An arrogant banker has done all in his power to enforce his position as the ‘one per cent,’ all the while reminding everyone else they’re not.
After dining on a meal at a boutique Newport Beach, California restaurant, the banker left only $1.33 on a $133.54 tab.
Adding insult to injury, he gave the server, Breanna, another tip: ‘Get a real job.’
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Monday, February 27, 2012
Thursday, January 12, 2012
British Prime Minister David Cameron now thinks he's a Goddamn film producer
It's hard to start without any other thought: that, once again, someone who doesn’t understand the film industry is meddling with it. In this case, though, it's not the kind of meddling that's easy to dismiss. It leads to the door of British Prime Minister David Cameron, and the government.
This has all come about as a result of comments from David Cameron on the state of the industry, and what needs to be done.
The British film industry just isn’t profitable enough for them, apparently, and so films must be more mainstream and more commercially viable. In fact, his exact words were that the industry should be “More dynamic and entrepreneurial” and “Rival the quality and impact of the best international productions”.
This means, it seems, that big production companies churning out identikit movies will receive money, while small, unproven companies and filmmakers will be left to rot. Thanks David Cameron, you’re really helping the industry grow. Already equipped with its own ironic fundablefilms hashtag on Twitter, many people are rightly outraged at this, and pouring scorn on the whole idea.
Cameron’s suggestion really is idiotic...
Read more here.
This has all come about as a result of comments from David Cameron on the state of the industry, and what needs to be done.
The British film industry just isn’t profitable enough for them, apparently, and so films must be more mainstream and more commercially viable. In fact, his exact words were that the industry should be “More dynamic and entrepreneurial” and “Rival the quality and impact of the best international productions”.
This means, it seems, that big production companies churning out identikit movies will receive money, while small, unproven companies and filmmakers will be left to rot. Thanks David Cameron, you’re really helping the industry grow. Already equipped with its own ironic fundablefilms hashtag on Twitter, many people are rightly outraged at this, and pouring scorn on the whole idea.
Cameron’s suggestion really is idiotic...
Read more here.
Thursday, December 01, 2011
Quebec's pettiness continues to embarrass the province globally
This shit is nothing new, they once went after a business because it had the nerve to have the world "Welcome" in other languages besides French.
It is a modest sign hanging outside an equally modest fair-trade furniture store in Montreal, yet it has become a matter of great import to Quebec’s language guardians.
Kif-Kif Import, a family-run business that sells furniture and decor knick-knacks from around the world, has run afoul of Quebec’s French-language protection agency over its sign. The problem is not so much with Kif-Kif. It’s the word “import,” which officials from the Office québécois de la langue française insist is not French.
As with most bullies, it doesn't go after international corporations with quite as much zeal...
Read more here.
It is a modest sign hanging outside an equally modest fair-trade furniture store in Montreal, yet it has become a matter of great import to Quebec’s language guardians.
Kif-Kif Import, a family-run business that sells furniture and decor knick-knacks from around the world, has run afoul of Quebec’s French-language protection agency over its sign. The problem is not so much with Kif-Kif. It’s the word “import,” which officials from the Office québécois de la langue française insist is not French.
As with most bullies, it doesn't go after international corporations with quite as much zeal...
Read more here.
Tuesday, November 29, 2011
F*cked up Science: Genetically modified Bird Flu
What's wrong with these people?
Inside a Dutch medical facility is a potentially devastating weapon that could kill millions: A genetically modified version of the H5N1 bird flu, engineered to be easily transmitted among ferrets. And the researchers who figured out how to do it would like to share their work with the world.
Science, Rebecca Boyle, Avian flu, bird flu, controversy, h5n1 avian flu, health, pandemic flu, pandemics, scientific studiesIt’s a complicated conundrum, more so than it may seem at first blush. Biosecurity experts are now debating whether published research on the engineered flu (there are a couple papers in question) could be used as a blueprint for a bioweapon. But influenza researchers argue that virologists need every weapon they can find to fight the flu, which includes studying the ways it might spread to mammals. The National Institutes of Health funded the work.
Read more here.
Inside a Dutch medical facility is a potentially devastating weapon that could kill millions: A genetically modified version of the H5N1 bird flu, engineered to be easily transmitted among ferrets. And the researchers who figured out how to do it would like to share their work with the world.
Science, Rebecca Boyle, Avian flu, bird flu, controversy, h5n1 avian flu, health, pandemic flu, pandemics, scientific studiesIt’s a complicated conundrum, more so than it may seem at first blush. Biosecurity experts are now debating whether published research on the engineered flu (there are a couple papers in question) could be used as a blueprint for a bioweapon. But influenza researchers argue that virologists need every weapon they can find to fight the flu, which includes studying the ways it might spread to mammals. The National Institutes of Health funded the work.
Read more here.
Tuesday, October 18, 2011
Australia's Gaming Minister Michael O'Brien is a complete idiot...so sue me, I'm Canadian
Someone thinks highly of themselves, don't they? Well, that's one.
State Parliament is set to pass new legislation making it a criminal offence to "insult" Gaming Minister Michael O'Brien.
Fines of up to $11,945 will be given to anyone found guilty of upsetting the minister and his staff under the extraordinary new offence.
The Baillieu Government is seeking changes to the Gaming Regulation Act which it says are "reasonably necessary to respect the rights and reputation of the minister and authorised persons". If passed, the ruling will become law.
The amendment proposed to the Act will make it an offence to "assault, obstruct, hinder, threaten, abuse, insult or intimidate" the minister or authorised persons exercising "due diligence" in monitoring gambling systems such as pokies.
Read more here.
State Parliament is set to pass new legislation making it a criminal offence to "insult" Gaming Minister Michael O'Brien.
Fines of up to $11,945 will be given to anyone found guilty of upsetting the minister and his staff under the extraordinary new offence.
The Baillieu Government is seeking changes to the Gaming Regulation Act which it says are "reasonably necessary to respect the rights and reputation of the minister and authorised persons". If passed, the ruling will become law.
The amendment proposed to the Act will make it an offence to "assault, obstruct, hinder, threaten, abuse, insult or intimidate" the minister or authorised persons exercising "due diligence" in monitoring gambling systems such as pokies.
Read more here.
Monday, October 17, 2011
Lady Goo Goo
The EVIL FORBIDDEN video Lady GaGa doesn't want you to see.
Watch it anyway, anything to revenge ourselves on her for that abismal disaster she released this year.
Thursday, October 13, 2011
Elizabeth Snyder: Idiot of the Day
The County College of Morris acknowledged today that an adjunct history professor acted improperly when she told a stuttering student not to speak in class because he was "infringing on other students’ time."
Administrators declined to say whether any explicit disciplinary action was taken against the professor, Elizabeth Snyder, but expressed disappointment with the e-mail she sent sent to Philip Garber Jr. several weeks ago.
"The message was that because it does take him awhile to ask a question or answer a question, that it was interfering with the rights of other students," said Bette Simmons, vice president of student development for the Randolph college.
Read more here.
Administrators declined to say whether any explicit disciplinary action was taken against the professor, Elizabeth Snyder, but expressed disappointment with the e-mail she sent sent to Philip Garber Jr. several weeks ago.
"The message was that because it does take him awhile to ask a question or answer a question, that it was interfering with the rights of other students," said Bette Simmons, vice president of student development for the Randolph college.
Read more here.
Monday, October 10, 2011
Yachts International: Yo ho ho and a bottle of Château Lafite '59
A big fuck you from the yachting industry:
We used to sell yachts as luxury items. In today's world they're really a necessity...
...Years ago buying a yacht like the 136' Hargrave 'DREAMER' pictured above was fun and exciting and represented a once-in-a-lifetime reward for those of you who made the sacrifices and paid the price to reach the pinnacle of your profession.
Today things have changed and successful people have now become the target of every two bit politician from the White House on down, tolerated by most on the right and vilified by most on the left. It almost seems like when they are not discussing ways to take away your personal assets they are drafting some piece of legislation that will shut down your business.
Read more here.
We used to sell yachts as luxury items. In today's world they're really a necessity...
...Years ago buying a yacht like the 136' Hargrave 'DREAMER' pictured above was fun and exciting and represented a once-in-a-lifetime reward for those of you who made the sacrifices and paid the price to reach the pinnacle of your profession.
Today things have changed and successful people have now become the target of every two bit politician from the White House on down, tolerated by most on the right and vilified by most on the left. It almost seems like when they are not discussing ways to take away your personal assets they are drafting some piece of legislation that will shut down your business.
Read more here.
Saturday, August 13, 2011
BART Cuts Cell Phone Service to Stop Protest
Seems Authority have found a new way to protect themselves....
Best bullshit:
"It all boils down to the safety of the public," [BART Deputy Police Chief] Fairow said. "It wasn't a decision made lightly. This wasn't about free speech. It was about safety."
Their safety, naturally.
Read more here.
Wednesday, August 03, 2011
Entertainment industry suffers setback in efforts to control the Net in Britain
The arrogance of the Entertainment industry has in thinking they have this right is annoying. Thank goodness they haven't bought every politician.
Plans to block websites alleged to facilitate copyright infringement are to be dropped by the UK government. The announcement was made by Business secretary Vince Cable following a review by communications regulator OFCOM which found that blocking provisions in the Digital Economy Act would not be effective. Nevertheless, website blocking will be attempted, just by other means.
Outlining the government’s response to the Hargreaves report, business secretary Vince Cable today confirmed that the website blocking provisions put in place under the country’s controversial Digital Economy Act will be abandoned.
As widely predicted, a review by communications regulator OFCOM found that the plans were unworkable.
Read more here.
Plans to block websites alleged to facilitate copyright infringement are to be dropped by the UK government. The announcement was made by Business secretary Vince Cable following a review by communications regulator OFCOM which found that blocking provisions in the Digital Economy Act would not be effective. Nevertheless, website blocking will be attempted, just by other means.
Outlining the government’s response to the Hargreaves report, business secretary Vince Cable today confirmed that the website blocking provisions put in place under the country’s controversial Digital Economy Act will be abandoned.
As widely predicted, a review by communications regulator OFCOM found that the plans were unworkable.
Read more here.
Thursday, July 28, 2011
Photographers of Toronto, get a picture of Mayor Ford talking on his cell while driving
Then maybe the MF will pay the fine.
In a case like Ford's, where there is a citizen witness, it would be difficult to get a conviction, Baxter said -- even if the accused has admitted to doing it.
When the incident is witnessed by a police officer, he said, the case is much stronger.
Councillor Giorgio Mammoliti (Ward 7, York West) defended Ford in an interview as a “hard-working mayor who doesn't have anyone chauffeuring him around and returns calls.”
He also questioned the credibility of Ottilie Mason, the eyewitness to the incident. “My question is the individual flagging him down, was that safe as well? Last I checked she wasn't a police officer or enforcer. It could have caused road rage.”
Get the f*cking picture.
Read more here.
In a case like Ford's, where there is a citizen witness, it would be difficult to get a conviction, Baxter said -- even if the accused has admitted to doing it.
When the incident is witnessed by a police officer, he said, the case is much stronger.
Councillor Giorgio Mammoliti (Ward 7, York West) defended Ford in an interview as a “hard-working mayor who doesn't have anyone chauffeuring him around and returns calls.”
He also questioned the credibility of Ottilie Mason, the eyewitness to the incident. “My question is the individual flagging him down, was that safe as well? Last I checked she wasn't a police officer or enforcer. It could have caused road rage.”
Get the f*cking picture.
Read more here.
Thursday, June 16, 2011
Dominique Strauss-Kahn 'claimed diplomatic immunity'
I claim I'm Lord of the Universe. Nobody listens to me either.
Former IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn claimed diplomatic immunity and complained about being handcuffed as he was arrested for sexual assault in New York, official documents reveal.
Read more here.
Former IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn claimed diplomatic immunity and complained about being handcuffed as he was arrested for sexual assault in New York, official documents reveal.
Read more here.
Wednesday, June 15, 2011
Westmount wealthy continue to embarrass themselves on the world stage
And here you thought arrogant behavior by the rich was confined only to Toronto
City tags dog? Nothing new there, but what if the city licenses the dog’s keeper instead?
Montreal’s wealthy town-within-the-city called Westmount has found a novel way to impose on residents and outsiders alike while, to hear locals tell it, chipping away at personal liberty and neighbourliness. Since May, the town has required dog walkers to carry their own licence if they intend to have their pooch set a paw in Westmount.
Westmount has a long history of discouraging outsiders from using public services. And the small plastic card, obtained with the usual dog tags, carries an annual fee of $20 for Westmounters, $40 for everyone else. The tag must be carried by the human walker at all times, even while traversing the small enclave in canine accompaniment, at risk of a fine of $75 to $300 for a first offence.
Read more here.
City tags dog? Nothing new there, but what if the city licenses the dog’s keeper instead?
Montreal’s wealthy town-within-the-city called Westmount has found a novel way to impose on residents and outsiders alike while, to hear locals tell it, chipping away at personal liberty and neighbourliness. Since May, the town has required dog walkers to carry their own licence if they intend to have their pooch set a paw in Westmount.
Westmount has a long history of discouraging outsiders from using public services. And the small plastic card, obtained with the usual dog tags, carries an annual fee of $20 for Westmounters, $40 for everyone else. The tag must be carried by the human walker at all times, even while traversing the small enclave in canine accompaniment, at risk of a fine of $75 to $300 for a first offence.
Read more here.
Monday, June 06, 2011
WikiLeaks: Americans get huffy when they can't piss in the neighbour's pool
Manitoba's "angry rhetoric" on a dispute with its U.S. neighbour embittered officials south of the border and made for a "terribly strained" relationship, American diplomatic documents released through WikiLeaks suggest.
The documents shed new light on the longstanding spat between Canada and the U.S. over Devils Lake in North Dakota, calling it a "prime example of failed diplomacy."..
The lake in North Dakota has no natural outlet, and for years state officials wanted to give its citizens relief from flooding by sending Devils Lake water into Manitoba’s watershed via the Red River.
North Dakota spent millions constructing an outlet to re-route the water and, despite years of political protests and court challenges by Manitoba and Canada, pumps were switched on in August 2005, redirecting floodwater into the Sheyenne River, then the Red River and, ultimately, into Lake Winnipeg. Manitoba had argued pollution and harmful foreign species would be introduced into Canadian waterways from Devils Lake.
Read more here.
The documents shed new light on the longstanding spat between Canada and the U.S. over Devils Lake in North Dakota, calling it a "prime example of failed diplomacy."..
The lake in North Dakota has no natural outlet, and for years state officials wanted to give its citizens relief from flooding by sending Devils Lake water into Manitoba’s watershed via the Red River.
North Dakota spent millions constructing an outlet to re-route the water and, despite years of political protests and court challenges by Manitoba and Canada, pumps were switched on in August 2005, redirecting floodwater into the Sheyenne River, then the Red River and, ultimately, into Lake Winnipeg. Manitoba had argued pollution and harmful foreign species would be introduced into Canadian waterways from Devils Lake.
Read more here.
Donald A. Wilson Secondary School: Another idiot school who forgets students are people
Yet another group of adults who arrogantly forget the 'students' they are treating with such contempt are the adults of tomorrow, and they won't forget this.
Jack Christie’s videos are the kind of thing you see every day on the Internet. Crudely animated stick figures swear and fire automatic rifles. There are off-colour jokes about everything from race to pedophilia to cocaine. Absurd incidents – such as the assassination of an evil talking mango – seem to happen at random.
But administrators at the Grade 12 student’s Whitby high school were so offended when they found the animations on YouTube last month, they sent him home and called the police. He is being kept out of school during the investigation.
Now, fellow students at Donald A. Wilson Secondary School are demanding the 18-year-old be reinstated, arguing the school overstepped its bounds by meting out punishment for something that happened off campus. Mr. Christie says the administration is stomping on his right to freedom of speech.
Seems the school is not only treating the students with contempt, they are also teaching them a lesson in adult abuse of power:
Gavin Russell, prime minister of the student government, gathered scores of signatures on a petition supporting Mr. Christie before two staff members warned him that, if he continued, he could also face punishment.
There is a silver lining to all this, now the world knows about this and can see your school administration for the small minded bullies they are.
Read more here.
Jack Christie’s videos are the kind of thing you see every day on the Internet. Crudely animated stick figures swear and fire automatic rifles. There are off-colour jokes about everything from race to pedophilia to cocaine. Absurd incidents – such as the assassination of an evil talking mango – seem to happen at random.
But administrators at the Grade 12 student’s Whitby high school were so offended when they found the animations on YouTube last month, they sent him home and called the police. He is being kept out of school during the investigation.
Now, fellow students at Donald A. Wilson Secondary School are demanding the 18-year-old be reinstated, arguing the school overstepped its bounds by meting out punishment for something that happened off campus. Mr. Christie says the administration is stomping on his right to freedom of speech.
Seems the school is not only treating the students with contempt, they are also teaching them a lesson in adult abuse of power:
Gavin Russell, prime minister of the student government, gathered scores of signatures on a petition supporting Mr. Christie before two staff members warned him that, if he continued, he could also face punishment.
There is a silver lining to all this, now the world knows about this and can see your school administration for the small minded bullies they are.
Read more here.
Monday, May 30, 2011
Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels is extremely arrogant
Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels, who recently decided against a run for president, said he could have beat President Barack Obama in 2012.
"Yes, I think so," Daniels said Sunday on ABC's "This Week," adding, "I mean, no one can know."
So humble.
I feel you would have lost Mr. Daniels. A gym door could even get the best of you...
Read more here.
"Yes, I think so," Daniels said Sunday on ABC's "This Week," adding, "I mean, no one can know."
So humble.
I feel you would have lost Mr. Daniels. A gym door could even get the best of you...
Read more here.
Tuesday, May 17, 2011
Lady Gaga pisses off the press ahead of her terrible new CD
Good PR there genius.
Lady Gaga is now demanding that photographers surrender the copyright of photos taken at her concerts – and photographers are incensed.
Washington, D.C. website TBD.com made this practice public on Friday when they published the release form given to their photographer Jay Westcott. In addition to standard release restrictions regarding the use of images shot at her concerts, the document states that any photos taken at the show become the property of Lady Gaga. This an especially bold demand as the government has established that copyright exists the moment when a work is created, which in this case is the moment when a photographer clicks their shutter button.
Read more here.
Lady Gaga is now demanding that photographers surrender the copyright of photos taken at her concerts – and photographers are incensed.
Washington, D.C. website TBD.com made this practice public on Friday when they published the release form given to their photographer Jay Westcott. In addition to standard release restrictions regarding the use of images shot at her concerts, the document states that any photos taken at the show become the property of Lady Gaga. This an especially bold demand as the government has established that copyright exists the moment when a work is created, which in this case is the moment when a photographer clicks their shutter button.
Read more here.
Israeli couple really don't Like their child
Let's inflict a lifetime of scorn on our child, because...because...we're clueless....weeeeeeeeeee!
First there was baby "Facebook" and now this: An Israeli couple has named their kid "Like."
Let the Valley Girl jokes ensue.
The Israeli news source Galgalatz reports that Lior and Vardit Adler are the proud parents of a bouncing baby girl named after the Facebook Like button, which recently celebrated its first birthday.
Apparently, the parents were looking to call their daughter something unique. The moniker is not meant to be a gimmick, and they say that they're not shilling for Facebook. They just like (pun intended) the meaning behind the name.
Read more here.
First there was baby "Facebook" and now this: An Israeli couple has named their kid "Like."
Let the Valley Girl jokes ensue.
The Israeli news source Galgalatz reports that Lior and Vardit Adler are the proud parents of a bouncing baby girl named after the Facebook Like button, which recently celebrated its first birthday.
Apparently, the parents were looking to call their daughter something unique. The moniker is not meant to be a gimmick, and they say that they're not shilling for Facebook. They just like (pun intended) the meaning behind the name.
Read more here.
Wednesday, May 11, 2011
U.K.'s Super Injunction - a big 'f*ck you* from the rich to you
Yet another rich benefiting law whereby the wealthy can stop embarrassing details getting out to the general public.
Don't these idiots realize that by slapping this kind of restriction of information, they guarantee it *will* get out.
Thursday, April 28, 2011
G20 law to be repealed by Ontario..until they need it again
You really don't think this is permanent, do you?
The Ontario government says it will repeal a decades-old law that it used to give law enforcement officials controversial new powers around the site of the G20 summit site in downtown Toronto last summer.
The move comes after former chief justice Roy McMurtry released a report Thursday criticizing the Ontario government for its secrecy in applying the Public Works Protection Act — enacted in 1939 to protect infrastructure works from wartime enemies — to the area around the G20 summit, which ran June 26-27.
"The Public Works Protection Act raises issues regarding the liberty and security of the person in providing for warrantless searches and stopping for identification," writes McMurtry in the report. "[The] potential for abuse is beyond troubling, to say the least."
At least, it gave us Officer Bubbles. At worst, it gave free reign to some of the more regrettable tendencies of the Harper regime.
Read more here.
The Ontario government says it will repeal a decades-old law that it used to give law enforcement officials controversial new powers around the site of the G20 summit site in downtown Toronto last summer.
The move comes after former chief justice Roy McMurtry released a report Thursday criticizing the Ontario government for its secrecy in applying the Public Works Protection Act — enacted in 1939 to protect infrastructure works from wartime enemies — to the area around the G20 summit, which ran June 26-27.
"The Public Works Protection Act raises issues regarding the liberty and security of the person in providing for warrantless searches and stopping for identification," writes McMurtry in the report. "[The] potential for abuse is beyond troubling, to say the least."
At least, it gave us Officer Bubbles. At worst, it gave free reign to some of the more regrettable tendencies of the Harper regime.
Read more here.
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