We all know how much the RIAA sucks, and finally, a non-no-name band is sticking it to the RIAA too.. Havey Danger..the band that put out ‘Flagpole Sitta‘ in the mid 90’s (Yes, I saw the at Big Stink, along with Green Day and Crystal Method… so ya see, they can’t be that small, even if you’ve never heard of them:P ) has put out their new cd ‘Little By Little‘ completely free, in MP3 and OGG format. This is the ENTIRE cd, in high quality, not samples, not previews, and not select tracks. They are offering it completely free via direct download, and bittorrent. They are asking that if you like the music, that you donate, or buy the physical cd. I know I like Flagpole Sitta, and while I’m still downloading the album, I’ve already donated $5, just to stick it to the RIAA and PROVE that they’re not needed, that people DO buy music and are willing to pay for it, at a reasonable price. Harvey Danger doesn’t even ask for a specific amount, just that you contribute.
So everyone, go download the album, and give them whatever you think is fair, and stick it to the RIAA while you’re at.
Bittorrent Links:
Little By Little – MP3
Little By Little – OGG
Dear McDonald’s,
As I was I sitting in your drive through, waiting longer than your previously advertised 30 seconds for my dinner, I noticed you had upgraded your drink dispenser! This is a great thing, you have finally started listening to your customers and are obviously trying to improve the efficiencies of your service.
As an order comes in, a cup drops out of the little cup holder, on to a conveyor belt and moves to the right spigot from which your drink is dispensed. A system that verges on being robotic.
I also noticed that you have finally acted on my previous letters and have moved your non-English speaking employees OFF of the drive through lane. Excellent! However, it seems your implementation of this improvement have missed the mark. I am sad to inform you, that replacing non-English speaking cashiers with clinically retarded employees, is a lateral movement at best. I find I still have to repeat my order just as much, if not sometimes MORE!.
Take tonight for instance. My ordering experience went something along the lines of:
[me] “A grilled chicken salad with balsamic vinaigrette please”
[retarded cashier on drive through lane] “You want a cesar salad?”
[me] “Yes please, but with balsamic vinaigrette instead of cesar dressing, please”
[retarded cashier on drive through lane] “what kind of salad?”
[me] “A GRILLED CHICKEN salad with BALSAMIC VINAIGRETTE”
[retarded cashier on drive through lane] “What kind of chicken did you want, grilled or crispy?”
[me] “*sighs* grilled.”
[retarded cashier on drive through lane] “And did you want cesar dressing with that?”
[me] “No, balsamic vinaigrette, please”
Now, as much as I hate to suggest that we replace hard working immigrants and mentally challenged people with something else, as some people would say it hurts our economy, I feel I must.. If you could please replace all non-English speaking and mentally handicapped employees with robots similar to your new drink dispensing machines, that would be wonderful. I mean, I already pay for these immigrants and others via my contributions (via taxes) to social security and welfare funds, which they no doubt take advantage of.
Again, please replace anyone that can’t take my simple order the first time around, with a robot.
Thank you for your time,
-Me.
Well..as some of you may know, suprnova.org, a huge bittorrent site has gone down.. as well as a few other major bittorrent sites. Here is the unnoficial closer FAQ…
This is pretty interesting, as it gives views outside of mainstream media like CNN and MSNBC. This blog is from an Iraqi –who is actualy there and post about what’s going on. Lots of vivid pictures. If you care at all about what’s going on in the world, whether you’re for, or against the war, it’s good to have a view other than the one CNN gives us here in the States.
Raed In the Middle blog.
Sean sent in this link. Whitehouse/bush spoof based on the Beastie Boy’s No sleep till Brooklyn. Pretty amusing.
I think we’ve all been a scenario like the following Dilbert depicts…
As many of you know, I was definately not a fan of John Ashcroft. In my opinion, he is worse that Bush. Bush is a simple man, he may be an idiot, but I don’t give him enough credit to blame him for all the short comings of the current US administration. He’s the type of man who will take an idea and run with it, not the type who comes up with them on his own. Ashcroft however, is dangerous. He was responsible for the TIA, and thus for CAPPSII (which was absolutely horrible with possible 25 year airline bans based on shoddy private sector data with no oversight and no accountability. If you got put on the list, and banned, well, good luck with any air travel, and you didn’t get to see why you were put on the list, or if the information was correct. You have no recourse.)
He is a bad bad man, at least as far as civil rights go. He let his right wing religious beliefs be his guidelines for crafting american law. I don’t know about you, but I don’t like it when people are in power that can make personal choicese FOR ME (such as abortion, or who I can marry) let their decisions be influenced by religious law that has it’s basis in fear of burning in hell, instead of a basis in reality and science.
So, when I heard that he was resigning, I was pretty happy…but now I’m not sure.. Bush has picked Alberto Gonzales to be the next Attourney General. And while I don’t know enough to make a solid decision about the man, my initial poking around hasn’t been very positive. According to this article he, as an advisor to Bush, recommended that the US SHOULD NOT FOLLOW Geneva Conventions in reguards to al-Qaida or Taliban prisoners.
Will he be any better than AsscroftAshcroft? Time will tell.
So, according to Yahoo (via the LA Times) 11 states have successfully managed to ban gay marriage. According to the article, target states for legalization are now New York, New Jersy, Connecticut, and probably California as well.
More bad news being five new Republican senators were elected Tuesday, and this could sway the outcome of future US Constitution amendment proposales on the subject of gay marriage.
The new 11 states that now ban gay marriage are:
Mississippi, Arkansas, Georgia, Kentucky, Oklahoma, North Dakota, Montana, Utah, Ohio, Michigan, and Oregon.