Remember when the news came out that Walter Scott was shot in the back running away? Afterwards body cameras were touted as a quick solution. Sounds great right? Yes. For cops and the company making millions on the cameras. The cameras would be great if the footage were public knowledge, it isn't. In fact what … Continue reading Police Body Cameras! Great!? Not So Much
A Case for the War on Drugs
He pretty much started convulsing right there in front of us, in the crowd of 30,000 people while Alesso played. People called the medics and by the time they took the kid in his twenties out, he looked dead. Alesso never stopped playing and everyone danced as if nothing happened.This is how we treat death … Continue reading A Case for the War on Drugs
What happens when new and confused health care meets the expertise of modern data mining and product placement.
Day 0 and 1It seemed like a zit, deep inside my upper cheek. It didn't bother me much but then it turned into a little knot and then my cheek began to swell and then came the headaches. It was time to go to the doctor.As a healthy individual in my early thirties, I was … Continue reading What happens when new and confused health care meets the expertise of modern data mining and product placement.
Don’t Rush With a Book
Books, life, sex, road trips and even food, all things one ought not rush. A lot of people comment on my slowness. I've always been slow. I often finished assignments late, I was a late bloomer, I didn't really figure out what I wanted to be until my thirties and I even graduated college a … Continue reading Don’t Rush With a Book
Why Start a Start-Up.
I have worked for two start-ups and have started two of my own and I can tell you, start-ups are a pain and can be pretty horrible.However, I’m just that type of person. In High School and college I started two wrestling teams, two professional clubs and one fraternity and I tell you, that no … Continue reading Why Start a Start-Up.
America, You’re Funny: Daddy sent his friend to look over US, his name is John Oliver.
Isn't it sad that the longest piece of journalism about our dangerously unmaintained infrastructure was done by a British comedian? It is like we are incapable of running our own country and two hundred and fifty years after becoming independent, daddy comes over and say, son, you're still a fuck-up.What is really sad about this … Continue reading America, You’re Funny: Daddy sent his friend to look over US, his name is John Oliver.
Uber Charges for Time Driver Spends After Dropping You Off
So they other night I take an #Uber back to Jersey, and they charge me surge price (12 dollar ride becomes 26 ride) and then they charge a Jersey surcharge (20 bucks) because the driver has to go back to NY.. I have to pay for the drivers journey without me??? WTF???? Maybe I should also pay … Continue reading Uber Charges for Time Driver Spends After Dropping You Off
One Boston Marathon Bombing, Every Week: Ukraine
We see tally of dead from every Iraqi and Afghani bombing.. We are having a trial for the Boston Bombing and we are outraged. In Ukraine, far from the frontline, there are bombings, once a week or so, across east Ukraine, near trolley stops, near homes and shelters... I used to think that called the operation … Continue reading One Boston Marathon Bombing, Every Week: Ukraine
Why If You Want Freedom, You Shouldn’t Want Free News
In recent years, it became more and more often that I would look through the dozen or so news headlines and not click a single one. I used to read almost every single story on Google News, but over the past years I noticed that I read fewer and fewer articles. I noticed that the important … Continue reading Why If You Want Freedom, You Shouldn’t Want Free News
I’m Tired of Being a Whore
Yes, I am a whore. I am a whore and I have been treated like one for seven years now. Ever since I graduated college. I am not an expensive whore or a cheap whore. I am a very mediocre whore. I went from boss to boss and I did half ass blow jobs, a … Continue reading I’m Tired of Being a Whore
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