The Two Percent
2016.11.09 (Wed) 16:21
We lied.
Only once, but we did lie. It was one of those little white lies meant to spare other people's feelings. The kind of lie you hope people won't ever question, because it'll just make things w [»]
We Love Christmas...Now Let's Play Cards
2008.12.24 (Wed) 12:30
Who's waging the legendary and infamous War on Christmas?
It's a question we've always wanted to hear a legitimate answer to.
Presumably, it wouldn't be the Christians. Right? You know, since it cel [»]
We've Got Mail!
2007.08.31 (Fri) 21:24
We received the following e-mail from Octavo this morning:
I'm pretty certain that you receive your fair share of hate mail and it just seems unfair of you to keep such [»]
Is This Thing On?
2007.05.17 (Thu) 08:59
As our astute readers have no doubt noticed, we've been awfully quiet lately. Our last post was over a month ago, and we weren't exactly lighting it up in the weeks leading up to that entry, either. W [»]
Putting the "Fan" in "Profanity"
2007.02.06 (Tue) 01:35
Okay, we admit it: we swear. A lot. Sometimes, perhaps, even more than is precisely necessary. But, in all sincerity, who the fuck cares?
Apparently the majority of folks that Okay, we admit it: we swear. A lot. Sometimes, perhaps, even more than is precisely necessary. But, in all sincerity, who the fuck cares?
Apparently the majority of folks that [»]
Well, At Least It's Not All Spam
2007.01.24 (Wed) 00:48
Some of you might have noticed the, ah, "flurry" of activity over on one of our old Sylvia Brown [»]
Love That New Server Smell
2006.12.07 (Thu) 23:48
And...we're back.
If you're seeing this, then our nameservers have propagated to an ISP near you, and we're all giddy about being on our new server. We'll have more to say on this, er, fascinating ex [»]
Moving Day: The Final Chapter (We Hope!)
2006.12.07 (Thu) 21:40
Okay, folks — we're temporarily shutting down comments in anticipation of our big move tonight. If all goes as planned, we should be up and running by Saturday night (once the nameservers propag [»]
Temporarily Out of Service
2006.12.03 (Sun) 22:53
We hate to do this to those rabid Two Percent Fans (you know who you are), but we'll be temporarily disabling subscription notifications and closing down comments this week. Notifications will be turn [»]
The State of the Union, According to Us
2006.11.19 (Sun) 21:48
Today, November 19th 2006, marks the second anniversary of the Two Percent Company. It hardly seems like we've gone through two years of anger, frustration, and disbelief at the utter insanity of the [»]
A Moment to Reflect
2006.09.20 (Wed) 09:20
You may have wondered where we were for the past few weeks. It's an interesting story, and one we want to share with you all. You may have wondered where we were for the past few weeks. It's an interesting story, and one we want to share with you all. [»]
Technical Difficulties
2006.09.05 (Tue) 13:16
Since last Thursday, we have been experiencing some technical issues with our site. We have some temporary fixes in place, and we believe that site functionality has returned to normal, but we are sti [»]
What Kind of Google Ads Will This Generate?
2006.05.16 (Tue) 16:26
As we suspect many people who have their own websites do, we check into our stats from time to time. That includes the search terms that have led people to our site. Some searches are pretty reasonabl [»]
Under Attack
2006.05.11 (Thu) 22:03
No, we're not paranoid — or rather, we are, but they're still out to get us.
For those of you who attempted to comment on any of our Rants today, and got an error page, we just wa [»]
Happy Holidays - See You Next Year
2005.12.23 (Fri) 16:29
We're pretty much winding down for the holidays here — some of our members are traveling, and some are celebrating at home, but all of us are busy making merry in some form or another. We had pl [»]
Site Updates and Rant Notification Warning
2005.12.13 (Tue) 23:23
We wanted to make everyone aware of two upcoming site maintenance issues. First, we will be updating the look of the site; second, we will be cleaning up our old Rants, which may result in superfluous [»]
What a Difference a Year Makes
2005.11.19 (Sat) 00:34
When we started our website one year ago today, the United States was in pretty poor shape. The country was being run by an idiot who played to a radical religious agenda in order to serve his true ag [»]
On Being Almost Famous in Kansas City
2005.10.04 (Tue) 00:25
We were contacted last week by Aaron Barnhart from the entertainment beat of the Kansas City Star. He had come across our series on Allison DuBois, and wanted to cite us in an upcoming article. After [»]
A Brief Respite
2005.08.22 (Mon) 12:43
For those non-subscribers, we'll let you in on a secret: our old posts seem to get a heck of a lot of comments. Unfortunately, most of the commentators they attract seem to be the total nutbars or the [»]
UTI: Back in the Saddle Again
2005.07.14 (Thu) 11:42
As you may know (and as we mentioned a little while back), one of our favorite blogs, Unscrewing the Inscrutable, had some hosting problems a while back. It turns out that the hosting problems were ev [»]
Is it Safe...?
2005.07.08 (Fri) 11:45
The Two Percent Company would like to extend our apologies to our regular readers for our somewhat, ah, light Ranting as of late. In case you aren't a subscriber, and have been wondering where the hec [»]
Happy Fourth of July
2005.07.01 (Fri) 23:44
For those of you who celebrate the upcoming U.S. Independence Day, enjoy the holiday. For those who don't but who get a long weekend anyway, enjoy the long weekend. For those for whom this is just a s [»]
Comment & Email Problems (Both Fixed?)
2005.06.09 (Thu) 13:10
Update 6/13: The comment problem appears to be fixed, though we don't know why. Let us know if we're wrong. It still takes some time to post a comment, but it shouldn't error out any longer. Update 6/ [»]
Farked and Linkswarmed in the Same Week
2005.05.25 (Wed) 16:57
There's been a blizzard of folks dropping in to read our dissection of the Kansas Board of Education "witnesses", as reported originally by Stan Cox on AlterNet. This is largely due to contributors on [»]
What We've Been Up To - Adding Features
2005.04.29 (Fri) 16:40
We've been busy lately adding new features and functionality to our site. Some of these changes will mean little or nothing to many of you, and others may be things that some of you have been looking [»]
Scribbled Above the Urinal
2005.04.29 (Fri) 15:41
As with all good things, our run of avoiding persistent trolls has come to an end. Thanks, Sniffles, for this wonderful gift! Accordingly, we have adopted a policy that the good folks over at the Pand [»]
Two Percent Company Rants Are Back Up
2005.02.24 (Thu) 15:17
Sorry for the forced hiatus — our host server was experiencing some major issues (still being researched) that impacted MovableType's ability to work and play well with the database libraries. W [»]
Our Door is Always Open
2005.02.11 (Fri) 16:47
Since we opened up shop here in November, we've received several comments on our Rant entries and a fair number of e-mails via our Contact page. We would like to thank all those who have taken the tim [»]
Merry Christmas (Seriously)
2004.12.24 (Fri) 11:56
One thing that many of the fundies don't seem to get is that civil libertarians aren't just a bunch of grinches out to kill Christmas. In fact, some of us are very fond of Christmas, and would never g [»]
New Host (and why our old host sucks)
2004.11.19 (Fri) 17:30
2%Co should be up and running now on our wonderful new host. Our old host, Resiware, completely fucked us over. While there are numerous hosting providers on the market that fold up operations for var [»]
The Two Percent Company
2004.11.19 (Fri) 12:20
The Two Percent Company is an informal group of folks who are concerned about the current direction of our country and our world. In short, we believe that people have the right to do whatever they wa [»]