A legislative rumble is shaping up in the sunshine state. The cause? An anatomically correct dog statue. No, it’s not ‘real’ issues like immigration, Iraq or the environment, but canine gonads that get people going in Sacramento. The furor concerns a service dog tribute statue in a public park. The statue is an accurate representation of a living dog, including a faithful representation [...]
Oh, those wily ad execs. When a national media regulator closes a door, they force open a digital window. Several junk peddlers, including McDonald’s, Starburst, Haribo and Skittles have turned to the Internet to reach their pint-sized consumers after the UK’s media regulator, Ofcom, made it difficult to advertise on television. Starting this year, ads for [...]
Heathrow Airport is seeking an injunction to prevent anyone involved with the Camp for Climate Change from participating in a peaceful protest in three weeks. Heathrow has a carbon footprint roughly equivalent to a small country. No fooling. The injunction seeks to prevent ” “all persons acting as members, participants or supporters” of anti-aviation group Plane [...]
Let it never be said the Republican Party doesn’t know how to take care of its base. The Manchester, NH Republican Council will hold a fundraiser where for the low, low price of $25, you can fire a range of combat weapons. Want to shoot an Uzi? Pop off a few hundred rounds through an M-60? The [...]
The Times has a list of the top 50 best movie robots. A pretty comprehensive list, except Optimus Prime is only #30. C’mon now. He deserves at least top 10.
The spectacularly controversial academic was turfed out of his tenured position in an 8-1 vote by the University’s Board of Regents. Churchill has ten days to appeal the decision, but has already indicated he will challenge his termination in court. Churchill, professor of ethnic studies at the University of Colorado, Boulder, garnered international attention when [...]
I’ll admit it’s a pretty interesting idea. Ask Americans to upload questions to YouTube, and have a bunch of Democratic presidential hopefuls respond in a debate format. But there was an undercurrent of smugness to the whole affair- a kind of self-congratulatory “look how hip and with-it we are”. A message that rings a little [...]