05.28.06

On Mainstream Media Bias: Proof That People See What They Want To See

Posted in General, Politics at 10:24 pm by mshiltonj

I had subscribed to the feeds of both Media Matters and News Busters for a while. These sites purported to document mainstream media bias, from a conservative or liberal angle, respectively. I’ve dropped them both. Why? At the very least, they cancel each other out. But recent posts on each site illustrated the impossibility of […]

05.19.06

Word Of The Day: ButFirstification

Posted in General at 2:50 pm by mshiltonj

It doesn’t mean what you think it means, but it sure is fun to say.
All together now:
But-First-I-Fi-Ca-Tion.
Butfirstification.
Let’s use it in a sentence:
ButFirstification can be explicitly disabled.
SOURCE: Acme::ButFirst
One more time:
ButFirstification

05.05.06

Bloodsucking parasites get unexpected gush of fresh blood; engorgement expected.

Posted in General, Politics, North Carolina at 7:18 am by mshiltonj

News & Observer has a story about a budget surpus in state coffers. I just thought the headline needed correcting.

State has big budget surplus
Much likely to go to urgent concerns

North Carolina has seen an “explosion” in tax collections, giving the state its healthiest budget surplus in years, a report released Thursday says.
The state will bring […]