Gravel makes so much damn sense... no wonder they bumped him off the debates

Mike Gravel was eliminated from appearing at the Democrat Debates last week. They sited many reasons, but the result is one less voice to call the others out when they are talking jive. I think this guy is great. The fact that Hilary is #1 and this guy isn't even getting a chance to talk is one of the reasons why we're in such a mess. Anyway, he went to Nevada and staged his own debate and streamed it live. He would stop it anytime he wanted to talk. Here's a clip.



Here's him talking to the best interviewer on the planet, Diane Rehm, on why he was bumped:

SEE INTERVIEW

Note the only other person with an interview on here... Ron Paul. I don't want another Republican in there, but he seems like a decent fellow as well.

Good luck Gravel. GRAVEL 2008 SITE

Objective Critique

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Picture is fake, of course. He can't play guitar.

Bush Fun Factoid?
"The Bush family homestead in Crawford is nothing more than an elaborate set. The house, built in 2000, was designed to be ready for Bush to step into - like a set awaiting an actor - during the 2000 presidential election." More

Here's another fake picture. One is off a second rate B-movie actor playing the role of cowboy to make people think he's one of them. The other is Ronald Reagan.

It's Gettin Hot in Heah... fo' Shur?

INTERNATIONALY:

VALENCIA, Spain - Global warming is "unequivocal" and carbon dioxide already in the atmosphere commits the world to sea levels rising an average of up to 4.6 feet, the world's top climate experts warned Saturday in their most authoritative report to date.

"Only urgent, global action will do," said U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon, calling on the United States and China — the world's two biggest polluters — to do more to slow global climate change.

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MEANWHILE, IN BUSHLAND:

A federal court in California yesterday rejected the Bush administration's new fuel economy standards for light trucks including SUVs, ruling that the government failed to take into account the effects of carbon emissions and their possible link to global warming.

On Thursday, White House officials already were eyeing a possible appeal.

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Picture above is from... do I need to even say it? TEXAS. Read moron

Democratic Debate off to a fun start, but no Gravel?

Looks like we're getting a decent debate tonight judging by the kick-off. Wolfie seems unable to keep any control over Hilary and Obama. Mike Gravel totally left out, which I think is lame.

Infotainment News Blues

I'm flipping through the channels on my cable guide. MSNBC is airing a show called "Sex Bunker". Christ.

Exciting Opportunity, anyone?

WOW! Read this email I just got. This is an amazing chance to get some easy real money. This guy contacted me OUT OF THE BLUE, and needs some decent person to help his get his fortune out of Sudan. He'll even give a huge portion of it to you! You just need to do a few things... anyway, I'm busy today, so anyone who wants some free money can contact this dude and get the ball rolling. Below is an image of the guy (maybe) I found on the web. Looks like he's got billions! Those Princes never flaunt their wealth. Here's the golden ring, boys and girls, grab it!

Greetings to you.

I must say it my pleasure to send you this email, Please pardon me if I have intruded on your privacy, how are you doing, I hope you are Doing fine, if so glory be to God.

My name is Daniel Williams. I am the son of Chief Etu Williams from the Republic of Sudan.My family and I have been unfortunate to find ourselves caught up in a very difficult situation. You may be surprise to receive this letter, but it is of utmost importance to me and my family.

I am about to entrust my destiny and the destiny of my whole dependants on you, if you can help me and my sister, it will also be of immense benefit to you too. This matter demands utmost trust, honesty, integrity and most important.
It is only through the above that my family and I will be assured of our security. This regrettable situation led to the killing of my father and displacement of my family. During the brutal civil war in my country, my late father of blessed memory was brutally murdered by the REBELS - Mr. Howe Adamu.

I managed to escape to this country (Accra-Ghana), through the help of the International Rescue Committee (IRC). Before my late father's death, he drew my attention to one of his access containing about $6.2 million dollars which he smuggled out at the start of the war to a security company in Ghana, the security company does not know the real contents of the box according to what my father told me.

My father registered the property in my name, he also gave me the certificate of deposit and some other papers issued to him by the security company, which I still have in my possession. The problem we have is that as a refugee, the immigration law does not allow us to open, hold or operate bank account in Ghana and we do not want to seek the assistance of just anybody for fear of being duped or defrauded of our only livelihood.

My father deposited the property in my name because of my future. I seriously need your help to move the property out of Africa because if I tamper with it here in Africa, government may seize it because of our small age, I am 26 years old now and my sister just 22 years old, please help us for God sake.

What is holding us here in this country is the property, the life inside refugee camp is not easy, it’s a very bad situation, hence the British Government and UN is not really taking care of us. The property and us have make necessary arrangement legitimately for the transfer of the property out of Africa; only what I need is someone who will receive it in abroad that is why we contact you.

NOTE:PLEASE I COULD HAVE WANT YOU TO COME DOWN TO GHANA BECAUSE THAT IS WHERE I WLL TRUST YOU AND ALSO YOU WILL SEE EVERYTHING YOURSELF.

We intend to invest the money on a good business, at the same time we will use part to assist the orphanage Children who are suffering, most especially we the refugees. I will be looking forward to hear from you, as I believe that destiny has brought us together.

PLEASE KINDLY RESPOND BACK TO MY ALTERNATIVE EMAIL ADDRESS BELOW:
(daniell_williams01@postiloota.net)
Daniels Williams.

Quotes for the masses

Men will never be free until the last king is strangled with the entrails of the last priest.
~ Denis Diderot (pictured right - WIKIPEDIA)

When you give food to the poor, they call you a saint. When you ask why the poor have no food, they call you a communist.
~ Archbishop Helder Camara

I never would have agreed to the formulation of the Central Intelligence Agency back in forty-seven, if I had known it would become the American Gestapo.
~ Harry S Truman, 1961

Man is certainly stark mad: he cannot make a worm, yet he will make gods by the dozen.
~ Michel de Montaigne

Which is it, is man one of God's blunders or is God one of man's?
~ Nietzsche

Civil disobedience, that’s not our problem. Our problem is that people are obedient all over the world in the face of poverty and starvation and stupidity, and war, and cruelty. Our problem is that people are obedient while the jails are full of petty thieves, and all the while the grand thieves are running the country. That's our problem.
~ Howard Zinn

Being A Total Douche Bag for Dummies

UPDATE: Ah, apparently this guy with the shit-eating grin is passingly famous to people watching crap TV. Shows you what I know. Big Brother 34 or something like that.


Want to be a real douche bag but don't know how? Here is a 8 minute primer. After this you will be able to:

1) Know how to discuss your douchey business in douchey terms in the appropriate douchey setting with equally douchey friends.

2) Think about, discuss and present yourself and your goals with the proper emphasis on douchiness.

3) Interact with women while maintaining maximum douche strength

4) Dealing with douche-related medical issues by finding like-minded douchey doctors.

Okay, class... let the learning begin.



I actually love Doctor 90210, but this guy and that doctor are some of the most vapid and self-possessed people I've seen so far.

Finally - Plastic Surgery for Babies

I'm addicted to all plastic surgery shows. This would be the best one.

What Would Jesus Buy?

Check out this trailer. Anything produced by Morgan Spurlock (Supersize Me, 30 days) is a thumbs up for me.

Annie Leibovitz is great even when she sells out

Annie Leibovitz is a stunning photographer. She's given us so many memorable images most people don't even realize how familiar they are with her work. That picture of John Lennon, naked and wrapped around Yoko? Yeah that's her.

Anyway check out these images she did for Disney. I think of Disney in much the same way as Wal Mart, which, being an elitist snob, means I think it's a pretty low-rent establishment. That said I know my 5-year-old daughter will go ape-shit for these images. Plus that Snow White is a hottie, no?

It's fun to pretend!

Just getting the Monday blood flowing here. I'm not sure when Halloween became a Hollywood PR stunt, but I won't complain. Hope you all had a great weekend – though I doubt it was better than the kid in the smoking jacket's weekend.

A few of my favorite things

Behold amazing images from Fritz Lang's Metropolis.

Another Republican anti-gay rights lawmaker by day, gay-hooker-loving tranny by night

Washington state Republican lawmaker resigns amid gay sex scandal

A Republican state legislator resigned Wednesday amid revelations that he had sex with a man he met at a pornographic video store while in Spokane on a party retreat.

The move comes days after state Rep. Richard Curtis insisted to his local newspaper that he was not gay and that sex was not involved in what he said was an extortion attempt by a man last week.

But in police reports, Curtis said he was being extorted by a man he had sex with at a hotel room in Spokane, where Curtis was attending a GOP retreat. The other man, Cody Castagna, 26, contends Curtis reneged on a promise to pay $1,000 for sex.

The police report states that Curtis allegedly wore women’s clothing, red stockings and “a black sequined lingerie top before engaging in a sex act at the store. He continued to wear them throughout the night under his clothing,” the paper reported

Curtis is married and has children, according to his legislative Web site. Elected to the state House of Representatives in 2004, he voted in 2005 and 2006 against a bill that granted civil rights protections to gays and lesbians, and in 2007 voted against a bill that created domestic partnerships for same-sex couples. Both measures eventually passed the Democratic-controlled state Legislature and are now state law.

HOW MUCH LONGER CAN CLOSETED REPUBLICANS KEEP THIS UP? I feel bad for them, though I'm glad when their hypocrisy is exposed.

Anti-Gay Church hopes God can cover 10.9 mil tab

I blogged on these fruit loops before. Looks like they finally got slapped for their insane hate-in-the-name-of-god bullshit.

From CNN.com

Church ordered to pay $10.9 million for funeral protest

Albert Snyder of York, Pennsylvania, sued the Westboro Baptist Church for unspecified damages after members demonstrated at the March 2006 funeral of his son, Lance Cpl. Matthew Snyder, who was killed in Iraq.

Church members routinely picket funerals of military personnel killed in Iraq and Afghanistan, carrying signs such as "Thank God for dead soldiers" and "God hates fags."

The church and three of its leaders -- the Rev. Fred Phelps and his two daughters, Shirley Phelps-Roper and Rebecca Phelps-Davis, 46 -- were found liable for invasion of privacy and intent to inflict emotional distress.

Snyder claimed the protests intruded upon what should have been a private ceremony and sullied his memory of the event.

The church members testified they are following their religious beliefs by spreading the message that the deaths of soldiers are due to the nation's tolerance of homosexuality.

Their attorneys argued in closing statements Tuesday that the burial was a public event and that even abhorrent points of view are protected by the First Amendment, which guarantees freedom of speech and religion.

The judge said the church's financial statements, sealed earlier, could be released to the plaintiffs.

Members of the group sang "God Hates America" to the tune of "God Bless America."

Snyder sobbed when he heard the verdict, while members of the church greeted the news with tightlipped smiles.

Human species 'may split in two'

FROM BBC NEWS:

Humanity may split into two sub-species in 100,000 years' time as predicted by HG Wells, an expert has said.
Evolutionary theorist Oliver Curry of the London School of Economics expects a genetic upper class and a dim-witted underclass to emerge.

The human race would peak in the year 3000, he said - before a decline due to dependence on technology.

People would become choosier about their sexual partners, causing humanity to divide into sub-species, he added.

The descendants of the genetic upper class would be tall, slim, healthy, attractive, intelligent, and creative and a far cry from the "underclass" humans who would have evolved into dim-witted, ugly, squat goblin-like creatures.

Race 'ironed out'

But in the nearer future, humans will evolve in 1,000 years into giants between 6ft and 7ft tall, he predicts, while life-spans will have extended to 120 years, Dr Curry claims.

Physical appearance, driven by indicators of health, youth and fertility, will improve, he says, while men will exhibit symmetrical facial features, look athletic, and have squarer jaws, deeper voices and bigger penises.

Women, on the other hand, will develop lighter, smooth, hairless skin, large clear eyes, pert breasts, glossy hair, and even features, he adds. Racial differences will be ironed out by interbreeding, producing a uniform race of coffee-coloured people.

However, Dr Curry warns, in 10,000 years time humans may have paid a genetic price for relying on technology.

Spoiled by gadgets designed to meet their every need, they could come to resemble domesticated animals.

Receding chins

Social skills, such as communicating and interacting with others, could be lost, along with emotions such as love, sympathy, trust and respect. People would become less able to care for others, or perform in teams.

Physically, they would start to appear more juvenile. Chins would recede, as a result of having to chew less on processed food.

There could also be health problems caused by reliance on medicine, resulting in weak immune systems. Preventing deaths would also help to preserve the genetic defects that cause cancer.

Further into the future, sexual selection - being choosy about one's partner - was likely to create more and more genetic inequality, said Dr Curry.

The logical outcome would be two sub-species, "gracile" and "robust" humans similar to the Eloi and Morlocks foretold by HG Wells in his 1895 novel The Time Machine.

"While science and technology have the potential to create an ideal habitat for humanity over the next millennium, there is a possibility of a monumental genetic hangover over the subsequent millennia due to an over-reliance on technology reducing our natural capacity to resist disease, or our evolved ability to get along with each other, said Dr Curry.

He carried out the report for men's satellite TV channel Bravo.

Live Long, and... ARE YOU KIDDING ME?

A new procedure allows people to now do what Captain Kirk did when posing as a Romulan in Star Trek... GET VULCAN EARS! These are real patients.When asked by the media for a quote on this trend, Science Officer Spock said "Are they fucking nuts???? But anyway... um... is that brunette available for Pon Farr next year? She's HOT!"
See the illogical results HERE.

Marie Osmond - Fallroom dancer

No reason, just funny. She makes an awesome THUMP when she hits the ground. Looking at the first 30 seconds of the clip she must have been mixing Cocaine, Diet Coke and Pop-Rocks.

When Rupert Murdoch controls all the news you see, hear and read, you can thank this prick.

Above image is of the FCC Chairman Kevin Martin, a loyal "Bushie" for years and is now trying to fast-track the further easing of regulatory laws which would allow a single company to own both a newspaper and television or radio station in the same city. This would be a great boon for those who find profit and power in controlling all the news you see, hear and read.

If approved, the new rules could take effect as early as this December. The FCC DOES NOT need to ask you for permission to do so. Americans do not get to vote on this.

This is something they tried to do a few years ago when another loyal Bushie and Colin Powell's son Michael (I recall listening to Howard Stern tear him a new one on the air in 2003 or so). At that time, millions of Americans mobilized, wrote letters to Congress and the FCC to do something about it, and there’s this landmark lawsuit called Prometheus v. FCC that blocked it. Of course, if such a thing happens again, the Supreme Court is very nicely set up to do Bush's will.

Martin’s push to rewrite existing rules was revealed by North Dakota Senator Byron Dorgan (Democrat) during a Commerce Committee hearing on Wednesday. But Senator Dorgan vowed to put up a fight and said, "If the chairman intends to do something by the end of the year, then there will be a firestorm of protest, and I am going to be carrying the wood,” he said.

Martin leads a body of 5 FCC Commission (3 are republican, at least two are nominated by George Bush.)

These are their faces:

Feel like complaining? Hey try to bitch directly to the FCC. They may ignore it but it feels good to go on record.

CLICK HERE

"Yesterday my Mormon neighbor threw away her son's Dumbledore Halloween costume."

Above was a posting on a web site I stumbled on. Oh the insanity.

On the flipside, here's what the blog I Watch Stuff said about the "controversy"...

Harry Potter author JK Rowling announced the character of Dumbledore was gay. In response, my roommate said, "No shit. The whole fucking thing is gay."

At least we can settle the "Is he gay" thing.

BANGKOK, Thailand - David Copperfield has canceled upcoming shows in Southeast Asia following an FBI search of his Las Vegas warehouse and a casino theater where he regularly performs.

"His management sent an e-mail to organizers Sunday to inform that his shows will be postponed indefinitely," Kittiyong Achawaphong of RSi Dream Entertainment said Monday. The company organized the 51-year-old magician's shows in Thailand.

Copperfield was also scheduled to perform in Indonesia, Malaysia and Singapore in the coming weeks. The cancellations came after FBI agents conducted searches in Las Vegas last week following allegations that Copperfield "forced himself" on an unidentified woman.

Associated Press

From Russia With... ARE YOU FUCKING NUTS?

"FATHER OF ALL BOMBS" tested in Russia.

Apparently Putin isn't above getting into a pissing contest with America for "dumbest superpower". For reasons completely inexplicable, Russia is spending time figuring out new and exciting ways to obliterate in even more astounding ways. They are proud to announce the successful test of a vacuum bomb, which unleashes a destructive shockwave with the power of a nuclear blast, the military said on Tuesday, dubbing it the "father of all bombs."

"Test results of the new airborne weapon have shown that its efficiency and power is commensurate with a nuclear weapon," Alexander Rukshin, Russian deputy armed forces chief of staff, told Russia's state ORT First Channel television.

Pictures showed what looked like a flattened multi-storey block of flats surrounded by scorched soil and boulders. "The soil looks like a lunar landscape," the report said.

"The main destruction is inflicted by an ultrasonic shockwave and an incredibly high temperature," the reports said. "All that is alive merely evaporates."

The report said the new bomb was much stronger than the U.S.-built Massive Ordnance Air Blast bomb -- MOAB, also known under its name "Mother of All Bombs." "So, Russian designers called the new weapon 'Father of All Bombs'," it said. Clever! LMAO! LOL! ROTFL! It seems the US has been having fun with these sort of bombs in our Middle East romp, and Russia wants to keep up.

Here's the kicker, folks:

Rukshin said: "At the same time, I want to stress that the action of this weapon does not contaminate the environment, in contrast to a nuclear one."

Hahahahaa... Heeeheeee.... YOU TURNED THE LAND INTO A LUNAR FUCKING LANDSCAPE! THIS WOULD ONLY BE ENVIROMENTALLY ACCEPTABLE ON.... I dunno... THE MOON????????

Now they will feel okay with dropping these bad boys under the reasoning that they arent creating nuclear fallout, so it's okay. Nuclear fallout is the only thing that's kept us from using more nukes up until now.

We will not stop until we have turned this planet into a desert. Luckily we'll have less fallout to contaminate our ashes.

The "Miss USA is a twinkie" post.

What kind of self-respecting blogger would I be if I didn't post this?



Okay, so she's dumb as a stump. She's FUCKING BEAUTIFUL. Aren't we expecting a little much to ask them to think deep thoughts?

There is nothing more powerful in this world than a beautiful white woman. It's our most valued commodity, for better or worse. I mean, this chick will never have to pay for a drink in her life. The world is her oyster. Does she really need intelligence TOO??? Can us poor smart but ugly people have something to call our own? Of course we can. How else can we snicker at her and tell ourselves how morally superior we are for being average looking but killer at Photoshop.

What I did over summer vacation...

So I've been asked where the hell I've been this month...

1. Was completely slammed at work and started to look like hell. Seems that working 18 hour days for three months has an effect on your face, meaning it looks like tuna fish. So I cut out everything that wasn't absolutely vital. All I did was work work work (and cruise celebrity blogs for updates on Britney Spears... I just can't look away).



2. I did actually take the family on vacation. We went to Washington DC. Saw dinos at the Smithsonian. Saw George Washington's dress jacket. The Bill of Rights. Hope diamond. Some art. You know the deal.



3. MOST IMPORTANT: I was having trouble finding stuff to actually bitch about! Karl Rove... GONE. Alberto V05 Gonzales... GONE. Republican Senator caught in sex scandal (as opposed to Democratic Senator)... when everything is going right for a change, what is there to bitch about?

A Clinton win is a two for one sale?

My wife thinks that having Hilary win would give us the added benefit of having Clinton back. I tend to think of the Bill Clinton years as a collection of missed opportunities. Would President Clinton #2 really be that great? I'm not so sure. I do give Bill a lot of credit for having the charisma to keep his female supporters in spite of his cigar fun. Above is a graphical representation of the Clinton/Clinton presidency as many see it, I assume. Personally, I don't think Hilary would even let Bill use the toilet in the White House, much less affect policy.

ADDED September 13: It appears that polls recently taken suggest that if she actually looked like above photo, her poll numbers would increase by 50%.