Monthly Archives: August 2009

Here’s a trailer for Michael Moore’s new movie, Capitalism: A Love Story. This guy’s occasionally pissed about the same things that I’m pissed about. This one looks like it might actually be good, save one small but critical error: he’s not talking about capitalism. The premise of the movie (call it a documentary if you [...]

I just read a great article by Daniel Krawisz, making a case against intellectual property. Read the whole thing here. Intellectual property has always given me a weird feeling. It seemed to me that something was wrong there, but I could never figure it out. This article got me to look at it from a [...]

Galileo wrote the following in a letter to Kepler. I have been for many years an adherent of the Copernican system, and it explains to me the causes of many of the appearances of nature which are quite unintelligible on the commonly accepted hypothesis. I have collected many arguments for the purpose of refuting the [...]

The Honda dealership down the street from my workplace has a giant banner over the lot proclaiming “Official Cash for Clunkers Approved Dealership”. It’s been there for at least a week. The Toyota dealership across the street has no such banner. I don’t know whether they’ve applied or been approved or whey they don’t have [...]

So you read Whole Foods CEO’s WSJ column? Now think about who his customers are. And look at this bullshit. Mackey knew exactly what his customers would think of his reasoning. (They don’t see it as reasoning. They see it as partisan opinion.) Something propelled him to choose to publish it anyway. Some self-interest. And [...]

John Mackey, CEO of Whole Foods, got his opinion on necessary health care changes published in the Wall Street Urinal today. It’s on page A15. Not exactly prominent, but it’s great to see some media coverage of less intrusive alternatives Bobama’s cockamamie pet projects. Excerpts: Remove the legal obstacles that slow the creation of high-deductible [...]

The aerosol can in the company bathroom states on the back that it’s a violation of federal law to use this product in a manner inconsistent with its labeling. The operating instructions are to spray for one second toward the center of a normal-sized room. What if I spray for two seconds? Is that inconsistent [...]

Here’s a peculiar way to scale back a budget. Back in February, I applied for entrance to a music program at San Diego State University for fall 2009. Didn’t pass the audition. So I made arrangements to try again this fall for spring 2010 enrollment. Not until I called them a few months ago did [...]