http://www.uberreview.com/2008/05/ubersaturday-us-government-and-department-of-navy-buy-hr-gigers-harkonnen-chairs.htm An Eclectic Mix Of Gadgets & Wired Madness Sun, 22 Nov 2009 13:55:32 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 http://www.uberreview.com/2008/05/ubersaturday-us-government-and-department-of-navy-buy-hr-gigers-harkonnen-chairs.htm/comment-page-1#comment-13844 Joshua Wed, 03 Sep 2008 18:00:01 +0000 http://www.uberreview.com/2008/05/ubersaturday-us-government-and-department-of-navy-buy-hr-gigers-harkonnen-chairs.htm#comment-13844 No, they aren't being bought at taxpayer expense. If you bother to read the entry for the chairs on the Barany Artists site, that list of clients is, explicitly, a list of clients not for this specific product but for the team of H. R. Giger and Leslie Barany, presumably of Barany Artists. The site also makes perfectly clear that the only version of the chair for actual sale is the cheapest one, as molds no longer exist for the other versions, so their (projected) prices include mold fabrication. Just because the mainstream media have abandoned the tired practices of checking facts, consulting sources, and bothering with actual journalism doesn't mean us bloggers have to! Check your facts--this post isn't up to Uberreview's usual standards. No, they aren’t being bought at taxpayer expense.
If you bother to read the entry for the chairs on the Barany Artists site, that list of clients is, explicitly, a list of clients not for this specific product but for the team of H. R. Giger and Leslie Barany, presumably of Barany Artists. The site also makes perfectly clear that the only version of the chair for actual sale is the cheapest one, as molds no longer exist for the other versions, so their (projected) prices include mold fabrication.
Just because the mainstream media have abandoned the tired practices of checking facts, consulting sources, and bothering with actual journalism doesn’t mean us bloggers have to! Check your facts–this post isn’t up to Uberreview’s usual standards.

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