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• Tempe Towing Scam

  Scam Alert! Last night was Ignite Phoenix #4 which we held at the Tempe Center for the Arts and it as awesome. We had at least 500 people there and everyone was super cool. The after party was at La Bocca wine bar near 7th and Mill Ave and it was [...]
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  Posted: June 17, 2009, 3:43pm EDT
  

• Tempe Towing Scam

  Scam Alert! Last night was Ignite Phoenix #4 which we held at the Tempe Center for the Arts and it as awesome. We had at least 500 people there and everyone was super cool. The after party was at La Bocca wine bar near 7th and Mill Ave and it was [...]
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  Posted: June 17, 2009, 3:43pm EDT
  

• What if the human life span was extended beyond 80-100 years? How would the additional accumulate...

  Let's say that medical science was successful in thwarting the aging process and consequently, humans were able to live hundreds of years, like described in biblical lore. Methuselah, for example, lived to be 969 years old. For sake of argument, contemplate that stem cell research, nanotechnology or revolutionary organ replacement [...]
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  Posted: May 28, 2009, 2:15am EDT
  

• What if the human life span was extended beyond 80-100 years? How would the additional accumulate...

  Let's say that medical science was successful in thwarting the aging process and consequently, humans were able to live hundreds of years, like described in biblical lore. Methuselah, for example, lived to be 969 years old. For sake of argument, contemplate that stem cell research, nanotechnology or revolutionary organ replacement [...]
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  Posted: May 28, 2009, 2:15am EDT
  

• Coyote Trails

  Yet another dismal season for the Phoenix Coyotes. For awhile, the scrappy 2008-2009 squad hung on to the middle of the NHL standings ladder, but soon, reality set in and their fortunes plunged. Now the only remaining incentive for the string of remaining scheduled games is to avoid last place [...]
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  Posted: March 18, 2009, 11:05pm EDT
  

• Coyote Trails

  Yet another dismal season for the Phoenix Coyotes. For awhile, the scrappy 2008-2009 squad hung on to the middle of the NHL standings ladder, but soon, reality set in and their fortunes plunged. Now the only remaining incentive for the string of remaining scheduled games is to avoid last place [...]
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  Posted: March 18, 2009, 11:05pm EDT
  

• On Second Thought Radio

  On Second Thought Radio Network - The Home of Mike Malloy, Nancy Skinner, and Dr. Mike Newcomb It is with great excitement and optimism that I announce today the formation of a new progressive talk radio network. The On Second Thought Radio Network will continue to build upon the foundation laid [...]
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  Posted: February 23, 2009, 4:00pm EST
  

• On Second Thought Radio

  On Second Thought Radio Network - The Home of Mike Malloy, Nancy Skinner, and Dr. Mike Newcomb It is with great excitement and optimism that I announce today the formation of a new progressive talk radio network. The On Second Thought Radio Network will continue to build upon the foundation laid [...]
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  Posted: February 23, 2009, 4:00pm EST
  

• People were not watching the Reagan inauguration on the internet

  Nielsen puts Reagan Above Obama Conservatives, sour over the fact that Barack Hussien Obama is now our 44th president, trumpet this Nielsen ratings report of Reagan's superior inauguration event viewer numbers back in 1981. Completely oblivious to the media state circa 2009, where enlightened internet folk possess other means to whet our [...]
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  Posted: January 23, 2009, 8:43am EST
  

• People were not watching the Reagan inauguration on the internet

  Nielsen puts Reagan Above Obama Conservatives, sour over the fact that Barack Hussien Obama is now our 44th president, trumpet this Nielsen ratings report of Reagan's superior inauguration event viewer numbers back in 1981. Completely oblivious to the media state circa 2009, where enlightened internet folk possess other means to whet our [...]
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  Posted: January 23, 2009, 8:43am EST
  

• Ramos and Compean Should NOT be Pardoned

  Local radio conservative talk jocks are banging the POTUS pardon drums for the two Border Control agents convicted of shooting an unarmed fleeing illegal immigrant. But here is a convincing argument on why they should not and addresses a legitimate gripe their supporters do possess. Once Aldrete-Davila was down from RamosÂ’s [...]
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  Posted: January 07, 2009, 9:09am EST
  

• Ramos and Compean Should NOT be Pardoned

  Local radio conservative talk jocks are banging the POTUS pardon drums for the two Border Control agents convicted of shooting an unarmed fleeing illegal immigrant. But here is a convincing argument on why they should not and addresses a legitimate gripe their supporters do possess. Once Aldrete-Davila was down from RamosÂ’s [...]
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  Posted: January 07, 2009, 9:09am EST
  

• State of Talk Radio in the Valley 2008

  The time I spend listening to local broadcasts keeps diminishing to the point where this may be the final annual roundup I produce. Between podcasts and an iPhone/iPod application that allows me to tap into radio streams around the world from a pocket device, the banality of local radio shrinks [...]
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  Posted: December 31, 2008, 3:55pm EST
  

• State of Talk Radio in the Valley 2008

  The time I spend listening to local broadcasts keeps diminishing to the point where this may be the final annual roundup I produce. Between podcasts and an iPhone/iPod application that allows me to tap into radio streams around the world from a pocket device, the banality of local radio shrinks [...]
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  Posted: December 31, 2008, 3:55pm EST
  

• Fall/Winter 2008 Read Roundup

  I keep making a pledge to review the books I read, but it’s a losing proposition as it seems I can devour books at a much more feverish pace than write a simple blurb about them (even accounting for feedback on web forums or twitted remarks). So, without further ado, here [...]
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  Posted: December 22, 2008, 6:03pm EST
  

• Fall/Winter 2008 Read Roundup

  I keep making a pledge to review the books I read, but it’s a losing proposition as it seems I can devour books at a much more feverish pace than write a simple blurb about them (even accounting for feedback on web forums or twitted remarks). So, without further ado, here [...]
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  Posted: December 22, 2008, 6:03pm EST
  

• Sheriff Arpaio Wins Re-election

  Jon's Jail Journal How many more unsentenced inmates will the Arpaio regime murder now he has another four years? [...]
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  Posted: November 05, 2008, 8:41am EST
  

• Sheriff Arpaio Wins Re-election

  Jon's Jail Journal How many more unsentenced inmates will the Arpaio regime murder now he has another four years? [...]
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  Posted: November 05, 2008, 8:41am EST
  

• Sheriff Arpaio Wins Re-election

  Jon's Jail Journal How many more unsentenced inmates will the Arpaio regime murder now he has another four years? [...]
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  Posted: November 05, 2008, 7:41am EST
  

• Why I switched to the OLPC—and why I dropped it

  Not Free at Any Price Richard Stallman blames Windows for the failure of the OLPC project. Teaching children to use Windows is like teaching them to smoke tobacco—in a world where only one company sells tobacco. I love RMS and his cranky militant F/OSS-ness, but he's tragically off base in his assertion that [...]
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  Posted: November 04, 2008, 3:00am EST
  

• Why I switched to the OLPC—and why I dropped it

  Not Free at Any Price Richard Stallman blames Windows for the failure of the OLPC project. Teaching children to use Windows is like teaching them to smoke tobacco—in a world where only one company sells tobacco. I love RMS and his cranky militant F/OSS-ness, but he's tragically off base in his assertion that [...]
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  Posted: November 04, 2008, 3:00am EST
  

• Why I switched to the OLPC—and why I dropped it

  Not Free at Any Price Richard Stallman blames Windows for the failure of the OLPC project. Teaching children to use Windows is like teaching them to smoke tobacco—in a world where only one company sells tobacco. I love RMS and his cranky militant F/OSS-ness, but he's tragically off base in his assertion that [...]
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  Posted: November 04, 2008, 2:00am EST
  

• This simple experiment demolished any idea that racial discrimination is a thing of the past

  Sticks and stones can break bones, but the wrong name can make a job hard to find To test whether employers discriminate against black job applicants, Marianne Bertrand of the University of Chicago and Sendhil Mullainathan of M.I.T. conducted an unusual experiment. They selected 1,300 help-wanted ads from newspapers in Boston [...]
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  Posted: October 22, 2008, 10:13pm EDT
  

• This simple experiment demolished any idea that racial discrimination is a thing of the past

  Sticks and stones can break bones, but the wrong name can make a job hard to find To test whether employers discriminate against black job applicants, Marianne Bertrand of the University of Chicago and Sendhil Mullainathan of M.I.T. conducted an unusual experiment. They selected 1,300 help-wanted ads from newspapers in Boston [...]
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  Posted: October 21, 2008, 9:13pm EDT
  

• Arizona 2008 Election Ballot Proposition Roundup

  Generally, I vote NO on all ballot propositions unless I am struck that the passage is warranted and outweighs any unintentional consequences that may arise. For the 2008 election campaign, nearly all of these are framed in Orwellian fashion, and a savvy Arizona voter should note who is supporting and [...]
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  Posted: October 17, 2008, 11:56pm EDT
  

• Arizona 2008 Election Ballot Proposition Roundup

  Generally, I vote NO on all ballot propositions unless I am struck that the passage is warranted and outweighs any unintentional consequences that may arise. For the 2008 election campaign, nearly all of these are framed in Orwellian fashion, and a savvy Arizona voter should note who is supporting and [...]
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  Posted: October 17, 2008, 10:56pm EDT
  

• Bloodbath at Nova M/KPHX

  Reported on radio-info.com forum boardsÂ… Apparently, Nova M owners Shelly & Anita Drobny have fired CEO John Manzo, program director/afternoon drive host Jeff Farias, sales director Kim Macias and webmaster Billy Foster. Manzo has been hired by Randi Rhodes for her show's independent production team; it looks as if Nova M [...]
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  Posted: October 12, 2008, 9:55pm EDT
  

• Bloodbath at Nova M/KPHX

  Reported on radio-info.com forum boardsÂ… Apparently, Nova M owners Shelly & Anita Drobny have fired CEO John Manzo, program director/afternoon drive host Jeff Farias, sales director Kim Macias and webmaster Billy Foster. Manzo has been hired by Randi Rhodes for her show's independent production team; it looks as if Nova M [...]
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  Posted: October 12, 2008, 8:55pm EDT
  

• 2008 Republican National Convention Roundup

  As God as my witness, I think any more party convention fare consumption would drive me absolutely insane and I’m so glad it’s over. Some of my thoughts on the 2008 Republican National Convention and other various takes on the selection of Sarah Palin for vice president — an act that [...]
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  Posted: September 05, 2008, 6:46pm EDT
  

• 2008 Republican National Convention Roundup

  As God as my witness, I think any more party convention fare consumption would drive me absolutely insane and I’m so glad it’s over. Some of my thoughts on the 2008 Republican National Convention and other various takes on the selection of Sarah Palin for vice president — an act that [...]
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  Posted: September 05, 2008, 5:46pm EDT
  

• Obama Donation

  I donated some money to Obama campaign. It's the first I've ever done this, at least on presidential level — a few years back I believe I gave a small gift to local Democrats. For the record, though it might be tough to tell these days, from my postings here, [...]
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  Posted: September 05, 2008, 8:27am EDT
  

• Obama Donation

  I donated some money to Obama campaign. It's the first I've ever done this, at least on presidential level — a few years back I believe I gave a small gift to local Democrats. For the record, though it might be tough to tell these days, from my postings here, [...]
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  Posted: September 04, 2008, 9:27am EDT
  

• Obama Donation

  I donated some money to Obama campaign. It's the first I've ever done this, at least on presidential level — a few years back I believe I gave a small gift to local Democrats. For the record, though it might be tough to tell these days, from my postings here, [...]
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  Posted: September 04, 2008, 8:27am EDT
  

• Positively Negative

  squashed wrote: I don't want to say that all negative ads are categorically "immoral" or even that the perfect campaign would never run a negative ad, but by and large, negative ads hurt America. By their nature they are divisive. They will tarnish the image of the country and impede the [...]
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  Posted: August 28, 2008, 12:15am EDT
  

• Positively Negative

  squashed wrote: I don't want to say that all negative ads are categorically "immoral" or even that the perfect campaign would never run a negative ad, but by and large, negative ads hurt America. By their nature they are divisive. They will tarnish the image of the country and impede the [...]
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  Posted: August 28, 2008, 11:15pm EDT
  

• Holy Fist Bump, Batman

  Also published at AZspot.net This is a stroke of genius by the New Yorker. The magazine has recently been treated to a colossal frenzy of free marketing for a picture that screams for added words. ItÂ’s spawned a stream of editorial cartoons in response, many (this one is my favorite) of [...]
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  Posted: July 18, 2008, 1:41am EDT
  

• Holy Fist Bump, Batman

  Also published at AZspot.net This is a stroke of genius by the New Yorker. The magazine has recently been treated to a colossal frenzy of free marketing for a picture that screams for added words. ItÂ’s spawned a stream of editorial cartoons in response, many (this one is my favorite) of [...]
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  Posted: July 18, 2008, 12:41am EDT
  

• Lies George Bush Told the American People

  …so extraordinarily wrong, dishonorable and criminal. I loathe having to write this. I wish not to focus on the negative, to cast our nation’s leaders in ill light. I always wish to give them grace and the benefit of doubt. And it would seem that it should be a superfluous exercise, as [...]
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  Posted: June 25, 2008, 11:27pm EDT
  

• Lies George Bush Told the American People

  …so extraordinarily wrong, dishonorable and criminal. I loathe having to write this. I wish not to focus on the negative, to cast our nation’s leaders in ill light. I always wish to give them grace and the benefit of doubt. And it would seem that it should be a superfluous exercise, as [...]
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  Posted: June 25, 2008, 10:27pm EDT
  

• When did you first realize you could get along with a computer?

  You never forget your first time In 1982, on a DEC VAX after I switched majors and began in a Computer Science coursework curriculum circuit. FORTRAN was my first programming language learned, though a heavier dose of PASCAL soon followed. PCs as such existed but were rare and nothing more than [...]
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  Posted: June 25, 2008, 10:10pm EDT
  

• Compared to Other Liquids, Gasoline is Cheap

  Think a $4 gallon of gas is expensive? Consider the prices of these other fluids that people buy every day without complaint. Lipton Iced Tea, 16 oz @ $1.19 = $9.52 per gallon Diet Snapple, 16 oz @ $1.29 = $10.32 per gallon Gatorade, 20 oz @ $1.59 = $10.17 per gallon Ocean Spray, [...]
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  Posted: May 28, 2008, 11:50pm EDT
  

• Why would someone put an operative in the ranks of a nonviolent, peaceful group?

  That would be Burger King, who isnÂ’t just refusing to pay tomato pickers an extra cent, itÂ’s now engaging in attacks and other subversive activities against groups like the Coalition of Immokalee Workers and the Student/Farmworker Alliance. And it looks like Burger King's anti-labor activities run deeper than just its refusal [...]
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  Posted: April 26, 2008, 1:34pm EDT
  

• Nikki Buchanan fired

  'Phoenix Magazine' fires longtime dining critic She said much of the friction that led to her dismissal can be traced to a negative review last winter of Luc's, a pricey, fine-dining Scottsdale restaurant. In response to the column, the unhappy parties - owners of the El Pedregal shops and the Boulders [...]
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  Posted: April 24, 2008, 1:43am EDT
  

• Yes, Ankarlo sucks

  ASU Bans KTAR on Buses. So now, KTAR is milking the incident for all its worth, attempting to elevate their right wing hate mongering KFYI wannabe status to Valley leader in that stale, overplayed radio genre. [...]
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  Posted: April 16, 2008, 11:49am EDT
  

• It's probably a good time to buy stock in Soylent Green

  Recently, listening to a conservative Christian talk radio program, I was treated to the host and his callers mocking and ridiculing media mogul Ted Turner for his outlandish predictions on the grim meathook future, due to the impending doom of unchecked global warming. If steps aren’t taken to stem global [...]
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  Posted: April 14, 2008, 1:34am EDT
  

• Spring 2008 Reading List

  It's been awhile since I logged some book reviews. Some are worthy of far more than a short blurb. Others have been omitted because they were not noteworthy enough or I've just plum forgotten and will write them up in a future post. In addition to a house overflowing with books, [...]
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  Posted: March 31, 2008, 12:08am EDT
  

• Software is Hard

  When Dreaming in Code was first released, it sparked my interest, but I shelved the idea after reading a few online excerpts. Its content seemed to be a rehash of my own career experience, thus I concluded that it would be bereft of any insight. However, when author Scott Rosenberg [...]
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  Posted: March 04, 2008, 10:58pm EST
  

• Charles Goyette Interview with David Ray Griffin

  Audio of KFNX Charles Goyette radio interview with prominent 9/11 Truth Movement author David Ray Griffin. Download/Listen to Goyette/Griffin/caller conversation [...]
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  Posted: February 20, 2008, 8:28am EST
  

• Neoconservative Christians

  Amidst what seems an endless stream of equivocations and rationalizations proffered by Bush apologists and Republican party loyalists, here is a remonstration on neoconservative Christians assent to a litany of egregious stances that are completely unchristian: Silence on torture. Yes, some in the church have publicly spoken out against the heinous [...]
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  Posted: February 08, 2008, 6:17pm EST
  

• Obligatory Blog Plug

  Just another notification that as I've reserved this web space here for longer essays or topics of interest to Arizona folk, my post frequency has diminished. But the "sister" (or "brother") blog to this fine internet publication, AZspot.net, is updated daily, with periodic posts throughout the day. A good chunk of [...]
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  Posted: February 02, 2008, 12:03am EST