Kopimism: Copy and Seed

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  With all of the SOPA/PIPA outrage going on over the last couple of months, perhaps it’s not a coincidence that a new religion has just been recognized in Sweden. According to this article on Cnet: Kopimism is the brainchild of philosophy student Isak Gerson, who founded the church in 2010 to protect his beliefs that copying and sharing information is a good thing. (If Kopimism has a Ten Commandments equivalent, I'm guessing "Thou shall not steal" didn't make the cut.) Before you Read more [...]

VIDEO: A Quick Reminder of Why SOPA Sucks

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If you follow me on Twitter or Facebook, you’re probably sick of hearing about this by now, but it would be impossible for me to understate exactly how bad I believe this law will be for the internet as we know it. So once again I’ll implore you: Please, if you feel as I do and you haven’t done so already, please call your senator and representative and express your concerns about this bill.

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People of Walmart, meet Elizabeth Halfmoon

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This would normally wait for Bad Idea Friday, but it's just too good. Welcome to Tulsa, where Fox 23 reports that Ms. Halfmoon, apparently too broke to actually buy the necessary chemicals for cooking meth, decided that the next best course of action would be to actually mix those chemicals, or "cook" them, inside Wally World. I will award points for creativity and originality, but I have to take them right back for execution. Apparently she was in the store for six hours; I have no idea how long Read more [...]

A Profile of Occupy Cincinnati, Pt. II

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Note: This is Part II of the piece that I composed with Zac from Fatal Downflaw, and it can also be found on CincyVoices. Part I can be found here.   Portrayal in the Media With mega-conglomerate-controlled mainstream news media being the norm for America, it comes as little surprise that  Occupy Cincinnati has some very strong feelings about their portrayal in local media. All present felt like the media was almost waiting in the wings for the group’s next big action - probably hoping Read more [...]

Pujols: Taking His Talents to Anaheim

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Hey look Cardinal fans, it could be worse; at least you didn’t get it as bad as Cleveland did, right? Deadspin published this little nugget last night that I think might be of some interest (for the purpose of gloating, if nothing else) to Reds fans. It begins by quoting Prince Albert in this 2009 interview: "Do I want to be in St. Louis forever? Of course," Pujols said. "Because that city has opened the door to me and my family like no other city is ever going to do. I don't want to [go to] Read more [...]

A Profile of Occupy Cincinnati, Pt. 1

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Note: Sorry for the drought, but it’s been one hell of a November on a personal front, but hopefully the width and breadth of this article will make up for it. It’s been embarrassingly long in the making, but I’m pretty f’n happy with the final product. This profile was a collaboration between Zac from Fatal Downflaw and yours truly.  It’s already up there, and at CincyVoices as well, but I figure a few extra readers can’t hurt for the amount of time that we’ve plugged into the project. Read more [...]

Rick Perry is Still a Clown [Updated]

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UPDATE: While originally reporting that Perry’s ad had originally surpassed Rebecca Black’s “Friday” as the most disliked video in YouTube history, the Huffington Post has now corrected (with some disappointment, if I’m not mistaken) that Perry is still safely behind the Biebs by nearly a factor of 10 for that coveted title; still, as you can see, to get to where he did with the number of views that he had is pretty remarkable. Who knew people would hate aimlessly lashing out at people Read more [...]

The Daily Show wins again: Science Conspiracy Edition

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This is one of the things that I beat the right wing up about more than anything else. I laughed so hard I cried, particularly at the surgeon comparison. Don't miss this if you have five minutes you can spare. It is epic. Best line of the bit: "The American people should be able to decide what's true". Happy Friday!   The Daily Show with Jon Stewart Get More: Daily Show Full Episodes,Political Humor & Satire Blog,The Daily Show on Facebook Read more [...]

On Oakland and Occupy in General

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On Oakland Tuesday night, I watched police in riot gear shoot tear gas and hurl flashbangs into a protest in Oakland that, by every account I've read, was peaceful aside from a very few isolated miscreants. Civil disobedience was met with disproportionate and potentially lethal force (lethal: as in, no, the tear gas itself won't kill you, but a canister bashing your head certainly can). (Caution: Both videos have language that is NSFW) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9lbbWAgBy7E The gentleman Read more [...]

Regulations rank low as “job killers”

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If you've followed politics at all in the last two years, there's absolutely no way that you missed one Republican or another crowing about Job-Killing Regulations. It's become something of a mantra for them. I can tell you one thing for certain, though, it's certainly not responsible for the loss of very many existing jobs. From @DaveWeigel (someone you should certainly follow if you're on Twitter and interested in politics) at Slate: The Bureau of Labor Statistics breaks out the numbers Read more [...]