Archive for the ‘Society’ Category
Posted on January 31, 2009 - by Venik
Blago’s Predicament
Just finished watching Larry’s interview with Blagoyevich. What can I say… Before his arrest in early December I never heard of Blago. Well, maybe I did come across his name a few times while reading the news, but the name just didn’t stick. I had no idea who the governor of Illinois is, or if [...]
Posted on September 14, 2008 - by Venik
Aeroflot Boeing 737 crash kills 88
A Boeing 737 airliner – Flight 821 operated by CJSC Aeroflot-Nord, a subsidiary of Russia’s leading airline operator Aeroflot – crashed in bad weather on approach to the airport in Perm, near the Ural mountains. The aircraft was en-route to Perm from Moscow’s Sheremetyevo airport. All 82 passengers and 6 crew member aboard were killed [...]
Posted on July 19, 2008 - by Venik
Extraterrestrial Logic
I just finished watching the UFO special with the four Bobs on Larry King Live. These guys crack me up. To summarize their position: here’s a video of something in the sky and nobody can tell me for sure what it is, so it must be a space ship sent to Earth by an extraterrestrial [...]
Posted on April 11, 2008 - by Venik
DoD Investigates eBay; Smokes Crack
In “Stolen DoD Equipment Selling on EBay” on April 11, 2008, the Associated Press reports that the Department of Defense is investigating sales of “stolen and sensitive US military equipment” on eBay. Apparently DoD investigator purchased a dozen such items on eBay and Craigslist. Many of these items are on the US Munitions List and [...]
Posted on February 16, 2008 - by Venik
Shooting Back at College Bureaucracy
So why are American college students shooting each other? Well, the quick answer is: because they have guns. It’s actually pretty difficult to shoot someone if you don’t have a gun. The Second Amendment guarantees us the right to bear arms. The amendment was ratified in 1791 when the best gun around was a tripod-mounted, [...]
Posted on January 4, 2008 - by Venik
Justice: blind and stupid
I was just reading on CNN about the resolution of the Tankleff case. In a nutshell: a 17-year-old kid’s parents got stabbed. Mother died on the spot and father died after a month in a coma. The kid got cornered by cops, who lied to him that his father came out of coma and accused [...]
Posted on December 23, 2007 - by Venik
Corporate logic
As you are doing your holiday shopping, here is a good reason to avoid Circuit City: according to a Washington Post article, Circuit City execs had the bright idea to lay off the more experienced salespeople, who are earning $14-15/hr and replace them with entry-level sales personnel for $9/hr. Circuit City stocks took a nosedive [...]
