Bill Albertson

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• Commented on Unintentional Humor of the Day
  Lol, I only get audio on my Linux laptop......
• Commented on 100-word fiction competition — win an HP MediaSmart EX495
  Lost in the spaces between my heart and my spine were the cries of my daughter, a day in spring, and the last words of my wife. Moments fumbling in darkness kept them company, as did the gently picked dandelions...
• Commented on More on secret copyright treaty: your kids could go to jail for noncommercial music sharing
  Story has been submitted to digg.com as http://digg.com/d3197Xi Follow the story and digg it up- pressure needs to be placed on the Whitehouse to shed some daylight on what is going on, and on Congress to start asking more questions....
• Commented on Secret copyright treaty leaks. It's bad. Very bad.
  @tsm_sf- Sane because the media portrays their chosen winner that way, or sane in their voting record? If we had a president that satisfied what a majority of Americans wanted to see in terms of voting record, we would have...
• Commented on Secret copyright treaty leaks. It's bad. Very bad.
  @anon- it took ACTA for you to realize that President Obama should be punished for abrogating your rights? He voted to re-authorize the Patriot Act, and when he did that he lost my vote forever. That he would vote for...
• Commented on Afghanistan: Karzai's drug-dealing bro has been on CIA payroll for 8 years, says NYT
  Yeah, this reads like the 80's, where US drug abatement teams were sent out to farmers in Latin America to get them to replant non-drug crops, only to be followed shortly by thugs on the CIA payroll to ensure that...
• Commented on Father kidnaps daughter's killer
  Well, if you read the linked article, the convicted murderer (he was convicted, and he fled) had been hit over the head, and bound with tape. Not a beating, so much as an aggressive snatch and grab. Bounty hunters do...
• Commented on Father kidnaps daughter's killer
  Wow, if someone did that to my kid, getting dragged back to court by some thugs would be the least of their worries. In fact, a life sentence in prison would probably be the safest option for them. Good for...
• Commented on Quiz: Donald Judd, Or Cheap Furniture?
  Too bad there weren't any Ikea pieces in there, they have some great flatpack stuff!...
• Commented on Map shows US marriage and divorce rates
  You know, it's stats like this that encourage people to try and outlaw divorce in California... /s...
• Commented on Artsy Nazi gnomes, on display and for sale
  I'm not keen on the artist's concept of satire. Much more important than this, you can buy statuary of gnomes flipping the bird at his site....
• Commented on Snow kite boarder gets carried away by kite
  I love the part halfway through where the guy with the camera starts screaming like a little girl. Personally, I would have expected that from the guy up on the kite....
• Commented on Judge orders woman to keep her SubGenius books under lock and key
  From reading the Sub-Genius wikipedia entry, it looks like her custody is provisional due to the fact that dad is pending a drunk driving hearing. Is there some other news out there that says she now has permanent custody?...
• Commented on The criticism that Ralph Lauren doesn't want you to see!
  Doesn't the DMCA have provisions for legal remedy against those who try to use takedown notices in this way?...
• Commented on Bravo Gustavo, an excuse to wave your iPhone around like a conductor's baton
  That was fun! Got a score of 7k first try....
• Commented on Obama gets mixed grade on privacy issues in EPIC report
  I think the reason for the huge disparity between EPIC's grades and everyone who participated was that EPIC is grading on what he has done that is new, and I would be grading on what he has promised (an end...
• Commented on Story about Wal-Mart founder's treatment of his employees
  @33- and that is why Walmart exceeds so well at killing local small businesses. Its not that Walmart kills off all the businesses, it primarily kills off the ones trying to compete against it on it's level (cutting corners, underpaying...
• Commented on Interview with John Marcotte, author of bill to ban divorce
  Also, I understand why he is doing this for another reason. The initiative process in the state allows anyone to put a law up for referendum with enough signatures. My understanding is that a ballot initiative supporting gay marriage in...
• Commented on Interview with John Marcotte, author of bill to ban divorce
  @1- short answer is Yes. Long answer is that its a long honored Sacramento tradition to hoist bigots and hypocrites up by their own petard when they start interfering in the lives of others. Satirical pranking is also a big...
• Commented on What the world will look like if/when the oceans rise.
  I was looking at Sacramento too, but I was thinking that salinization was going to kill agriculture in the biggest breadbasket in the western US. Then again, the city government already has an environmental impact report in hand on this...
• Commented on US Senate cyber security bill sparks debate, "internet takeover" fears
  Regardless of the originating report, READ THE BILL- http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/z?c111:S.773: Ok? Done? Good, repeat after me- this bill really does suck. It will bog down critical activities for running the internet in totally unnecessary bureaucratic quagmire, it will require Tier 1...
• Commented on Dutch government tries to stop 13-year-old girl from sailing around world solo
  Usually, when someone does a "solo" journey, they have a support vessel following them, just in case. The article was unclear on this point....
• Commented on Court orders Google to ID anon blogger who called model "skank"/"ho", blogger threatens Google with $15 mil suit
  Expecting a company to take liquidated damages on your behalf for a free service is a little out of line. If she wanted privacy, she should have: a) gotten DNS hosting from a foreign reg service. b) hosted her own...
• Commented on Pics from a beauty pageant in a Russian women's prison
  @#2, after going through the Russian website, I wouldn't want to be one of the winners of the women's pageant either, considering what their audience looked like....
• Commented on How to avoid ads in Gmail (or not)
  Or... you could use Firefox and the adblock plus add-on....
• Commented on Firefighter allegedly shoots cyclist in head to teach him not to ride on a busy street
  1. I just want to know what helmet he was wearing. I want one! 2. I had a cop clear his holster on me once, because he *insisted* that I get off my bike and walk it across a street...
• Commented on Abortion clinic escort's blog
  I have several cousins who have been part of clinic sabotage squads, and I have other family who have participated in clinic defense and held the hands and comforted women who have had to make difficult choices. This is what...
• Commented on IKEA sends breastfeeder to the toilets
  I've never seen anyone asked to go hide themselves in order to breastfeed at the West Sacramento IKEA. Staff there have always been very polite and friendly to everyone. However, what I do know about IKEA- they have the most...
• Commented on Myth of the Rational Market: the rise and fall of the idea of market rationality
  I have a friend who helps out at our local parent participation pre-school. She also runs an investment fund. In the last 3 years, she has seen only gains. This was after she started investing in the market with the...
• Commented on Dead Gnomes: idiotically grinning ghastly garden gnomes
  I am still holding out for gnomes with laser guns....