Good advice.
not my circus, not my monkeys
Good advice.
Category: ethics
Comcast Worst Company In America 2014
Congratulations To Comcast, Your 2014 Worst Company In America
A new example of how Comcast sucks.
Ryan Block, formerly of Engadget and now at AOL, called Comcast to cancel his service, but instead of politely obliging and going ahead with his request, the representative on the line insisted on taking him through a circular argument to find out the reason why he was canceling …
Block was able to capture about eight minutes of the call and has posted the audio to his Soundcloud account …
Yeesh. That is painful.
What’s the response from Comcast?
Comcast Memo: Rep From “Painful” Retention Call Was Doing “What We Trained Him To Do”
John Oliver on Nuclear Weapons
Here are the leading causes of preventable death in the USA.
A motor vehicle crash the greatest danger for most people.
Personally, I worry most about Nuclear weapons. The world could be quickly destroyed.
Click PLAY or watch John Oliver’s profane rant on YouTube.
the case for Israel
I’ve given up hope on any solution … short of Israel relocating to central Australia or northern Canada.
In the most recent of the never ending conflicts with Palestine, Israel is losing the American media war.
Though both sides are too blame, I feel Israel has responded with too much force. They are worse off for killing so many children than they would have been with a weaker response.
If you are certain that Israel is more to blame than Hamas, it’s time to watch this video.
Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.
related question – why are Tea Party Republicans so pro-Israel?
Mandiba
A great and brave man.
anti-immigration Americans
The USA is a land of immigrants and descendants of immigrants.
Yet many Americans are anti-immigration. Especially Muslim immigration.
In the past other immigrants were despised. My own grandparents all moved to Canada from Ireland. I assume they were none too popular, when they first arrived, with the residents of southern Alberta.
More Americans are against illegal immigration. I would count myself amongst them. It’s not fair for immigrants to jump the queue.
However, if your heart goes out to one of those El Salvador children at the American border, I’d urge you to donate to relief agencies. Even to adopt.
This cartoon on Facebook ended up drawing some interesting comments.
The American border situation right now is a dilemma.
A new law needs be passed. The current law does not work.
Congress must pass that law first. The President must then sign it.
They have no excuse not to get that done immediately. Vote out any Congressman who does not act on this issue.
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related – Laura Ingraham is a hateful bitch
Of all right wing idiot pundits, Ingraham is worst in my experience:
“No. 1, first thing you do is start deporting people, not by the hundreds, not by the dozens, by the thousands,” the conservative radio talk show host said. “That means entire families, not just the father or mother, but we keep families unified by deporting all people who are here illegally.”
Bill O’Reilly:
“I do believe that if you do mass deportations … that the Republican Party would become obsolete, that it would ensure Hillary Clinton’s election in 2016 because demographics don’t add up.”
“That’s the left’s argument,” Ingraham said in response. “You are adopting the argument of the left.”
O’Reilly pointed out that other Republicans, such as Sen. John McCain of Arizona and strategist Karl Rove share the argument. …
blame Republicans for blocking immigration reform
In the very near future it will be impossible to win the American Presidency without a majority of Latino voters, yet Republicans are doing a very effective job of alienating Latinos.
For example, this exchange from May 2014:
The GOP’s John Boehner refuses to bring immigration reform to a vote. Pathetically tries to deflect with “Obamacare”.
Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.
That’s Jorge Ramos, the most respected Spanish American journalist. He blames Boehner more than anyone else. I blame Boehner and the Republican Party.
This is where the strategy of “voting against anything Obama” is going to cost the GOP.
The immigration process is broken. Boehner refuses to bring a fix to a vote.
related – NBC – Why immigration reform died in Congress
Kolorblynd presents ‘Tolerance’
A funny commentary on race relations in 2014. 🙂
Moanin’ Sons … anthemic, topical slow-jam ‘Tolerance’ live in the studio, on Cable Access TV program ‘Kolorblynd.’ Feel the love! Or not…
Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.
Directed by Dean Kalyan
Edited by Zia Kalyan
http://kalyanstudios.com
Tea Party – The American Taliban?
OK
That’s way overstating.
Still, this is one of the best takedowns of the worst of the self-declared Tea Party activists.
Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.
Thanks Bieche.
How to Tell the Difference Between an Open-Carry Patriot and a Deranged Killer
Ruben Bolling gives us some tips.
