Mon Aug 13, 2007
The sickening hypocrisy continues
An article on gay365.com explains how State Rep. Bob Allen, Florida Republican and Christian Coalition cheerleader, was arrested for propositioning an undercover officer for oral sex in a public bathroom. Upon being arrested, he asked officers, "I don't suppose it would help if I said I was a State Legislator, would it?"
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Fri Jul 13, 2007
Infanticide in India
A story on the BBC's website describes how a two-day-old Indian girl was buried alive by her grandfather, because "a girl child is often viewed as inferior to a boy and a bride's dowry can also cripple a family financially."
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Fri Jun 29, 2007
WebLog/RSS (or lack thereof)
For various reasons, I have been lax in blogging to this site lately... for one reason, the pMachine software is rather klunky and I'm not happy with it. Anyway, for the moment, until I straighten out this site and my other domains, you can see newer, more topical comments on my MySpace page. But once I choose a CMS or whatever to use (Wordpress is one possibility), this frequency should be broadcasting again soon.
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Mon Nov 06, 2006
O how the mighty have fallen
The tale of the "Reverend" Ted Haggard is becoming more salacious by the hour. He's the defrocked pastor of a mega-church in Colorado, former president of an embarrassed National Association of Evangelicals, and proponent of a state amendment to ban gay marriage. Having first categorically denied the allegations made by a male escort — that they had sex and used methamphetamine — he then backtracked, admitting to using meth, but not to having gay sex (as if that's any less abominable). MORE...
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Thu Nov 02, 2006
Inventor of Lie Detector called "crackpot" by FBI
antipolygraph.org has posted a 19-page FBI file describing how the agency considered the inventor of the lie detector (who also, strangely enough, created the Wonder Woman comic book character under a pseudonym), to be a "phony" and a "crackpot". MORE...
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Fri Oct 13, 2006
More proof that eBay is evil
Checking up on some of my fellow eBay'ers, I ran across this auction (local cached copy here). Basically, it offers a "wallpaper" for GBP£0.01 (1 pence). But the title says "NOT 1P BUT FREE!!!" So how's this a scam? Because in the description, he says "You will pay absolutely nothing for this. Once you have completed the transaction, I will email you the full size wallpaper. As soon as you leave me feedback, I will do the same for you." Smell something bad here? MORE...
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Tue Sep 26, 2006
Again, with the early holidays!
Giving you plenty of time to shop, Meijer has already started an aisle of Christmas bows and other decorations. It's September, people!
(Click photo to enlarge, if you dare)
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Wed Sep 13, 2006
How To Steal An Election 101
A Princeton University study shows what many have been saying for several years: that it is possible to steal an election. This verifies what has previously been reported. MORE...
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Sun Aug 20, 2006
Judge exposes himself in court
The latest media titillation describes an Oklahoma judge who was sentenced to 4 years for using a penis pump while on the bench. MORE...
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Fri Aug 18, 2006
Ceci n'est pas un "Hallowe'en"
I just went into Rite Aid for some late night snacks and discovered — much to my horror (pun intended) — that Halloween candy and other novelties are already on sale. MORE...
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Fri Aug 11, 2006
An End to VZWtones?
Right now, this minute, you can stop buying ringtones from Verizon. Most users believe they can only download them using Sony MusicBox, VZWTones, or whatever. But it can be done, without paying a cent. MORE...
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Thu Aug 10, 2006
More eBay Shame
I've added a new member to my eBay rant page, a Power Seller this time: fastmemoryman. He may not have a bad feedback rating (and indeed, I bought memory from him once before, which I later resold). But his return policy smacks of scam artist, and PayPal seems to agree with me. MORE...
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Fri Jul 28, 2006
HeadOn: (Don't) Apply directly to the forehead!
The Amazing Randi has a blog with various scams, quackery, psychic nonsense and other amusing stories published on a semi-weekly basis. The July 28 edition features that laughable product known as HeadOn. Let's explore, shall we? MORE...
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Mon Mar 27, 2006
Immigration
There were more protests today across the US about controversial anti-immigration legislation. Detroit was one of those cities, with a massive crowd marching from southwest Detroit (where Mexicantown is located) to the federal building downtown. MORE...
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Mon Mar 13, 2006
Cybersquatting: A Cheap Trick
I've just posted an entire page concerning the loss of my previous domain, lunarfox.com, which is what this site used to be run as. Thanks to these squatters' greed and the incompetence of RegisterFly, I lost it. I've spent dozens of hours to convert everything from the old name to voxluna.com, and it still isn't finished. Thanks a lot, guys!
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Fri Feb 10, 2006
Perverted Justice
Dateline NBC, in cooperation with Perverted-Justice.com, just ran the third in a series of stings targeting adult men soliciting who they think are underage teenagers online. School teachers, rabbis, convicted felons, you name it! Fifty men in 3 days showed up at a house expecting sex with a "13 year old", and often brought along alcohol, condoms, lubricant, even Viagra. MORE...
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Wed Jan 18, 2006
Picky URLs
When are server admins going to get with the usability program and allow case-insensitive URLs? Go to this link and you get a 404 error, because it's not capitalized the way it was intended. The same goes for "WWW".somesite.com versus just "somesite.com" ... the latter which I specifically want for my own sites because it makes the URL shorter (and somewhat easier to remember).
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Mon Dec 12, 2005
Coca-Cola to market coffee soda
The Coca-Cola Company announced today that it will launch "Coca-Cola Blāk" in January in France, the first of several countries – including the United States – that are expected to introduce the new fusion of and coffee next year.
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Fri Dec 09, 2005
Verizon Censors Their Customers!
I just discovered something very disturbing while attempting to send an SMS text message to a friend with Verizon Wireless service. The company appears to censor certain words, although without any seeming rhyme or reason. MORE...
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Fri Aug 09, 2002
IBM 75GXP "DeathStar" Hard Drives
Complaints are numerous, and a class-action lawsuit is in motion regarding these drives. MORE...
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