Monthly Archives: July 2009

Articifial Power

By 20lbcat | Published: 17 July 2009

I just saw a headline on the Pope breaking his wrist in a fall. I thought, big deal, he’s just the Pope, he has no real power, only that which is given to him by his followers. That got me thinking about all different kinds of powerful people and how they get it. BObama is [...]

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Health Care Regulation

By 20lbcat | Published: 16 July 2009

Our US Chamber of Commerce blog posted charts of what health care regulation looks like now, and how it looks in the current House bill. Mouseover and click. Weeee!

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Scientology is a Real Religion

By 20lbcat | Published: 16 July 2009

Funny, from Wikipedia: Scientology is legally recognized as a tax-exempt religion in the United States and some other countries, and the Church of Scientology emphasizes this as proof that it is a bona fide religion.

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Sheeple

By 20lbcat | Published: 15 July 2009

Frickin brilliant. Read the mouseover text. I frequently think the same thing and wonder how many people are thinking it about me.

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Gravedigger

By 20lbcat | Published: 9 July 2009

Prosecutors on Thursday charged three gravediggers and a manager in an elaborate scheme in which hundreds of corpses were dug up at a historic black cemetery near Chicago and strewn in a weeded area or reburied with other bodies so that plots could be resold, authorities said. Whole article. This makes me think. Who owns [...]

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Lift Up Your Mouth Corners

By 20lbcat | Published: 8 July 2009

Japanese railway employees will soon undergo smile scans. I love news stories with “it has been claimed” in the sub-headline.

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Communicating

By 20lbcat | Published: 7 July 2009

When I think of what’s really going as we drive around in our cherished automobiles, particularly when comparing to times before Henry Ford, I’m often amazed that we aren’t all fucking dead. (I’ll credit my brother for voicing this after the big spinout, but it had previously occurred to me in the same words.) I [...]

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