Today's new word is:

Bitchpiece: a shorter, snarkier, condescending form of hitpiece.

posted at: 18:23 | permanent link to this entry

The Force is With Us.

The Web is now filled with the desperate screeching and blaming, the Clinton campaign is nearing a bitter end. At this point, I am reminded of Executor; shields down, anti-gravity generator destroyed, leaning into it's fatal collision with Death Star II (aka "Europe's political left"). I imagine the deckhands, made aware of the impending conflagration, would sound something like this (via ATLMalcontent). Piett!!!!! This is all your fault!!

posted at: 18:22 | permanent link to this entry

Six in a Row!

Oh, look out; the Braves are off the deck. I don't care if San Diego is the worst team in the league; the Braves rallied from behind to tie, then win, a baseball game. Not only that, they strung together some hits to put the winning run across. Pittsburgh is warming up, but I think the Pirates will see a much-improved ballclub , and they'll play four this time.

posted at: 18:12 | permanent link to this entry

Today's topic for discussion is:

Most people don't know how to make things anymore; in losing the ability to create, those people have also lost the ability to trade.

posted at: 03:21 | permanent link to this entry

Music to My Ears

Ah, the beautiful sounds of dissonance. This double-dose involves Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales. This post, over at Bernaisesource, relays the lament of the corporate PR rep, lobbying (in likely futility) against Wikipedia's Conflict of Interest policy. I would normally never link to a Gawker site, but this time, the fit of indignant spite (aka "butthurt") is too much to resist. Valleywag has a bitchpiece about Wales. Apparently, Mr. Wales has brought up quite a reputation for telling Silicon Valley to politely crawl off and die somewhere. Not only does the guy correctly segregate the corporate shills, he demonstrates the true commercial value of 'net content: zero, or next to it. I mean, if you're going to be an anti-corporation, you may as well max out the theme.

posted at: 03:21 | permanent link to this entry