Population control and guaranteed profits

Could there be any other reason? With 40 million people carrying HIV worldwide and infection rates in some African countries as high as 15%, the pursuit of profit above the goal of immunization is nearly a genocidal crime. And when holding to the light the wax-paper-thin excuse that pharmaceutical conglomerates require enormous monetary incentives before pursuing new drug research, the senseless, transparent greed of man is stupefying. Not only does taxpayer money fund drug research, but the wealthy--through corporations--are reaping nearly the all of the benefit. What is it called when the government transfers wealth from the public sector to the private? To have anything less than the full socialization of medicine is an obscenity heaped upon the human race.

The Daily Northwestern's front page

features among others these two articles, with headlines in very bold type:

Around Evanston, millions struggle to find health care
Survey ranks college heads' compensation / Bienen among highest paid private-university leaders

Henry Bienen, the president of Northwestern University, lives in Evanston--his house is actually located there—just blocks from these unfortunate people. What the hell kind of world are we living in where access to physicians is restricted to those who have sufficient units of a specific medium of exchange that is thrown at people whose primary responsibility involves soliciting even more of it? Sure, it helps fund a private university--a center of enlightenment and truth. I wonder if these millions of people near Evanston and Skokie were able to attend Northwestern.

The madness of the sony digital rights management infection/rootkit/trojan horse

Here's a map displaying the approximate locations of people who:

a) are stupid enough to buy Celine Dion, Switchfoot, or Ricky Martin albums, among others

b) are stupid enough to run windows

c) have put one of these discs into their windows-burdened PC

I won't bother to discuss the details of Sony's infected discs--you can read Slashdot yourself if you haven't heard about it.

Meanwhile, real security experts point out the hypocrisy of corporations that sell anti-virus software, as if it were a surprise that the wealthy collude to maintain their dominance.

A culture of ultra-violence, thuggery, and stuffed jock-straps

Perry Bible Fellowship is the best

The first snowflake of winter

"Web Logs" are in vogue and popular with the youth of today

At least, this is what my marketing team tells me.

Prepare to die.