Doing life without parole!!
Happy Mother's Day to all those mama's that actually gave a damn.
Love you Mom
Sunday, May 8, 2011
Saturday, May 7, 2011
American Ninja in Pakistan
Sounds like a bad movie, huh? American Werewolf in Paris, American Ninja in Pakistan, got a nice ring to it.
Anyway, check out this report from FOX News. Remember a while back when we heard about that whacked out crazy guy who was found in Pakistan carrying nothing but a map, night vision goggles, and a samurai sword? Well, he's back in the news, saying that he deserves at least a portion of the $27 million reward offered by the feds for Osama Bin Laden.
I say give it to him. Anyone ballsy enough to go running around Pakistan armed with a samurai sword is not the kind of man you want coming home feeling jilted and cast aside. At least this way we can hope to keep him from slinking around the back alleys of D.C., peering through night vision goggles at federal buildings.
Crazy world we live in, people.
Anyway, check out this report from FOX News. Remember a while back when we heard about that whacked out crazy guy who was found in Pakistan carrying nothing but a map, night vision goggles, and a samurai sword? Well, he's back in the news, saying that he deserves at least a portion of the $27 million reward offered by the feds for Osama Bin Laden.
I say give it to him. Anyone ballsy enough to go running around Pakistan armed with a samurai sword is not the kind of man you want coming home feeling jilted and cast aside. At least this way we can hope to keep him from slinking around the back alleys of D.C., peering through night vision goggles at federal buildings.
Crazy world we live in, people.
Friday, May 6, 2011
Gotta admit, this is one headline I never expected to read. Especially not in the Wall Street Journal.
Wearing Only a Smile, Nudists Seek Out the Young and the Nude
So, apparently, the nudist culture is in danger of going Over the Hill permanently. With a recent stagnation of young recruits, the aging baby-boomers are beginning to worry that their free-spirited culture will die out without an infusion of new blood.
Now why, you might ask, would the Wall Street Journal be reporting on the nation-wide attempt to draw in younger crowds to nudist resorts? Because shockingly, the nudist industry pulls in around $440 million a year. Who would have guessed it?
I got into the wrong line of work, god damnit.
Wearing Only a Smile, Nudists Seek Out the Young and the Nude
So, apparently, the nudist culture is in danger of going Over the Hill permanently. With a recent stagnation of young recruits, the aging baby-boomers are beginning to worry that their free-spirited culture will die out without an infusion of new blood.
Now why, you might ask, would the Wall Street Journal be reporting on the nation-wide attempt to draw in younger crowds to nudist resorts? Because shockingly, the nudist industry pulls in around $440 million a year. Who would have guessed it?
I got into the wrong line of work, god damnit.
Thursday, May 5, 2011
Happy Cinco de Mayo!
Alright, here's the deal.
I know it's Cinco de Mayo today. And I realized this morning that I know next to nothing about what Cinco de Mayo is all about, so I decided to toss it into the most reliable reference source around, Wikipedia! So, I'm going to extrapolate some conclusions based solely off what I'm reading on Wikipedia. If you have a bone to pick with anything I say being factually based, well, get your ass on Wikipedia and fix the problem, don't bitch to me.
So, interesting Cinco de Mayo Wikipedia "fact" number 1: Cinco de Mayo does not in fact mark the celebration of Mexico's independence. Turns out September 16th holds that honor. Who knew?
Wacky fact number 2: Most Mexicans DO NOT celebrate Cinco de Mayo! Turns out, according to Wikipedia, Cinco de Mayo is just yet another notch in the scarred belt of Hallmark Holidays. Apparently, Cinco de Mayo is only really celebrated by alcoholic sorority girls, confused second-generation Mexican-Americans, and basically anyone who clings to any excuse to wear their "I ate the worm!" t-shirts from Cancun. There is an area of Mexico that does in fact celebrate Cinco de Mayo, but it's not as widespread as you may have thought. Which leads us to..
Wacky fact number 3!: Apparently, the Mexican state of Puebla treats Cinco de Mayo as a regional holiday, celebrating the "unlikely victory over French forces at the Battle of Puebla on May 5, 1862." And here, I believe, we have stumbled upon the reason all of Mexico doesn't celebrate Cinco de Mayo. I mean honestly, who the fuck wants to admit that they almost got their asses handed to them by the French? I'd want to keep that shit under wraps, too.
So basically (and again, all of this is according to Wikipedia, I'm just loving this too much to want to fact check it and have any of it proved wrong), Cinco de Mayo is just a huge farce to help the American public pretend it actually gives a fuck about foreign culture. I mean seriously, we celebrate a foreign holiday that isn't even celebrated in its native country! Celebrated since its inception throughout California, Cinco de Mayo has steadily grown in popularity with the increase in Latino culture not as a direct influence of that culture, but rather in an effort to make us seem like we understand and appreciate that culture. Until the 1980s that is, when it was just completely high-jacked by the alcohol companies who have capitalized on its celebratory nature to boost revenue.
God Bless America!
Happy Cinco de Mayo!
Fuck Yea!
I know it's Cinco de Mayo today. And I realized this morning that I know next to nothing about what Cinco de Mayo is all about, so I decided to toss it into the most reliable reference source around, Wikipedia! So, I'm going to extrapolate some conclusions based solely off what I'm reading on Wikipedia. If you have a bone to pick with anything I say being factually based, well, get your ass on Wikipedia and fix the problem, don't bitch to me.
So, interesting Cinco de Mayo Wikipedia "fact" number 1: Cinco de Mayo does not in fact mark the celebration of Mexico's independence. Turns out September 16th holds that honor. Who knew?
Wacky fact number 2: Most Mexicans DO NOT celebrate Cinco de Mayo! Turns out, according to Wikipedia, Cinco de Mayo is just yet another notch in the scarred belt of Hallmark Holidays. Apparently, Cinco de Mayo is only really celebrated by alcoholic sorority girls, confused second-generation Mexican-Americans, and basically anyone who clings to any excuse to wear their "I ate the worm!" t-shirts from Cancun. There is an area of Mexico that does in fact celebrate Cinco de Mayo, but it's not as widespread as you may have thought. Which leads us to..
Wacky fact number 3!: Apparently, the Mexican state of Puebla treats Cinco de Mayo as a regional holiday, celebrating the "unlikely victory over French forces at the Battle of Puebla on May 5, 1862." And here, I believe, we have stumbled upon the reason all of Mexico doesn't celebrate Cinco de Mayo. I mean honestly, who the fuck wants to admit that they almost got their asses handed to them by the French? I'd want to keep that shit under wraps, too.
So basically (and again, all of this is according to Wikipedia, I'm just loving this too much to want to fact check it and have any of it proved wrong), Cinco de Mayo is just a huge farce to help the American public pretend it actually gives a fuck about foreign culture. I mean seriously, we celebrate a foreign holiday that isn't even celebrated in its native country! Celebrated since its inception throughout California, Cinco de Mayo has steadily grown in popularity with the increase in Latino culture not as a direct influence of that culture, but rather in an effort to make us seem like we understand and appreciate that culture. Until the 1980s that is, when it was just completely high-jacked by the alcohol companies who have capitalized on its celebratory nature to boost revenue.
God Bless America!
Happy Cinco de Mayo!
Fuck Yea!
Wednesday, May 4, 2011
"I'll tell ya, life ain't easy for a boy named Cash"
Montana child cured of brain cancer after father fed boy medical marijuana
Now how's that for a touching story? Young Cash Hyde of Missoula, Montana, apparently has made a full recovery after his parent's received the crushing news that their child was suffering from a brain tumor shortly before he reached the ripe old age of two.
Now, let us be careful to mention that Cash's father's administration of cannabis oil through his child's feeding tube was not the only treatment the boy received. Cash Hyde did go through a grueling stint of chemo to battle his cancer. According to The Daily Mail, the boy was being fed through a feeding tube, as the chemo had destroyed his young appetite, and hadn't consumed any actual food in nearly 40 days.
Cash's father, Mike Hyde, made the decision to give his son cannabis oil in an effort to ease the pain of his condition. As a result, Cash was able to muster up enough of an appetite to actually begin eating real food again, allowing his body to gather the strength it needed to survive the two-pronged assault of the chemo-therapy and the brain cancer.
The funny thing here is that despite medical marijuana being legal in the state of Montana, Cash's doctors refused to even discuss the possibility with the family. Mike Hyde was forced to go out side of the hospital to receive authorization to obtain the cannabis oil, and then had to secretly administer the drug through his son's feeding tube. The doctor's had already told Mike and his wife that they should be wary in holding out hope for their son's recovery as his condition was so grave, and yet still they refused to even discuss the possibility of administering the cannabis in an effort to make Cash more comfortable in what was assumed to be his final days.
Cash's father also asked the doctors to stop giving his son the anti-nausea drugs that they commonly use in conjunction with chemo-therapy, though he did not say why. According to Mr. Hyde, "his son started looking better right away."
Now, Cash Hyde has made a full recovery and there is no trace of the cancer left in the small child. Was it the cannabis that allowed the boy to push back from the brink of death? Don't ask me, I'm no doctor. Pretty damned interesting story, though.
One thing I am qualified to comment on though...who the hell names their child "Cash"? Got some weird folks out there in Missoula...
Now how's that for a touching story? Young Cash Hyde of Missoula, Montana, apparently has made a full recovery after his parent's received the crushing news that their child was suffering from a brain tumor shortly before he reached the ripe old age of two.
Now, let us be careful to mention that Cash's father's administration of cannabis oil through his child's feeding tube was not the only treatment the boy received. Cash Hyde did go through a grueling stint of chemo to battle his cancer. According to The Daily Mail, the boy was being fed through a feeding tube, as the chemo had destroyed his young appetite, and hadn't consumed any actual food in nearly 40 days.
Cash's father, Mike Hyde, made the decision to give his son cannabis oil in an effort to ease the pain of his condition. As a result, Cash was able to muster up enough of an appetite to actually begin eating real food again, allowing his body to gather the strength it needed to survive the two-pronged assault of the chemo-therapy and the brain cancer.
The funny thing here is that despite medical marijuana being legal in the state of Montana, Cash's doctors refused to even discuss the possibility with the family. Mike Hyde was forced to go out side of the hospital to receive authorization to obtain the cannabis oil, and then had to secretly administer the drug through his son's feeding tube. The doctor's had already told Mike and his wife that they should be wary in holding out hope for their son's recovery as his condition was so grave, and yet still they refused to even discuss the possibility of administering the cannabis in an effort to make Cash more comfortable in what was assumed to be his final days.
Cash's father also asked the doctors to stop giving his son the anti-nausea drugs that they commonly use in conjunction with chemo-therapy, though he did not say why. According to Mr. Hyde, "his son started looking better right away."
Now, Cash Hyde has made a full recovery and there is no trace of the cancer left in the small child. Was it the cannabis that allowed the boy to push back from the brink of death? Don't ask me, I'm no doctor. Pretty damned interesting story, though.
One thing I am qualified to comment on though...who the hell names their child "Cash"? Got some weird folks out there in Missoula...
Tuesday, May 3, 2011
Happy Birthday Machiavelli!
And no, I'm not talking about the nom de plume for Tupac's post-mortem albums.
Niccolo Machiavelli, famed author of The Prince, was born on this day in 1469.
The Prince, which is touted today as one of the foundations of western political thought, was not so well received when it was first released. Machiavelli's support of amoral tyranny in political leadership was one of the first published accounts where the maxim of "the ends justify the means" was expressed openly to the public. Ironically, the book which is so highly revered and practiced in today's ruthless political theater resulted in Machiavelli's complete alienation from the people of his native Florence.
Originally penned in an attempt to regain favor in the face of his temporary exile, The Prince was unable to garner Machiavelli respect with either the public, or the Medici family with whom he was trying to curry favor. And yet still, despite the knowledge that The Prince was just a brown nosed attempt at trying to re-enter the good graces of the Italian ruling class, classrooms across the nation still teach this ruthless and bloodthirsty text as an archetypal example of refined political idealism.
So Happy Birthday Machiavelli.
A toast. Here's hoping Lucifer turns up the heat on your birthday bash today. You've earned it.
Gangsta
Niccolo Machiavelli, famed author of The Prince, was born on this day in 1469.
The Prince, which is touted today as one of the foundations of western political thought, was not so well received when it was first released. Machiavelli's support of amoral tyranny in political leadership was one of the first published accounts where the maxim of "the ends justify the means" was expressed openly to the public. Ironically, the book which is so highly revered and practiced in today's ruthless political theater resulted in Machiavelli's complete alienation from the people of his native Florence.
Originally penned in an attempt to regain favor in the face of his temporary exile, The Prince was unable to garner Machiavelli respect with either the public, or the Medici family with whom he was trying to curry favor. And yet still, despite the knowledge that The Prince was just a brown nosed attempt at trying to re-enter the good graces of the Italian ruling class, classrooms across the nation still teach this ruthless and bloodthirsty text as an archetypal example of refined political idealism.
So Happy Birthday Machiavelli.
A toast. Here's hoping Lucifer turns up the heat on your birthday bash today. You've earned it.
Gangsta
Monday, May 2, 2011
Gut Reactions
OK.
So I'm sure you've all heard the news Obama reported last night about the final demise of Public Enemy #1, Osama Bin Laden.
Let me throw out a quick preface here. I am in no way a "qualified reporter". There is absolutely no reason for you to take a single thing I say seriously, or to get fired up about it and start casting aspersions because I disagree with your opinion of last nights news. I am simply laying out my initial gut reaction to this report.
And that reaction is that I think this whole damn thing is a farce.
I'm not saying I don't think Osama is dead. I think that for anyone to swallow the official story, hook line and sinker, is simply accepting things that are being told to them with no level of skepticism. There are just too many little things about the report that I find to be rather unsettling.
For example, Osama bin Laden was brought down on the 8th Anniversary of President Bush declaring "Mission Accomplished" in the war on terror, to the day. Suspicious, but still within an acceptable stretch of coincidence.
OK, but how about the fact that Osama's body was buried at sea, in "accordance with Muslim traditions, which include strict rules on burial taking place within 24 hours after death." I'm sorry, but really? The bogey man we've been chasing for nearly 10 years, who has been leading a jihad against the west for closer to 20, and we actually take the time to observe his religious practices and dispose of the corpse in an unmarked watery grave, making it impossible for third party objective confirmation.
My theory? And once again, I'm not a professional at this, this is just one man giving his initial reaction. I think Osama has been dead for years. We're talking about an elderly man who needed constant dialysis, hiding in a cave for the last 10 years? Check out this page from Alex Jones' Infowars.com. Here, Jones provides a bevvy of international reports that state bin Laden had died early in 2002. A little too close to the start on the war on terror to hope the fervor of the American people would continue to allow for this imperialistic, unprovoked military action over seas to continue.
So go ahead, call me another conspiracy nut, but the fact of the matter is our government has lied to us one too many times for me to just gobble this up. Especially this close to the initial report coming out. And I'm not asking you to agree with me, I'm just pleading that you keep your mind open long enough to let the dust settle here before you commit yourself to any conclusions. In the words of Chris Rock from Kevin Smith's Dogma, "Having a belief is fine, I just think its better to have ideas. It's easy to change an idea, changing a belief is tricky."
But hey, at least now we can all conveniently forget about the whole Obama birth certificate madness for a little while.
Rabble Rabble Rabble Rabble!!!
So I'm sure you've all heard the news Obama reported last night about the final demise of Public Enemy #1, Osama Bin Laden.
Let me throw out a quick preface here. I am in no way a "qualified reporter". There is absolutely no reason for you to take a single thing I say seriously, or to get fired up about it and start casting aspersions because I disagree with your opinion of last nights news. I am simply laying out my initial gut reaction to this report.
And that reaction is that I think this whole damn thing is a farce.
I'm not saying I don't think Osama is dead. I think that for anyone to swallow the official story, hook line and sinker, is simply accepting things that are being told to them with no level of skepticism. There are just too many little things about the report that I find to be rather unsettling.
For example, Osama bin Laden was brought down on the 8th Anniversary of President Bush declaring "Mission Accomplished" in the war on terror, to the day. Suspicious, but still within an acceptable stretch of coincidence.
OK, but how about the fact that Osama's body was buried at sea, in "accordance with Muslim traditions, which include strict rules on burial taking place within 24 hours after death." I'm sorry, but really? The bogey man we've been chasing for nearly 10 years, who has been leading a jihad against the west for closer to 20, and we actually take the time to observe his religious practices and dispose of the corpse in an unmarked watery grave, making it impossible for third party objective confirmation.
My theory? And once again, I'm not a professional at this, this is just one man giving his initial reaction. I think Osama has been dead for years. We're talking about an elderly man who needed constant dialysis, hiding in a cave for the last 10 years? Check out this page from Alex Jones' Infowars.com. Here, Jones provides a bevvy of international reports that state bin Laden had died early in 2002. A little too close to the start on the war on terror to hope the fervor of the American people would continue to allow for this imperialistic, unprovoked military action over seas to continue.
So go ahead, call me another conspiracy nut, but the fact of the matter is our government has lied to us one too many times for me to just gobble this up. Especially this close to the initial report coming out. And I'm not asking you to agree with me, I'm just pleading that you keep your mind open long enough to let the dust settle here before you commit yourself to any conclusions. In the words of Chris Rock from Kevin Smith's Dogma, "Having a belief is fine, I just think its better to have ideas. It's easy to change an idea, changing a belief is tricky."
But hey, at least now we can all conveniently forget about the whole Obama birth certificate madness for a little while.
Rabble Rabble Rabble Rabble!!!
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