A while back, I picked up an equality sticker. You know… one of these things:

…and almost stuck it on my car. I actually thought it would be an amusing contrast to the Bush/Cheney ‘04 sticker already on my back window.
But then I began to think about the context of the symbol and its larger implications. [...]

Depressed Annan close to quitting over UN scandals
(the part about him quitting, not the depression)
Hat tip: LGF

This is the first in what will probably be a never-ending series of “Just the Facts.” It comes down to this: I’m sick of dogma on both the left and the right. The idiotic ramblings and absurd demands from archconservative religious types regarding Terri Schiavo have pushed me over the edge.
Here’s a tip, folks: If [...]

Neal Boortz responds to a question posed yesterday by The Grand Overlord of Alternative Media: “Why do you want Terri Schiavo to die?”

I want Terri Schiavo to die because I believe she’s earned it.
I don’t view death as the end of the journey of a human soul. I view it as a transition. [...]

Attention spammers: suck on this…
The “nofollow” tag is now is use in all links posted to this weblog in the comments section and in trackbacks. Therefore (quoting Six Apart), “all links submitted by external users in comments and TrackBacks will then be modifed to add the rel=’nofollow’ attribute.”
…thereby removing any motiveation for you to post [...]

OK, so the steps taken below didn’t work too well. I’m now trying out James Seng’s solution to the problem. If it works half as well as his solution to comment spam, MT-SCODE, he will truly be my hero.
Either way… thanks, James, for all your efforts!
Check back soon for a new podcast… just as soon [...]

Due to the obscene amount of trackback spam I’ve been getting during the past few days (roughly 25-75 bogus pings per day), I’m now blocking pings and comments from open proxy servers.
If this causes problems for anyone posting a legitimate comment or sending a legitimate ping, e-mail me and I’ll consider other options.

…or at least, that’s what the folks over at Politopia would call me. According to them, I live in the northwest:

My profile:

NEO, a stereotypical Northwesterner
“Freedom to do whatever you’d like, as long as you don’t interfere with the equal freedom of others.”
My name is Neo, and I’m a software designer on the NW coast. I [...]

…the protest in Lebanon yesterday was larger than any anti-war protest in American history. Possibly the history of the world.
(of course, I could be wrong on this – if I am, please let me know)

Under no circumstances – and by that I mean there had better be a life-or-limb emergency… preferably one involving seventeen 50-foot tall giraffes and a hoard of locusts – should you miss Andrew Sullivan’s excellent piece on why John Bolton is the perfect choice for U.N. Ambassador.
A sample:

Bolton’s real sin is to see the UN [...]