http://blogcritics.org/ A sinister cabal of superior bloggers on music, books, film, popular culture, politics, and technology - updated continuously. en Copyright 2005-2007 by the authors Sat, 7 May 2005 00:18:48 EDT http://backend.userland.com/rss Blogcritics.org custom software http://blogcritics.org/ Phillip WinnSunday, August 26, 2007, marks the switch of all Blogcritics.org article feeds from full-content to short-content. This is the result of several converging factors, and is unfortunately a permanent decision (as permanent as any decision can be on the web, that is). We are aware of all of the reasons that this is a Bad Idea, and we are aware that some of you will be quite upset about having to click on something to read the free content, and we're sorry. Unfortunately, despite great effort, full-content feeds are not currently economically viable. Two other factors are involved: full-content feeds have resulted in an unprecedented level of content theft, with BC content appearing on many websites, usually spam sites, without attribution or permission. This duplicate content causes a cascading set of problems, not the least of which is that search engines generally aren't favorable to duplicate content, and don't always guess correctly. Finally, our RSS advertising partner is strongly in favor of short-content feeds. We hope that you'll continue to subscribe to BC via RSS, and when an article grabs your eye, it's only a click away, still free on the BC website. Thank you for your understanding. Administration0@blogcritics.org Sun, 26 Aug 2007 12:00:00 EDT http://blogcritics.org/archives/2005/05/07/001848.php Jeff Michael...because he was talking to his mother on his cell phone during lunch.His mother just happens to be serving in Iraq.I really don't know what else to say. It's horrifying.Link Culture29133@blogcritics.org Sat, 7 May 2005 00:18:48 EDT http://blogcritics.org/archives/2005/04/14/215100.php Jeff MichaelNewsMax.com: Top House Democrat Charlie Rangel said this week that President Bush had committed an "impeachable offense" by trying to destroy the Social Security retirement system, calling Bush's reform plan "a fraud." Charlie Rangel tried to bring race into the issue too:For black Americans, the congressman added, the struggle against the proposed changes was "not only a civil-rights fight, but a fight for America." Rangel went on to explain to why it was so bad... Wait! He didn't! All he could say basically is, "Bush sucks," and "Blacks don't know what to do with their money."Think about it: All Bush's plan is is to allow people to put money into a private account, where Congress can't touch it and where they may get a bigger return rate. Rangel should either admit that he is socialist or racist, considering he basicly called privatization an attack on African-Americans.Can someone please inform me why we can't be allowed to control our own retirement money? See that cartoon below, I think it tells a lot. Politics28169@blogcritics.org Thu, 14 Apr 2005 21:51:00 EDT http://blogcritics.org/archives/2005/04/13/195032.php Jeff MichaelPolitics is usually my game, but I thought I'd take time to note this.MSNBC Because bunnies are such adorable little critters, people are hopping mad about a Web site called savetoby.com, filled with photos and even a video of a cute rabbit named Toby, accompanied by a threat on his life. "On June 30, 2005, Toby will die," proclaims an anonymous author on the site. "I am going to eat him. God as my witness, I will devour this little guy unless I receive $50,000 into my account."This is simply absurd. The hosting site made an incredibly bad moral and buisness move in allowing the site to continue.But GoDaddy.com, an Arizona company that hosts the site, refuses to pull the plug. Bob Parsons, GoDaddy founder and president says, "There's nothing illegal about the Web site. It's perfectly legal to eat a rabbit.Who cares if it is legal to eat a rabbit? Honestly, if you can't pull it because it is wrong, pull it because it is bad for buisness. That is just my two cents. Culture28134@blogcritics.org Wed, 13 Apr 2005 19:50:32 EDT http://blogcritics.org/archives/2005/04/12/072730.php Jeff MichaelI opened up Drudge today (I tend to get around to it every other day) and loh and behold! A blizzard in April!My Way News: Almost a foot of snow fell in Denver on Sunday and 2 feet fell in Greenland, about 20 miles north of Colorado Springs, the National Weather Service said. Snow was tapering off Monday but still fell across the eastern part of the state and adjoining areas of western Kansas, the Nebraska Panhandle and parts of Wyoming and South Dakota.While these areas or more Northern than say, New Jersey, they are in no position to get 2 random feet of snow in April, especially with the Earth warming so much!I'd love to hear liberal theories on how greenhouse gases caused this one.http://weblogs.therightsociety.com/ Politics28033@blogcritics.org Tue, 12 Apr 2005 07:27:30 EDT