The Dallemagnes → January, 2015

On January 31, 2015 at 08:24PM Mark Said…

Pretty much exactly as I predicted… The top-two primary system has elected a moderate in a heavily-Republican district. And as we have seen for several years since the system was also instituted in California, replacing radical dems and goppers with moderates in both parties.
………”Newhouse’s victory over Didier in Yakima may be the clearest evidence yet that a top-two primary system can work to marginalize, rather than incentivize, the political fringe.”

Just as they did a century ago, the Pacific Coast states are leading the way in rejecting narrow partisanship and the cheats of the political caste, eliminating gerrymandering and making parties far less important as districts vote more for individuals who speak to voters like grownups, instead of sheep, to be whipped up with fear.

 

On January 30, 2015 at 09:02PM Mark Said…

Hilarious

Mortal Combat X: Full Video Of Conan O’Brien, Marshawn Lynch, & Rob Gronkowski’s Clueless Gamer
On Thursday night’s CONAN, Marshawn Lynch and Rob Gronkowski joined Conan for an extreme Super […]

 

On January 30, 2015 at 12:43AM Mark Said…

Every director needs a ruthless editor. Here’s the 3-hour The Hobbit movie that Peter Jackson should have made. This cut restores the original plot of the Tolkien book and removes all the added characters and the inserted foreshadowing of The Lord of the Rings that wasn’t in the book.

Now There’s A Three-Hour Cut Of The Hobbit Trilogy
Just in case a four-hour version of an eight-hour trilogy was still too long for you, professional video editor David Killstein has now gone and made an even more drastic cut of Peter Jackson’s overblown Hobbit adaptation.

 

On January 29, 2015 at 11:38AM Angel Said…

Nickelodeon plans to launch a subscription video service
Nickelodeon is the latest TV network with plans to roll out an online subscription service. According to Variety, Viacom — the network’s parent company — announced plans for the service this…

 

On January 28, 2015 at 10:27PM Mark Said…

Scotland, where the average IQ is a bit higher than ours.

On January 28, 2015 at 05:03PM Angel Said…

Hey Mark I think this is for you 😛

Clear Out Your Overwhelmed Email Inbox with the Nuclear Option
Desperate times call for desperate measures. If you’ve tried a bunch of different strategies to get your inbox under control with no success, it might be better to start with a clean slate.

 

On January 27, 2015 at 10:37AM Angel Said…

When you have to fight competition using these methods you know you have the inferior product. This sucks, British chocolate is WAY better.

Hershey’s Just Blocked British Chocolate From Entering The US — And Fans Are Furious
Hershey’s has blocked British-made Cadbury…

 

On January 26, 2015 at 07:29PM Mark Said…

WoW pubs its full 6.1 patch notes…

World of Warcraft unleashes its full patch 6.1 patch notes
Massively

 

On January 26, 2015 at 05:36PM Angel Said…

Am I the only person who doesn’t like to let other people use my smart phone? To me it’s like my purse, I wouldn’t want someone going through my purse either. Am I weird or does anyone else feel this way too?

On January 26, 2015 at 12:55PM Angel Said…

Eight years ago or so we had cable, when we had it, I never watched the news. I found it depressing. Aside from the weather almost everything on the news was a depressing story about something bad that had happened, might happen or was going to happen. Watching it just brought me down. When My husband lost his job and became long term unemployed we cut down on our bills by getting rid of cable. It was probably the best decision we ever made, to this day we don’t miss it at all. Having the internet I’m still able to keep up on current events and If I want to I can always watch streaming news, but I rarely do. I read my news. I use an RSS reader (feedly) and subscribe to the news that interests me. Everyday I read new articles about Tech, local events, gaming, and I even subscribe to some cooking blogs to get new recipes.

What I really enjoy about reading my news instead of watching it are viewing the comments of people. Being able to engage in conversations with people who are interested in the same things as I am really adds to the experience. You don’t get that on television. Of course there are the occasional “trolls” but for the most part what you get is a wide variety of opinions on the topic at hand.

The other thing I like about reading my news, is that It’s curated to me. I don’t have to sit through sports news (something I have absolutely no interest in) to get the information I actually want to hear. So yeah these are the reason I prefer to read my news, over watching it on television.