Saturday, July 19, 2008
Saturday Night Randomry
Some background:
In the late 1940s John Cage visited the anechoic chamber at Harvard University. An anechoic chamber is a room designed in such a way that the walls, ceiling and floor will absorb all sounds made in the room, rather than bouncing them back as echoes. They are also generally extremely soundproof. Anechoic chambers are widely used for measuring the acoustic properties of instruments and microphones, and for performing psychoacoustic experiments.
Cage entered the chamber expecting to hear silence, but as he wrote later, he "heard two sounds, one high and one low. When I described them to the engineer in charge, he informed me that the high one was my nervous system in operation, the low one my blood in circulation."
I don't know if this explanation is accurate, but this experience is often described as the inspiration behind the famous Cage composition 4' 33".
Gadgetry
From Boing Boing:
UFOCapture is a Windows application that helps you videotape meteors and other fast-moving stuff in space. You hook up a sensitive video camera to your computer, point it out your window, and while you slumber, the software saves all the good bits.
9 Out Of 10 Terrorist Leaders Agree With Hopey
Barack's plan for Iraq got a thumbs up from someone who might know what the hell is going on over there..........Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki.
Josh Marshall reax:
I've spent a couple hours now trying to process the probable impact of Prime Minister al Maliki's explicit endorsement of Barack Obama's 16 month timetable for withdrawal of American troops from Iraq. My first instinct is always to try not to overstate the impact of momentary developments. But I don't think it's enough to say this is a huge development. It's huger than that. In a stroke, I think, al Maliki has cut McCain off at the knees in a way I'm not sure his campaign strategy can recover from.
...McCain has invested his entire campaign in support for the purportedly nascent Iraqi democracy al Maliki represents and the claim that Obama's support for a timetable for withdrawal irresponsibly risks losing the gains we've achieved and giving Iraq back to al Qaeda.
Here, with a brush of the hand and in so many words, al Maliki says, "No, we're good."
McCain responded, called everyone in the room a cunt, then complained about it being "too goddamned cold in here."
Welcome to the Internets, Scott Peterson!
That guy who's sitting on death row for killing his wife and unborn child now joins millions of other agoraphobes in the spirit of blogging:
...an organization called Canadian Coalition Against the Death Penalty (CCADP), and they're allowing Peterson roundabout access to the Internet by maintaining a web site for him in which he can communicate his thoughts on his "wrongful conviction" and respond to the support he's received while appealing his sentence. The site also links to the page Peterson's family maintains on his appeal and is chock full of pictures of the former couple. The postings, though infrequent, include his thoughts about a scholarship fund set up in Laci's name and he even refers to Sharon Rocha as "my mother-in-law"—present tense.
As you would imgaine, the family of Laci is not cool with this at all. They were on Larry King last night.
via Radar
Record
Dark Knight set for the history books:
Batman sequel "The Dark Knight" has set a single-day box office record by taking in $66.4 million on opening day, according to a Warner Bros. executive.
The movie's Friday haul surpassed the previous record of $59.8 million set last year by "Spider-Man 3."
"The Dark Knight" also might break the opening weekend record of $151.1 million posted by "Spider-Man 3."
..."The Dark Knight" also lit up cash registers during its midnight debut, stealing away with a record $18.5 million from 3,040 theaters, Warner Bros. said.
That bested the 2005 performance of "Star Wars Episode III: The Revenge of the Sith," which took in $16.9 million during its midnight debut in 2,915 venues.
"The Dark Knight" figure did not include any of its 3 a.m. or 6 a.m. showings.
He Made It!!!!
No thanks to Cotton McCain, Sen. Unicorn and his muscular buttocks made it safe and sound to
He visited with the troops (while silently hating them and flipping them the bird behind their backs) and even met some generals or something:
On Saturday, the senator from Illinois traveled to eastern Afghanistan to visit Americans forces under NATO's Regional Command East. Obama is accompanied by Sen. Charles Hagel, R-Nebraska, and Sen. Jack Reed, D-Rhode Island.
The senators met service members at Jalalabad airfield in Nangarhar province.
The governor of Nangarhar province, Gul Agha Shirzai -- formerly the governor of Kandahar province -- also met the senators at the air base. Shirzai and Obama embraced briefly at the end of the meeting.
After this, Barack will head to Europe where he will feel much more comfortable drinking bitter white wines with various elitist communist leaders.
Friday, July 18, 2008
McCain's Senior Moment May Endanger Unicorns
Funny story. Barack is starting the first leg of his international HOPE™ tour and WALNUTS! decided to tell anyone with a television or internets that Sen. Unicorn would land in Iraq in a couple of days:
Republican presidential candidate John McCain said on Friday that his Democratic opponent, Barack Obama, is likely to be in Iraq over the weekend.
The Obama campaign has tried to cloak the Illinois senator's trip in some measure of secrecy for security reasons. The White House, State Department and Pentagon do not announce senior officials' visits to Iraq in advance.
"I believe that either today or tomorrow -- and I'm not privy to his schedule -- Sen. Obama will be landing in Iraq with some other senators" who make up a congressional delegation, McCain told a campaign fund-raising luncheon.
...The Reuters piece hints at it. But if Obama is going to be in Iraq this weekend, this is a major breach on McCain's part. As a knowledgeable insider notes ...
If it is true that Obama is going to Iraq this weekend, it is a very serious mistake for McCain to have disclosed it publically. Even for run-of-the-mill CODELs the military gives guidance like, "Please strongly discourage Congressional offices from issuing press releases prior to their trips which mention their intent to travel to the AOR and/or the dates of that travel or their scheduled meetings. Such releases are a serious compromise to OPSEC." If Obama is going to Iraq this weekend, I can not begin to imagine how much this is complicating the security planning for the trip.
Another Installment Of Snake Handler Theatre
Some
Violence broke out Sunday in Anderson when an 18-year-old man returned home from a gay pride parade and was assaulted by his father.
According to the Anderson County Sheriff's Office, the battering took place about 1 p.m. Sunday on P Street.
During the assault, the teen's 49-year-old father yelled, cursed, swung a baseball bat, prayed and tried to “cast the demon of homosexuality out of him,” according to the teen's version of events to Deputy S.C. Weymouth, the incident report states.
About 2 p.m. Wednesday, the teen said his father punched him when he returned to the house for clothes that he left on Sunday, the report states.
The teen told deputies that his father “has a problem with him being gay and that is why he hit him with the baseball bat Sunday,” Weymouth said in his report.
Praise the Lord.
Further Proof The World Is Ending
Scary stuff:
I am performing an experiment: for one year, I will live as Oprah advises on her television show, on her website, and in the pages of her magazines. The tagline to her website is “Live Your Best Life” and I wonder, will I truly find bliss if I commit wholeheartedly to her lifestyle suggestions?
via The Stranger
Bjork Shapes Chinese Policy
From the BBC:
Entertainers from outside China who have attended events that "threaten national sovereignty" will be banned from the country, its government says.
Any artists who "whip up ethnic hatred" during performances would also be banned, the ministry of culture said,
The announcement comes after Bjork shouted "Tibet, Tibet" at a Shanghai concert in March.
..."Any artistic group or individual who have ever engaged in activities which threaten our national sovereignty will not be allowed in," the ministry said in a statement on its website.
The ban was extended to entertainers who "threaten national unity", "advocate obscenity or feudalism and superstition" or who "violate religious policy or cultural norms", the statement added.
Here's the video:
io9 Weighs In On Dark Knight
Semi-spoilers in the article, but def a great read:
On its surface, The Dark Knight is a typical franchise sequel, bringing in (familiar) new characters and amping up the Bat-action as we move from the race car fu of Batman Begins to this flick's awesome truck-and-motorcycle fu. Our central figures, the Joker and Gotham's "white knight" district attorney Harvey Dent, are perfect foils. The former is unfathomably evil and the latter unfathomably good. And for a while the balance between these two, with Batman hovering in a profoundly unstable place between, works to good (disturbing) effect. Dent is the unmasked hero that Batman could never be, leading us to question Batman's dubious vigilante tactics in the first place. And Joker is the supervillain Batman could never defeat because his love of mayhem draws out the worst in our dark hero, turning him into a sadist.
Thursday, July 17, 2008
Shittiest Michelle Obama Attack Ad Of Our Time
Taking their cue from the Tennessee Republican Party, the Washington Republican Party gathered various colors of lady bitters to talk about how proud they are of 'murica.
via Ben Smith
Bill Clinton Done Being A Poutypants (maybe)
From Breitbart:
Former President Clinton said Thursday he is eager to campaign for Barack Obama whenever the Democrat needs him, but has not given any thought to whether he wants to speak at the party convention in Denver.
"I told him that whenever he wanted me to do it, I was ready, and so it's basically on their timetable," Clinton said. "He's got a lot of things to do between now and the convention, of which this is simply one, so I'll do whatever I'm asked to do, whenever I can do it."
Rachel Maddow May Get Own Slot On MSNBC
From NY Times:
For clues about who might be next to get a show on MSNBC, viewers need not have looked further than “Countdown” earlier this month. For eight nights beginning just before the Fourth of July, Rachel Maddow, the host of a program on Air America, the liberal talk-radio network, served as a substitute for the vacationing Keith Olbermann.
“At some point, I don’t know when, she should have a show,” said Phil Griffin, hours before he was promoted on Wednesday to president of MSNBC. “She’s on the short list. It’s a very short list. She’s at the top.”
....Which raises a question: Does she think America is ready for an openly gay host on cable news at night?
“Well, I think Ellen DeGeneres has shown people are ready for her,” Ms. Maddow said, using a morning-show analogy. “But I will not dance the way Ellen does.”
Hillary's Hair More Popular Than Hillary
From MM:
During the 10 a.m. ET hour of the July 16 broadcast of MSNBC Live, host Monica Novotny devoted a segment to discussing Sen. Hillary Clinton's "new look," specifically the "short[ness]" of Clinton's hair and the fact that Clinton "shifted her part from the left side to the right side." At the beginning of the segment, Novotny contrasted a video of Clinton's July 15 speech on the floor of the Senate with her official publicity photo in order to illustrate the difference, stating, "All right, if fashion -- as far as hairdos go -- isn't your forte, Clinton's hair is apparently shorter than it used to be, and she's shifted her part from the left side to the right side."
Wednesday, July 16, 2008
Help Obama Family Adopt A Hobo AIDS Dog
Hey, remember that video where St. Barack of Obama pimped out his Mooslim family for an interview where they discussed getting a dog?
Now there's a site called Obama Family Dog that wants the First Family to adopt one of those horrible kennel dogs that have various assortments of fleas, manges, and gonorrheas:
If Sen. Barack Obama becomes president, he'll instantly be faced with decisions that will affect millions of Americans. Obama will also soon be making a decision that could affect millions of American dogs. It has been reported that once the election is over, the Obamas will be looking for a new four-legged family member (much to his daughters' delight).
The American Kennel Club (AKC) has suggested five types of purebred dogs that would fit the Obamas' lifestyle. While we don't disagree that it's important to choose a dog that matches well with the family, mixed breeds should certainly be considered along with pure breeds. Also, whether purebred or mutt, we believe the Obamas should make a winning choice and adopt a family dog, not buy one.
Sign the petition, unless you want the terrorists to win. It's your duty as an American.
Today's Godtube Moment
Would Baby Jesus approve of Cindy McCain's candy bowl, which consists of Vicodin and Lithium?
Short answer: Yes
Dr. Frank Minirth says that because Jesus was a wizard witch doctor himself, it's totes cool to chase painkillers with delicious Belgian Budweiser.
It's in the Bible.
It Was Only A Matter Of Time
From Smoking Gun:
JULY 16--Comedian Andy Dick was arrested this morning by California cops on drug and sexual battery charges. Dick, 42, was nabbed around 2 AM in a Riverside County parking lot after he allegedly groped the breasts of a 17-year-old girl and then pulled the teen's tank top and bra down, exposing her breasts (the incident occurred outside the Buffalo Wild Wings restaurant). During a search of Dick, police discovered a small amount of marijuana in his pants pocket and a single Xanax pill for which he did not have a prescription. An "extremely intoxicated" Dick was booked into the Southwest Detention Center, where bail was set at $5,000. In May 2004, Dick was arrested on a pot possession charge while attending the Coachella music festival, also in Riverside County.
Today's Hilltard Video
This one pretty much takes the cake. The triumvirate of redneck, racism, and a webcam makes this retardery one of the greatest Hilltard videos of our time.
via some cousin-fucker's meth lab
UPDATE: Bonus video fun here.
Rahm Emanuel: Sexist
Guess who's got his eye on the Speaker slot. therefore hating all American women?:
Before he was mentioned as a possible Senate successor to Barack Obama, before he helped lead the Democrats back to power in the House, before he was even elected to his first term as the congressman from the North Side of Chicago, Rahm Emanuel was telling friends that he had one goal in life: to become the first Jewish speaker of the House.
But the No. 4 man in the House Democratic leadership has become a victim of his own success. As chairman of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, Emanuel helped lead the Democrats back to the majority in 2006. That victory put the speaker’s gavel in the hands of Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.), and she’s not likely to give it up any time soon.
...“The whole question is one of time,” said one Democrat close to the current leadership team, speaking on the condition of anonymity. “Does Rahm want to put in the time to be speaker? Will he hang in there long enough? He is young enough to wait, but will he? His age [48] is a dual-edged thing. It gives him time to wait, but does he want to put in six or eight or even 10 years or more? I don’t know.”
Pelosi is 68. Majority Leader Steny H. Hoyer of Maryland is 69. Majority Whip James Clyburn of South Carolina turns 68 next week. If Pelosi serves another four to six years as speaker — the traditional tenure for the hugely demanding job — the two men next in line will be in their 70s by the time she steps down.
Funniest Billboard Since "Never Shake A Baby"
You'd think that the above billboard was paid for by the 9udy '08 campaign. Actually, the man behind the sign is just some redneck named Mike Meehan:
There are billboards up and down busy Orange Blossom Trail, but this at John Young Parkway (see map) one sticks out.
"Just looking at it, I'm not thinking about Democrat or Republican, I'm thinking about the twin towers and all the people killed," resident Mary Anderson told Eyewitness News.
The ad went up last week and is causing quite a reaction.
"Why use the twin towers for that purpose?" Anderson questioned.
The man behind the billboard is Mike Meehan, a St. Cloud businessman and musician. His website advertises a CD and music video titled "The Republican Song," with the chorus, "Don't vote for a Democrat." He's selling CDs for $5.
"This is a blatant exploitation of that terrible tragedy for political and, perhaps even worse, personal gain," said Bill Robinson, Orange County Democratic Party Chair.
And yes, we have the song. Enjoy:
Tuesday, July 15, 2008
Howard Dean To Head South To Gawk At The Poors
Thursday, DNCC Dean will board one of St. Barack's many elitist buses and take a tour of the south, hoping to ramp up voter registration:
Dean said in a telephone interview that he'll focus on winning over people who are struggling economically.
"We think that they have been disillusioned," said Dean, a former Vermont governor and presidential candidate in 2004. "Many of them voted for George Bush. We think they want something new and we're going to provide it for them."
Democrats dominated the South through the first half of the 20th century. But as President Lyndon B. Johnson famously predicted when he signed the 1964 Civil Rights Act, the party gradually lost support in the region. Georgia native Jimmy Carter is the only Democratic presidential candidate to win broad support in the South since then.
"I think the big reason is we haven't tried," Dean said. "If you don't show up, you can't win. And that's not going to happen this time. We are going to show up everywhere."
Hobo Hillary Wants To Keep Lady Bitters' Money
Hillary sent out a message to the 18 million bitter cracks in Barack Obama's sexist ceiling:
Hillary Clinton's campaign is sending out letters to donors asking permission to roll a $2,300 contribution to Clinton's 2008 general election coffers to her 2012 senate election fund instead of offering a refund.
The letter, read to me by one recipient, includes a photocopy of a handwritten note from Clinton that says, "Dear friend, your commitment has meant so much to me over the course of my presidential campaign. You were there for me when I needed you the most and I'll never forget it. I hope you'll help me continue to fight for the issues and causes we believe in by filling out the enclosed form in support of Friends of Hillary."
Stories Noone Will Read To Come Tomorrow
Your brickbat has been slave working for an esoteric concept called "money". It is an elitist concept invented by Barack Obama and his Mooslim Christ-punching friends.
Lots of stuff has happened, but we will pretend that it didn't and will start anew tomorrow.
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