X-Cop Fly Company

Why I Did Not Discuss My Participation in the SOPA/PIPA Blackout

Thursday, January 19th, 2012

Many of you who came to the X-Cop Fly Company blog (or to Rogue Central @ coredumpcentral.org) yesterday were redirected to the SOPA Strike page. (The blackout on the X-Cop Fly Company blog started a few hours late for EST people such as myself, since the plugin I used here had a bug, and I [...]

“Virtual Goods” a $1.6 billion/year industry

Friday, October 8th, 2010

Diane Medved at TownHall writes: Help me here. What is it about “virtual goods”–imaginary own-ables in online community or commercial fake-world games–that leads Americans to shell out a projected $1.6 billion this year in our jobless economy? Facebook hosts and profits from the virtual barnyard antics of FarmVille (75 million monthly active users) and a [...]

Funny Obama Jokes

Thursday, July 8th, 2010

From Lew Rockwell: The liberals are asking us to give Obama time. We agree . . . and think 25 to life would be appropriate. America needs Obama-care like Nancy Pelosi needs a Halloween mask. Q: Have you heard about McDonald’s’ new Obama Value Meal? A: Order anything you like and the guy behind you [...]

Obamacare: Western PA (Pittsburgh area) hospital lays off 1,500

Wednesday, June 30th, 2010

From the Charleston (WV) Daily Mail: West Penn Allegheny Health System officials announced a major consolidation of the system’s two city-based acute-care hospitals. Up to 1,500 jobs will be lost. To be fair, not all of this is the government’s fault. Hospital admissions are well below capacity. From the WPXI story: “Dr. Olivia said the [...]