tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19179436110914440342024-03-08T09:13:05.738-08:00Faking Normality<u>Faking Normality</u>, <i>adj:</i> Pretending that things are OK, that the status quo is acceptable.Molly Pepperann Kincadehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17139114884486539696noreply@blogger.comBlogger37125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1917943611091444034.post-69171159920989320382016-04-27T22:09:00.001-07:002016-04-27T22:09:56.797-07:00Hate Confusion, Bathroom Crimes, and the Noble North.
This
Is making the rounds on Facebook. I’ll make this short.
Perry Noble is either lying or he’s just repeating what his wife’s friends’ deacon buddy thought he heard on Louder with Crowder when he says SF Mayor Ed Lee called HB2 a hate crime. Here is the mayor’s official statement.
Noble says in his post: “... however, being told to go to the restroom that matches your biological gender is Molly Pepperann Kincadehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17139114884486539696noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1917943611091444034.post-54005653264497713312016-01-14T22:52:00.002-08:002016-01-14T22:57:05.666-08:00Lately on YouTube
A "blog" that hasn't been updated in a long, long time?! NO! You don't say.
So why haven't I updated a blog on the Internet? Borderlands, Borderlands 2, Fallout: New Vegas, Fallout 4, iZombie, Scorpion, Moonshiners on Discovery, well, pretty much everything on Discovery... and lots of other junk including books on feminism, god, science and beach books like "Girl Molly Pepperann Kincadehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17139114884486539696noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1917943611091444034.post-34431621457223669562009-08-20T13:43:00.000-07:002014-02-23T16:41:54.847-08:00The long tail of the Credit Card B.S.A short one today, because I find it tiring to examine stupidity:Back in April the President decided that it was a horrible, horrible thing that the Credit Card Companies could Possibly have high rates and fees for different types of customers. $35 for a late fee! That's NOT FAIR!!! Well in May, the Senate, hoping that they could distract the public from real news, passed a bill restricting the Molly Pepperann Kincadehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17139114884486539696noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1917943611091444034.post-2738997372916216742009-08-19T18:48:00.000-07:002014-02-23T16:41:54.830-08:00A response to Alex Jones, author of "Losing the News".I just listened to "Fresh Air" from yesterday, August 18, 2009. In that episode Alex Jones, a small newspaper owner and Pulitzer Prize winning reporter is featured. He was on the show to promote his new book "Losing the News." The idea behind his book is that within the next few years, unless something drastic is done, The News as we know it will cease to exist. It will be replaced by a field of Molly Pepperann Kincadehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17139114884486539696noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1917943611091444034.post-4545290428416753792009-06-25T15:29:00.000-07:002014-02-23T16:41:54.871-08:00Senators and Congressmen are better than you.Of course, the Daily KOS doesn't talk about Senator Kennedy's section of the plan allowing Congress and the Senate to Opt out of the National Health Plan. The KOS just points out the things that the Liberals can wrap themselves in like a warm blanket -- the things that promise to punish the rich for being successful by taking their money and giving it to those poor, poor people who are being Molly Pepperann Kincadehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17139114884486539696noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1917943611091444034.post-3181604489128160632009-06-25T12:28:00.000-07:002014-02-23T16:41:54.836-08:00Dow Jones' digital distributionFrom Crain's New York, Via Boing Boing:Wall Street Journal Dow Jones Calls Google 'Digital Vampire'First, Please note, that even though The Wall Street Journal was mentioned in this article, it is the Chief Executive of Dow Jones who is making these statements.The Chief of Dow Jones still believes that news outlets are in competition with Google. On the surface this seems simply like another Molly Pepperann Kincadehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17139114884486539696noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1917943611091444034.post-5467517228328622352009-06-25T11:06:00.000-07:002014-02-23T16:41:54.879-08:00Speaking of security...Speaking of security, if you are wandering the web with Internet Explorer Six Please, for the health of the entire internet, stop using it, and upgrade to one of the following:The current version of Internet Explorer;-- Using your new version of IEFirefox;-- Firefox switcher's guideChrome.-- Chrome switcher's guideThanks from me, and the rest of the internet.Molly Pepperann Kincadehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17139114884486539696noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1917943611091444034.post-34273044334095797592009-06-25T10:46:00.000-07:002014-02-23T16:41:54.844-08:00More U.S. sensitive data found on hard disks in African junk shopsHard disks found with sensitive U.S. Gov Contractor data... Again.What is it with the repeat stories today?Found via Boing Boing, hard disks with sensitive data turned up in Ghanain junk-markets. The data belonged to Northrup Grumman, a U.S. Government contractor. I'll make this one short and sweet. OS X, Vista, Windows 7 and Linux all include Whole Disk Encryption technology. It's time to make Molly Pepperann Kincadehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17139114884486539696noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1917943611091444034.post-25810128239963324372009-06-25T10:07:00.000-07:002014-02-23T16:41:54.827-08:00Hate Crimes again?!Holder Urges Hate Crime bill.Again, I'm all for protecting people from violence. But that's why we pay police, arm our citizens, teach self-defence, etc. Protecting people has nothing to do with passing so-called hate crimes bills and their enforcement doesn't reduce those types of crimes. Meanwhile these "Hate Crimes" are decreasing -- and will continue to decline as baby-boomers die and the Molly Pepperann Kincadehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17139114884486539696noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1917943611091444034.post-65303911520327485842009-06-19T10:02:00.000-07:002014-02-23T16:41:54.901-08:00Boing Boing pointed to a response from Howard Knopf to Richard Pofhl, who wrote a response to a piece that Geist wrote on the 8th of this month. *whew* You can read the whole exchange: follow the links.. My insight is below.Michael Geist June 8 Richard Pofhl June 12 Howard Knopf June 17 – Compared to the rest of the world, Canada’s file sharing has decreased as its broadband ranking has Molly Pepperann Kincadehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17139114884486539696noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1917943611091444034.post-65252848789083058512009-06-02T18:40:00.000-07:002014-02-23T16:41:54.892-08:00Why Michael Moore is a Moron (today)Michael Moore, June 1 2009. Micheal Moore declared Monday that he is glad that GM has failed. (This may feel familiar to Limbaugh fans.) While he does stress and, I imagine sincerely, wish that GM would have changed the way they do business, he doesn’t go out of his way to acknowledge the great things they did for this country – and I don’t disagree. Like the scientific and mathematic Molly Pepperann Kincadehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17139114884486539696noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1917943611091444034.post-86500720012018081562009-05-17T22:57:00.000-07:002014-02-23T16:41:54.922-08:00Kindle, Free Economy, and how they are connected.It may be old news now, but because I was looking for "thirtysomething" on DVD, I've been exposed to Amazon's capitulation to the publishers by removing "text to speech" from some books that have already been purchased. While I imagine that this is covered in some obscure "License Agreement" I still thing it's crap. [Texas: EULA -PDF File-] Here, a Texas court decided that when you click "I Molly Pepperann Kincadehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17139114884486539696noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1917943611091444034.post-88257823401401783462009-04-06T12:14:00.000-07:002014-02-23T16:41:54.924-08:00more to come...My last post was in June of 2008. That was shortly before I left for Iraq. I have returned to a new president, old promises, and plenty of the same Faking Normality that has plauged United States politcs in the past. I'm looking forward to reving this blog back up to speed. Actually, I'm looking forward to converting it into a media empire! Fingers crossed. If you're reading this, you will have aMolly Pepperann Kincadehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17139114884486539696noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1917943611091444034.post-43543227282711439282008-06-26T13:09:00.000-07:002014-02-23T16:41:54.866-08:00Who is supposed to be the dumbest generation?Today's laugh comes from Lewis Lazare at the Chicago Sun-Times. He posts a quick blurb with his insight about how "The Dumbest Generation", a book from Mark Bauerlein, which decries the Digital Age and warns of the future collapse of society, will affect the world of advertising. I haven't read the book yet, but Lazare's few paragraphs are pure comedy gold. Here's an example: "...She polled 1,300Molly Pepperann Kincadehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17139114884486539696noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1917943611091444034.post-80139150335409676492008-06-19T13:44:00.000-07:002014-02-23T16:41:54.913-08:00ISPs and the music industryIn this article, Ars takes a stab at point out why an ISP would want to get into bed with a media company.Of course, it's all about the money. In this case the money comes from one place -- subscribers. The ISPs want to put music on their networks exclusively, and charge through the nose for it. This is one of the things that could destroy the idea of a neutral Internet. For a neutral Internet toMolly Pepperann Kincadehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17139114884486539696noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1917943611091444034.post-4227328834999664762008-06-19T12:29:00.000-07:002014-02-23T16:41:54.861-08:00Advertising Free Zone could help advertisers? You bet.I saw this today, and though what a great idea... for everyone! Found on BoingBoing, original is Here. Mass advertising is restricted. Billboards are categorically banned; advertising in subways, buses, removed. Towns take up "Advertising-Free Zones."Think about if this actually happened. At first blush it seems like a really bad deal for anyone trying to advertise. However, looking into the Molly Pepperann Kincadehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17139114884486539696noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1917943611091444034.post-72362756608282599572008-06-19T09:58:00.000-07:002014-02-23T16:41:54.910-08:00The FCC and the 400 pound cathttp://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20080615-save-the-red-lion.htmlToday seems to be all about communication. Red Lion what?!Red Lion, as I learned today, is a decision made by the Supreme Court that falls in lock-step with the defunct Fairness Doctrine. You may remember from a few months back that several left-wing groups stated beating the grass, in hopes that they could raise enough ire Molly Pepperann Kincadehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17139114884486539696noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1917943611091444034.post-49354280781634086082008-06-06T14:12:00.000-07:002014-02-23T16:41:54.873-08:00On a side note --This is a little late in coming, but I am NEVER, EVER going to the movie theater again. Those responsible for the Iron Man sound B.S. have themselves to thank for that; and for the $12 that I wrestled back out of the paws of my local theater. Congratulations you backwards-thinking, misguided idiots. I hope that there are millions more who think and act in the way I do.Molly Pepperann Kincadehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17139114884486539696noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1917943611091444034.post-54837028555262783692008-06-06T13:56:00.000-07:002014-02-23T16:41:54.881-08:00Paul McGuiness is a moron.From Wired: [U2 manager Paul McGuiness is] quoted as saying he does not want to see "artists reduced to the status of employees working for glorified ad agencies." just a quick note from the peanut gallery here, if you want to see this guy taken apart, follow the links from the story. If a music company -- A company who promotes, and sells a product (music) isn't an ad agency, then what is? Molly Pepperann Kincadehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17139114884486539696noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1917943611091444034.post-59849824551915713982008-06-03T14:08:00.000-07:002014-02-23T16:41:54.886-08:00On Viacom and YouTube[Here is a story from Techdirt] I knew this Viacom thing was still going on, but I'd bet that I'm in the minority. What the story above says really, is that Viacom is cutting off their own head with this lawsuit against YouTube. If they win, it's not going to be that easy. Viacom knows that YouTube is a valuable partner, but they simply cannot stand the fact that even a small bit of their Molly Pepperann Kincadehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17139114884486539696noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1917943611091444034.post-28495477997268606472008-05-25T05:09:00.000-07:002014-02-23T16:41:54.833-08:00Gas! Bulls#!t!I'm in one corner with the gas prices. Dvorak's blog had this and it got me riled up. Both Apple Computer and Shell Oil are reporting about the same earnings increase for Q1. I really do wonder if it is China, India, and oil speculators that are driving the prices up. No, I don't wonder. I'm pretty sure it is. So -- why isn't the former First Lady hitting up Apple for their profits?! Why isn't Molly Pepperann Kincadehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17139114884486539696noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1917943611091444034.post-82447532279620102312008-05-22T11:30:00.000-07:002014-02-23T16:41:54.919-08:00Thinking about a non-smug way to talk about a MAC switch.I'm high on coffee. I think I like it. I miss it, I believe. Somehow though, I'm fighting something. I keep visualizing spirals and circles.I'm slowly realizing that an Apple computer is really worth it. The MAC Book Pro that I have is really kicking it for me. The software, and things that I have are coming down, and I'm finding exactly what I need. I'm finding exactly what I want. At first I Molly Pepperann Kincadehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17139114884486539696noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1917943611091444034.post-40531350576352493812008-04-21T10:08:00.000-07:002014-02-23T16:41:54.855-08:00Two Shots Across the Bow of Telecom Giants.Stupid, stupid. All of this talk, all of this wireless access is at least 10 months away, and in reality, much much further down the road. Some people are even worried that the Gov't won't even turn off the analog signal in Feb '09. I'm not too worried about that, unless there is some caveat in the FCC auction that says it won't be liable to those who bought the spectrum if they open up access onMolly Pepperann Kincadehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17139114884486539696noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1917943611091444034.post-23898403879970329012008-04-17T10:13:00.000-07:002014-02-23T16:41:54.820-08:00The Long Tail -- PoliticsI'm only going to post one link, here. You can find all the links you need from that story. What it's all about this morning is the "debate" last night. All I have to say is this. The Long Tail is catching up to Politics as we know it. Candidates have never been fond of addressing the issues that matter to the people in a direct manner. That's old news. To a politician, addressing an issue Molly Pepperann Kincadehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17139114884486539696noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1917943611091444034.post-42560187637125769332008-04-14T10:12:00.000-07:002014-02-23T16:41:54.863-08:00Teens like to see other teens naked (GASP)It's all over the news today this week. It's a story that I'm not at all surprised to see. It would appear that teenagers are sending pictures of themselves to each other using their cellphones, and most likely IM applications. The issue that has raised the ire of -- well, almost everyone, is that these are NAKED pictures -- and videos. I'd imagine, as the article here suggests, that a pictures Molly Pepperann Kincadehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17139114884486539696noreply@blogger.com0