This ain't your grandma's fusion reactor

Scientists plan on creating a miniature artificial star which will generate temperatures in excess of 100 million degrees Celsius.

The procedure is officially known as Inertial Confinement Fusion and, if it is successful, could
result in a new, nearly limitless power source. I think I am going to order one for the Jeep.

The neighborhood bully strikes again

Gideon Levy, writing in Israel's oldest daily newspaper, opines about Operation Cast Lead, Israel's ongoing assault on Palestine.

"Once again, Israel's violent responses, even if there is justification for them, exceed all proportion and cross every red line of humaneness, morality, international law and wisdom."

Try to imagine any US politician or media-figure uttering these words. Any who did would be immediately castigated and labeled an anti-Semite. In Israel, apparently, it is permissible to question the wisdom of that government's actions. Sadly, the same cannot be said for the US. Cue the boilerplate proclamations from our officials about Israel needing to take whatever steps it feels are necessary for its security.

Update: This link and the sentiment that comes with it appeared in Glenn Greenwald's blog.

America's First Gay President Concludes Historic Second Term

WASHINGTON—President George W. Bush was unusually reflective in the final weeks of his administration, taking time during speeches and press conferences to look back on key decisions, expound on his legacy, and tout his role in paving the way for the nation's first African-American president by serving eight years as its first openly gay president.

Katrina's Hidden Race War

A.C. Thompson, writing for The Nation, investigates the Algiers Point shootings.

via Metafilter.

Update: Added Video, Links



Rep. John Conyers responds, and the California-based Color of Change call on Gov. Jindal and the US DoJ to investigate.

Dubstep

Wikipedia-
Dubstep is a genre of electronic music that has its roots in London's early 2000s UK garage scene. The name of the genre was coined by Ammunition Promotions. Musically, dubstep is distinguished by its dark mood, sparse rhythms, and emphasis on bass.

I'm really diggin this stuff, let me know what yall think


short but awesome:




This one is fucking badass, especially the intro:

Shoe Attack Lesson #1: Bush Has Mortal Kombat Reflexes

Banjo and Brain Surgery

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PjX6ErmKY14

First Post

Look closely....
Hope everyone hasn't seen this.

Warm and Fuzzy Time

OK so I had to show ya'll pictures one more time. I wanted ya'll to see Rylie without all the wires and tubes and stuff. After sleeping at the hospital for a week straight, we brought her home this past Monday and she's doing well now.

Kop Busters

"KopBusters rented a house in Odessa, Texas and began growing two small Christmas trees under a grow light similar to those used for growing marijuana. When faced with a suspected marijuana grow, the police usually use illegal FLIR cameras and/or lie on the search warrant affidavit claiming they have probable cause to raid the house. Instead of conducting a proper investigation which usually leads to no probable cause, the Kops lie on the affidavit claiming a confidential informant saw the plants and/or the police could smell marijuana coming from the suspected house.

The trap was set and less than 24 hours later, the Odessa narcotics unit raided the house only to find KopBuster's attorney waiting under a system of complex gadgetry and spy cameras that streamed online to the KopBuster's secret mobile office nearby...

It is not illegal to grow plants under a light in your home but it is illegal to lie on an affidavit and plant drugs on a citizen. This operation was the first of its kind in the history of America. Police sometimes have other police investigating their crimes but the American court system has never dealt with a group of citizens stinging the police. Will the police file charges on the team who took down the corrupt cops? We will keep you posted."

John Lennon (October 9th, 1940 – December 8th, 1980)

Working Class Hero


Imagine


I am the walrus

Been a long time, shouldn't have left you, without a dope beat to step to

Galactic Mall

Galactic Mail from Asterokid on Vimeo.

via Metafilter .

The Auto Industry as a Play

From John Cole's Balloon Juice:

THE TRAGEDY OF THE AMERICAN AUTOMOBILE INDUSTRY:A Play in Three Acts


Dramatis Personae

BIG THREE, a manufacturer of automobiles
UAW, Big Three’s employee
MITT ROMNEY, an idiot

ACT ONE

BIG THREE: I have plans to build automobiles, but I need labor to do so!

UAW: I will labor for you if you will pay me $40 per hour.

BIG THREE: I will not pay you $40 per hour.

UAW: But I need to save for my inevitible retirement, and any health concerns that may arise.

BIG THREE: I will pay you $30 per hour, plus a generous pension of guaranteed payments and health care upon your retirement.

UAW: Then I agree to work for you!


ACT TWO


UAW: I am building cars for you, as I have promised to do!

BIG THREE: I am designing terrible cars that few people want to buy! Also, rather than save for UAW’s inevitible retirement when I will have to pay him the generous pension of guaranteed payments and health care that I promised, I am spending that money under the dubious assumption that my future revenues will be sufficient to meet those obligations.


ACT THREE


UAW: I have fulfilled my end of the deal by building the automobiles that you have asked me to build.

BIG THREE: Oh no! I am undone! My automobiles are no longer competitive due to my years of poor planning and poor judgment!

MITT ROMNEY: This is all UAW’s fault!

The Problem with the Mainstream Media

David Ehrenstein presents a compelling case against the use of anonymous sources. Definitely worth the read.

Proposition 8: The Musical!

See more Jack Black videos at Funny or Die

Cheney's Toy

Sorry to bump the baby thread. I saw James McMurtry last night and wanted to drop some of his more recent stuff here.

Rylie Addison Michael

Weighing in at 10 pounds and 8 ounces. 21 inches long.

Fellas,

She had a rough start (long story) and is in the special care unit but is handling everything that planet earth has thrown at her. She's doing much better but is not out of the woods quite yet. I'm sorry if I can't answer the phone much right now but its been really busy.

Don't worry about all the wires. Thats the ehart monitor and breathing monitor which are looking real good. Just routine stuff. She does have an IV hooked up in her hands for antibiotics and glucose and thats what you see in the pictures. Its really fairly routine stuff. I'll get more info out soon.

When The Smashing Pumpkins ruled the world...

where boys fear to tread...




X.Y.U. ...



*Note: at 5 min in on X.Y.U., the Pumpkins remind you that they were once capable of purely evil rock and fucking roll.

Fandom Reinstated

I am officially retracting my previous post because TREVOR IS A BABY DADDY!!!!!! Coming in at just over 10 freaking pounds, Riley Addison "Stella Eugena" Michael!!!

I quit

After that piss poor performance on Saturday, I hereby resign my fandom of the University of South Carolina football team. This will be effective immediately and will continue either until the bowl game or until Trevor is a baby daddy, whichever comes first. Thank you.

Contact juggling

Watched Labyrinth the other night - ya know - the one with Bowie - and it sucked dog balls. Not nearly as bad-ass as I remember it. The contact juggling was cool though.

Dr McNinja

A little late, but here's the moving and inspirational story of Katanakka. Enjoy.

Air-Force Intelligence Officer Who Helped Locate Zarqawi Discusses American Interrogation Practices

I refused to participate in such practices, and a month later, I extended that prohibition to the team of interrogators I was assigned to lead. I taught the members of my unit a new methodology -- one based on building rapport with suspects, showing cultural understanding and using good old-fashioned brainpower to tease out information. I personally conducted more than 300 interrogations, and I supervised more than 1,000. The methods my team used are not classified (they're listed in the unclassified Field Manual), but the way we used them was, I like to think, unique. We got to know our enemies, we learned to negotiate with them, and we adapted criminal investigative techniques to our work (something that the Field Manual permits, under the concept of "ruses and trickery"). It worked. Our efforts started a chain of successes that ultimately led to Zarqawi.

A clip from the Macy's Parade.

Fuck that puppet.

The ‘Good War’ Isn’t Worth Fighting

Former British Foreign Service Officer Rory Stewart discusses the Afghan problem.

I can't stand looking at that dude below this post when I load the blog page, but I don't want to delete the post.

Here are some other random images from my photobucket account that I totally forgot about until I needed to see something other than them devil eyes:

Rock and roll:


Total bad-asses:


The road to Sucksville:


I wish we partied like this:


Wash thine filthy hands:


Awww... Wait why the hell is this in my photobucket? Dad or no dad - you're freaking me out Trevor.


Well done, sir, well fucking done:


Represent:

The Devil

Sorry, but I had to post this, 'cause this guy is one of the creepiest motherfuckers I've ever seen in my life. Yeah, and so for some reason, I felt like he needed to haunt all of your dreams as well. Christ! Dig the look in his eyes!!

"The Sistine Chapel of Crystals"

One last trip to hell...

Fuck Jimmy Kimmel, but this new one, G.L.O.W., kicks ass. Turn up the bass if you can, and make sure the whole thing is loud as shit. Witness the Pumpkins rock once again...

Robot Chicken's Star Wars, Episode II

Don't be fooled by the title - this doesn't have anything to do with that ass-fest Attack of the Clones.

Should the government bailout the American Auto Industry?

Jonathan Cohn of The New Republic makes the case for a conditional bailout. A quick and informative read, exploring the (un)likelihood of recovery under a Chapter 11 scenario and the alternatives.

Update: 6 Myths About the Detroit 3 from the Detriot Free Press.

Zombie Attack Quiz

Okay guys, pop quiz: zombie edition. Since we don't have the capability of embedding photos in the comment section, just give a list. 

First

Gogol Bordello

Gypsy Punk Rock.

A Gillian Welch / David Rawlings Cover

Video is awful. Audio works.

Anyone who can find me their cover of Manic Depression wins 5 Internets.

Mitch Mitchell (July 9, 1947 – November 12, 2008)

Apropos of nothing...

Oh you pretty things

Baby Daddy, Trev.

Anybody know if this kid's a dad yet. I've been out of town for a couple of days, w/out phone, and I know she was due any time now. If you guys are still considering names you should wait until the game ends this Saturday. Florida wins it's Tebow. South Cack wins it's Smelly. Peace out!

Truly the biggest douchebag ever

http://view.break.com/527579 - Watch more free videos

You must listen through the end - the best parts are close to the very end of the recording.

Archeologists Uncover World's Oldest Known Temple

More photos here.

Jim Cramer's Plan to Fix the Economy in 5 Short Days

Day 1: Hire Jim Cramer as SEC chairman, Fed Chairman, and Treasury Secretary.

Get Your War On: New World Order

Get the latest news satire and funny videos at 236.com.

The Evolution of Pabst Blue Ribbon Advertising

PBR ads from 1900 to 1963.

I have no idea what this means but I think it is really exciting

November 5th, 2008 | by KFC |

One of the disadvantages of invisibility cloaks is that anything placed inside one is automatically blinded, since no light can get in.

Now Yun Lai and colleagues from The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology have come up with a way round this using the remarkable idea of cloaking at a distance. This involves using a “complementary material” to hide an object outside it.

Here’s the idea: complementary materials are designed to have a permittivity and permeability that are complementary to the values in a nearby region of space. “Complementary” means that the values cancel out the effect that that this region of space has on a plane lightwave passing through. To an observer, that region of space simply vanishes.

Cloaking a region of space is relatively straightforward but cloaking an object in that space is another matter. Lai and co say the trick is to work out the optical properties of the object and then embed the “complementary image” within the cloaking material. So a plane wave would be bent by the object but then bent back into a plane as it passes through the cloaking material.
Et voila: cloaking at a distance. And in a way that doesn’t leave the cloaked object blind.

Of course , creating the complementary materials necessary to do this trick is another matter. And the usual caveats apply: it works only at a single frequency in 2D. But cloaking, in theory at least, is looking more interesting by the day.

Ref: arxiv.org/abs/0811.0458: A Complementary Media Invisibility Cloak that can Cloak Objects at a Distance Outside the Cloaking Shell

My. Ayer's Neighborhood

The New Yorker stops in for a quick interview with William Ayers on election day.

TR2N

Crappy angle on the video, but the quality was actually better than on others I found. It doesn't matter though, it's fucking Tron 2 and it's gonna be badass.

Update: It's gonna be in 3D, and possibly in IMAX as well.

Nation Finally Shitty Enough To Make Social Progress

12:30AM ET | WASHINGTON

President-elect Barack Obama did very well among women and young voters, who were most sensitive to the current climate of everything being fucked.

"Security" patrols stationed at polling places in Philly

Reports of apparently Black Pathers intimidating voters in Philadelphia

Fox News: (I know, I know)



Some dude's camera:

Radiohead: Morning M'Lord (Good Morning Mr. Magpie)

From The Most Gigantic Lying Mouth of All Time DVD

The Head Ball Coach is keeping it real

Spurrier didn't have much to say about the win Saturday - except that we beat the fuck out of those crackers. They may have the better record on the field, but we own the battle to deep six coaches' careers. Ol' Fat Phil steps down today with tears in his eyes, I guess.

The HBC had these encouraging words to say:

"The Tennessee band was there last night, weren't they?" he said. "I'm used to hearing Rocky Top. I don't remember hearing it. ... Maybe one time. Maybe they only play that when they score."


Fucking A.

The most spec-fucking-tacular candidate for the office of the President EVER

Cracked.com ran an article on the 6 most insane people to ever run for president today. Their number one candidate was so compelling, I had to showcase him here on the blog. Go read his page for a laugh, but if you're short on time, here are some highlights:

From "About Lee L. Mercer Jr.":

"I am in a stalled police debriefing with the Houston Police Department waiting for me to sue to complete my debriefing for my background biography with them in the United States Army Military Intelligence Academy Camp Bullis San Antonio, Texas The University of Texas ROTC to West Point Military Academy U.S. Navy doctorate degree in Police Science.

As a part of my continuing eduaction, I am making my presidential campaign part of my ROTC Intelligence Academics to record the learnings, doings, and examples of the United States Government as a government consultant, community developer, and financial planner appointed by the United States Federal Congress to record my biography in the United States Government Presidential Election for 2008 from Electronic Surveillance to develop records on the United States Government Presidential Campaign because I am on an academic intelligence hotwire that can not be unhooked by anyone.

I have a doctor degree Phd. as a doctor of laws, medicine ( not practitioner of medicine, i.e. physicians, surgeons), theology, management, engineering and other subjects that are guaranteed by the United States Army in ROTC to be presented to me in a court of Law only.
I will receive my doctor degrees in a court of law only. My final graduation will be in a United States of America’s Court which was ordered by my second ROTC Board and Staff Janet Reno former U.S. Attorney General, former Chief of Staff of the U.S. Army and Secretary Of State of The United States General Colin Powell, Sr. and former Secretary of The United States Army Togo West. They will be joining me circumstantially later.

I won scholar of the world in World Management at Rice University from the President Of Rice University development in engineering with him and the German Government. I won road scholar from the United States Navy/United States Marine Corp. at West Point. All of my records of authencation will be brought forward into court by former board and staff that I have named above according to law for my day in court." (and yes, all that shit - spelling, syntax, etc.: [sic])

From "Reasons for Candidacy":

"1. The United States Federal Congress has encouraged me to want to become President of the United States so that I can do what the President of the United States of America is supposed to do and complete the federal and military government biography and autobiography in development in Eye Spy Community-Military Intelligence (All Three) Business and Commerce Intelligence Education across the board National and International."

Yes, that was indeed, his number one reason for candidacy.

"34. To Prove the government owes me Zillions of Dollars in money and is refraining to pay me and my business Eye Spy Community-Military Intelligence (All Three) Business and Commerce Intelligence National and International."

Yep, he said zillions

"45. To Prove the definition Kill in the Random House Dictionary of the English Language College Edition Larence Urdang Editor in Chief Stuart Berg Flexner Managing Editor in All Displines across the board through Military Intelligence."

"49. To Prove the United States Government killed my sex life, my wife sex life, my daughter-in –laws sex life both may sons and other of my family members sex life with Espionage Experimentation and Espionage Exploitation sex killing."

That one is my favorite.

"51. To Prove to you citizens you do not know what and how I am suppose to do for you and what and how I am suppose to do for the United States of America’s Government National and International."

"56. To Prove Jeb Bush is all in my house with disease."

Never mind - new favorite.

"63. To Prove It took millions of doctor’s degrees for me to be President of The United States in The United States Army Military Intelligence Academy Camp Bullis San Antonio, Texas to be certified with an all task completion. There is an auto-biography of my leanings, doings and examples of my governments task academics made hot-wire hookup recording Intelligence Electronic Satellite and a biography of every other person, place and or thing in the world all governments in the world and how I did this I became a teacher and invented computerized education and the applications to make computerized education learn, do and example. This is a GOVERNMENT DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM meaning a program that develops a government 100%. Therefore, I can prove there is no candidate and will be no candidate qualified to be elected president of the United States of America before Candidate Mercer For President, The United States of America’s Government, The United Nations and the American Public Citizenship that is on a communications hot-wire hookup can be Vindicated disclose as America is America through Eye Spy Community-Military Intelligence the new tool of America Electronic Surveillance Government."

That was awesome.

And here is possibly the best reason of all for why Lee L. Mercer Jr. should be the next president:

"66. To Prove America is America."

Wow. I think I hear angels singing the fucking Star Spangled Banner.

Characters from the Simpsons give their take on the election

Pink Floyd Would Be Proud... And all Geeks Alike

And yes if you are on a blog you are a geek!

Pictures For Sad Children

One of my new favorite webcomics...

heres a bunch I liked... click the link in the title and check some more if yall dig it

Einstein's Riddle

Nick showed me this riddle today. It took me a couple of hours at work. DON'T SCROLL DOWN TOO FAR OR YOU WILL SEE THE ANSWER!!!
Have fun.

Fun With McCain

http://www.funwithmccain.com/ for more!

Was Not A Good Morning

Some dude came alls up in my lane, and this was the result.

Terry Tate brings the pain to Palin

Finally....

"Chinese Democracy" The first single off the album "Chinese Democracy", which has been in the making since Jesus ascended back into heaven.

Don't ask me what I think.

Big fucking surprise.

Buckypaper!

Vaseline those lips up. Feels good.

See more Danny DeVito videos at Funny or Die

If you happen to give a shit...

This is an article called: How Feasible Are Star Wars Mid-air Displays?
The PDF is on the right hand side of the page.

I'm gonna have my lightsaber someday...

No Shit - plasma images, made by lasers, in thin air. It is of course brought to you by those bad-ass Japanese, once again.

Inspirational

Who doesn't like Europe?

BUWAHHAHAHAHA

The Big Trip!

I have been thinking, for awhile now, trying to remember the last time we all planned and took a trip somewhere. In fact, I'm not sure it has ever happened. I'm talking Brad & Laura, Jon, Brian, Trever & Brooke, Nick, Chris, Justin, Sarah, Kevin and whoever else we can get to come. I know we are all grown up with new responsibilities and what not, however, with enough planning and notice given, I think we should be able to make this happen. I think this is something that could, and should, become tradition. So lets start off small and with about years notice. There are cabins on both Murray and Wateree we can rent for a week or weekend for cheap. I have already been looking into buying a fish/ski boat for sometime now and it would be perfect for such a trip. I'm not saying it has to be a lake trip but just something cheap that everyone can commit to. I don't know if this post can be stickied or not but I think it should be looked into for future planning if you guys are interested.

In honor of this weekends Cajun Invasion

Radiohead: Lollapalooza 2008

"Someone went and did something awesome. This guy rc529rdhd, a YouTube user, recorded Radiohead's ENTIRE set at Lollapalooza'08..."

Polyethylene

Ralph Stanley got somethin to say

Well, since it's a competitish...

Clemson fan cries over Bowden

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YoifMZd5Ewg

Life is good right now.

Actually, B, this is the best scene in movie history...

Best scene in movie history.

So terrible. So funny.

Bowden is fired!!!!

Dabo Swinney will take over. Wonder where they found the money to pay of Bowden's 4 mil buyout?

Keep it Clean

Gears of War 2 preview

2010 Chevy Camaro

I like it.

Improv

What? I thought it was funny.

Tommy Bowden Resigns
Associated Press September 24, 2008 11:39 AM


Tommy Bowden resigned effective immediately at the request of President
Bush. Bowden will now become the head of FEMA.
Bush said that he was impressed by the way Bowden evacuated 70,000
people from Tiger Stadium last Saturday in less than an hour.

Radiohead: Push Pulk / Spinning Plates

This was was also new to me - the video is from Radiohead's DVD "The most gigantic lying mouth of all time".

Radiohead: I Might Be Wrong Video

Hadn't seen this one before, so I thought I'd pass it on:

Raging hippie boner

Really though, who didn't see this one coming?

Political Link Dump

Poll of Polls
Polling Analysis at fivethirtyeight.com
Nouriel Roubini's takedown of the Bailout.
An Alternative Proposal: Nationalization.

And some dumb broad:



Update: Nevermind, this is worse:

Survive the Outbreak

A fun interactive movie about zombies.

What? Really?

No links, no professional opinion involved.

What the fuck was said in the last 2 hours of my life? (Presidential Debate in case no one else watched)..

They are both so full of shit that its incredible...

Say I'm a "undecided voter"... what? why? when?

Here's what this team is missing

Bring back the mullet mojo!

Color IQ

Pretty cool little test. It goes just a bit beyond color blind testing.

Stephen Garcia + Ridiculous = This Article

It's really long but very laughable.

Point/Counterpoint: Sarah Palin

It's The Onion rocking house once again.

Get to raping

Bush seeking $700 billion for financial bailout

This can't be good can it? Anyone here know what all this financial means now and in the future? I mean no one knows but perhaps understands the cause and effects more so than me.

This linkgot me researching what it proposed. Seems like a lot of people are pissed at the idea of it.

So my big question is this: Will this keep us from going into a deep recession/depression or will this do minimal damage control and just add to our ridiculous deficit and cause more for tax payers to pay back?

The best short story ever

I hesitated on posting this, 'cause I didn't think anyone would read it, but I'm gonna post it anyway and maybe a few will. It is seriously one of the funniest and most well written (for what it is - the kid's no Bill Shakespeare) short story I've read in I don't know how long. Have fun.

Dear Media: What's This Election About?

Dan O'Brien goes after the media for the lack of substance in their coverage of the presidential campaigns... Funny stuff...

God love ya, Anon

Luke, we are your parents

Richard Wright (July 28, 1943 - September 15, 2008)

Tina Fey as Sarah Palin

Does it make you happy?

I don't wanna sound like a queer or nothin'

But Jesus Christ Superstar is a sweet musical.

Appaloosa

Really, really funny blog

The link is to the newest blog by Dan O'Brien, who is fucking hilarious. Some of his other blogs include: I Challenge Hannah Montana to a Bare-Knuckle Boxing Match, or, It's easier than you think to accidentally audition for porn, or even, Stop, Collaborate and beat your wife. Most all of his blogs are pretty damn funny. Hope you all enjoy.

Fox News: "We Report Hannity Decides"

Large Hadron Collider Public Webcams

A link to the webcams of the LHC and the CERN Parking Lot

A message from Pharaoh Tutankhamun

I love the Onion.

Large Hadron Collider

An informative web site that asks the question, "Has the Large Hadron Collider destroyed the world yet?"

New Quantum of Solace Trailer

Your Ex-Lover is Dead

Nice work, if you can get it

Under the terms of his employment contract, Daniel H. Mudd, the departing head of Fannie Mae, stands to collect $9.3 million in severance pay, retirement benefits and deferred compensation, provided his dismissal is deemed to be “without cause,” according to an analysis by the consulting firm James F. Reda & Associates. Mr. Mudd has already taken home $12.4 million in cash compensation and stock option gains since becoming chief executive in 2004, according to an analysis by Equilar, an executive pay research firm.

Richard F. Syron, the departing chief executive of Freddie Mac, could receive an exit package of at least $14.1 million, largely because of a clause added to his employment contract in November of last year as his company’s troubles deepened. He has taken home $17.1 million in pay and stock option gains since becoming chief executive in 2003.

I want a job where I can completely fuck up, severely harming the US economy in the process, and walk away millions richer.

Tom Morello and the Nightwatchmen

Awesome, awesome, awesome: How to punch Oasis in the Face

This is just so awesome, I can't say anything further, but do watch the video on the site; the action happens about 20 seconds in.

this is what happens when you don't follow instructions...

First of all, if you watch closely, you will see he doesn't have great stick control(like we practiced for hours). And second of all, he doesn't seem to like to share.

Seriously, I don't know if this is real or not, but this is some of the best drum work I have ever seen. Watch The Whole Thing.

Yet another moment of my life wasted b/c ahhh bitch.(excuse me)

I know it's some street fighter shit but you've got to admit that it would be fun.

Let me tell you about the universe

Someone had way too much time.

McCain and Palin 08

Our friend Stephen Williams wants you to know about John McCain and Sarah Palin.

The Issue Sarah Palin Must Address: I Want To See Her Naked

An excellent article about a truly pertinent issue.

John Stewart doing his thang.

Rage in St. Paul

After arriving too close to the 7pm curfew in effect, Rage Against the Machine was prevented by police from performing. Here is video of what followed.

Summons Reissued, Obama to be Served by Tomorrow

It might make you trow up a little bit, still, guys, read this shit if anything just for the comments. But since it's politics and not chicks shitting in a cup, it won't make ya too sick.

Jealousy and Assholedom rear their ugly heads

Well, Tad, I do get it, and I'm not all that surprised you don't.

And, Dave, try opening up your fucking ears and listening next time.

That's what I'd say to those guys.


Jesus Christ, I'm such a badass.

Lies, damned lies, and statistics

I don't know if any of you saw Palin's acceptance speech last night. Her delivery was fine, but the speech, originally written before McCain had made a choice and at a time when people thought he would pick someone like Romney or Lieberman, was your standard vicious Republican nonsense.

The AP, which has recently been quite friendly to McCain, has released a report condemning the falsehoods in her speech, and that can be found here.

In the speech, she claimed that she, as the mother of a disabled child, would support the parents of disabled children across the country. Perhaps in true Republican fashion she has had a change of heart, once confronted with such issues personally, but in her 18 months as Governor of Alaska, she has overseen a 67% reduction in funding for special education programs. Maybe in a similar vein, she will change her position on funding programs for young, unwed mothers and her support for abstinence only sex-ed programs. Such changes of heart would be good, were they to occur, but what does it say about the woman's judgment that she can only see the benefit of such things only when affected personally?

I would have liked to link to factcheck.org for some of these, but because no one had heard of Sarah Palin as of a week ago (and yet now the Republicans are going on as if she is the greatest politician in America), there is nothing up yet. I will, however, link to one of their posts about the McCain campaign's attacks on his tax plan.

Finally, Palin made a remark about Obama's work as a community organizer. She said: "I guess a small-town mayor is sort of like a "community organizer," except that you have actual responsibilities." The mouth breathers ate it up. Here's the thing: community organizers work hard and for little pay trying to create local solutions for local problems - they are just the sort of people that the small-government Republicans used to praise. Now they are the objects of Republican ridicule. The forever awesome Roland Martin takes this one down:



Update: The bit about the Special Ed. budget in AK being cut under Palin turns out to be based on an incorrect reading of the budget. See this here.

Badass T-shirt

This made me laugh - most of their other t-shirts are silly/stupid also, but hey - there's a time and a place for those things.

And that place is here, and the time is now.

Hey Snowman, you got your ears on?

The Destruction of Earth

Set to "The Great Gig in the Sky."

office linebacker

Minn. Police Conduct Preemptive Raids Against RNC Protestors

Glenn Greenwald discusses the recent arrests carried out against young activists who are suspected of planning to make an unauthorized protest at the RNC.

Has anyone seen evidence of coverage of this by any major media outlet?

Lydell Obama

More J.B. Smoove

Pat Buchanan's response to Obama's Acceptance Speech

Greenwald: The AT&T Convention in Denver

The link in the title will take you to Glenn Greenwald's article on the tote bags being given as gifts to the delegates and press that are attending the convention this week. From the look of the pictures Greenwald posted, and the sheer audacity (in my mind) of printing a huge-ass AT&T logo on the side of the bag, I thought for sure that this was photoshop at work. Further, when I looked the date when he posted the article, it seemed even more likely that the pictures were fake. Then I looked around the web and read this article and then this one. There are several others, but note the dates on the aforementioned articles, and unless the former was written by a total liar, well, she says she was there...

Why'd I post this? Jesus, guys, they're laughing at us. And you all know me - I'm not going to start a protest or a riot; I know all I have is my vote. In spite of the attention and historical "weight" that this election is surrounded by, I feel like we all have to be careful not to get swept up in the zeitgeist of this election cycle. With the extensive coverage, the record turn outs for the primaries, the history making event of having our first African-American nominee for President, etc., it's easy to make a decision just so as to be involved.
I'm not advocating complete abstinence, but I will say that we cannot continue to support, reward, or condone the behavior that we've seen lead to this sort of blatant disrespect for the rules we all say we're playing by(read: the motherfucking constitution) when we, in this case, "vote for the lesser of two evils."
Does this mean my mind is made up? No, not yet. But reading articles like those above make it increasingly difficult to side with someone, or even a group of people, who don't seem to care, in the slightest, for accountability, the rule of law, people over corporations; I could go on, but you get my point.

If you don't read the article, look at the pictures, recall what you know about what happened with the FISA legislation, and take this into consideration:
"How far are we away from both parties selling naming rights to the companies on whose behalf they so assiduously labor?" - Greenwald

EA Sports Jesus Shot

THE TIME IS NOW
No more excuses. No more waaah we can't win because our o-line sucks. No more wah we can't win cause our coach hasn't had the chance to recruit the right players. No more "oh my god, we're beating a good team, here comes the fuck up." Do Georgia fans worry about their O-line being a bunch of freshmen? NO! They expect to win no matter what! Does Tennessee ever worry that their coach is an idiot? NO! Does Florida worry that their quaterback is gay? NO! Those guys expect to win.
The Cocks have all the depth they need to beat anybody. I don't want to hear any more of this crap. Not from myself or anybody. Just win the Damn Game! I don't care if Jasper Brinkley has to play in a wheelchair. I don't care if we are starting our 4th string token benchwarmer white runningback. Just win it DAMNIT!!!!!!!!! AND WIN THEM ALL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

It's time for this football team to fulfill its destiny!
You boys know what to do!

Obama Modifies 'Yes We Can' Message To Exclude Area Loser

'Yes We Can, Except Nate Walsh,' Obama Says

Shitty Star Wars fan documentary

I know you all could care less about a Star Wars fan documentary; I'm really posting this just for the following quote:

"I don’t believe in God, I don’t believe in any of the organized religions… But I believe in George Lucas. I believe in Star Wars. I believe in Spider-Man. I believe in Superman. Most of the other stuff, I think people made up because it makes them feel better.”

- the guy in the Superman suit, winning this week’s
Cognitive Dissonance Award

Bringin' it back for the kids...

Click here to rock.
And here for funk.
And here to rock again.

Guys: at least listen to the first one.

The Daily Show Welcomes the RNC

Bathroom Humor

There's not enough bathroom humor in this blog; I seek to rectify the situation. Here's an excerpt from the article in the link:

"My colleagues backed away, with a look of abject horror and disgust as my two buttocks finally ceased their devilish applause causing my demolished rectum to finally recede into silence. I looked down. My trousers were bulging oddly, and I could see the carpet beneath my feet would require some serious work if it were ever to return to its previous, glorious blue."

Steve and Co. cruisin

It's Biden

Obama does something smart for once, and chooses Joe Biden as his running mate. The boy once plagiarized a paper in law school, which is shitty, and lied about his undergraduate record, but he is a heavy hitter with serious foreign policy cred.

Ball of Confusion

This funk was featured at the beginning of Tropic Thunder. See it, bitches!

Robot Chair

GAME WEEK

Here's whats going on at Williams Brice

Beer milkshake

I know that it sounds odd, but I'm having one right now (yes, it's before noon, but since there is a tropical storm on, I am playing by severe weather rules) and it isn't bad. I couldn't get my hands on a really nice stout, so I used Guinness. It's not bad, though a bit bitter. A Sammy Smith's Oatmeal Stout would likely make a fine milkshake.

Prince of Persia Prodigy

That's right. They used Sigur Ros, ninjas!

Belated Bernie Mac post

NIN - Only - Lolla Sick Video Effect

Radiohead + Lolla + Fireworks = Amazing

Obama's Hillbilly Half-Brother Threatening To Derail Campaign

Radiohead score new Palahniuk movie

The guy who wrote Fight Club wrote another novel called Choke, which has now been made into a movie. Enter Radiohead.

20-storey car tower in Volkswagen's Autostadt

Rage Against the Machine - Lollapalooza

Here's Zach's political rant.



Not my footage but Zach was pissed.

The crowd was so ridiculous, Zach stopped 3 times and threatened to cancel if people didn't chill out a bit.

Here's the first time.



He had to do this 3 times!

Oh here's some other cool info from this year's festival.

Maynard and Patton Oswalt

20 Fuckin' Days Bitchces!

Now that shit's classy.

See y'all Saturday.

Take care down there

For reez, ya'll.

Chinese Lightsaber Duel

See more funny videos and funny pictures at CollegeHumor.

Paris Hilton responds to McCain's attack ad

The original ad comparing Obama to Paris Hilton and Britney Spears:

Punch 'em in the dick NSFW

Scrotum? Hell, damned near killed 'em.

Baghdad: 5 Years On

The Guardian's Ghaith Abdul-Ahad returns to his native Iraq to report on the situation in Baghdad.

Cosby Bebop

B is having a kegger!

You guys hear about this?

Fucking monkeys...in south cack

Boba Fett Space Rum

That is all.