-flames.
Nangoku Fireworks, which was inaugurated in March 1968, is the largest fireworks manufacturer in Kagoshima. Its 20,000-square-meter factory was apparently busy producing fireworks for local summer festivals when the explosion occurred, local industry sources said.
What in the hell else would they be "producing?"
"The U.S. Army: A Class-Action Lawsuit Waiting to Happen"
The writer makes a very valid point:
But, I ask, is it really hard to fathom? One of the main reasons tobacco companies are forced to pay inordinate amounts of money to plaintiffs is because many courts have decided their former methods of advertisement and lack of warnings were adverse. Tobacco companies purposely omitted truths about the affects smoking could have on individuals; moreover they attempted to lure young impressionable people to a "pleasurable" activity via a potent ad campaign. Tobacco advertisements listed all the good and left the bad up to self-evident cognition.
"The military doesn't do that," many may remark. But upon closer examination, there appears to be some similarity between the two.
One of the best examples of such activity is found in the ranks of the Army. The new ad campaign--most have almost surely heard of--is themed "an Army of One."
Literature on this "Army of One" can be found at many high schools and on college campuses. In reading through the literature there is no mention of the perils that await those who enlist. Page after page speaks of the incentive to pay off college loans, receive medical and dental care and earn thousands of dollars each year. To many Americans this may sound like a dream come true. But if people are lured into a hazardous career in the military that may very well end in death, all because of a keen, misleading ad campaign, is the U.S. military--like big tobacco--liable for those deaths?
The few, the proud, the f*cked.
Re-Code.com : Re-Code Your Own Price for food, electronics, software, movies, music, and more!
It's the Priceline.com of retail shopping! And its got Wal*Mart pissed as hell!
So take that you smiley-faced son of a bitch!
Thursday, April 10, 2003
Kmart giving out bonuses to many loyalists
As Kmart Corp. emerges from bankruptcy this month, it will reward about 7,800 employees -- from top executives to pharmacists -- with bonuses for sticking with the retailer through its toughest period in a century.
Yup - they're doomed.
Let's face it: it was all down hill after Little Cesar's left...
School girl botches hair color experiment; blames mystery man
Her family alerted police, but when police questioned the girl, many of her statements were reportedly unnatural, and Metropolitan Police Department investigators later found out that she had made up the story. Police subsequently handed her a severe reprimand.
Investigators said the girl had died her hair the previous day, but because she didn't like the color she put a different color in her hair, which reacted and gave her a rash.
So that's what happened to all the guys at Homestead who are now bleached blonde....
Bob Reno's BadJocks.com - Where COPS meets SPORTSCENTER
Take a look at the Bad Jocks Scoreboard in green.
Rather disturbing figures are presented, and, more importantly, we have more proof as to why football players like to slap each other's asses.
Sitka radio station broadcasts whale sounds 04/09/03
Sitka radio station KAQU is broadcasting what may initially sound like static. But listen closely and you will hear the underwater sounds of the ocean near Whale Park, and maybe even whales.
You can also find the station here in the states.... it's called NPR.
Sony leads charge to cash in on Iraq
Japanese electronics giant Sony has taken an extraordinary step to cash in on the war in Iraq by patenting the term "Shock and Awe" for a computer game. It is among a swarm of companies scrambling to commercially exploit the war in Iraq, which has killed more than 5,000 soldiers and civilians in the space of three weeks.
Is it too late to add one more target? 'Cause corporate America really seems to be craving a MOAB right now...
Of course, none of the Sony execs involved in this tasteless act of money making have any personal relation to the war... I'll admit though, we've had it coming.
Watch CNN for 20 minutes and you'll be hard pressed not to see PS2 quality graphics of the latest weapons, planes, ships, etc... that the "coalition forces" have been using to get things done. You really do expect the screen to turn black, only to see the colorful rounded edges of the PS2 logo pop up, with its trademarked sound effect.
A spokesman for Sony PlayStation in the UK admitted the company might not stock the game in Britain and Europe owing to political sensitivities.
Meaning, of course, that the US has had nothing to do with the war...
...or that we're just insensitive pricks looking to make a buck.
Society needs a reset button.
Tuesday, April 08, 2003
There seems to be some slightly twisted logic in this post spring break lifestyle.
It seems to be the people who went to various hot spots have returned tan.... but not naturally.
Indeed - many Homestead students who were fortunate to travel to Cancun, Hawaii, or Florida amongst others, also seem to have developed a "golden brown" tint to their skin.
It's fake.
Yeh - the very same people who went to sunny hideaways returned to Fort Wayne only to artificially tan.
And who says you can't buy popularity?
Monday, April 07, 2003
RIAA Sues Students For File Sharing
In its ongoing efforts to prevent Internet piracy, the RIAA filed lawsuits against four college students on Thursday, April 3....
According to one RIAA spokesperson, the organization’s lawsuit seeks an injunction to shut down the file-sharing systems and may seek monetary damages of up to $150,000 per song, which, for those keeping track at home, could rake in a cool, but extremely unlikely, $150 billion.
Think about this the next time you want to buy a record... how much of that money do you think the artists and songwriters will ever see?
When they stop "supporting terrorism" by buying drugs (see: Homeland Security PSA) I'll start "supporting artists" by buying records.
Until then - I'm soooo Kazaa!
Sunday, April 06, 2003
UPS: Changing Looks
"The new UPS logo still conveys the essence of UPS, the spirit of service and excellence we've built as the world's leading package delivery company. But it expands its meaning to reflect the broader services now available to customers.
-John Beystehner, UPS vice president, worldwide sales and marketing
It's a mother f---ing comb over!
So tell me - if we have a seperation of church and state....
...and all hell breaks loose when we pray in the public schools....
...why are the troops, led by their leaders, doing it in the midst of war?
I realized why I like spring break today...
No - not because it's a chance to get away from school and the city in which you live in. (The latter of which I couldn't escape anyway, I rarely do.)
It's because all the brat-ass rich kids are too busy traveling to Cancun on their parent's dimes, as opposed to being back in town continuously bugging the hell out of me.
NBC’s David Bloom dies in Iraq
David Bloom, an NBC News correspondent traveling with the U.S. Army’s 3rd Infantry Division outside Baghdad, died Sunday, NBC announced. Bloom, a 39-year-old husband and father of three, died of an apparent pulmonary embolism, the company said. He was the second American journalist to die in Iraq since the war began.
So tell me, network execs... is it sinking in yet?
War comes at a cost, and so does its coverage.
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