Is Claiming Fair Use Just a Nice Way to Pirate Stuff?
I read Mike Masnick over at Techdirt on a fairly regular basis, in part because he is an endless source of laughs for me. He has completely convinced himself of a bunch of different...
Category: Things I hate
7 Ways Clickbait Will Destroy The Internet
Sarcasm is pretty much how I roll sometimes, and this is going to be one of those posts. Almost everyone surfing the internet has been a victim of click bait at one time or...
Political Correctness Taken Too Far and Marks And Spencers
Here’s another story, just like the Duck Dynasty story, that shows that the public is no longer willing to get their rights trampled on just to be politically correct. The UK has a fairly...
Duck Dynasty versus Political Correctness
It’s been interesting to watch the fall out of the Duck Dynasty situation, and how the battle lines are being drawn up. If you have been hiding under a rock or watching nothing but...
Auto Racing On The Brink Of Extinction
For those of you who come to this blog often, you will know that I am both a big lover of auto racing, but also a pessimist when it comes to the future of...
The First 48: True American Reflection?
I can be honest in saying that I have been a fan of The First 48 since it started on A&E in the US a number of years ago. I can admit to being...
Chris Brown Has Anger Issues
I have to admit, the headline sort of writes itself, in part because it’s as obvious as can be. Chris Brown has made a name for himself alternately with some fairly well received rap...
End Of An Era In Formula One?
As the Formula One season for 2013 runs to it’s end, many are speaking of this as the end of an Era. The V8 engines that have screamed and wailed for the last decade...
How Activists Try To Use Factoids and Misreadings To Win The Publics Mind
Before I start, let me just say that I am being more than a little big liberal in the use to the word factoid. While it may in some circles mean a made up...
Is Ann Coulter Ignorant or Willfully Blind?
I tend to shy away from pure politics here because honestly, politics is generally a suckers game with few winners and a whole lot of hurt feelings. However, the recent government shut down in...
Will the US end in the 21st Century?
I was reading an interesting op-ed article today on the Huffington Post discussing the minimum wage and it’s effects on companies like Wal-Mart. The article is interesting to me because my recent life experiences...
Humpy Wheeler: Nascar is “too fancy”
If you know anything about the history of NASCAR, then you have probably heard more than a few stories about Humpy Wheeler. This guy has had a huge impact on NASCAR. He was the...
Manning: Whistleblowing Versus Data Dump
The Bradley Manning case has become something that might be referred to as seminal or perhaps even changing history. The recent verdict, which found him not guilty of aiding the enemy but did find...
Opinions Versus Facts Versus Misinformation
To keep this discussion on the level, let me tell you up front: Unless I show you a specific source for something, you can assume everything I write is my opinion, and nothing more....
