Everybody has their own opinion on what this American holiday truly is about. Thanksgiving has been used a part of many people's agenda's for quite a while, from the capitalists in New York with their parade to get people to Christmas shop, to the casino-owning Native Americans, who are taking back what is rightfully theirs - one dollar at a time. Much like they do to Jesus, every splinter group tries to make Thanksgiving their own at the expense of everyone else's viewpoint.While getting rea... Read Full Story

Just when I thought I knew a bit about Hinduism, here comes this footage from Nepal of the Gadhimai festival. Good thing it is only held once every 5 years or there would be probably nothing to eat in Nepal. As many as hundreds of thousands of buffalo, chickens, pigs and goats were sacrificed with sharp old blades, their blood staining the ground. Do I think it wrong? Do I think it cruel? No not really, it is obviously part of traditional culture. But I certainly don't understand it...So the ... Read Full Story

Tar sands? Seriously? Didn't the Nazi's tried to get oil this way at the end of WWII? Don't you have to put much more energy in than you get out in the end? Ahh, what do the fat cats care? Go ahead dig it up, pollute the shit out of the local rivers - WE NEED OIL Damn IT! I wonder if the 'haves' would still be saying stuff like that if oil sands were in their back yard.In the meantime, there is a shitload of natural gas that we fail to utilize to its fullest extent. Hell, we are finding more ... Read Full Story

You hear alot about clean coal, especially during election time. But what the hell is clean coal? I will tell you - it's a myth. There is no such thing as clean coal, just like there is no healthy cigarette. And for me it is not about the 'save the Earth' bullshit, it is about the humans. Like I've said before, the Earth does not give a shit, the planet is fine, but we are screwed! This stuff is toxic and with all the hoopla over the health care debate and rising costs, think about what these... Read Full Story

So after Golman Sachs has made headlines the last few years for all the wrong reasons, it seems that the investment giant will attempt to give back. As they should! I was waiting to see if any of these robber barons were going to give something back after taking billions in bailout money.So now they say sorry for the financial mess, and now that they have paid the money back thanks to our screwy stock market, they are going to throw us a bone. So if you have a small business, get in line beca... Read Full Story

So you think the Credit Card companies are changing their tune after Congress passed the CARD Act? Think again! The CARD Act may help a little bit, but in the end Credit Card companies will be up to many of the same old shenanigans. Watch this video and wonder how we let billion-dollar corporations charge us rates that go beyond the traditional definition of usery:So, did Congress forget to fix these issues, or did they just ignore them? Funny how I have not heard much about the Credit Card/B... Read Full Story

Ok, I understand that the lady that lost her face to a chimpanzee attack is a very powerful human interest story. What I don't understand, and what has got my stomach in knots this morning is that NBC's Today Show feels the need to an interview with her while most of us are eating breakfast. It is a very disturbing image and while I truly do feel for her plight (yes, I actually do have feelings) this kind of this would be better as a special held maybe at primetime. It's not an image you can ... Read Full Story

I gained a new level of respect for Mike Tyson after his hilarious role in The Hangover last summer. And his recent punching out of a paparazzo shows that he wasn't really acting in that movie - he was just being Mike Tyson. So once again Iron Mike is carted away by police. And now the Irony: Mike Tyson punched out a photographer in the airport, he gets arrested and driven away in a cruiser. As he drives away, dozens if not hundreds of cameras go clicking away...Ahh Mike, why do I feel yo... Read Full Story

After seeing this, I really didn't want to write a post complaining about something wrong with the world. This video of the city of Cologne takes me back to my drunken teenage traveling days. This is carnival time in Europe and in Cologne(Koln)it is called Fasching. As a 19-year old I stepped out one morning from the main train station, next to the Cologne Cathedral and found myself surrounded by drinking, food, costumes, games and one hell of a parade.I've never seen a parade where they han... Read Full Story

Soon, if the nerds at MIT have something to do with it, your car will have the equivalent of an R2 unit, mounted in the dashboard, In fact I predict that within the first year of production, someone will come up with a Star Wars package so you could have R2-D2 giving you advice.I am really hoping that they find a way to make it be able to have autopilot, just think how that would reduce drinking and driving. Now drunks could stumble into the front seat, the robot detects your blood/alcohol le... Read Full Story