http://hackenblog.hackenbush.org The New Hackenblog Fri, 26 Jun 2009 02:52:32 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en "Wired editor Chris Andersen was the talk of the book biz yesterday, due to the too-ironic-to-believe revelation that his forthcoming book Free: The Future of a Radical Price (one of those only-in-big-publishing projects: a $26.99 hardcover that talks about things such as information wanting to be free) was riddled with ... http://hackenblog.hackenbush.org/2009/06/25/irony-poisoning-case-65498/ "'State controller John Chiang warned today that if legislators and Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger fail to come up with a budget-balancing package in the next week, he would begin paying California's bills with IOUs on July 2.'" (via Calitics) Y'know, this would be funny if it were remotely funny at all. ... http://hackenblog.hackenbush.org/2009/06/25/arnold-bucks-are-baaack/ I have been blessed to have not seen a Disney feature animation since Jungle Book, and as far as I knew I wasn't missing anything. I was missing this: I can't believe Disney made this. It has Elvis songs in it. It's brilliant. I can't believe Disney ... http://hackenblog.hackenbush.org/2009/06/23/lilo-and-stitch-is-a-masterpiece/ "I have to interrupt our regularly scheduled fretting about the budget to follow up on a story from last year. In September of 2008, the San Bernadino County Democratic Central Committee noticed something fishy going on in the registration of GOP voters. The county was swimming against the ... http://hackenblog.hackenbush.org/2009/06/18/tsk-republicans/ I don't think we're supposed to understand Japan. "It’s Japan Day here on Bitterwallet, which means we’ve got this story and possibly another one later on that heralds from the alien world of Pachinko, the original Hole In The Wall (minus Dale Winton) and vending machines filled with schoolgirl knickers. "Here are ... http://hackenblog.hackenbush.org/2009/06/18/understanding-japan/ Wish I'd seen this earlier: "Here in California, Sam Farr, Bob Filner, Diane Watson, Pete Stark, Mike Thompson, John Tierney, Linda Sanchez, Mike Honda, Grace Napolitano, Jackie Speier, George Miller and Zoe Lofgren have all taken bold antiwar positions in the past. If you live in any of these ... http://hackenblog.hackenbush.org/2009/06/15/no-to-the-war-supplemental/ "It’s Man Monday here at Deals Of The Day and we’ve got a whole host of bargains that will help you feel like a rugged, rough, tough, todger-waving bloke. Just like that Jason Statham, that David Walliams or er, that Alan Carr. "The bargains are all direct from the forums at ... http://hackenblog.hackenbush.org/2009/06/15/how-to-be-manly/ It's nice the Lakers won, but could you please shut the fuck up and GO HOME? I can hear you all the way up on N Broadway. Christ, no wonder the LAPD was stressed out about this. I mean, I hope it's just that the Lakers won and the ... http://hackenblog.hackenbush.org/2009/06/14/people-of-los-angeles/ "People with HIV or AIDS and their providers rallied at the State Capitol today to oppose the governor’s proposed budget cuts to a variety or programs which literally keep people alive. During the public comment period of Conference Committee, people told us about the importance of these programs in their ... http://hackenblog.hackenbush.org/2009/06/12/at-least-35000-people-depend-on-the-state-of-california-to-stay-alive/ Is there some kind of pubic topiary movement afoot? First there was this: Now this: (via) I think the hairless pussy was a little overkill. And I think the line about "tulips on a mound" could be misconstrued as well. You know, I don't remember commercials about shaving your pubic hair on ... http://hackenblog.hackenbush.org/2009/06/11/i-must-be-getting-old/ "About a month before LAPD Det. Stephanie Lazarus allegedly beat and shot to death the wife of an ex-boyfriend, she confronted the woman at work and told her, 'If I can't have John, nobody can,' according to a lawyer for the victim's family. "The victim's father, Nel Rasmussen, told LAPD homicide ... http://hackenblog.hackenbush.org/2009/06/10/guns-obsession-and-the-lapd/ "They've recycled cans, baked cookies, hawked magazines, written letters and, in one case, even sold barbecue-flavored crickets. "'They tasted like Cheetos but with legs,' said Brenda Llamas, a 13-year-old trumpet player from Pacoima Middle School. "With proposed state budget cuts threatening to strip schools of much-needed cash, music students in the San ... http://hackenblog.hackenbush.org/2009/06/07/high-school-music-students-rock/ You know you want to know, so just click on the images. No one ever has to know you did. It will be your secret. (via Furies Publishing) http://hackenblog.hackenbush.org/2009/06/04/japanese-solutions-for-modern-people/ I've always loved this show. Rest in peace, David, you were brilliant in "The Long Riders," too. http://hackenblog.hackenbush.org/2009/06/04/david-carradine-rip/ Some of you might recall when I blogged about the starting to start-up comic publisher, Furies Publishing, (Furies, not furries) and asked that y'all go look them over and click on their Google ads. Well, thank you, all those clicks added up to almost $100! And then Google pulled their ... http://hackenblog.hackenbush.org/2009/06/04/google-legree/ Wheeeee! America's best Christian (TM) on YouTube! (via) http://hackenblog.hackenbush.org/2009/06/03/betty-bowers-explains-biblical-marriage-to-us/ World, I need your fiction Wapshott Fiction Journals. Something for everyone, except furries. Wherever you are, if it's in English, I need it. http://hackenblog.hackenbush.org/2009/06/01/call-for-fiction/ "I managed to take 2 photos before I was caught and unable to take the piece de resistance of parking tard photos: "Owner: Can I help you? "Me: Is this your truck? "Owner: Yes. "Me: You’re taking up 4 compact spots. "Owner: Well it is a big truck. "Me: There are other non-compact spots to park in. "Owner: ... http://hackenblog.hackenbush.org/2009/06/01/parking-tards-of-los-angeles/ I wonder: "Zaha Hadid, Frank Gehry and Jean Nouvel are among architects singled out by US-based organisation Human Rights Watch for the ‘abuse and severe exploitation’ of construction labourers occurring on their projects at Abu Dhabi’s luxury Saadiyat Island development. "In an 80-page report published last week, entitled The Island of Happiness: ... http://hackenblog.hackenbush.org/2009/05/31/does-frank-gehry-care-about-this/ Arnold can't do math: "In the short-term, expenditure reductions in any of these programs (CalWORKS, etc.) have significant implications for the state economy. The multiplier effects for these programs are found to range between 1.05 and 1.44, meaning that output and employment resulting from human services program expenditures are greater ... http://hackenblog.hackenbush.org/2009/05/31/in-addition-to-being-a-heartless-bastard/ And at a church, no less. "KANSAS CITY, Missouri (Reuters) - A Kansas doctor who was a controversial provider of so-called 'late-term' abortions was shot and killed at his church on Sunday, local media reported. "The Wichita Eagle newspaper reported that 67-year-old George Tiller, a longtime target of anti-abortion activists, was shot ... http://hackenblog.hackenbush.org/2009/05/31/welcome-back-domestic-terrorism/ Fuck California: "Consider this partial list of the governor’s proposed cuts to health and humans services: · Elimination of the CalWORKs program; · Elimination of the Healthy Families Program; · Eliminating certain Medi-Cal state-only programs; · Elimination of community based services programs at the Department of Aging; · Eliminate State funding for Community Care Licensing; · Elimination ... http://hackenblog.hackenbush.org/2009/05/31/our-arnold-helps-the-poor-get-poorer/ "While the facts surrounding the kidnapping and rescue of the Maersk Alabama Captain Richard Phillips have been widely reported, less well-known is that ship which saved him was commanded by a black woman, Rear Admiral Michelle Howard. "Howard received the assignment of leading the U.S. Navy's counter-piracy task force just ... http://hackenblog.hackenbush.org/2009/05/31/michelle-howard-american-hero/ Check the sidebar or the J LHLS Twitter page for updates from Linda Yau, Jilly Gee, and Rachel Livingston at Book Expo in New York. We're Twitterfied, all right. Please pass this along to any Book Expo watchers. There will be a full-on convention report in the ... http://hackenblog.hackenbush.org/2009/05/28/j-lhls-twittering-bea-not-as-lewd-as-it-reads/ "It’s just wrong to claim that civil marriage equality would force changes on religious institutions. No rabbi has ever been forced by civil law to conduct a marriage between a divorcée and a Kohen, just as the availability of non-Kosher food in the general marketplace doesn’t force cheeseburger onto anybody’s ... http://hackenblog.hackenbush.org/2009/05/27/prop-8-thoughts/ "A former probation department guard convicted of child abuse for letting five minors beat a boy who she wrongly believed had taken her cellphone at a Los Angeles juvenile hall was sentenced to a year in jail. "Diane Buchanan was also sentenced to four years' probation. The judge said Buchanan showed ... http://hackenblog.hackenbush.org/2009/05/27/people-who-should-never-work-with-children/ They'll decide your project is obscene, sorry, "disturbing," after they've taken the job. Docucopies fucks over the Yaoi Press (also, via) Here's the TOS. Not a word about what kind of "disturbing" content they reserve the right not to print. Jerks. http://hackenblog.hackenbush.org/2009/05/27/dont-bother-with-docucopies/ But, I ask you: why let the end of civilization get in the way of capitalism? (via [and I don't want to know where she finds them]) Prop 8...fuck. http://hackenblog.hackenbush.org/2009/05/26/yes-i-am-very-angry-about-prop-8-being-upheld/ For those of you wondering what the hell is going on in California: "Assemblywoman Noreen Evans, Chair of the Budget Committee, spells out slowly for everyone the structural problems and false assertions about the California budget process." (via) "But the California precedent still has me rattled. Who would have thought that America's largest ... http://hackenblog.hackenbush.org/2009/05/25/hell-bent-for-a-libertarian-paradise/ And they could probably use the tourist dollars. (via) http://hackenblog.hackenbush.org/2009/05/25/a-true-libertarian-paradise/