It’s the Beach Boys meets Hogan’s Heroes. The bastard child of jibjab without all that crappy ontheonehandism. Now, with no furhter ado…
Bomb Iran? You’re rootin’ tootin’ right!
Cruise hates ‘his’ kid… almost as much as fishsticks Paltrow
Language experts are amazed Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes have named their baby daughter Suri- because there is no record of the name meaning “Princess” in Hebrew. According to Hebrew linguists, Suri has only two meanings – one is a person from Syria and the other “go away” when addressed to a female. Hebrew expert JONATHAN WENT says, “I think it’s fair to say they have made a mistake here. There are variations of the way the Hebrew name for princess is spelt but I have never seen it this way.” Suri can also be translated into a Hindi boy’s name, and it also means “pointy nose” in some Indian dialects and “pickpocket” in Japanese.
Nice job dude. Naming ‘your’ daughter “go away, you pointy nosed pickpocket” is precisely the message I want to send when and if I breed.
I still say Holmes was wearing a prosthetic and the baby was adopted. It would have been awesome if the girl was not-white. That way, Tom could practice his denial doubly hard at the family cookouts.
Grand Jury Hears Evidence Against Rove
The grand jury session in federal court in Washington, DC, sources close to the case said, was the first time this year that Fitzgerald told the jurors that he would soon present them with a list of criminal charges he intends to file against Rove in hopes of having the grand jury return a multi-count indictment against Rove.
In an interview Wednesday, Rove’s attorney, Robert Luskin, confirmed that Rove remains a “subject” of Fitzgerald’s two-year-old probe.
“Mr. Rove is still a subject of the investigation,” Luskin said. In a previous interview, Luskin asserted that Rove would not be indicted by Fitzgerald, but he was unwilling to make that prediction again Wednesday.
pleaseohpleaseohplease bring me a Rove under my Fitzmas tree
Have an illogical, unreasonable, self-interested commish doing acts such as vetoing trades apparently at random. I can deal with the hatred of the masses, but when the commish is crooked, I’m outta there.
And thus ends my first keeper team. They woulda been 5 year champions if it wasn’t for that piece of shit commish. The particular deal in question is irrelevant, but suffice it to say that it was perfectly reasonable, doubly so in a keeper league, and in no rational universe was it veto worthy.
This somewhat puts a damper on six months of offseason anticipation. So, one down, one other team lost for the year, and 4 struggling ones with underperforming offenses and pitchers who can’t buy a freaking win (yeah, I’m looking at you Santana). Good start, wouldn’t you say?
Seriously though, that keeper league was a disaster from the start. It was the most work for $25 ($37, actually) for less gain than anything I’ve done since I was working at fast food joints. Filled with narcissistic whiners and crybabies and round upon round of unending drama and email tedium. I’ll do a keeper league team again, but with a real commish (me) and people I know and trust.
Or, you know, get a life or something.
Update: nevermind, I’m still in. The commish listened to reason, so I guess I won’t call him a cocksmoker any more. This is still a horrible league filled with some really annoying people. I, of course, am not annoying in the slightest.
In other news, Ryan Madson just singlehandedly raised my ERA by almost a full point. Nice 81 ERA there, buddy.
George W. Bush’s presidency appears headed for colossal historical disgrace. Barring a cataclysmic event on the order of the terrorist attacks of September 11th, after which the public might rally around the White House once again, there seems to be little the administration can do to avoid being ranked on the lowest tier of U.S. presidents. And that may be the best-case scenario. Many historians are now wondering whether Bush, in fact, will be remembered as the very worst president in all of American history.
Saw Stomp last night with ghostfinger. It was great, like a step show for the white folk… or a Berkeley drum circle gone athletic.
Best parts were the Carnivale bit up on the second floor, the kitchen sinks, and the folding chairs (and the finale, I guess; I’m a sucker for taiko drums, even when they’re in the form of blue traffic barrels. The Carnivale beat was awesome, the kitchen sinks the most musical (it was a 4/4 beat, with actual timbre as they varied the amount of water in a secondary percussion instrument, usually a pot), the chairs were in 6/8 time. The pieces I tended to like were the more metallic mechanical ones with recognizable beats. Many of the others had free time bits that ruined the tranceflow for me, so I didn’t get as into them. During the consistent rhythm pieces, I was reminded once again how we’re a bunch of monkeys and how we can be moved by just a strong beat. It’s cliched, but it’s still and undeniable primal instinct.
I also had the joy of being reminded how much I hate morons who feel it necessary to voice a mundane observation of what is plainly visible to everyone watching. Example: during the kitchen part, they let the water out of their sinks and it looks like they’re peeing. Dude behind me: Ha! It looks like they’re peeing!
Good times were had by all.
US – Iran locked into spiral conflict
Both the Bush administration and the Iranian clerical regime are reeling from historic low support figures from their constituent populations. United States politicians know that attacking Iran is a sure-fire political winner with the American public. Iran has become America’s all-purpose bogeyman. Foolish declarations, such as the State Department assertion that Iran is America’s “greatest security threat” are received uncritically by voters throughout the nation. Similarly in Iran, the United States can be freely demonized without serious question. The leaders of the Islamic republic regularly blame the United States for their own failings in managing economic development, border control and corruption.
It makes no sense for either nation, but a war between Iran and the US makes sense for both rulers of both countries as a way to shore up domestic support (caveat: the real rulers of Iran are the mullahs, not Ahmadinejad). And usually, when two power mad dictators want a fight, they get one. War? What’s it good for? The GOP’s domestic agenda and midterm elections, that’s who. Also, the mullahs, American and Iranian.
That Bush hears voices and has a messianic complex is just icing on the cake. Practical meets the wishful in one bow-wrapped Iranian nuking. In his warped menagerie of dusty cobweb-filled corners and coke-burnt passageways of a mind, that is.
This is madness. Sheer madness. And it’s probably going to happen anyway. What an interesting time in which to live.
Bush: I say I listen to all voices but mine’s the final decision and Don Rumsfeld is doing a fine job. He’s not only transforming the military, he’s fighting a war on terror – He’s helping us fight a war on terror. I have strong confidence in Don Rumsfeld. I hear the voices and I read the front page and I know the speculation but I’m the decider and I decide what is best and what’s best is for Don Rumsfeld to remain as the Secretary of defense.
These same voices are the one that tell him to wear a tutu, smear peanut butter all over his chest, and try to copulate with a Civil War era spitoon, but they are voices nonetheless. And they are speaking to him. Slowly. Using simple words.
Bush values loyalty above all things. Bubble boy can’t abide criticism and the entire Cheney administration is filled with yes persons and Cheney and Rummy. Cheney and Rummy aren’t yes men, but they’re sociopaths with the attendant self-preserving ability to shamelessly lie and fawn when needed. Well, it looks like Rummy’s rusty trombone job worked. Bush, you see, thinks that Cheney and Rummy are loyal… that is, when he’s not thinking about the pretty birds that go tweet.
war dissenters are the dupes and tools of Zarqawi and al Qaeda
There have always been people who have opposed wars…I think we just have to accept it, that people have a right to say what they want to say, and to have an acceptance of that and recognize that the terrorists, Zarqawi and bin Laden and Zawahiri, those people have media committees.
They are actively out there trying to manipulate the press in the United States. They are very good at it.
I would write more, but right now Zarqawi is making me pound my head into my desk for living in a country ruled by such morons.
Hard rock band Tool will begin a North American tour of theatre-sized venues May 2 in Seattle, the same day it releases its first album in five years, “10,000 Days.”
Even U2 lapped ‘em in the new album department. At least Tool has retained their high quality, and their live shows kick ass in that polished/no jam sort of way.
What’s the new album going to sound like?
Carey described the material as heavier and more intense than the group’s last disc, 2001′s Lateralus.
“There seems to be a little more brute force going on in the music, rather than being lighter and more intricate like some of the stuff on the last record,” Carey said. “It still has quirky time changes, but so far we’ve been working on really heavy stuff.”
Because what Tool needs is … more heavy!
because my bus was packed like sardines (in a tin can!) this morning. Also, Toothless the crazy cat lady was there stinking up the joint, so it was an even more wonderful commute than normal. What a joyous way to start the week.
Bond market goes boom. Say hello to an increase in the fizzle of the housing market (and related industries) and an exploding number of bankruptcies as people’s ARMs skyrocket. Like, oh, mine, for example. Also, we, the People’s cost for our debt servicing by this insane administration just got a whole lot worse. Oh yeah, and credit card rates will go up as well.
Combine this with the $100/barrel oil ($200 or more if we attack Iran) and let’s just say Chicken Little was an optimist.
Tomorrow’s headlines in NY (Yankees are currently losing to KC):
Wang Beaten Royally
or
Wang Sucked
or
Wang Jacked by Royals
To the Yankees, those are bad outcomes. But to me, that seems pretty good. Then again, I’m 12.
Inspired by:
not with a bang, but with a whimper. As the media and corporate interests collude to hand over the citizenry’s fundamental rights to the government (even though the media and the corporations are composed of the People, the decisionmakers are not of the People). The latest: AT&T forwards all Internet traffic into NSA
“The evidence that we are filing supports our claim that AT&T is diverting Internet traffic into the hands of the NSA wholesale, in violation of federal wiretapping laws and the Fourth Amendment,” said EFF Staff Attorney Kevin Bankston.
“More than just threatening individuals’ privacy, AT&T’s apparent choice to give the government secret, direct access to millions of ordinary Americans’ Internet communications is a threat to the Constitution itself. We are asking the Court to put a stop to it now,” said Bankston.
Easy Fourth Amendment violation right there. Well, it was a violation until the busheviks took over and smilin Sammy scAlito was mortared into place using the hooves of the traitorous Dem sellouts, that is.
You know, when my back’s against the wall, I’ll think on all of the quislings and cowards that let us inch into this situation. Then I’ll track them down in whatever afterlife they’ve chosen and kick ‘im in the nether regions.
Also, in case it’s not too late, you can still join the EFF and the ACLU (the ACLU has a companion case going against the NSA). Oh, and if you aren’t using Tor, you should be.
Sy Hersh continues with his great reporting. US considers use of nuclear weapons against Iran
The administration of President George W. Bush is planning a massive bombing campaign against Iran, including use of bunker-buster nuclear bombs to destroy a key Iranian suspected nuclear weapons facility, The New Yorker magazine has reported in its April 17 issue.
The article by investigative journalist Seymour Hersh said that Bush and others in the White House have come to view Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad as a potential Adolf Hitler.
This makes the bushevik propaganda’s, what, #4 neo Hitler? The fact of the matter is that we are run by a bloodthirsty chickenhawk junta, drunk on mad visions of glory.
If we use nuclear weapons in yet another illegal war of aggression, make no mistake about it – it will only be a matter of time before New York City becomes an ash-filled charnel house.
If it’s any consolation, Hersh also reports that many of the Joint Chiefs and the planning staff will resign if the Rumsfeld-Bush-Cheney band of megalomaniacal messianic fucktards goes forward with this plan.