Sasha's Commentary for November 12, 2013, Part II: Still Need A Life

...brought to you by Dr. Steven Brule's trigger happy replacement. If you haven't seen Brule's Rules, I suggest you do so. John C. Reilly is a character. Just a character.

Google has been building mystery barges for the longest time (the last few months). Turns out they are going to be mobile interactive learning spaces, although they seem more like interactive learning centers.

When 49% of Texan GOP voters think that Senator John Cornyn isn't conservative enough, something isn't quite right. Here's an idea: elect Wendy Davis and improve schools in Texas. Nonetheless, the Texas GOP, which seems to be steering the national party, is scary.

While we're on the Google topic, they might track your moves, but they want to be the only ones tracking your moves. Thanks Google, now I'm not so scared of you. But seriously, it's nice to see the company screw over the NSA. And it appears that the feds have been hacking Google, but why it's low-key is beyond me. The NSA has been recording Google's data movements between servers, and now the company is encrypting the transmitted data to prevent eavesdropping. I thought they already did that.

As my current crush (and future girlfriend, as it's going in that direction) has a couple of weird pets at home, the words "this article is enlightening" pretty much applies. This one is funny: "Cats are literally trained to shit in the house and live 20 years. I’ll pass." Nope, I'll take it!

Poor Jeff Wagner. He didn't get elected. On the upswing, 35 candidates? Neato! And to make it better??

Rybak’s decision, along with the city’s paltry $20 filing fee, led to a massive ballot of 35 candidates, many of them gadflies. Voters were confounded further by the first real test of ranked choice voting, which eliminated the traditional primary that would have thinned the field.

Minneapolis, thanks for being a national guinea pig!

I have condolences to the family of the state police offer who was killed while a truck driver was browsing the internet while driving. Truck drivers should know better. Also, this same guy was apparently masturbating at the same time. Can't find proof of that now.

I question Wisconsin governor Scott Walker's anti-high speed rail policies when the state desperately needs the new Talgo equipment. Want more Hiawatha frequencies? Can't do it, as there's a lack of equipment. And Madison needs rail service BEFORE the thought of high speed rail even happens.

President Obama, I'm with your most recent Democratic predecessor on your healthcare law. Something needs to be done. Delay something, extend the enrollment period!

Working conditions in China are beyond deplorable, thus why I'm proud to build my own computers out of, sadly, Chinese-made parts. My flash drive surprisingly was assembled in the States. So where are all these manufacturing jobs? Something's a concern when our household goods are being assembled by slave labor. I'd rather pay more and know that an American is assembling that thing, because in the end, that manufacturing job might be mine.

Something about the hookup culture actually makes me a little uncomfortable. Then again, sex in general makes me slightly nervous. Actually, how do you get to a point where you can sleep with anyone? Are there levels of social ability? Well, it's nice to know that casual sex is terrible for trying to achieve an orgasm. In my view, sex is supposed to be an emotional tie.

Anyone remember this woman? (Link is from Current's version of Countdown with Keith Olbermann when he did a quick segment on the crazy lady).

And this is why I need a life: I spend too much time blogging.