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The original Knee Defender - travel gadgets accessory - airplane legroom, DVT - travel accessories
Keep the guy in front of you from leaning back. Diabolical.
travel  evil 
10 weeks ago by jimray
Trent Reznor explains how Ticketmaster and Live Nation are going to screw you over even more
Well written, clear piece on the problem with big ticket live shows. Basically, Ticketmaster could stop scalping but there's too much money for them to lose and they're likely to simply skip the middle man and move to a straight auction system for at least some of their tickets in the not too distant future.
evil  music  money  tumbl 
march 2009 by jimray
Jobless hit with bank fees on benefits
Citigroup, Bank of America, JPMorgan and US Bancorp are charging fees to access unemployment benefits. This is why I'm moving all of my accounts from Bank of America to E-trade.
banks  evil  tumbl  economy  finance  money 
february 2009 by jimray
I, for one, am SHOCKED to learn that the crappy condo conversions popping up all over town aren't holding up
The average cost of repairs is more than $30,000 per unit. Meanwhile, asshole developers made a killing by reducing the number of rental units. It's a lose/lose!
realestate  seattle  evil  tumbl 
september 2008 by jimray
Monsanto's harvest of fear
Vanity Fair piece on the vile tactics of Monsanto to control the distribution of their genetically modified seeds
evil  environment  patents  tumbl 
april 2008 by jimray
Network solutions squats on domain names when you use their whois
As if you needed further proof that they're a bunch of worthless scumbags.
via:daringfireball  internet  evil  tumbl 
january 2008 by jimray
News Corp. makes a bid for Dow Jones
Obviously, the political alignment makes sense, but this just doesn't feel right
media  newspapers  newscorp  evil  tumbl 
may 2007 by jimray
The purge of U.S. attorneys (partially) explained
"Perhaps the most important lesson to be drawn from the purge isn't that the Bush administration puts ideology above the rule of law."
politics  evil  legal  tumbl 
march 2007 by jimray
Wired News: MPAA Kills Anti-Pretexting Bill
"The MPAA has a tremendous amount of clout and they told legislators, 'We need to pose as someone other than who we are to stop illegal downloading,' Goldberg said."
copyright  evil  mpaa  politics  privacy  via:revgeorge  legal 
december 2006 by jimray
Ties to GOP trumped skill on Iraq team
Shocking. No, really, I'm shocked *shocked* that this would happen under team Bush.
government  evil  corruption  iraq  war  military  politics 
september 2006 by jimray
Ken Lay, lynching victim?
Compared to Jesus, JFK, Martin Luther King. Are these people totally insane?
dumb  death  politics  corruption  evil 
july 2006 by jimray
All Coulter plagiarism allegations in one post
I heart rudepundit
politics  media  evil 
july 2006 by jimray
Nonprofit Groups Funneled Money For Abramoff
I would absolutely love to see Norquist, Abramoff and Ralph Reed sharing a cell
politics  evil  republicans 
june 2006 by jimray
FRONTLINE: the dark side: watch online | PBS
I really wish frontline would just put the whole thing in a single file and bit-torrent the file, but this is good
2watch  politics  evil  republicans  war  iraq  terrorism 
june 2006 by jimray
Diamonds Suck! A Personal Essay on the Virtues of Moissanite & Why You Should NEVER Buy a Diamond
Not sure about the whole moissanite thing, but this is a pretty good "diamonds are evil" rant
via:evann  diamonds  evil  ethics 
june 2006 by jimray
The people who work for Diebold are idiots
"For there to be a problem here, you're basically assuming a premise where you have some evil and nefarious election officials who would sneak in and introduce a piece of software," he said. "I don't believe these evil elections people exist."
evil  diebold  election  government  politics  security  voting 
may 2006 by jimray
Katrina Donation Earmarked for Bush Firm
Barbara Bush gave money to Katrina relief on the condition that it be used only to buy software from her son's company, Ignite Software
evil  bush  dumb  education  hurricanekatrina 
march 2006 by jimray
WP: White House targets media leaks
"The efforts include several FBI probes, a polygraph investigation inside the CIA and a warning from the Justice Department that reporters could be prosecuted under espionage laws."
media  politics  evil 
march 2006 by jimray
Have You Ever Tried to Sell a Diamond?
"An unruly market may undo the work of a giant cartel and of an inspired, decades-long ad campaign" Sadly, this was written almost 25 years ago. Good to see some early work from Edward Jay Epstein, though.
via:ldanderson  diamonds  evil 
february 2006 by jimray
Texas Nonprofit Is Cleared After GOP-Prompted Audit
"The Internal Revenue Service recently audited the books of a Texas nonprofit group that was critical of campaign spending by former House majority leader Tom DeLay (R-Tex.) after receiving a request for the audit from one of DeLay's political allies in t
via:talkingpointsmemo  politics  republicans  irs  evil 
february 2006 by jimray
Army to Pay Halliburton Unit Most Costs Disputed by Audit - New York Times
"The Army has decided to reimburse a Halliburton subsidiary for nearly all of its disputed costs on a $2.41 billion no-bid contract even though the Pentagon's own auditors had identified more than $250 million in charges as potentially excessive or unjust
war  iraq  politics  evil 
february 2006 by jimray
New budget plan squeezes education, Medicare
"Sharply decreases funding for supporting the arts, vocational education, parent resource centers and drug-free schools, and instead puts a heavy emphasis on keeping the country strong militarily. It maps out a way to make first-term tax cuts permanent at
politics  education  evil  money 
february 2006 by jimray
Outrage at attacks on NASA science
It seems that some punkass 24 year old kid from Texas A&M is now dictating NASA's science policy. This is sheer lunacy.
science  politics  dumb  evil  climatechange  religion 
february 2006 by jimray
Specter thinks Bush spying program is illegal
spying  politics  evil  law 
february 2006 by jimray
GOP lawmakers: Bush should disclose Abramoff contacts
I'm still waiting for Bush/Cheney to give back the $100,000 that Abramoff raised in '04
politics  evil  campaignfinance 
january 2006 by jimray
Climate Expert Says NASA Tried to Silence Him
The top climate scientist at NASA says the Bush administration has tried to stop him from speaking out since he gave a lecture last month calling for prompt reductions in emissions of greenhouse gases linked to global warming.
climatechange  politics  government  evil 
january 2006 by jimray
2002 Memo Doubted Uranium Sale Claim
Bush administration knew that Niger uranium claims were bullshit back in 2002
politics  war  iraq  evil 
january 2006 by jimray
U.S. Newswire : Releases : "Lewis Libby Joins Hudson Institute"
The very definition of failing up - right into a cush job where he's likely making a lot more money
politics  republicans  dumb  evil 
january 2006 by jimray
Cheney defends Bush on use of domestic spying
Throws in some whine about how Presidential authority has eroded since Watergate and defends his secret oil industry energy taskforce. What an evil motherfucker.
evil  politics  war  dumb 
december 2005 by jimray
Justice Staff Saw Texas Districting As Illegal
"Justice Department lawyers concluded that the landmark Texas congressional redistricting plan spearheaded by Rep. Tom DeLay (R) violated the Voting Rights Act, according to a previously undisclosed memo obtained by The Washington Post. But senior officia
civilrights  evil  texas  politics  voting  via:talkingpointsmemo 
december 2005 by jimray
Cheney to Headline DeLay Fundraiser - Yahoo! News
"The most expensive tickets for the event — $4,200 — includes a spot at a VIP reception and a photograph with the vice president."
evil  dumb  republicans  politics 
november 2005 by jimray
Joel on pricing
"The entertainment industry has to maintain a straight face and tell you that Gigli or Battlefield Earth are every bit as valuable as Wedding Crashers or Star Wars or nobody will go see them."
apple  itunes  business  entertainment  evil  burnhollywoodburn 
november 2005 by jimray
Wired News: Real Story of the Rogue Rootkit
Wired's online content has really suffered of late, but this is truly great analysis from one of the best in the industry
drm  evil  music  sony  security  windows 
november 2005 by jimray
Wal-Mart Memo Suggests Ways to Cut Employee Benefit Costs
"Among the recommendations are hiring more part-time workers and discouraging unhealthy people from working at Wal-Mart."
evil  walmart  healthcare  business 
october 2005 by jimray
The White House cabal
"IN PRESIDENT BUSH'S first term, some of the most important decisions about U.S. national security — including vital decisions about postwar Iraq — were made by a secretive, little-known cabal...led by Vice President Dick Cheney and Defense Secretary
politics  war  evil 
october 2005 by jimray
Cheney wants to exempt CIA from anti-abuse legislation
Pure evil
evil  cia  politics  dumb 
october 2005 by jimray
Colonel Finally Saw Whites of Their Eyes
"What I saw was a cabal between the vice president of the United States, Richard Cheney, and the secretary of defense, Donald Rumsfeld"
politics  republicans  evil 
october 2005 by jimray
Fact-esque, A Reality-Based Blog: WalMart Infects the Blogosphere - Except it's Super Secret, so Shhhhh ...
Their first stoogie? Why, it's RedState.org - shocker!
walmart  evil  weblogs  republicans 
september 2005 by jimray
Karl Rove is heading up the Katrina relief effort
If I were a truly unemotional investor, I'd dump as much money as I could into Bechtel and Halliburton right now
politics  karlrove  evil  hurricanekatrina 
september 2005 by jimray
Joe Allbaugh, Disaster Pimp
Former FEMA chief is getting rich rebuilding Iraq, New Orleans. God bless America.
politics  evil  republicans  hurricanekatrina 
september 2005 by jimray
Hollywood, Microsoft align on new Windows
Alternate headline: Microsoft tells future customers to grab their ankles
microsoft  drm  evil  burnhollywoodburn  media 
august 2005 by jimray
Microsoft pays Ralph Reed $20k a month
Hired his company as a consultant about trade and competition issues. I'm curious what the so-called "moral majority" and Christian coalition are teaching Microsoft about trade.
microsoft  evil  republicans 
april 2005 by jimray
Tom Delay's House of Scandal
Amazingly thorough
politics  republicans  evil 
april 2005 by jimray
Jack in the House
How Jack Abramoff bought Congress
republicans  congress  politics  evil 
april 2005 by jimray
Political Groups Paid Two Relatives of House Leader
Wife and daughter paid more than $500,000 since 2001 - the hits just keep on coming for the dirtbag!
republicans  politics  evil 
april 2005 by jimray
DeLay wants panel to review role of courts
If DeLay wants to become the face of the Republican party with this kind of extremism, that's absolutely fine with me. He should prepare for his new role as minority leader, though
politics  republicans  evil  judiciary  law 
april 2005 by jimray
AlterNet: DeLay's dirty dozen
Tom DeLay is one evil motherfucker [via mathowie]
politics  republicans  evil 
march 2005 by jimray

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