Rising Hegemon
Star Wars Episode 1: The Phantom Menace returns to theaters in 3D February 10, 2012
Wow, how nice, getting to see the world's most racially offensive CGI character in two more dimensions than it is written.
Wednesday, March 09, 2011
Creepy
This is rather frightening...and I imagine incredibly foul smelling.
REDONDO BEACH, Calif. - Redondo Beach awoke Tuesday to find a carpet of death atop the water. Thousands of silvery sardines floated in the King Harbor marina fin-to-fin. Hundreds of thousands more, perhaps millions, were piled on the coppery bottom, 18 inches deep in some spots.
(pic via Lucy Nicholson, Reuters)
Best Friends
So far the line up to run against Barack Obama is pretty much...
Newt Gingrich, Sarah Palin and Mitt Romney.
The "we're not as bad as the alternative" strategy will work quite well. These folks are inadvertently the best friends the Obama Administration has.
Not very changey though is it?
Newt Gingrich, Sarah Palin and Mitt Romney.
The "we're not as bad as the alternative" strategy will work quite well. These folks are inadvertently the best friends the Obama Administration has.
Not very changey though is it?
What Would Pinochet do?
I have not been under the impression that we've elected Salvador Allende lately, but that doesn't mean many Republicans are giving up on a series of military men on a white horse, or to put it more in modern context the 'military-industrial complex':
Sens. John McCain (R-AZ) and Lindsey Graham (R-SC) are teaming up with Republicans on the House Armed Services Committee to write legislation that would take decisions about trying detainees out of the attorney general's hands and hand that power to the secretary of defense.
Ooh, how lovely, and by that I mean, how awesomely anti-American. Maybe eventually we can do this with Union leaders and Democrats too? After all its not like they're important, if they were they'd be on the Sunday chat shows more often...like McCain and Graham.
Remember, its not about unraveling a republic, its just about efficiency (and making accused people stand around naked, or worse), the fact it undermines our traditional notions of justice is just a bonus for them.
[cross-posted at Firedoglake]
(pic via Xavier Zarra at flickr.com)
Tuesday, March 08, 2011
Just think how different
Samwise Paul's life would have been if his father had been influenced by a better book of the same era?
Not very changey...
Ah, the uninspiring rallying cry of the Clinton years, we're not as bad as the alternative.
Now work for us and give us money!
Now work for us and give us money!
Oh, just like Carly Fiorina
Human Banana Song Moamar Gadhafi/Qaddafi/Gadaffi/Qadhaffi/Gaddaffy/QuadCities is apparently about to share two things with the former HP Chairman.
And one is the lavish praise they each received from John McCain.
And one is the lavish praise they each received from John McCain.
Keeping it classy
You'd think a few days after having to apologize for bombing nine young boys to death, and after a decade of dealing death from the skies we'd have acquired the ability to not be so glib about such things:
But then there's no real price to be paid for laughing about the deaths of others so a few Americans can feel better about themselves.
[cross-posted at Firedoglake]
"Welcome back, sir,” Petraeus said to Gates. This is Gates’ 13th trip to Afghanistan as Secretary of Defense.
The two men began walking.
"You returning to normal, you gonna launch some attacks on Libya or something?" Petreaus joked to Gates.
"Yeah, exactly,” Gates joked back.
But then there's no real price to be paid for laughing about the deaths of others so a few Americans can feel better about themselves.
[cross-posted at Firedoglake]
Monday, March 07, 2011
Not to worry
They still manufacture the magic-wand.
It always amuses me to no end just how much Hitachi manufactures...of course, it is also a bit depressing, yet still amusing.
Western Digital agreed to acquire Hitachi Ltd.'s hard-disk-drive business for about $4.3 billion in cash and stock, the companies said Monday, in a deal that would create a dominant player in the segment with a nearly 50% market share.
It always amuses me to no end just how much Hitachi manufactures...of course, it is also a bit depressing, yet still amusing.
WARGLE, BARGLE, ARRRGH!
Death, Taxes, and John McCain being an idiot on Sunday...apparently Cindy won't let him eat on Sunday mornings so he's just there for the green room doughnuts.
First, he doesn't know where the hell stuff is made and, of course, there's no military action he won't endorse. Which is no way to treat an ol' fellow crazy-buddy of his.
And he'll be back next Sunday for the danish...and if he can't have it he'll demand we bomb Copenhagen.
Just another day at Fox
On the same day the "action team" at FoxNews gets the vapors about Michael Moore saying the wealthy should pay more taxes (OMG! he's worse than Adolf Gadhafi!!!!) they leave valuable airtime to one of the freaks from the Westboro Baptist Church to say Obama's the Anti-Christ.
A weekend with the swells
A quick survey of events over the last few days shows just where the hoi pilloi stand with the elites.
In Wisconsin this weekend yet another mass rally took place with a predictable result from our self-declared betters:
How dare he, does he not remember his place...or that he's fat?
And Atrios summed up the concern of the MSNBC newsroom:
It certainly won't be listening to her husband's stories about Ayn Rand:
Because goodness knows, old Alan's hands are completely clean of any responsibility for the problems to begin with. And now he shall go on the "I'm totally blameless and awesome tour" with Donald Rumsfeld.
[cross-posted at Firedoglake]
In Wisconsin this weekend yet another mass rally took place with a predictable result from our self-declared betters:
Fox Yappers Go Crazy Over Michael Moore Saying We're Not Broke and the Rich Need to Pay More in Taxes
How dare he, does he not remember his place...or that he's fat?
And Atrios summed up the concern of the MSNBC newsroom:
I wonder what Andrea Mitchell is sacrificing for the new austerity.
It certainly won't be listening to her husband's stories about Ayn Rand:
Former Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan said a surge in U.S. government “activism,” including fiscal stimulus, housing subsidies and new regulations, is holding back the economic recovery.
Because goodness knows, old Alan's hands are completely clean of any responsibility for the problems to begin with. And now he shall go on the "I'm totally blameless and awesome tour" with Donald Rumsfeld.
[cross-posted at Firedoglake]
Sunday, March 06, 2011
Makes "The Room" seem like "The Social Network"
Worst, most hapless, movie I have ever seen...and I have most MST3k episodes. I mean that title used to be to the collective Ed Wood collection or Manos: The Hands of Fate, but considering when this was made, the directing, the editing, the acting, the script, the hapless preachiness, the selection of vehicle, the bizarre deus ex machina moment, and most of all the special effects...OH MY GOD!
It is so bad I recommend rushing out to buy it so you can frame it on your wall with Worst Movie Ever captioned at the top.
And speaking of MST3k, it must be accompanied by these guys...though you will want the phone handy so you can call 911 when you laugh your way nearly to death.
A sample...that still doesn't do it justice.
OMG, I can't effing believe it!!!!
This never happens!
ABC's This Week: Exclusive! Sen. John McCain (R-AZ)
Saturday, March 05, 2011
And in other shocking news
Conservative Radio Blowhards have fraudulent ringers, takes one to know one I guess.
The young man—who asked to remain nameless in order to protect his chances for future employment—was an actor, and the staged call an audition. A short while later, he received the following email: “Thank you for auditioning for Premiere On Call,” it said. “Your audition was great! We’d like to invite you to join our official roster of ‘ready-to-work’ actors.” The job, the email indicated, paid $40 an hour, with one hour guaranteed per day.
But what exactly was the work? The question popped up during the audition and was explained, the actor said, clearly and simply: If he passed the audition, he would be invited periodically to call in to various talk shows and recite various scenarios that made for interesting radio. He would never be identified as an actor, and his scenarios would never be identified as fabricated—which they always were...
Curious, the actor did some snooping and learned that Premiere On Call was a service offered by Premiere Radio Networks, the largest syndication company in the United States and a subsidiary of Clear Channel Communications, the entertainment and advertising giant. Premiere syndicates some of the more sterling names in radio, including Rush Limbaugh, Glenn Beck, and Sean Hannity.
I know you're all "shocked!" to read
That the idiotic and bigoted efforts to ban "Sharia" law from being imposed on you (because clearly that's "likely" to both happen and stop it even if it were) are connected to white supremacist groups.
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