Author Archives: SJ

Building the template for the next 4 years of media spin…

Bill Clinton: “This shouldn’t be a race. The only reason it is is because Americans are impatient on things not made before yesterday and they don’t understand why the economy is not totally hunky-dory again.” I can already see one … Continue reading

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Paul Ryan plan likened to Sharia law… Islam supports Sharia… So Islam is bad now?

Matthews Likens Paul Ryan’s Pro-Life Views to Sharia Law It’s impossible these days to not see how the media has made itself a big part of the narrative when it comes to discussions of Conservative vs Liberal ideology…  Networks that … Continue reading

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If you blame the business for this, you are a lemming.

Darden tests limiting worker hours as health-care changes loom There’s been a lot of talk about what the effects will be of Obamacare as it slowly but surely rolls into effect.  The recent trend of mainstream media outlets actually doing … Continue reading

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Losing to Win

So two years ago, yesterday, I made one of the biggest decisions / mistakes of my life and said “I do.”  Although I still live with the woman I’m divorcing, and her kids…  We get along pretty well overall.  Yesterday … Continue reading

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Was bored today, so I decided to edit a movie into something that didn’t suck…

One of my favorite Sci-Fi/Action franchises is the Terminator series.  From the movies, to the comics, to the various games… From the day I first saw Terminator 2 back in the early 90’s, I was hooked.  Terminator 4 – in … Continue reading

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So tired of “Gotcha!” politics…

This morning I was greeted with a “did you hear that Mitt Romney believes airplanes should have windows that roll down?” My response: “Well I’m not voting for him based on his understanding of how airplanes work.” The other day, … Continue reading

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Borderlands 2 – How a sequel is made.

Managed to get my greedy little hands on  Borderlands 2 last week, and I’ve spent hours playing it since.  I’m always weary when it comes to a video game sequel and try my best to not base my opinion on … Continue reading

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Why one shouldn’t fall asleep while watching Back to The Future…

So I’ve already had my question regarding the timeline in BTTF2 answered regarding how Biff was able to return to the same timeline in 2016 after the act of giving a younger version of himself the Sports Almanac.  A deleted … Continue reading

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Yes, we can…?

http://www.ijreview.com/2012/09/16780-obama-you-cant-change-washington-from-inside/ I’m sure there is more meaning to his words, a truer, deeper meaning, that my pea-brain can’t comprehend… but Obama seriously said “You can’t change Washington from the inside.” So in 4 years he’s gone from “Yes, we can” … Continue reading

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Feds indict “information activist” for violating “terms of service”…

http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2012/09/feds-go-overboard-in-prosecuting-information-activist/ So apparently this bright yet misguided ‘information activist’ decided to download as many academic documents as he could from JSTOR with a plan to upload them to a P2P network.  The catch here is that JSTOR provides free access … Continue reading

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