"Get a job, ya bum!"

http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2013/dec/24/atheism-richard-dawkins-challenge-beliefs-homeless

Viva la Revolution!

None of us knows the shape of the future. This half-century of disorders teaches us that the future is a secret which is divulged neither in the works of Karl Marx nor in those of his adversaries. But we can say this much to the future which a few impassioned young men are somewhere building: every revolution that stifles criticism, that denies the right to contradict those in power, that prohibits the peaceful substitution of one government for another, is a revolution that defeats itself - is a fraud. My conclusions will irritate many people. No matter: independent thought is almost always unpopular. We must renounce outright the authoritarian tendencies of the revolutionary tradition, especially its Marxist branch. At the same time, we must break up the existing monopolies - whether of the state, of parties, or of private capitalism - and discover forms, new and truly effective forms, of democratic and popular control over political and economic powers and over the information media and education. A plural society, without majorities or minorities: not all of us are happy in my political utopia, but at least all of us are responsible. Above all and before all else: we must conceive viable models of development, models less inhuman, costly, and senseless than those we have now. I have said before that this is an urgent task: the truth is, it is the task of our times. And there is one more thing: the supreme value is not the future but the present. The future is a deceitful time that always says to us, "Not yet," and thus denies us. The future is not the time of love: what man truly wants he wants NOW. Whoever builds a house for the future happiness builds a prison for the present.

- The Other Mexico (1972) by Octavio Paz (1914 - 1998)

The $500 Denon audio cable

http://www.amazon.com/Denon-AKDL1-Dedicated-Link-Cable/product-reviews/B000I1X6PM/ref=cm_cr_pr_helpful?ie=UTF8&showViewpoints=0

Ah, yes, yet another example that some of us out there are making TOO MUCH DAMN MONEY &/or are too stupid to be allowed to use the Internet alone!!.  Oh, wait, I should say some HAVE too much money as they surely aren't working for their income....are they? OMFG!

Anthony Sloan RIP

Background: http://www.ridemonkey.com/forums/showthread.php?t=218200

His (memorial?) site (some incredible photos): http://www.anthonysloan.com/

DSD Comment: I don't know if I ever met the guy, but if I did, I missed a key opportuntity to chat with what appears to have been a very interesting man.

:-(

My Favorite Superbowl Ads

Beer-flavored Doritos: http://www.nfl.com/superbowl/43/videos/commercials#page:2/video:09000d5d80e7a273

Conan party starter: http://www.nfl.com/superbowl/43/videos/commercials#page:3/video:09000d5d80e80945

PepSuber: http://www.nfl.com/superbowl/43/videos/commercials#page:3/video:09000d5d80e81831

eTrade Babies: http://www.nfl.com/superbowl/43/videos/commercials#page:5/video:09000d5d80e7bdf3

Jackie Moon Bud Light: http://www.nfl.com/superbowl/43/videos/commercials#page:7/video:09000d5d8067384c

Stop the HighDef Madness

Ok, I am well aware that it is Xmas and the retailers are doing whatever they can to stir the feeding frenzy of consumerism that passes itself off as "Christmas giving." But the whole push to digital TV and HighDef schtuff has officially gone too fucking far with this: http://www.multichannel.com/article/CA6565742.html?nid=4262

South Park in High Def? The show is intentionally crappy animation with paper cuts-outs and stop-action animation. Man, get a 42" HD flat panel and you'll do ANYTHING to justify the "need" for it. Worse than crack.

But then, I'm just jealous.

Who owns Coward Yellow?

" 'Post-It' and the color canary yellow are trademarks of 3M."

Ok, as a big "L" libertarian I'm all for the concept of intellectual property but it's time to confess my discomfort with the ownership of colors, naturally occuring gene sequences, and immortal Disney characters.

"While the banks get fat

And the poor stay poor

And the rich get rich

And the cops get paid

To look away

As the one percent rules America"