The Sky is Falling—November 27, 2008

This week: Culd u kill hm plz? $$? kthnx.
Happy Thanksgiving, dear readers. I hope you’re enjoying the holiday with the ones you love, respect and admire. Its one of the only holidays left that hasn’t been subversively mutated into a corporatist marketing ploy. Eat, drink (responsibly) and be thankful… that you don’t know this crazy [...]

For the Very First Time

Apparently, being a virgin is not an “essential quality” in a bride. [via]
But that’s just according to French courts. We here in the US of A are free to continue basing our governmental and educational institutions on completely archaic, unrealistic heteronormative judeo-christianic attitudes towards, you know, doin’ the nasty.

Obama and LGBT Rights

The Obama transition team has released their “Support for the LGBT Community” plan, which includes repealing the military’s “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” policy. [via]

Friday Roundup—November 21, 2008

Here we are to round out the slow SDIF re-boot week. Apparently the world doesn’t stop for those battling jetlag…

Gawker on the FCC’s absurd stances towards casual profanity, nipples.
Some Verizon employees have been suspended for poking into Obama’s cell phone records. Meanwhile, other Verizon employees call in sick after experimenting with my favorite drunk-dial pizza [...]

The Sky is Falling—November 20, 2008

Last week, Draynd discussed the smash-and-grab nature of American nutrition with some nuance. Which was weird. We checked his contract and nowhere does it say anything about nuance. We won’t come to expect such things consistently, but this week he aims his sights at another bold topic. No, not Seth Rogan; ever since Knocked Up [...]

TN and P2P

Tennessee gave Big Content its own sort-of bailout in the form of an anti-P2P law that will cost colleges there around $13 million.
At this point, TN should just dismantle their higher education system and sell it off for parts. Seriously. Pack it in.

Weary Traveler

I feel as if I’ve been caught inside an episode of Lost for the last couple of weeks. First I get on a plane to go to Kenya, to celebrate Prez-elect Obama’s victory with the terrorist network known as “his relatives.” Somehow, I ended up in Pretoria, South Africa, where I was eventually accosted by [...]

The Sky is Falling—November 13, 2008

This week: Blame the government, not your idiocy, for your fat kids
After Jared came around, fast food places started to market healthy options. This, generally, was a heavily dressed salad or choice of three-day old fruit over fries. Many fat people rejoiced, now able to ingest their quarter-pounder and diet Coke guilt free.
Those obese folk, [...]

Friday Roundup—November 7, 2008

I regret to inform you there will be no Roundup today. It’s not that we here at SD&IF don’t want to provide a set of links to make your weekend ponderous. We do. It’s that we’re physically unable.
Even this short post is incredibly difficult for me. I’m only now coming out of the haze of [...]

The Sky is Falling—November 6, 2008

This week: Terrorists use words to communicate and plot!
According to the US Army, terrorists aren’t mentally inept. In other news: all Muslims aren’t terrorists, you may not always trip over your shoe laces if they’re untied and your dad is, in fact, stronger than my dad. If your heart didn’t skip a beat in pure [...]