An image I snapped at a small-town carnival this weekend. Shit like this really bothers me, though most people I know think I’m nuts for saying so. By the time the average American is mature enough to start thinking for themselves, they’ve been exposed to mountains of this stuff. Desensitization, indoctrination, at every [...]
Funny vid. Colbert’s coverage of Chong’s NBC interview about the Paris Hilton media flap. Yeah, so that’s a little convoluted, and if you’re seeing it first on this blog, via YouTube, well….that’s about as “meta” (as my friend Tamer would say) as it gets.
So Chong goes on MS-NBC to discuss Paris Hilton…I have [...]
And Iggy plays Lil’ Rummy, in Comedy Central’s Lil’ Bush, which debuts on June 13th.
It seems being the voice of the reunited Stooges just wasn’t enough for Iggy Pop. To achieve real fulfillment, Iggy needed to lend his vocal talents to a prepubescent cartoon version of resigned Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld.[Pitchfork]
At least if you’re FOX News, and the story is negative.
[TPM] posts the video clip of FOX coverage of the Jefferson indictment, where they actually show footage of John Conyers. HellOOoo….Al? Are you there, Al? Have you been watching FOX today??
Brit Hume calls John Glenn a “spearchucker.” It occurs about 52 seconds into the video. Shortly afterward the camera pans and you see a funny little smirk on Bill Kristol’s mug. Kinda like his normal, constitutive funny smirk, except with a touch of “WTF were you thinking, bitch?!?!” mixed in.
OK, John Glenn [...]
Video after jump.
If I was there with the president of the United States, know what I’d tell him? I’d tell him shut off the press, let the military go do what it does best, kill people and break things. … Give them some positive news about what these soldiers are doing that are fighting. Yes, [...]
OK, the story’s not really about Yoko, but she made the headline better, right? And she was nearby, and decided to partake of the canine repast. I mean, who wouldn’t have??
A British artist has eaten chunks of a corgi dog, the breed favored by Queen Elizabeth II, live on radio to protest the [...]
“A Dutch reality television show in which a terminally ill woman is to select one of three contestants to receive her kidneys when she dies is to air this week despite criticism that it pushes the boundaries of the format too far.“[Guardian]
(Sent in by Laurie)
Winner gets to live, losers go home with a year’s supply [...]
Posted by RawStory.com Headlines:
The Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff dramatically underestimated the number of deaths of US Armed Service-members in the Iraq War. The gaffe came as General Peter Pace appeared on CBS News Monday morning to discuss Memorial Day.
(from: Memorial Day: Pentagon General undercounts number of US troops killed since 9/11attacks)
The crime [...]
Step 1: Read THIS article.
Step 2: Read Snow Crash
Step 3: Shudder. Whether in fear, or in anticipation, will depend upon your predilections.
