Quick Hits
Ready to Rumble? ‘Star Trek’ versus ‘Star Wars’
So on and so heated, I’ll just sit this one out in a real world far, far away … or something like that.
When it...
Socialism: Taxes on some wealthy French top 100% of income last year
Yes, it’s true – thanks to a “one-off levy” and the income level it impacted may surprise you. $1.67 million in total assets ain’t what it...
Federal report documents guard on prison inmate sex abuse in US
Great, so we’re now incarcerating people for crimes, then interviewing them to determine the percentages of crime perpetrated against them by their guards...
PayPal 14 Hackers Seek Deal To Avoid Prison
A motley looking crew. Ha!
Before he was charged in July 2011 with aiding the hacker group Anonymous, Josh Covelli lived what he considered the life of an...
Blasphemy! Photos of Abandoned Stars Wars sets in the desert
“A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away….” oh, BS, who am I kidding. It’s just a desert and it’s now, as opposed to some years back when they were filming the damned thing. (more…)
Body found is Maribel Ramos, missing California veteran, KC Joy Arrested
Maribel Ramos was initially reported missing by her family. Kwang Chol (KC) Joy has been arrested. Her roomate at the time of Ramos’...
I don’t know, but sometimes an umbrella is, um … just an umbrella
We’ve been talking about Obama and umbrellas this morning — here, here, and here — and, as noted, I bought the Kindle version of Freud’s “Interpretation of Dreams” so I could search for “umbrella,” which I remembered as a famous Freudian symbol.
via Althouse: Sigmund Freud on the meaning of the umbrella..
Jersey City woman Themyra Pridgen attacks adult daughter with hot broccoli
Not even funny, ultimately – just sad.
A Jersey City woman has been charged with aggravated assault after she threw hot water and broccoli on her...
At Least 66 Killed in Bomb Blasts in Iraq as Sectarian Tensions Boil
At least 66 people were killed in bomb blasts in Iraq on Friday, officials said, making it one of the bloodiest days this year as the country struggles to contain spiraling sectarian violence.
via At Least 66 Killed in Bomb Blasts in Iraq – NYTimes.com.
AOL Imposing More Cuts at Local News Operation Patch
AOL is planning another round of layoffs at Patch, its struggling local news operation.
In a memo to employees, AOL’s chief executive, Tim Armstrong, announced on...
Women now free to go Topless in Public in NYC
Frankly, the gender parity crap is annoying but I guess I can live with the outcome. I’m tolerant like that.
Ladies of New York , you are...
IRS asked pro-life group about ‘the content of their prayers’
During a House Ways and Means Committee hearing today, Rep. Aaron Schock, R-Ill., grilled outgoing IRS commissioner Steven Miller about the IRS targeting a pro-life group in Iowa.