. a blogumn by Jordan Weeks “Interesting way to undermine a society, I think, is to take some of their money away.” –Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. So AIG (American International Group, Inc., NYSE) is again all over every news outlet because their executives decided to pay out contractual bonuses totaling something like $165 million to some [...]

. a blogumn by Jordan Weeks Apparently President Obama is planning to “repeal a Bush administration rule that has become a flash point in the debate over a doctor’s right not to participate in abortions.” (“Obama to rescind Bush’s ‘conscience’ abortion rule”; Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar, Associated Press; February 28, 2009.) Here’s the version of the article [...]

. a blogumn by Jordan Weeks The imminent switch of all television broadcasts from analog and digital signals to digital-only signals has less to do with “more available bandwidth” and “better quality” (which, unless maybe you’re dropping five or six grand on a serious goddammm set is a complete fairytale…and even then the shit doesn’t [...]

. A blogumn by Jordan Weeks 2008 Election Special Pt. 2: Do Androids Dream of Electronic Voting Machines?” “Yes, we can.” — U.S. President-Elect Barack Obama Believe me, I’m as hopeful as the next person that some kind of positive political sea-change will accompany this Presidential personnel change. And while I’m personally glad that Obama [...]

. A blogumn by Jordan Weeks “Happy Thanksgiving 2008!!! from Enough Already” The universal Thanksgiving Day ritual is the cooking and eating of turkeys, America’s stupidest bird. (Sure, people say they’re smart, but come on; take one look at that weird loon and you know he’s a fool.) Presumably the second most-common ritual that takes [...]

. A blogumn by Jordan Weeks 2008 Election Special Part 1: ‘Til Victory Barack Obama is the President-Elect of the United States. What does this mean? Well, at the very least it means that for the first time in eight shitty years we have someone in office who can speak in public. Beyond that…I don’t [...]

. A blogumn by Jordan Weeks Rock Band and Guitar Hero: Post-Modern Harbingers of Absolute Social, Cultural, Emotional, and Economic Paralysis, or Just Bad, Unclean Fun?” “Do you know what a Luddite is? That’s a person who doesn’t like newfangled contraptions. Contraptions like nuclear submarines armed with Poseidon missiles that have H-bombs in their warheads, [...]

/ A blogumn by Jordan Weeks Exploring the intersection of popular culture, socio-cultural politics, economics, and whatever the hell else… Through the Looking Glass Metallica’s new album, Death Magnetic (released September 12), apparently holds the distinction of being the first new full-length album to be released simultaneously in stores and for “download and play” with [...]