What is it with Cindy McCain’s eyes? Everyone’s noticed that there’s something odd about them. Even Katie Couric was caught in an unplugged moment omigodding about how weirded-out she was by Cindy McCain’s mysterious, odd-looking eyes:
“She looks like a husky, those weird blue eyes,” [Couric] said. “Cindy McCain has the most intense blue eyes … They were so intense, I couldn’t stop staring at her. She must have thought I was weird.”
To anyone who has ever enjoyed the opium poppy plant’s many wonderful by-products–Vicodin, Percocet, heroin, morphine, methadone, Codeine cough syrup, or just plain opium to name a few–Cindy McCain’s “weird blue eyes” are about as much of a dead giveaway about her real condition as, say, the folds in Trig Palin’s down-turned eyes are a giveaway about his Down Syndrome.
The clue to solving this mystery lies in Cindy McCain’s pupils, which always, under any light and in every photo, have a “pin-pointed” quality to them. Her tiny pin-point pupils make her eyes seem so freakishly pale and vampiric–which sorta remind one of the eyes that heroin-bard Lou Reed crooned over in his smack-ballad “Pale Blue Eyes.”
According to the site drugrecognition.com :
Narcotic drugs like heroin produce pin-pointed pupils that are very easy to recognize once effective training has been accomplished.
The scariest thing about John McCain's running mate isn't how unqualified she is -- it's what her candidacy says about America.
AN EXCERPT:
The defining moment for me came shortly after Palin and her family stepped down from the stage to uproarious applause, looking happy enough to throw a whole library full of books into a sewer. In the crush to exit the stadium, a middle-aged woman wearing a cowboy hat, a red-white-and-blue shirt and an obvious eye job gushed to a male colleague they were both wearing badges identifying them as members of the Colorado delegation at the Xcel gates.
"She totally reminds me of my cousin!" the delegate screeched. "She's a real woman! The real thing!"
I stared at her open-mouthed. In that moment, the rank cynicism of the whole sorry deal was laid bare. Here's the thing about Americans. You can send their kids off by the thousands to get their balls blown off in foreign lands for no reason at all, saddle them with billions in debt year after congressional year while they spend their winters cheerfully watching game shows and football, pull the rug out from under their mortgages, and leave them living off their credit cards and their Wal-Mart salaries while you move their jobs to China and Bangalore.
And none of it matters, so long as you remember a few months before Election Day to offer them a two-bit caricature culled from some cutting-room-floor episode of Roseanne as part of your presidential ticket. And if she's a good enough likeness of a loudmouthed middle-American archetype, as Sarah Palin is, John Q. Public will drop his giant-size bag of Doritos in gratitude, wipe the Sizzlin' Picante dust from his lips and rush to the booth to vote for her. Not because it makes sense, or because it has a chance of improving his life or anyone else's, but simply because it appeals to the low-humming narcissism that substitutes for his personality, because the image on TV reminds him of the mean, brainless slob he sees in the mirror every morning.
Sarah Palin is a symbol of everything that is wrong with the modern United States. As a representative of our political system, she's a new low in reptilian villainy, the ultimate cynical masterwork of puppeteers like Karl Rove. But more than that, she is a horrifying symbol of how little we ask for in return for the total surrender of our political power.
Not only is Sarah Palin a fraud, she's the tawdriest, most half-assed fraud imaginable, 20 floors below the lowest common denominator, a character too dumb even for daytime TV -and this country is going to eat her up, cheering her every step of the way. All because most Americans no longer have the energy to do anything but lie back and allow ourselves to be jacked off by the calculating thieves who run this grasping consumer paradise we call a nation.
I was perusing the myspace page of a transvestite who has one album called Naughty Housewife. I gagged at the fantasy of dressing up as a maid and kissing a skull. But whatever turns ya on and Hallowe'en is right around the corner!
Another nutty queen on myspace has these pictures up. I must say, that as off as this seems, it kind of reminds me of myself when I was young and crazy (and skinny).
But this new myspace friend REALLY takes the cake! I didn't know that there was a house of Aviance in Milan, but apparently there is a representative there, and they are turnng out some incredible crocheted fashions. Like these pix below. Check out more of Aldo Lanzini DeAgostini D'Aviance's intricate handiwork at http://www.myspace.com/aldolanzini. Here are a few of my fav's--it's like a cross between classic Missoni knitwear and Sigmund The Sea Monster!
BULENT'S COURT LOOK INCLUDED "GOLDEN GEM-STUDDED SANDALS AND MATCHING ACCESSORIES".
Turkish singer defiant in court
Bulent Ersoy said she had the right to express her thoughts freely A popular Turkish singer has defended public statements that Turkey's long conflict with Kurdish rebels needs a solution - not more deaths.
Bulent Ersoy made her comments at a court hearing in Istanbul, after being charged with attempting to turn the public against military service.
The transsexual singer also suggested that if she had a son she would not send him to fight. If found guilty, she faces up to four-and-a-half years in prison.
Ms Ersoy made her comments about Turkey's powerful military on television last February. The Turkish army was conducting a major operation against the rebel Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) in northern Iraq at the time.
Some 40,000 people have died since the conflict with the PKK began in 1984.
Defiant stance
Ms Ersoy arrived at court in her usual, flamboyant style - dressed in white flowing linen, golden gem-studded sandals and matching accessories, says the BBC's Sarah Rainsford, who was present at the trial.
I'll admit that I'd never heard of Bulent, but did a google search and was surprised to learn that she was considered Turkey's #1 diva who sings classical Ottoman music. Her exquisite make-up in this shot makes her look more like a disco diva.
HERE'S AN AFTER/BEFORE THE SEX CHANGE SHOT
LOVE THIS HAIR!
THEN SHE SORT OF WENT ON A CHER SURGERY ROUTE.
WITH A LITTLE PETE BURNS THROWN IN
AND FINALLY THE MERCILESS MUG SHOT. I GUESS THERE IS NO SHORTAGE OF SILICONE IN TURKEY!
BUT IS MCCAIN CONCEALING HOW HIS OWN HEALTH PROBLEMS?
VIA HUFFPO:
John McCain, like everyone else, will die someday.
Unlike the rest of us, however, he could die in the White House, where he would be 80 at the end of two terms. So it’s rather surprising that as the general election hits the homestretch, the McCain campaign has effectively squashed efforts by journalists, medical experts and the political class to fully examine his medical records.
The most recent review of McCain’s records cannot be described as independent or thorough. In May, the campaign gave a limited group of reporters only three hours to review thousands of documents. Aside from the time limit, the selected reporters were “ensconced” in a cone of silence, as CNN reported. The campaign banned the use of cell phones or e-mail for journalists, who might have consulted with experts while assessing the medical information. It’s not clear why so many news outlets consented to such terms.
I don't know about you, but I find this bail-out to be extremely confusing. A renter, I barely know what a sub-prime mortgage is and a credit crunch doesn't really affect me because I got credit cards late in life and have been careful not to amass debt. I am not buying a house or car or anything I'd need a loan for anytime soon. Drag queens don't get 401k's. The liberal talk-show hosts are claiming that this crisis doesn't exist. Michael Moore seems to agree. I certainly find it bizarre that a the CEO of the recently tanked financial institution Washington Mutual paid it's CEO something like $14 million in severance pay and he's been working there less than half a month. A million per day and we're being asked to pay for t?
BY MICHAEL MOORE:
The Rich Are Staging a Coup This Morning ...a message from Michael Moore
Let me cut to the chase. The biggest robbery in the history of this country is taking place as you read this. Though no guns are being used, 300 million hostages are being taken. Make no mistake about it: After stealing a half trillion dollars to line the pockets of their war-profiteering backers for the past five years, after lining the pockets of their fellow oilmen to the tune of over a hundred billion dollars in just the last two years, Bush and his cronies -- who must soon vacate the White House -- are looting the U.S. Treasury of every dollar they can grab. They are swiping as much of the silverware as they can on their way out the door.
No matter what they say, no matter how many scare words they use, they are up to their old tricks of creating fear and confusion in order to make and keep themselves and the upper one percent filthy rich. Just read the first four paragraphs of the lead story in last Monday's New York Times and you can see what the real deal is:
"Even as policy makers worked on details of a $700 billion bailout of the financial industry, Wall Street began looking for ways to profit from it.
"Financial firms were lobbying to have all manner of troubled investments covered, not just those related to mortgages.
"At the same time, investment firms were jockeying to oversee all the assets that Treasury plans to take off the books of financial institutions, a role that could earn them hundreds of millions of dollars a year in fees.
"Nobody wants to be left out of Treasury's proposal to buy up bad assets of financial institutions." Unbelievable. Wall Street and its backers created this mess and now they are going to clean up like bandits. Even Rudy Giuliani is lobbying for his firm to be hired (and paid) to "consult" in the bailout.
The problem is, nobody truly knows what this "collapse" is all about. Even Treasury Secretary Paulson admitted he doesn't know the exact amount that is needed (he just picked the $700 billion number out of his head!). The head of the congressional budget office said he can't figure it out nor can he explain it to anyone.
And yet, they are screeching about how the end is near! Panic! Recession! The Great Depression! Y2K! Bird flu! Killer bees! We must pass the bailout bill today!! The sky is falling! The sky is falling!
Falling for whom? NOTHING in this "bailout" package will lower the price of the gas you have to put in your car to get to work. NOTHING in this bill will protect you from losing your home. NOTHING in this bill will give you health insurance.
Health insurance? Mike, why are you bringing this up? What's this got to do with the Wall Street collapse?
It has everything to do with it. This so-called "collapse" was triggered by the massive defaulting and foreclosures going on with people's home mortgages. Do you know why so many Americans are losing their homes? To hear the Republicans describe it, it's because too many working class idiots were given mortgages that they really couldn't afford. Here's the truth: The number one cause of people declaring bankruptcy is because of medical bills. Let me state this simply: If we had had universal health coverage, this mortgage "crisis" may never have happened.
This bailout's mission is to protect the obscene amount of wealth that has been accumulated in the last eight years. It's to protect the top shareholders who own and control corporate America. It's to make sure their yachts and mansions and "way of life" go uninterrupted while the rest of America suffers and struggles to pay the bills. Let the rich suffer for once. Let them pay for the bailout. We are spending 400 million dollars a day on the war in Iraq. Let them end the war immediately and save us all another half-trillion dollars!
I have to stop writing this and you have to stop reading it. They are staging a financial coup this morning in our country. They are hoping Congress will act fast before they stop to think, before we have a chance to stop them ourselves. So stop reading this and do something -- NOW! Here's what you can do immediately:
1. Call or e-mail Senator Obama. Tell him he does not need to be sitting there trying to help prop up Bush and Cheney and the mess they've made. Tell him we know he has the smarts to slow this thing down and figure out what's the best route to take. Tell him the rich have to pay for whatever help is offered. Use the leverage we have now to insist on a moratorium on home foreclosures, to insist on a move to universal health coverage, and tell him that we the people need to be in charge of the economic decisions that affect our lives, not the barons of Wall Street.
2. Take to the streets. Participate in one of the hundreds of quickly-called demonstrations that are taking place all over the country (especially those near Wall Street and DC).
3. Call your Representative in Congress and your Senators. (click here to find their phone numbers). Tell them what you told Senator Obama.
When you screw up in life, there is hell to pay. Each and every one of you reading this knows that basic lesson and has paid the consequences of your actions at some point. In this great democracy, we cannot let there be one set of rules for the vast majority of hard-working citizens, and another set of rules for the elite, who, when they screw up, are handed one more gift on a silver platter. No more! Not again!
Yours, Michael Moore MMFlint@aol.com MichaelMoore.com
P.S. Having read further the details of this bailout bill, you need to know you are being lied to. They talk about how they will prevent golden parachutes. It says NOTHING about what these executives and fat cats will make in SALARY. According to Rep. Brad Sherman of California, these top managers will continue to receive million-dollar-a-month paychecks under this new bill. There is no direct ownership given to the American people for the money being handed over. Foreign banks and investors will be allowed to receive billion-dollar handouts. A large chunk of this $700 billion is going to be given directly to Chinese and Middle Eastern banks. There is NO guarantee of ever seeing that money again.
P.P.S. From talking to people I know in DC, they say the reason so many Dems are behind this is because Wall Street this weekend put a gun to their heads and said either turn over the $700 billion or the first thing we'll start blowing up are the pension funds and 401(k)s of your middle class constituents. The Dems are scared they may make good on their threat. But this is not the time to back down or act like the typical Democrat we have witnessed for the last eight years. The Dems handed a stolen election over to Bush. The Dems gave Bush the votes he needed to invade a sovereign country. Once they took over Congress in 2007, they refused to pull the plug on the war. And now they have been cowered into being accomplices in the crime of the century. You have to call them now and say "NO!" If we let them do this, just imagine how hard it will be to get anything good done when President Obama is in the White House. THESE DEMOCRATS ARE ONLY AS STRONG AS THE BACKBONE WE GIVE THEM. CALL CONGRESS NOW.
SACHA BARON COHEN, DOLLED UP AS HIS CLUELESS GERMAN FASHION VICTIM CHARACTER HOPS ONTO THE RUNWAY CAUSING CHAOS ON THE CATWALK IN A COMPLETELY RETARDED LOOK. I HOPE THIS CHARACTER GETS IT'S OWN FEATURE FILM!
FOUNTAIN, Colo. -- Police in Fountain, Colo., said a teen tried to hire hit men to kill his mother so he could get money to pay for his girlfriend's breast implants. Police said the teen planned to sell his mother's car and use her bank account. Authorities said the mother was attacked with a small wooden baseball bat at her home Thursday but escaped.
Deputy Police Chief Mike Barnett says 18-year-old Nikita Lee Weis was arrested on suspicion of conspiracy to commit first-degree murder.
Also arrested on the same charge were his girlfriend, 21-year-old Sophia Nicole Alsept, and the two men he allegedly hired. They are identified as 18-year-old Juan Antonio Velez Gonzalez and 19-year-old Brandon Michael Soroka. All are being held on $50,000 bail.
And drag star Sweetie is playing one of the house mothers. Here's the press release from the playwright about the special red carpet night, though it runs for a while if you can't attend the gala opening.
To the fairest houses of them all:
My name is Tarell Alvin McCraney. I'm a 27 year-old playwright from Miami, FL. From my experiences in and around the drag house scene I created a play that explores that world in the live theater space. The cast is 11 strong and it's being directed by incredible artist Tina Landau at the Vineyard Theatre at 108 E. 15th St. Though fun and exciting, it's fierce to chop kidz for acting the fool and praising them for coming correct in our rehearsals, still we know that this show is well, just rehearsal without an audience and the audience we most surely want to engage, entertain and be enlightened with are those legends stars statements and newcomers whom inspire all the magic that happens on our stage...YOU!
Now, this is top secret so tell EVERYBODY, on October 1st, to honor the Houses and all who have inspired WIG OUT!, the Vineyard Theatre has designed a late night showing of WIG OUT! for the ball children called The Stunt and Show. Though new to this, the Vineyard is trying to pull it by beginning a red carpet Grand March into the theater at 8 PM open to all houses attending and complete with photo ops. The play begins at 9 PM SHARP! This is a one night exclusive event. Seating is limited to 120. Late seating is chopped so you HAVE to be there for the march in.
We have set up a myspace page: (WIGOUT) and a Facebook page that will alert you to info on the special event. We certainly hope you will join us and if you have any questions comments or just shouts you want heard please feel free to respond on our Myspace or Facebook pages. Hope to see you soon!
Respectfully yours,
Tarell Alvin McCraney
WIG OUT! A play for the Kidz
Vineyard Theatre, 108 E.15th St. (at Irving Place) October 1st: Special Event- The Stunt and ShowTicket for Special Event Only: $25 For tickets go to:
Here's an article dissecting tranny-lovin' men, who often consider themselves straight. Or bi. Or confused. (The ones I hook up with seem to be particularly confused after the sex!) I love pre-op stunner Candis Cayne's husband Marco's take on this. I don't remember his exact words, but I saw him in a video interview saying something like "I love the person that is Candis. I've never considered myself gay before, but if loving her makes me gay, then I'll gladly accept that label." Right on!
AN EXCERPT:
Two big, burly construction worker types are leaning against the bar. A bunch of girls parade in front of them, all competing for attention. The guys are clearly enjoying the spectacle and the attention — both of them are regulars, and they have become friends. Just like any guy, they like to chill, drink beer, and talk about chicks. A busty latina walks in, immediately capturing their attention.
"Dude, I was with her last week man, she has like the hottest cock."
Man charged after allegedly passing gas toward cop
SOUTH CHARLESTON, W.Va. - A West Virginia man has been charged with battery on a police officer for allegedly passing gas toward a patrolman. Jose Cruz, 34, of Clarksburg was also charged with driving under the influence, driving without headlights and two counts of obstruction.
Cruz was pulled over by South Charleston police Tuesday for driving without headlights. After failing field sobriety tests, Cruz was taken to the station for a breathalyzer test.
The criminal complaint says that as a patrolman was preparing the machine, Cruz scooted his chair over, lifted his leg, passed gas and fanned it toward the officer.
Cruz was also allegedly very uncooperative during the entire arrest process.
Cruz admits passing gas, but said it wasn't aimed at the officer. He also denies being drunk and uncooperative.
TABBOO! (AKA STEPHEN TASHJIAN) IS ONE OF THE FINEST PAINTERS ALIVE! DO NOT MISS!
Sunday, Sept 28th
Participant Gallery presents the opening of its new exhibit "THE NIGHTINGALE" Featuring artwork by Tabboo!
The opening includes a short play—a drag extravaganza based on Hans Christian Anderson's classic 1844 tale set in the decadent court of Royal China. With Tabboo!, Agosto Machado, Brandon Olson, Jun Nakaya, Linda Simpson and many others.
Opening from 7 to 9pm. Performance at 8pm.
BUNNY NOTE: I met Agosto Machado through Ethyl Eichelberger, in whose plays he often appeared. I appeared in a couple myself! Not only is Agosto unbelievably sweet, he's one of those performers who undeniably has "it". Lots of "it." I actually found him on youtube being interviewed about the East Village in the days of Jackie Curtis! What a treat!
253 East Houston St between Norfolk and Suffolk Sts
(The exhibit runs through November 2nd. There is another performance of the play on Oct 12th at 7pm.)
THIS WAS AN EMAIL FORWARD AND I DIDN'T VERIFY IT ON SNOPES.COM, BUT BETTER SAFE THAN SORRY!
Please, please, please advise everyone you know that they absolutely can NOT go to the polls wearing any Obama (or whoever you are voting for) shirts, pins, hats, etc. It is AGAINST THE LAW and will be grounds to have the polling officials to turn you away. This is considered campaigning and no one can campaign within X amount of feet of the polls. They are banking on us being overly excited and not being aware of this long standing law that you can bet will be ENFORCED THIS YEAR!!!!!
They are banking that if you are turned away, you will not go home and change your clothes and return to the polls to vote. Please just don't wear ANY gear of any sorts to the polls! Please share this information with as many people as you can. If you are already aware of this, please don't take it as insulting your intelligence.
Just for the record, I asked an intern to go back and double fact-check the twelve documented lies that Sarah Palin has told on the public record. These are not hyperbolic claims or rhetorical excess. They are assertions of fact that are demonstrably untrue and remain uncorrected. Every single one of the lies I documented holds up after several news cycles have had a chance to vet them even further.
I know the MSM demands that we move on from the fact that someone who could be president next January has a list of public lies so extensive and indisputable that the McCain campaign has still not been able to rebut or even address any one of them, while fencing her off from the press and refusing to hold a press conference to clear the air on so many murky questions of fact that get to the core of whether this person is fit to be vice-president or president.
So for the record, let it be known that the candidate for vice-president for the GOP is a compulsive, repetitive, demonstrable liar. If you follow the links, here is the proof. I repeat: proof:
- She has lied about the Bridge To Nowhere. She ran for office favoring it, wore a sweatshirt defending it, and only gave it up when the federal congress, Senator McCain in particular, went ballistic. She kept the money anyway and favors funding Don Young's Way, at twice the cost of the original bridge.
- She has lied about her firing of the town librarian and police chief of Wasilla, Alaska.
- She has lied about pressure on Alaska's public safety commissioner to fire her ex-brother-in-law.
- She has lied about her previous statements on climate change.
- She has lied about Alaska's contribution to America's oil and gas production.
- She has lied about when she asked her daughters for their permission for her to run for vice-president.
- She has lied about the actual progress in constructing a natural gas pipeline from Alaska.
- She has lied about Obama's position on habeas corpus.
- She has lied about her alleged tolerance of homosexuality.
- She has lied about the use or non-use of a TelePrompter at the St Paul convention.
- She has lied about her alleged pay-cut as mayor of Wasilla. - She has lied about what Alaska's state scientists concluded about the health of the polar bear population in Alaska.
Possible mother-daughter team steal wig, hair extensions from Fort Worth store 10:52 AM CT
By BRYAN SHETTIG / The Dallas Morning News
A Fort Worth wig store owner was grabbed by the throat and shoved against a wall when he confronted a woman who was shoplifting with another woman who may have been her daughter.
Three woman entered Wigs and Beauty Supply in the 5700 block of Lovell Avenue on Monday afternoon, Fort Worth police said. One woman went to the back of the store and another woman served as a lookout at the front. A third woman walked along the wig aisles.
The 47-year-old store owner watched the third woman take items off the shelf and put them in a tan bag, police said. When the owner confronted the woman, she opened her bag to reveal hair extensions and a wig worth about $40.
When he told her to put the items back, she grabbed him by the throat and pushed him against a wall. She reached into her waistband as if she had a weapon, police said.
One of the other women yelled, "Mom, let's go!"
All three women fled into a waiting minivan with two men in the front seat. No one was seriously hurt.
Lady Esther Gyn sent something pro-Obama to her mom from my blog. She, in turn, forwarded it to a co-worker who is republican. Even though I doubt if many of my blog-readers feel this way or possibly are even aware that someone who could hold down a job could feel this way, here's what the co-worker wrote back to Lady Esther Gyn's mom:
Please do not send me anything that pertains to Obama. He’s anti-american – he hates America. He’s Muslim. His campaign funds are from Saudi Arabia.
He attended at church for 20 years with the preacher stating God bless America? I say God damn America! And that Jews are satan. When the public found out about this pastor he had him fired. And Rev. Wright said (the pastor) do not believe anything Obama says because he’s only saying what you want to hear. They were best of friends for 20 years and many of his close friends are either terrorists or crime lords. DO RESEARCH!!!! He’s doing what Hitler did mass hypnosis. OBAMA WON’T EVEN SAY THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGENCE!!! So, please so not send me anything pertaining to Obama! Open you eyes! You’re blind and foolish. I’ve done my research.
Christ, the bitch can't even spell! "Open you eyes"? "ALLEGENCE"? But this is America, and if you were hesitating a little bit before forwarding that political email, signing that petition or making that Obama contribution, this is the type of dunce that we are up against. And I for one, will truly hate myself if I haven't done everything in my power to help Obama win.
With America facing historic debt, multiple war fronts, stumbling health care, a weakened dollar, all-time high prison population, skyrocketing Federal spending, mortgage crises, bank foreclosures, etc. etc., this is an unusually critical election year.
Let's look at the educational background of the candidates and see what they bring to the job:
Obama: Occidental College - Two years. Columbia University - B.A. political science with a specialization in international relations. Harvard - Juris Doctor (J.D.) Magna Cum Laude
& Biden: University of Delaware - B.A. in history and B.A. in political science. Syracuse University College of Law - Juris Doctor (J.D.)
vs.
McCain: United States Naval Academy - Class rank 894 out of 899 (meaning that, like George Bush, McCain was at the bottom of his class)
Palin: Hawaii Pacific University - 1 semester North Idaho College - 2 semesters - general study University of Idaho - 2 semesters - journalism Matanuska-Susitna College - 1 semester University of Idaho - 3 semesters - B.A. in journalism
Well. guess what? You are the boss. THEY WORK FOR YOU! Now, which team are you going to hire to lead the most influential nation in the world?
Please send this information to your friends and colleagues who vote!
This is more like whale pout! And just as a little sisterly tip, if you are shading your chins in order to look slimmer, try not to wear glittering rhinestone chokers which cast a mirror ball-like twinkle on the chin you are trying to hide!
I never knew he had a disco album from 1977! All the tracks are listenable and downloadable--if you dare. The mindless ad libs remind me of Flotilla Debarge!
>> I'm a little confused. Let me see if I have this straight..... >> >> * If you grow up in Hawaii, raised by your grandparents, you're 'exotic, >> different.'
>> * Grow up in Alaska eating mooseburgers, a quintessential American story. >> >> * If your name is Barack you're a radical, unpatriotic Muslim.
>> * Name your kids Willow, Trig and Track, you're a maverick. >> >> * Graduate from Harvard law School and you are unstable.
>> * Attend 5 different small colleges before graduating, you're well-grounded. >> >> * If you spend 3 years as a brilliant community organizer, become the first >> black President of the Harvard Law Review, create a voter registration drive >> that registers 150,000 new voters, spend 12 years as a Constitutional Law >> professor, spend 8 years as a State Senator representing a district with over >> 750,000 people, become chairman of the state Senate's Health and Human >> Services committee, spend 2 years in the United States Senate representing a >> state of 13 million people while sponsoring 131 bills and serving on the >> Foreign Affairs, Environment and Public Works and Veteran's Affairs >> committees, you don't have any real leadership experience.
>> * If your total resume is: local weather girl, 4 years on the city council >> and 6 years as the mayor of a town with less than 7,000 people, 20 months as >> the governor of a state with only 650,000 people, then you're qualified to >> become the country's second highest ranking executive. >> >> * If you have been married to the same woman for 19 years while raising 2 >> daughters, all within Protestant churches, you're not a real Christian.
>> * If you cheated on your first wife with a rich heiress, and left your broken >> and disfigured wife and married the heiress the next month, you're a >> Christian. >> >> * If you teach responsible, age appropriate sex education, including the >> proper use of birth control, you are eroding the fiber of society.
>> * If, while governor, you staunchly adv ocate abstinence only, with no other >> option in sex education in your state's school system while your unwed teen >> daughter ends up pregnant, you're very responsible. >> >> * If your wife is a Harvard graduate lawyer who gave up a position in a >> prestigious law firm to work for the betterment of her inner city community, >> then gave that up to raise a family, your family's values don't represent >> America's.
>> * If you're husband is nicknamed 'First Dude', with at least one DWI >> conviction and no college education, who didn't register to vote until age 25 >> and once was a member of a group that advocated the secession of Alaska from >> the USA, your family is extremely admirable. >> >> OK, much clearer now.
*This is too true to be funny.* * ** The next time you hear a politician use the word 'billion' in a casual manner, think about* *whether you want the 'politicians' spending YOUR tax money.* * A billion is a difficult number to comprehend, but one advertising agency did a good job of putting that figure into some perspective in one of it's releases.* * ** A .* *A billion seconds ago it was 1959.* * ** B.* *A billion minutes ago Jesus was alive.* * ** C.* *A billion hours ago our ancestors were* * living in the Stone Age.* * ** D.* *A billion days ago no-one walked on the earth on two feet.* * ** E. * *A billion dollars ago was only 8 hours and* *20 minutes, at the rate our government* *is spending it.*
*While this thought is still fresh in our brain...* *let's take a look at New Orleans ...* *It's amazing what you can learn with some simple division.*
* **Louisiana Senator,* *Mary** Landrieu** (D) * *is presently asking** **Congress** **for **250** BILLION DOLLARS* *to rebuild New Orleans . Interesting number...* *what does it mean?* * ** A.* *Well... if you are one of the 484,674 residents of New Orleans (every man, woman, and child) you* *each get **$516,528.** ** B.* *Or... if you have one of the 188,251 homes in New Orleans , your home gets* * $1,329,787.* * ** C.* *Or... if you are a family of four...* *your family* *gets **$2,066,012.* * Washington , D.** **C *
*< **HELLO!** **>*
*Are all your calculators broken??* * Accounts Receivable Tax* * Building Permit Tax* * CDL License Tax* * Cigarette Tax* * Corporate Income Tax* * Dog License Tax* * Federal Income Tax Federal Unemployment Tax (FUTA) Fishing License Tax Food License Tax Fuel Permit Tax Gasoline Tax Hunting License Tax Inheritance Tax Inventory Tax IRS Interest Charges (tax on top of tax) IRS Penalties (tax on top of tax) Liquor Tax Luxury Tax Marriage License Tax Medicare Tax Real Estate Tax Service charge taxes Social Security Tax Road Usage Tax (Truckers) Sales Taxes Recreational Vehicle Tax School Tax State Income Tax State Unemployment Tax (SUTA) Telephone Federal Excise Tax Telephone Federal Universal Service Fee Tax Telephone Federal, State and Local Surcharge Tax Telephone Minimum Usage Surcharge Tax Telephone Recurring and Non-recurring Charges Tax Telephone State and Local Tax Telephone Usage Charge** **Tax Utility Tax Vehicle License Registration Tax Vehicle Sales Tax Watercraft Registration Tax Well Permit Tax Workers Compensation Tax ** ** STILL THINK THIS IS FUNNY?* * Not one of these taxes existed 100 years ago.. and our nation was the most prosperous in the world.* * We had absolutely no national debt... * *We had the largest middle class in the world... *
In a place known as Whoville the folks got distraught When Horton the elephant said what he thought. “The oddest of oddities isn’t as odd As people believing that there is a god.”
The Who Jews and Muslims and Hindus and Buddhists The Who Vegetarians, Wiccans, and Nudists, The Who Presbyterians, Baptists, New Agers: All spread the sad news on their cell phones and pagers.
A Who Evangelical fell to his knees And he said, “Oh no, Horton! I beg of you, please! We always have liked you. We all think you’re swell, And we can’t stand the thought that you’re headed to hell!”
But Horton just laughed and he wiggled his trunk. The bible to him was a big bunch of bunk. He meant what he said and he said what he meant, “Religion is silly a hundred percent.”
The Who Evangelical let out a snort in A very snide way most insulting to Horton. “You say you’re an atheist? Here’s what we’ll do — We all know that atheists are anti-Who —
We’ll drive you from Whoville; we’ll send you away. Or else we will force you to worship and pray. A person’s a person, no matter how small But an atheist isn’t a person at all!”
But Horton just laughed once again even louder And told all the Whos he would not take a powder, Nor worship some stupid nonsensical being That no one was hearing and no one was seeing.
“I will not be threatened,” he said. “It’s not funny. I won't trust your god with my flag or my money! I will not allow him to influence science. An elephant thrives on his own self-reliance!”
The Who Evangelical said, “My dear chap, sure You think you’re so smart, but just wait till the rapture.” The anti-Christ’s coming and then you will find, That your friends are in heaven but you’re left behind.
“We cannot allow that to happen to you, Because, after all, Jesus loves ev’ry Who. You must accept God for the good of us all. A person’s a person no matter how small.
“And though you’re no Who (you are just a big elephant), God loves you, too. What you are is irrelevant. He can destroy us if someone’s defiant. A sinner’s a sinner no matter how giant!”
The Whos approached Horton, began to surround him. If some of the Whos had their way, they’d have drowned him. Some others thought maybe they might build a fire. And stoning was mentioned among the Who choir.
But Horton was huge and avoided the crunch of them, Picked up his foot, and he stepped on a bunch of them, Hoped the survivors would give up their mission, So here’s what he told them about superstition:
“The oddest of oddities isn’t as odd As people believing that there is a god. There isn’t a heaven, or hell you should dread. A person’s a person — unless he is dead.”
IN THE FORM OF DRAG/ASIAN-THEMED RESTAURANT LUCKY CHENG'S! Expect all the usual she-nanigans, including the fantastic performer H.R.H. PRINCESS DIANDRA, below.
DID YOU HEAR ABOUT THIS HISTORY-MAKING RALLY ON THE NEWS? NO? ME EITHER. I WONDER IF THAT HAS ANYTHING TO DO WITH THE FACT THAT YOU RARELY HEAR THAT THE IRAQ WAR/MILITARY OCCUPATION IS BEING WAGED FOR OIL? HOW ARE NEWS CHANNELS GOING TO SPEAK THE TRUTH ABOUT OIL WHEN THERE'S AN OIL COMPANY'S ADVERTISEMENT IN EVERY COMMERCIAL BREAK? WELL, TV NEWS ISN'T AS LIKELY TO SPEAK OUT AGAINST A REPUBLICAN ADMINISTRATION OR CANDIDATE WHO SUPPORTS BIG BUSINESS OVER THE RIGHTS OF INDIVIDUALS BECAUSE THE NEWS CHANNELS ARE BIG BUSINESSES THEMSELVES OR OWNED BY IT.
Don't you see that it's all part of the same dirty game? Why are children playing with poisoned toys from China? Why are we eating tainted food? Why are medicines approved by the FDA only to be recalled as dangerous? Why are mortgage companies, insurance companies and the credit industry able to swindle us so easily? Why are gas prices soaring? BECAUSE THESE INDUSTRIES GIVE MONEY TO POLITICIANS, both republican and democrat.
And which candidate has the message TAKE THE POWER AWAY FROM CORPORATE INTERESTS AND RETURN THE POWER TO THE PEOPLE?
HERE ARE A COUPLE EXCERPTS FROM THE A RECENT ARTICLE FROM THE INDEPENDENT ENTITLED:
The National Organiastion for Women has decided endorse Barack Obama and Joe Biden's bid for power, snubbing Republican VP candidate Sarah Palin
America's largest women's rights organisation delivered a snub to Sarah Palin's history-making candidacy yesterday by endorsing Barack Obama and Joe Biden's bid for power.
The National Organisation for Women (NOW) is 500,000 strong and hugely influential. The feminist organisation almost never supports a presidential candidate, but the Alaska governor's Christian fundamentalist faith and her opposition to abortion rights has forced its hand.
Other women's rights organisations are also campaigning against Governor Palin, pushed along by a spontaneous anti-Palin movement among women.
In Alaska at the weekend, a Welcome Home rally for Mrs Palin was dwarfed by a demonstration organised by Alaska Women Reject Palin, which was held on the lawn of a downtown Anchorage library.
NOW's decision to back Senator Obama when a woman is within striking distance of becoming elected is a bold step for the group and a setback for John McCain's hopes of luring the millions of women who supported Hillary Clinton in the Democratic primaries.
"The addition of Sarah Palin gave us a new sense of urgency," Kim Gandy, the head of NOW, told National Public Radio. "She is being portrayed as a supporter of women's rights... as a feminist when in fact her positions on so many of the issues are really anathema to ours.
"A lot of women think it's a great thing for a woman to be running for vice-president," she continued, "but they are completely dismayed when they find out her positions. The idea that she opposes abortion even in cases of rape and incest – those kinds of positions are completely out of step with American women and once they find out about those positions, they get a little less excited."
AND HERE IS AN EMAIL FORWARD (WHICH I CAN'T VERIFY THE VALIDITY OF) OF SOMEONE WHO CLAIMED TO ATTEND THAT ANTI-PALIN RALLY. It and the photos and video below are from MUDFLATS.
The Alaska Women Reject Palin rally was to be held outside on the lawn in front of the Loussac Library in midtown Anchorage . Home made signs were encouraged, and the idea was to make a statement that Sarah Palin does not speak for all Alaska women, or men. I had no idea what to expect.
The rally was organized by a small group of women, talking over coffee. It made me wonder what other things have started with small groups of women talking over coffee. It's probably an impressive list. These women hatched the plan, printed up flyers, posted them around town, and sent notices to local media outlets. One of those media outlets was KBYR radio, home of Eddie Burke, a long-time uber-conservative Anchorage talk show host. Turns out that Eddie Burke not only announced the rally, but called the people who planned to attend the rally "a bunch of socialist baby-killing maggots," and read the home phone numbers of the organizers aloud over the air, urging listeners to call and tell them what they thought. The women, of course, received some nasty, harassing and threatening messages.
I felt a bit apprehensive. I'd been disappointed before by the turnout at other rallies. Basically, in Anchorage , if you can get 25 people to show up at an event, it's a success. So, I thought to myself, if we can actually get 100 people there that aren't sent by Eddie Burke, we'll be doing good. A real statement will have been made. I confess, I still had a mental image of 15 demonstrators surrounded by hundreds of menacing "socialist baby-killing maggot" haters.
It's a good thing I wasn't tailgating when I saw the crowd in front of the library or I would have ended up in somebody's trunk. When I got there, about 20 minutes early, the lin e of sign wavers stretched the full length of the library grounds, along the edge of the road, 6 or 7 people deep! I could hardly find a place to park. I nabbed one of the last spots in the library lot, and as I got out of the car and started walking, people seemed to join in from every direction, carrying signs.
Never, have I seen anything like it in my 17 and a half years living in Anchorage. The organizers had someone walk the rally with a counter, and they clicked off well over 1400 people (not including the 90 counter-demonstrators). This was the biggest political rally ever, in the history of the state. I was absolutely stunned. The second most amazing thing is how many people honked and gave the thumbs up as they drove by. And even those that didn't honk looked wide-eyed and awe-struck at the huge crowd that was growing by the minute. This just doesn't happen here.
Then, the infamous Eddie Burke showed up. He tried to talk to the media, and was instantly surrounded by a group of 20 people who started shouting O-BA-MA so loud he couldn't be heard. Then passing cars started honking in a rhythmic pattern of 3, like the Obama chant, while the crowd cheered, hooted and waved their signs high.
So, if you've been doing the math… Yes. The Alaska Women Reject Palin rally was significantly bigger than Palin's rally that got all the national media coverage! So take heart, sit back, and enjoy the photo gallery. Feel free to spread the pictures around to anyone who needs to know that Sarah Palin most definitely does not speak for all Alaskans. The citizens of Alaska , who know her best, have things to say.
Now I doubt that many people come to this blog to hear experimental hard rock music. But just to change things up a little, if you like your rock hard and you like it twisted, you must check out the myspace page of FARTICUS and give a listen to their song AIDS IN THE PORK BUN.
CHECK OUT MISS ROSS DOING LOVE HANGOVER IN A VEGAS-Y ARRANGEMENT AT TWICE THE SPEED AND THE BACK-UPS DOING ALL THE SINGING! NOT TO MENTION THE FRINGED, SEQUINNED CAFTAN OVER GOLD PANTS!
CHRIST, THIS WOMAN SLAYS ME! JUST FOUND "MISSING YOU" DONE AS A TRIBUTE TO MARVIN GAYE. SUCH A PRETTY SONG!
What an entrance! But this clip is 8 minutes long--just a warning. I'm not that familiar with Richard Pryor's act, but I befriended his son on myspace and he sent me this clip. I wonder if Richard originated this greedy preacher character and it was incorporated into the film CAR WASH or vice versa?
A DART-PLAYING, LOTTERY-WINNING, ONE-LEGGED TRANSSEXUAL? This story has it all. MOVIE PLEASE!
One-legged transsexual darts ace told to hop it Published: 17 Sep 2008
A LADIES darts team claim they were kicked out of a league because one of their players used to be a bloke. Melanie Partlow joined the side two years ago after a sex op transformed her from a married forklift truck driver called Mick.
One-legged Melanie, 57, a double top specialist, became a star and helped win several cups.
But now Colliers B ladies have been axed from the Cheslyn Hay women’s league near Cannock, Staffs.
Officials say it is because team members have used foul and abusive language during matches.
But the players believe it is because opponents have complained about Melanie.
Captain Leanne Gardiner, 29, said: “They gave us no official reason, but it’s obviously prejudice against Melanie.
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“They said there had been a vote by ten of the 12 teams in the league and they didn’t want us in it.
“Melanie is feeling awful as it’s pretty clear that it’s down to her.
“The other players often ignored her, but nothing was said to her face.
“We’re all behind Melanie - it’s disgusting what’s happened.”
Transsexual Melanie, from Cannock, had her sex-change op in Thailand after she and her then-wife Sue won £250,000 on the lottery — a story revealed by The Sun two years ago.
The redhead, who lost part of a leg after an illness, said joining the darts team was the only thing that kept her from a complete breakdown during bouts of depression.
She said: “They all know about me and I answer every question they ask, including the one most people are scared to ask.
“Most women are OK with me, but some refuse to shake my hand and won’t touch me.
“It’s daft because I feel as much of a woman as they are.”
A league spokesman said: “Some women do find her a bit off-putting, but it is the team’s language that was the problem.”
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"What's wrong with a miniskirt? You can cause an accident because some of our people are weak mentally," - Nsaba Buturo, Uganda's Minister for Ethics and Integrity.
Don't stop til your nose falls off
Jacko's behaviour finally explained - possibly
It's five years since US authorities started investigating Michael Jackson for child abuse. We hear from someone who worked on the Martin Bashir interview that triggered it that Jacko forgot to take his mike of when going to the bathroom. The TV crew were treated to loud sounds of sniffing. Cue the touchy-feely talkativeness which got him into that mess. Was a chemical lift in the cubicle to blame? (Not to mention the nose which regularly falls off...?)
(BUNNY NOTE: I find this MJ dirt to be unlikely--he's never given off a coke-y vibe and his nose problems are more likely to be cause by repeated surgery.)
News from the Space-Waiter this week:
* David Beckham - his clothes, shoes and papers are always neatly, but a bit obsessively arranged. He likes black tea with 4 sugars.
* Mariah Carey is really sweet. She walks to the toilet barefoot on tip toes. ("We think she changes into her invisible in-flight high heels").
Ru is scheduled to appear in Columbia, South Carolina's gay pride festivites soon and it has one christian website hoppin' mad at the antics of the drag queen at "Sodomite Pride".
$10,000 Taxpayer Dollars given to SC Sodomite "Pride" 2008 Event by Columbia (SC) City Council Anti-Christian, Socialist Columbia Mayor and City Council gave $10,000 of public "Hospitality Tax" funds to Sodomites -the SC Pride Movement plans to use much of this money to pay Drag Queen performer/entertainer "RuPaul" - Mayor Cobleand Columbia City Council are spending taxpayer dollars that will be used to help fund a Drag Queen performance !!! Mayor Coble and City Council should be IMPEACHED !!! What an immoral use and waste of public funds !!!
Repeating their wickedness of 2007, pro-sodomite Mayor Bob Coble and the Columbia City Council have, as previouslyreported *** once again welcomed and endorsed the SC Sodomite "Pride" [Shame !] Event for 2008:
Though I regularly blast them, I will credit CNN for covering an interesting story last night about Sarah Palin's record as mayor of Wasilla and Alaska last night. I think it's very telling about how inept she is for mayor of a small town, much less the 2nd most powerful person on earth.
Sarah wanted to build sports stadium and raised local sales taxes by 25% in order to fund the complex. It wasn't an overly popular development, since it's funding only passed by 20 votes. But building began, even though the land on which it was being erected did not completely belong to Wasilla. Wasilla had actually lost the bid on the property to a Gary Lundgren, who naturally insisted that the town purchase the land from him. Sarah sued and lost. Naturally, Lundren had Wasilla over a barrel since they had foolishly started building on land they didn't own! By the time the negotiations had ended, the bill for the land had jumped from $145,000 to $1,500,000! Now doesn't that sound like a smart businesswoman with good judgement and her town's interests at heart? Although it is not clear that this occurred while Palin was still mayor, at one point Lundgren offered to give them some of the land if they would simply stop suing. Even though Wasilla was clearly in the wrong and were forced to pay not only whatever price Lundgren asked for the land, but also his all of his legal legal fees.
All this for Sarah's pet project, a sports complex. She's raising taxes by 25% and running as a fiscal conservative? SHE IS A POSSESSED MONSTER MASQUERADING AS A CHRISTIAN HOCKY MOM!
Non-smoking laws were flouted and fashion turned into a peepshow during a provocative spectacle that left the audience stunned.
Fashion designer Lucie Boshier's show for Air New Zealand Fashion Week yesterday had models writhing on stage and provocatively touching their bodies, while others smoked cigarettes and tossed fake US$1 notes and gold-wrapped chocolate coins at the audience.
A drag queen, wearing suspenders and fishnet stockings, sat in a chair on the catwalk at the end of the show smoking and said: "Well, what the f. . . were you expecting?" before exiting the stage.
Jill Greenberg did the unthinkable--she used un-airbrushed pix of John McCain for an Atlantic magazine cover and article. Now as a big fan of air-brushing myself, I ordinarily wouldn't wish this on anyone but my worst enemy--but wait--McCain is all of our worst enemy. So if you want to see him as he really looks (she admits that she ups the ghoul factor with underneath lighting), check out GAWKER for more pics and the whole story. Unfortunately, this one wasn't used in the article!
I've been away a lot this summer, and together with some lovely indian summer weather, I really wanted to go out and re-connect with NYC. What better time than Fashion Week. Of course, I have little interest in clothing trends, but it's really more about seeing and being seen for me. As if I could afford any of the clothes anyway. AS IF THEY EVEN MADE THEM IN MY SIZE!
One event had nothing to do with fashion, yet it honored the legendary model Veruschka, a unique supermodel whose beauty has outlived several decades, not to mention seasons! She's in that rare category of one named models like Dovima and Twiggy, and she was lucky to work in one of fashion's most experimental phases which featured the boldest prints, the biggest hair and the lushest false eyelashes: the late 60's. The impossibly glamorous daughter of a Prussian countess and a german count, though she changed her name and claimed to be from Russia to gain an edge, which she needed because tall models weren't yet as "in". According to Wikipedia, she left the fashon industry in 1975 due to disagreements with Grace Mirabella, the newly appointed editor-in-chief of Vogue, who wanted to change her image to make it more approachable to average women." Love it! You'll have me as an exotic or you won't have me at all! Ta ta, fashion!
She also appeared in Antonioni's film BLOW UP, in what Premiere magazine has named "the sexiest scene in film history." In the 80's, she turned to body painting! And I can't tell you how thrilled I was to learn, only within the last week, that the incredible creature once attended Wigstock--that's her below in a flame-red wig with Tabboo!
ANDRE WALKER AND FRIEND WHOSE NAME I SHOULD REMEMBER!
I met designer Andre Walker with friend in the exhibition hall--Andre read my purse!--and we took an elevator up to the gallery space. GASP! It was practically empty. I thought that Verusch must've come and dashed, upset over the low turn-out. But thanks to one of the less surly waiters, we were guided upstairs to the real party, on the rooftop, with massive projections of the honorees famous face and some really groovy light-up, multi-color space-age sculpture/seating. (As if anyone who's old enough to know who Miss V is wants to be lit from underneath for that Groovy Ghoulies effect!)
EXHIBIT CURATOR DAVID WILLS
ALSO SEEN: BARONESS SHERRY VON KORBER BERNSTEIN, SARAH MILES, LARISSA, AND THIS KOOKY FASHIONISTA.
Of course, Veruschka was in the center of the crowd, somewhat laid back, but cheerful, and happy to answer my question "How did you keep this hair up? Wasn't it heavy? I was referring to the heavenly photo below.
She answered "Well, I was laying in the sand." She made an appreciative comment about my own large hairdo and was kind enough to pose with me. She was looking at me during the shot, in a sort of linen cloche. Unfortunately, I was trying to instruct Mauricio Padhilla, the publicist and publisher of Mao magazne, on how to use my camera--so my big mouth was open during the shot! So I cropped myself out and left. The music was 60's, and possibly very clever, but definitely very low energy. I would have played something rockin' from BEYOND THE VALLEY OF THE DOLLS.
MADAME VERUSCHKA--A FASHION LEGEND WHO I WAS MOST HONORED TO MEET!
So I skipped out, greeting Roger Padhilla in the elevator. The glossy Assouline publication came in it's own shopping bag, and was so heavy that you Roger developed instant biceps! I was later told that Veruschka herself didn't have a copy, explaining "I couldn't lift it."
(SORRY, BUT MY CAMERA HAD GONE ONTO SOME GRAINY SETTING.)
I hopped out onto 10th Ave to grab a cab and caught the attention of two latino gents who were waiting to drive some big-wig home. Not my big-wig, but their employer. I demurely thanked them and said no, but when I didn't see an available taxi, I reconsidered their offer. I suppose I'm a fool, but the car looked expensive and both guys were very jolly so I jumped on in! They knew me from the club scene years ago, and we reminisced about everything from The Limelight to mutual friends and co-workers.
It didn't take long to reach my apartment and I gave them each a card. As the guy in the driver's seat got out to open my door for me, the better-looking one reached back and rubbed his hand up my leg towards my crotch and grabbed my (fake) boob. He said "Oh, you've got little tits" in a seductive way, so I didn't really have the heart to tell him that actually I was just fat.
The phone rang half an hour later and it was that sexy driver. I asked him his name and I'll respect his privacy, but let's just say it was something like Gifted. I asked "Do you mean Gifted as in gifted with a big fat puerto rican cock to shove down my throat all the way to the balls?" Not missing a beat he replied "Yeah, while I finger-fuck you and jerk you off at the same time!" What an imagination! Is that even physically possible? He's called back a few times but we have yet to get together. Aaah! Fashion and passion on a hot summer night in NYC!
RUPAUL AND I WILL BE HEADLINING SAVANNAH'S GAY PRIDE FESTIVIES, SO IF YOU'RE IN THAT NECK OF THE WOODS, BRANG IT ON! CLICK HERE FOR MORE INFO. LADY CHABLIS WILL ALSO BE IN TOWN WORKING HER MAGIC AT CLUB ONE.
ALSO THIS WEEK:
BUNNY AT BANA, THE MONTHLY CLUB IN A BATH HOUSE WITH BILLY BEYOND AS DJ
AND SUNDAY, BUNNY WILL HOP OVER TO SPLASH FOR FREE TEA FROM 7:00-11:00. HOPE TO SEE YOU SOMEWHERE THIS WEEKEND!
Thirteen people are dead after a stadium riot was apparently sparked by accusations that a soccer player used witchcraft during a match in Congo, a UN-funded radio station reported Monday.
Most of the dead ranged in age from 11 to 16 and were suffocated in the fracas Sunday in Butembo, in eastern Congo's North Kivu province, Radio Olapi said.
The Nyuki System soccer club was losing to rivals Socozaki when Nyuki's goalkeeper reportedly ran up the pitch chanting "fetishist" spells in an attempt to change the course of the match, Radio Olapi said. The station provided no more details.
Fighting soon broke out between the opposing teams. When a police officer tried to intervene, spectators pelted him with rocks, wounding him on the head, the radio station said.
Police then retaliated by firing tear gas into the crowd, where 13 are believed to have died in the ensuing rush for the exits.
Many Congolese use charms and other objects to practise witchcraft as part of their traditional animist beliefs, Reuters news agency reported.
Dozens of teenagers marched through Butembo's dirt streets Monday in protest and the regional governor visited the hospital.
WHAT WERE THEY PROTESTING? THEIR OWN BELIEF IN WITCHCRAFT?? THE FACT THAT ONE TEAM USED SPELLS? THAT POLICE WERE PELTED WITH ROCKS? THAT POLICE ENFORCE ANTI-SPELL LAWS? THAT THE POLICE USED TEAR GAS RATHER THAN BE INJURED WITH ROCKS? And why do you carry rocks to a stadium anyway? Baffling!
ACCORDING TO THIS BBC ARTICLE, MANY OF THE WITCHES ARE CHILDREN:
ALLEGED CHILD WITCHES
By Mark Dummett BBC, Kinshasa
At a church in Kinshasa the children sat glassy eyed and nervous as they waited to be exorcised by the priest.
One by one they stood up and explained how they became witches, were kicked out of their homes and ended up at the church.
Parents who don't work or who lose their jobs... are looking for a scapegoat.
Ange Bay Bay Nzuzi, an eight-year-old with a sad face, said she was tricked by some class mates.
"They gave me some bread at school. It was poisoned and they came to get it back later." (HUNGH?)
Nzuzi said that when her family slept, she would sneak out to join her friends to fly in the night sky.
When they found out, she joined the growing ranks of children abandoned by their parents in Kinshasa, and accused of witchcraft.
The children rights organisation, Save the Children, estimates that there are more than 20,000 of them.
'New problem'
Although the belief in sorcery is traditional in the Democratic Republic of Congo, as elsewhere in Africa, many people are concerned that children never used to be blamed in such huge numbers.
"It is a new problem, because when we grew up we never saw this problem of children accused of sorcery. It is only since life became bad," said Ange Bay Bay, a children's rights lawyer.
War and misrule make life hard in Kinshasa
When something goes wrong in a family the children are often blamed, she said.
So a child can be accused of sorcery when death, an illness or sudden unemployment strikes the home.
As Kinshasa's economy and infrastructure collapsed in the last decade, as a result of government corruption and war, so the number of children accused of witchcraft exploded.
"Parents who don't work or who lose their jobs because of the economic situation are looking for a scapegoat," Mrs Bay Bay said.
Nabor, for example, who now lives in a home supported by Ange Bay Bay, was blamed, along with his brothers, for the death of his father.
"My dad was ill, he had tuberculosis. And when he died, we were chased away from the house because we were accused of having eaten him," he said.
Song for change
Many of the children suffer appalling treatment from their families and in the churches where they are forced to undergo sometimes painful exorcisms, Mrs Bay Bay explained.
"There are children who are ironed with a clothes iron, there are others who are not given food for a whole week - there are these unbelievable things going on," she said.
We want to educate the whole world that what is going on in our country is not good
A group of former street kids turned musicians are now trying to do something about the situation.
Their band, called La Chytoura, backed by a Unites States NGO Centre Lokole, has released a song and a video to change people's attitudes.
It tells the story of one young boy who is blamed by his parents for his father's unemployment.
When he accidentally kicks over a cooking pot, he is accused of sorcery and thrown onto the streets.
The song, of course, has a happy ending, and the band members hope its story line and catchy rhythm will have an impact on Kinshasa's music-loving and TV-watching public.
"We want to educate the whole world that what is going on in our country is not good," singer Romain Mazamba said.
HERE'S AN EXCERPT FROM ANOTHER ARTICLE FROM WORLDWIDE RELIGIOUS NEWS:
Olivier, a nine-year-old witch, sighs, making a half-chewed, blue plastic crucifix bobble against his tummy. He knows his mother has died, but not why he has been blamed. 'I'm not a sorcerer,' Olivier whispers, his thin skin gleaming with the tell-tale sheen of Aids. 'I didn't cast any spells.'
Three years ago his mother succumbed to the virus marauding through Kinshasa's slums, leaving him an orphan. An uncle took him in, but with five children of his own to feed Olivier's was one mouth too many. Within a week he resorted to another phenomenon raging through Kinshasa's slums, accusing the child of witchcraft and casting him onto the streets.
Ever since, Olivier has been scavenging for survival, begging for scraps in Kinshasa's markets, or for a few francs in its fume-filled traffic. Last year he went back to his uncle seeking forgiveness. 'He said that he'd burn me alive if he saw me again,' Olivier said.
OK, how freaky is this? Someone has just forwarded me a video of a Pastor Thomas Muthee, an African witch hunter from Kenya. Somehow, the witch hunter has turned up in Wasilla, Alaska--AT THE VERY CHURCH SARAH PALIN HAS ATTENDED SINCE AGE 12! She claims that Pastor Muthee's prayers made her governor.
After watching this, please tell me which preacher is more insane, Sarah Palin's or Obama's Pastor Jeremiah Wright? And remember how often we heard about Pastor Wright? Heard Muthee's name ONCE on the news? I really started writing this blog entry thinking that I'm glad I didn't live in a country which believed in witchcraft. Only to find that some do, and one believer may be headed to the White House. And it ain't the black guy with a grandmother in Kenya--it's the twisted woman from Alaska! SICK!
As if her pathetic back catalogue of lies about the Bridge to Nowhere and earmarks weren't bad enough, now she's claiming that she largely improvised her wildly popular RNC speech because of tele-prompter malfunction. She then went on tour spouting the exact same lines at every stop. So I guess the tele-prompters malfunctioned in the exact same way at each campaign venue.
FROM HUFFPO:
As recorded by a reporter allowed to observe the 35-minute fundraiser appearance, this was the first time Gov. Palin herself relayed the story of how a fouled-up teleprompter forced her to ad-lib big swaths of her acclaimed acceptance speech at the Republican Convention Sept. 3.
But that story has been largely debunked. Reporters who saw the equipment that night say -and the party has not denied -- that any teleprompter issue was minor at most. In the days after the event it was touted -- on a hush-hush, off the record basis -- by top Republicans as a way to show how swift-thinking is their newest star, despite her avoidance of any and all unscripted moments on the trail.
When she returned from Alaska from her first round of campaigning after her speech, a large gathering of Alaskans waited to greet her at the airport in a hangar. As one CNN anchor reported, there was even a tele-prompter in the hangar, which was very rare for such an informal speech with CNN the only station covering her triumphant return.
TRANSLATION: SHE'S SUCH A TWISTED FREAK, THAT THR REPUBLICAN PARTY IS SCARED TO GIVE HER A MICROPHONE UNLESS SHE IS TIGHTLY SCRIPTED OR HER CRAZY, MOOSE-BURGER EATING, WOLF-HUNTING, FUNDAMENTALIST, LYING ASS WILL NUT UP AND CREATE ANOTHER "GAFFE".
We bumped into each other at Patricia's Field's fashion show last Saturday and AOL has just put these two photos up. They don't identify me, but there is a warning for mature content, because I'm soooo scary!
Here's an interesting article I stumbled upon, which follows drag from the days of a retired older performer no who laments that transsexuals have replaced true talent today.
THE CHANGING FACE OF DRAG by Michael Abernethy
AN EXCERPT:
Drag queens worked under different rules back then, Robinson mentions, some of which were determined by the clubs and some by the law. All drag queens had to have on at least one piece of male clothing; otherwise, they were liable to be arrested for prostitution. Additionally, performers were introduced as “Mister”, such as “Mr. Sissy Blake”.
Among the various club rules were that a performer had to change her wig for each song, runs in hose or wrinkles in dresses weren’t allowed, performers had to mix up their sets with one slow song and one up-tempo song, and couldn’t repeat a song over the course of a weekend’s performances, and no missteps were permitted while performing. Violating any of these rules resulted in fines from club owners.
With all the hype that has been surrounding the lead up to appearance of ISIS, the transgender model that will appear on America’s Next Top Mode season premiere, I couldn’t help wondering what all the excitement was about.
ANTM is bathing in all the media hype, Janice Dickinson is sniping Oh, please, I did it on my show first with Claudia,” (in an interview that appeared on New York Mag.com) and Simon Doonan -- Barney's creative director and author of "Eccentric Glamour" – said he agreed with Dickinson that the world of high fashion might be ready for a transgender model.
While the appearance of a transgender model is a first for ANTP, it is not by any stretch a first for the fashion industry. Might be ready? Hello? There have been transsexual models on the world stage of fashion for nearly a half a century. Some of the top names, but certainly not the only names, include socialite April Ashley in the 1960s, Amanda Lear and Caroline “Tula” Cossey in the 70's, and Terri Toye and Lauren Foster in the 80s/90s -- all of whom worked with the biggest designers of their time on the runway and in the leading fashion magazines – including Vogue.
And this "attack" ad is the best Obama can do to respond. Hell, get Joe Biden or Hilary out there to do your dirty work! Sorry, but I don't think this is hard-hitting enough.
THIS ONE IS HITS A LITTLE HARDER:BUT NOT NEARLY HARD ENOUGH!
Visit JACKIEBEATRULES, click on PICS and then select the category of photos called QUEENS. There's a long list of Hollywood homos, many of whom were so in the closet that I hadn't even sniffed them out. Like Cesar Romero (pictured here) who was so sexy at this age. I'm not sure I ever saw him out of his Joker drag on BATMAN.
OK, so my mom was a nurse. And she turned me into a hypochondriac. So some of will think this is silly, but even though I have severe allergies, I was never able to take any of the allergy medications (until Claritin was approved in the US) or weight loss supplements which contain this ingredient without a horrible feeling of my heart rushing with a need to lie down. Especially if you have heart issues or can be prone to them due to heredity, weight issues or an affinity for stimulants like Red Bull, cocaine or poppers, ya might wanna check this out. Even if you do so with a smirk! There's a link at the bottom to the FDA site which verifies this.
I received this information from a friend whose mother recently passed away.
Apparently, this was caused by a medication that is deadly. Here are the details and I suggest you pass it on to your loved ones and others.
Subject: Phenylpropanolamine (PPA)
I would like to thank those of you who expressed condolences on the recent passing of my mother. She suffered a hemorrhagic stroke while she was driving home from my house on 7/30 and passed away on 8/3. My mother's stroke and passing was an enormous shock to my family because she did not have any symptoms or risk factors for a stroke. Just the week before she had gone to her doctor for a check up and received a clean bill of health. She did, however, develop a cold while she was visiting me and had taken Alka Seltzer Cold Plus for 3 days. Since her passing, we have learned that Alka Seltzer is one of the many cold medicines that contains Phenylpropanolamine (PPA) which can caus e hemorrhagic stokes or cerebral bleeding even with the first use. I am forwarding a list of other medications that currently use PPA. These medicines are supposedly being recalled but my mother just purchased this medication less than two weeks ago. Pharmaceutical companies have known about this danger for years, we unfortunately, did not.
I urge you to review the list of medicines with PPA and avoid these medications. All drugs containing PHENYLPROPANOLAMINE are dangerous. You may want to try calling the 800 number listed on most drug boxes and inquire about a REFUND. Please read this CAREFULLY. Also, please pass this on to everyone you know. STOP TAKING anything containing this ingredient. It has been linked to increased hemorrhagic stroke (bleeding in brain) among women ages 18-49 in the three days after starting use of medication. Problems were not found in men, but the FDA recommended that everyone (even children) seek alternative medicine.
The following medications contain Phenylpropanolamine:
Acutrim Diet Gum Appetite Suppressant Acutrim Plus Dietary Supplements Acutrim Maximum Str ength Appetite Control
Alka-Seltzer Plus Children's Cold Medicine Effervescent Alka-Seltzer Plus Cold medicine (cherry or or ange) Alka-Seltzer Plus Cold Medicine Original Alka-Seltzer Plus Cold &Cough Medicine Effervescent Alka-Seltzer Plus Cold &Flu Medicine Alka-Seltzer Plus Cold &Sinus Effervescent Alka Seltzer Plus Night-Time Cold Medicine
I just found out and called the 800# on the container for Triaminic and they informed me that they are voluntarily recalling the following medicines because of a certain ingredient that is causing strokes and seizures inchildren:
Orange 3D Cold &Allergy Cherry (Pink) 3D Cold &Cough Berry 3D Cough Relief Yell ow 3D Expectorant
They are asking you to call them at 800-548-3708 with the lot number on the box so they can send you postage for you to send it back to them, and they will also issue you a refund. If you know of anyone else with small children,
PLEASE PASS THIS ON. THIS IS SERIOUS STUFF!
DO PASS ALONG TO ALL ON YOUR MAILING LIS T so people are informed. They can then pass it along to their families.
To confirm these findings please take time to check the following:
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I was thinking the same thing but didn't get around to writing about it. It does seem like there are fewer celebrity endorsments this election. I mean, if you haven't "made it big" you can't really afford to buck the establishment since big entertainment companies and endorsments from even bigger companies are what you are striving for. But where are the mega-stars and why don't many of them seem to have an opinion? Or is the press just not reporting on it. I will praise Matt Damon for recently saying that Palin was a scary pick for VP.
At this time of "Global Crisis"... Where are the privileged celebrities...? By Bill Pilkington
We give such credence and prestige to Hollywood celebrities, and they lap it up...
But now that the US economy and the world at large is in a dire down-turn due to mismanagement, greed and corruption, where are the Julia Roberts, the Will Smiths, the Bruce Willis's, and the Tom Cruise's who enjoy such privilege. Where are they now, when the flip side of privilege, being responsibility and duty, are now more than ever needing a voice.
Yes they are all to ready to do Acne info-mercials, and endorsements for a pretty penny, not to mention the gazillions they are paid for lending their name (their talent is debatable), to other commercial enterprises, but where are they when their name and their faces could do such a great service to public awareness and be a public voice.
I have always been impressed with Susan Sarandon for stepping up and speaking the truth, even at the risk of falling out of favor with the powers that be. Even Babs Striesand, as conservative as she is, has the gonads to have an opinion,take a stand and do something. I suppose Oprah does her bit according to her conscience.
Hollywood as a whole has been less than prominent in it's responsibility to use it's power of persuasion for good.
We need the spoilt, overpaid, over-indulged celebrity name-sakes to use their positions of influence in the name of truth and justice to step up, and put their status to good use by way of expressing the true nature of public opinion to those who control the reigns. They need to earn their keep!!!!
Am I the only one who is deafened by their silence...?
When I went to vote in the primary a few months ago, I signed in and was sent to the appropriate table for my address. I gave them my name, and after searching through several logs, I was told that I was not registered. I knew that I was. And I looked at the badges of all 3 workers behind my district's desk. All 3 badges showed their names and party affiliation. All three were Republican. It definitely raised one of my perfectly tweezed eyebrows. Surely, I thought, they weren't instigating voter fraud in staunchly democratic NYC, in the heart of Greenwich Village, inside the friggin' Gay and Lesbian Community Center.
I mean, you'd expect it in Ohio or Florida. And I don't think you need to be a conspiracy theorist to think that voter fraud, miscounts, dysfunctional voter equipment, etc which have led to stolen elections at this point. I mean, the Diebold voting machines are manufactured by a Republican owner and perhaps programmed to tilt voter outcomes if needed.
FOX NEWS SCARY DIEBOLD CLIP
AND HERE'S A HUMOROUS LOOK AT VOTER FRAUD FROM THE ONION'S NEWS
But having your vote counted is no laughing matter. Here is a quick and easy way to check and see if you are registered--from the Obama team. Sorry, but I'm not too interested in registering delusional dunces--I mean Republicans. Though they may be able to register with this Obama-provided service, providing that they'd trust a muslim terrorist named Hussein witha wife who has been ashamed of the good ol' USA until her husband ran for president with their vote.
The Voluptuous Horror of Karen Black featuring Kembra Pfahler, that is. They'll be performing at Santos' Party House at an early show this evening at 7:30. Armen is the androgynous Armenian theremin (that haunting, rarified instrument mostly used in vintage horror films) player formerly of New York, now of LA. As you can see from the pix below, this will be a very eclectic night of eclectic music.
A video which castigates whites for being scared of black men. And how a scared white woman clutching her purse when the black guy enters the elevator makes the black guy want to snatch the purse and beat her with it. But not steal it. Unfortunately, there are only about a zillion other videos starring black men which display menacing attitudes, misogyny and homophobia, and glamorization of violence, thugs and pimps--who, if I'm not mistaken, commit crimes by definition. You want white's attitudes to change? Put out more clever videos like this one. Cuz decades of those other videos are making a lot of Americans scared to vote for a black man, even though he has nothing scary about him. Well, except for that unfortunate muslim middle name.
Wow! Here I've been searching high and low for ways to discredit Sarah Palin, the Republican's new golden girl. And there are plenty of them to unearth. But Arianna Huffington is dead right--a creepy Alaskan religious nut/hunting freak with a pregnant unwed daughter isn't the issue we should be focusing on. The fundamentalists are going to back Palin no matter what because she's so anti-abortion that she doesn't even approve of abortions for rape and incest victims. As Randi Rhodes put it, if you were raped in Wasilla, Alaska at the time of Sarah's tenure as mayor, you'd call in to report a rape and would probably be asked for your name, location, description of attack number and your CREDIT CARD NUMBER, so that you could pay for your own rape kit, which gathers and analyzes the forensic evidence needed to convict your attacker.
In terms of colorful loonies, McCain/McSame/McBush made a masterful choice. Not perturbed by her abortion stance? The bitch advocates shooting wolves from helicopters. Speaking in her own Pentecostal church, she called the war a plan from God. But wait, isn't God's son the Prince of Peace? And whatever happened to Peace on Earth , Goodwill towards men and commandment #6 THOU SHALT NOT KILL? To claim that the baseless war in Iraq is God's plan is putting lip-stick on jihad, the muslim term for religious war.
Admittedly, in the back of our minds, there is a scary thought that since McCain would be the oldest president ever if elected, another of those skin cancer lesions might pop up and kill him, leaving us with scary-ass Moose Thing from Alaska, whose recent interviews shows she knows nothing about foreign policy. The fool is even talking about starting a war with Russia!?! With what military?
SARAH PALIN SUCKS!
But Palin has undeniably unified the Republican base in a way that McCain never could. The man was everyone's last choice as presidential nominee. Giuliani was the early fav, but thankfully that psycho burnt out quickly. Then the focus shifted to Huckabee, the preacher with a bible in one hand and a gun in the other. He quickly petered out, too. That left Mitt Romney, the plastic Mormon Reagan wannabe who spent like $200 per vote in one state that he lost before bowing out, and Fred Thompson, who just wasn't "presidential" enough and considered too lazy to get anything done by his own party. So McCain got the nomination by default. He was everyone's last choice as nominee. Old, cantankerous and prone to gaffes, he seemed a clear loser against his democratic rival, a younger, dynamic speaker who was rousing the nation (or at least the unprejudiced half of the nation) with his calls for change. Funny how McCain noticed how well Obama's change message was working--and stole it! McCain has to make every attempt to distance himself from George W. Bush, the least popular president in history, who shares McCain's party affiliation. Bush isn't even to be seen campaigning with McCain, and although McCain voted in line with Bush 90% of the time, he has the nerve to call himself a maverick!
Another debunking of McCain occurred during the RNC. McCain admitted that his captors in Vietnam broke him. He was captured, tortured, held for years and he finally gave in, providing his captors with military information and appearing in 30 propaganda videos! Honey, I'd do the same if I were tortured, But a war hero would have held out against the enemy! So McCain was a prisoner of war, which is no pleasant holiday, but he is no war hero. And if you really wanna go there, McCain's family connections got him promoted to pilot more quickly than his skills would recommend, which could be why he was shot down in the first place--he wasn't the best pilot! Even if he was, several torturous years in captivity doesn't mean that he has a clue what to do in a different war, decades later, when he's practically senile. And this bastard has even consistently voted against veterans rights! If you want to look for a foreign policy leader, look at how Bush has been quietly implementing the changes which OBAMA has recommended: drawing down troops in Iraq and sending more to combat the worsening situation in Afghanistan. Barack has also advocated diplomacy before war with even rogue nations and now Bush is talking with the one of the original points on the axis of evil, North Korea! Bush is implementing Obama's policy suggestions.
But for some reason, Americans have the uncanny ability to mindlessly bleat "SUPPORT THE TROOPS", even as their interest in the war diminishes. We're tired of it. Idiots, you're paying for it! News from Iraq has faded further and further from the headlines and from the top stories on TV. Why? Because many Americans only get involved in politics when gas prices go up and they can't afford to drive to their next door neighbor's house--because their cup-holder and cigarettes are in there--in a gas-guzzling SUV as cheaply as they used to.
To me, if the economy is your main issue as a christian nation, perhaps you should consider that your righteous christian butts are all accomplices to mass murder, paying millions everyday to occupy Iraq with Iraqi deaths estimated between 655,000 and one million. Little memory refresher: these are deaths of citizens of a country which never attacked us. But even if you are a card-carrying atheist, it's easy to understand that if we are spending hundreds of millions per day at war, then that's not going to help out our record deficit.
Well now, there was a little good news on the recession front. That tax rebate! Woo hoo! That diddly-squat wouldn't even pay two months of my insurance bill! (One article found that Americans spent most of their rebates on porn!) Don't trust anyone who is giving away money--that's a guaranteed smokescreen. How about getting the hell out of Iraq and distributing some of those trillions we've wasted to broken Americans being forced from their homes due to the mortgage fiasco? Instead, McCain is committed to "staying the course", even if it takes 100 years. With the war costing a fortune and a presidential candidate committed to extending it indefinitely, we're in great shape economically. AND MCCAIN HAS ADMITTED THAT HE KNOWS LITTLE ABOUT THE ECONOMY! Here's his quote from the Boston Globe:"The issue of economics is not something I've understood as well as I should. I've got Greenspan's book". WATCH THIS HERE. So the old fart admits that he can't resurrect the nation from recession, the country's #1 issue. But I'll vote for him anyway because I don't trust a black man who makes sense?
Usually makes sense. While we're on the subject of taxes, even Obama is promising to cut taxes. People! WE NEED TO PAY MORE TAXES! That's how we get better public healthcare and education! Taxes provide a higher standard of living through better public services, like the ones which assist the elderly obtaining medicines they can't afford. Currently, some old folks are skipping their medicines because they are so broke that they must now choose between medicine and food. The grand old USA is becoming a 3rd world country! Higher taxes mean better-funded public services. Say $200 bucks is knocked off of your annual tax bill. Are you so short-sighted that you can't see that this isn't covering one month's astronomical insurance payment?
I'm worried that as charismatic as he is, Obama is too much a gentleman to fight back as hard as he's getting it. Or maybe his advisors have cautioned him that "Look, guy. You've gotten 1/2 of the voters to accep a black guy with the middle name Hussein. But they will not accept an angry black man of any name. We're still too racist a country for that."
But how can any message, angry or not, get through to a nation that is so childish and ADD that they boil what may be the most important election of their lifetimes to THIS:
I'm livid over this manufactured "scandal". Not only does a pig in lipstick have nothing to do with an exit strategy from Iraq, global warming, the mortgage crisis, reforming healthcare, our school system or half a dozen other things in decline like levees and collapsing bridges, The Post didn't even ask me for a release before they used my photo for this cover! The noive! OINK!
And check out the tiny little box in the upper left corner which says 9/11, we'll never forget. No, we won't ever forget the tragedy. We'll just let a pig in cosmetics eclipse your 7th anniversary! I saw that second bulding fall on 9/11 and here's a few things I'll never forget.
9/11 happened on George Bush's watch. He did not keep the people in my city safe.
Bush's dad was eating breakfast with Osama Bin Laden's father, an old Bush family business partner, when 9/11 occurred.
All flights for Americans were shut down, but over a dozen Saudi's were allowed to fly home. Saudi Arabia being the country that most of the hijackers hailed from.
Taking advantage of our shock, we allowed ourselves to be lead into a war with Iraq which had no weapons of mass destruction and posed no imminent threat. As a result, the whole word hates us and we are breeding generations upon generations of terrorists who can't wait to attack us.
7 years later, we are in still in that war. But how can it be a war if no one from that country attacked us? It's a military occupation, and it will last until we've drained every drop of oil from Iraq.
There is ludicrous talk of the surge succeeding. The "surge"? A surge is a quick pulse. We been surgin' now for over a year, and though Bush is reducing troop numbers in Iraq, the troop levels will still be higher than the pre-surge levels.
Our military is wiped out. It's hard to recruit when the tours of duty have increased in length and the times at home have been cut short.
WE'VE ALL PUT LIPSTICK ON ALL OF THE IMPORTANT CAMPAIGN ISSUES--AND WE'RE DISCUSSING THE LIPSTICK AND NOT THE ISSUES WHICH AFFECT OUR DAILY LIVES! And now I'll let Arianna Huffington bring it on home with her fantastic article which puts the whole Palin mess into perspective beautifully. I normally don't paste entire articles, but this is too important and there's not much time, folks. Quit bitching about the government and do something or you have no right to bitch. Contribute $. Forward emails. Challenge friends and neighbors. Blog it. Announce it in your shows. In a democracy, the government is WE THE PEOPLE. Christ, have we ever failed ourselves by sitting back and whining. TIME FOR ACTION NOW! Or your ass will really be whining if McCain gets in.
SARAH PALIN: A TROJAN MOOSE CONCEALING FOUR MORE YEARS OF GEORGE BUSH
by Arianna Huffington
Did Sarah Palin wrongfully push to have her ex-brother-in law fired? Was she really against the "Bridge to Nowhere?" Did she really sell Alaska's plane on eBay, or just list it on eBay? Did she actually have any substantial duties commanding the Alaska National Guard?
The correct answer to all these questions is: who cares? Which isn't to say these aren't valid questions, or that Palin and the McCain camp aren't playing it fast, loose, and coy with each of them. The point is that Palin, and the circus she's brought to town, are simply a bountiful collection of small lies deliberately designed to distract the country from one big truth: the havoc that George Bush and the Republican Party have wrought, and that John McCain is committed to continuing.
Every second of this campaign not spent talking about the Republican Party's record, and John McCain's role in that record, is a victory for John McCain.
Her critics like to say that Palin hasn't accomplished anything. I disagree: in the space of ten days she's succeeded in distracting the entire country from the horrific Bush record -- and McCain's complicity in it. My friends, that's accomplishment we can believe in.
Just look at the problem John McCain faced. George Bush has a disastrous record, and the country knows it. John McCain -- the current one, not the one who vanished eight years ago -- has no major disagreements with George Bush (and I'm sorry, wanting to fire Donald Rumsfeld a bit sooner doesn't qualify) and wants to continue his incredibly unpopular policies for another four years. The solution? Enter Sarah Palin, a Trojan Moose carrying four more years of disaster.
And the plan has worked beautifully. Just look at what's being discussed just 57 days before the election. Is it the highest unemployment rate in five years? The bailout of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac? The suicide bombing yesterday in Iraq that killed six people and wounded 54 -- in the same market where last month a bomb killed 28 people and wounded 72? That the political reconciliation that was supposedly the point of "the surge" is nowhere near happening? That Iraq's Shiite government is now rounding up the American-backed Sunni leaders of the Awakening? That the reason 8,000 soldiers may be leaving Iraq soon is so more can be deployed to Afghanistan where the Taliban is steadily retaking the country?
No. We're talking about whether Sarah Palin was or was not a good mayor, whether she was or was not a good mother, whether her skirts are too short and her zingers too sarcastic.
Contrary to what we're hearing 24/7 in the media, the next few weeks are not a test of Sarah Palin. The next few weeks are a test of Barack Obama.
He needs to dramatically redirect this election back to a discussion over the issues that really matter -- the issues that will impact the future of this country. A presidential campaign is a battle and this is the time for Obama to show some commander-in-chief skills. I'm not talking about calling Palin out for lying about his record and demeaning community organizing. I'm talking about grabbing the political debate by the throat. The country is already angry about what's happened over the last seven-plus years -- he shouldn't be afraid to give voice to that anger. Obama has spent years adopting a non-threatening persona; but he can't let his fear that appearing like an "angry Black man" (a stereotype not-too-subtly fueled by Fox News) will turn off swing voters keep him from channeling the disgust and outrage felt by so many voters --swing and otherwise.
McCain's team, in an effort to distract, is going to keep doing what they're doing -- diverting voters and the media with a tantalizing combination of personal trivia and small lies. It doesn't matter if they're caught in them -- in fact, all the better. Because they know there is no way in hell they can win if this election is about the big truth of the Bush years.
McCain's real running mate is George Bush and the failed policies of the Republican Party. Even if they are dressed up in a skirt, lipstick, and Tina Fey glasses.
Police say cross-dressing purse-snatcher left behind a strange clue: A condom filled with water
PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. (AP) _ Police in Port St. Lucie are on the lookout for a cross-dressing man who snatched a 74-year-old woman's purse. As if that weren't odd enough, they're depending on a strange clue. The suspect left behind a condom filled with water he had been using as a fake breast.
The woman said she believed the thief followed her while shopping. A witness told investigators he was wearing a short denim skirt and black tube top, and fled in a silver car with two other male crossdressers.
Police are processing the condom for fingerprint and DNA evidence.
Single out your fav burlesque performers in such categories as Best Gams, Biggest Media Whore, and Most Likely To Go Gay! Voting ends soon as the Awards Presentation is to be held on Sunday September 21st at S.O.B.'s.
On-screen siblings Wilfried Knight and Anthony Marks show off their taboo relationship for the camera in "Brothers' Reunion!" After years of separation, their passion is unleashed and neither will ever be the same. The action continues as Lucas Entertainment Exclusive Ben Andrews, with Jason Crew, Tommy Deluca, Arpad Miklos, and Jackson Wild get down and dirty in four raunchy scenes. "Brothers' Reunion" is packed with ass-pounding fucking, cum swallowing, toe sucking, piss play, enema squirts, and much more!
Press blurb:
Wilfried Knight returns to porn in BROTHERS’ REUNION! In this feature, Wilfried and Anthony Marks are cast aslong-lost siblings, due to their similar physiques: strong, muscularframes, broad, chiseled chests, and, of course, their big thick dicks! Also included in the cast is Lucas exclusive Ben Andrews, with Jason Crew, Tommy Deluca, Arpad Miklos, and Jackson Wild. New York City dragsensation Lady Bunny also provides a riotous non-sexual cameo!
(LOVE HOW THE PRESS RELEASE STRESSED THAT MY ROLE IS NON-SEXUAL!)
BROTHERS’ REUNION is a 2-disc package, available in a Director’s Extended Version and Retail Version. The Director’s Extended Version includes Jason Crew and Jackson Wild in a nasty enema scene, with Jason squirting water straight out of his ass and onto Jackson!
UM, MICHAEL, WHAT'S MY MOTIVATION?
MICHAEL PAID ME GENEROUSLY FOR MY ROLE IN "TRADE".
I love how Republicans whine when democratic celebs come out to defend their candidates. The A-list liberal stars like Barbara Streisand, Oprah WInfrey and recently Matt Damon are routinely written off as Hollywood liberals and told that as actors, they have no business jumping into politics.
So how the hell are they gonna prop up B-list joke Chuck Norris as an expert on anything--even his own craft! And certainly the worst rug in the biz. In this clip the idiot actually claims that he has greater knowledge on the Iraq war because he's been there twice. What a joke! It is literally peddling a book called BLACK BELT PATRIOTISM.
Here's review from Amazon.com:
By Jeremy R. Whittaker "Jeremy Whittaker" (Mesa, AZ USA) - See all my reviews
Chuck Norris thinks he's more patriotic than every other American because he starred in Rambo. He endorsed Mike Huckabee I mean c'mon this guy is crazy. Does he realize how foolish and stupid he looks round house kicking on the cover of a book. Note to Chuck Norris you're not under 70 anymore so stop trying to be Rambo. You were not an American hero you made movies, you fool.
And I've posted something similar to this before awhile ago. It bears repeating.
Chuck Norris Facts Chuck Norris once roundhouse kicked someone so hard that his foot broke the speed of light, went back in time, and killed Amelia Earhart while she was flying over the Pacific Ocean.
Crop circles are Chuck Norris' way of telling the world that sometimes corn needs to lie down.
Chuck Norris is ten feet tall, weighs two-tons, breathes fire, and could eat a hammer and take a shotgun blast standing.
The Great Wall of China was originally created to keep Chuck Norris out. It failed miserably.
Contrary to popular belief, Chuck Norris, not the box jellyfish of northern Australia, is the most venomous creature on earth. Within 3 minutes of being bitten, a human being experiences the following symptoms: fever, blurred vision, beard rash, tightness of the jeans, and the feeling of being repeatedly kicked through a car windshield.
Most people have 23 pairs of chromosomes. Chuck Norris has 72... and they're all poisonous.
If you ask Chuck Norris what time it is, he always says, "Two seconds 'til." After you ask, "Two seconds 'til what?" he roundhouse kicks you in the face.
Chuck Norris drives an ice cream truck covered in human skulls.
When Chuck Norris sends in his taxes, he sends blank forms and includes only a picture of himself, crouched and ready to attack. Chuck Norris has not had to pay taxes, ever.
The quickest way to a man's heart is with Chuck Norris' fist.
Chuck Norris invented Kentucky Fried Chicken's famous secret recipe, with eleven herbs and spices. But nobody ever mentions the twelfth ingredient: Fear.
CNN was originally created as the "Chuck Norris Network" to update Americans with on-the-spot ass kicking in real-time.
Chuck Norris can win a game of Connect Four in only three moves.
There is no theory of evolution, just a list of creatures Chuck Norris allows to live.
Chuck Norris once ate three 72 oz. steaks in one hour. He spent the first 45 minutes having sex with his waitress.
What was going through the minds of all of Chuck Norris' victims before they died? His shoe.
Chuck Norris is the only man to ever defeat a brick wall in a game of tennis.
Police label anyone attacking Chuck Norris as a Code 45-11.... a suicide.
Chuck Norris doesn't churn butter. He roundhouse kicks the cows and the butter comes straight out.
Chuck Norris doesn't wash his clothes, he disembowels them.
A Handicapped parking sign does not signify that this spot is for handicapped people. It is actually in fact a warning, that the spot belongs to Chuck Norris and that you will be handicapped if you park there.
Chuck Norris will attain statehood in 2009. His state flower will be the Magnolia.
Someone once videotaped Chuck Norris getting pissed off. It was called Walker: Texas Chain Saw Masacre.
If you spell Chuck Norris in Scrabble, you win. Forever.
Chuck Norris originally appeared in the "Street Fighter II" video game, but was removed by Beta Testers because every button caused him to do a roundhouse kick. When asked bout this "glitch," Norris replied, "That's no glitch."
Fool me once, shame on you. Fool Chuck Norris once and he will roundhouse you in the face.
The opening scene of the movie "Saving Private Ryan" is loosely based on games of dodgeball Chuck Norris played in second grade.
Chuck Norris once shot down a German fighter plane with his finger, by yelling, "Bang!"
Chuck Norris once bet NASA he could survive re-entry without a spacesuit. On July 19th, 1999, a naked Chuck Norris re-entered the earth's atmosphere, streaking over 14 states and reaching a temperature of 3000 degrees. An embarrassed NASA publically claimed it was a meteor, and still owes him a beer.
Chuck Norris has two speeds: Walk and Kill.
Someone once tried to tell Chuck Norris that roundhouse kicks aren't the best way to kick someone. This has been recorded by historians as the worst mistake anyone has ever made.
Contrary to popular belief, America is not a democracy, it is a Chucktatorship.
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles is based on a true story: Chuck Norris once swallowed a turtle whole, and when he crapped it out, the turtle was six feet tall and had learned karate.
Chuck Norris is not hung like a horse... horses are hung like Chuck Norris.
Faster than a speeding bullet ... more powerful than a locomotive ... able to leap tall buildings in a single bound... yes, these are some of Chuck Norris's warm-up exercises.
Chuck Norris is the only human being to display the Heisenberg uncertainty principle -- you can never know both exactly where and how quickly he will roundhouse-kick you in the face.
In the Bible, Jesus turned water into wine. But then Chuck Norris turned that wine into beer.
Chuck Norris can hit you so hard that he can actually alter your DNA. Decades from now your descendants will occasionally clutch their heads and yell "What The Hell was That?"
Time waits for no man. Unless that man is Chuck Norris.
Chuck Norris discovered a new theory of relativity involving multiple universes in which Chuck Norris is even more badass than in this one. When it was discovered by Albert Einstein and made public, Chuck Norris roundhouse-kicked him in the face. We know Albert Einstein today as Stephen Hawking.
Chuck Norris doesn't shower, he only takes blood baths.
The Chuck Norris military unit was not used in the game Civilization 4, because a single Chuck Norris could defeat the entire combined nations of the world in one turn.
In an average living room there are 1,242 objects Chuck Norris could use to kill you, including the room itself.
According to the Encyclopedia Brittanica, the Native American "Trail of Tears" has been redefined as anywhere that Chuck Norris walks.
Chuck Norris does not teabag the ladies. He potato-sacks them.
Pluto is actually an orbiting group of British soldiers from the American Revolution who entered space after the Chuck gave them a roundhouse kick to the face.
When Chuck Norris goes to donate blood, he declines the syringe, and instead requests a hand gun and a bucket.
There are no steroids in baseball. Just players Chuck Norris has breathed on.
Chuck Norris once challenged Lance Armstrong in a "Who has more testicles?" contest. Chuck Norris won by 5.
Chuck Norris was the fourth wise man, who gave baby Jesus the gift of beard, which he carried with him until he died. The other three wise men were enraged by the preference that Jesus showed to Chuck's gift, and arranged to have him written out of the bible. All three died soon after of mysterious roundhouse-kick related injuries.
Chuck Norris sheds his skin twice a year. When Chuck Norris calls 1-900 numbers, he doesnt get charged. He holds up the phone and money falls out.
Chuck Norris once ate a whole cake before his friends could tell him there was a stripper in it.
Some people like to eat frogs' legs. Chuck Norris likes to eat lizard legs. Hence, snakes.
There are no races, only countries of people Chuck Norris has beaten to different shades of black and blue.
When Chuck Norris was denied an Egg McMuffin at McDonald's because it was 10:35, he roundhouse kicked the store so hard it became a Wendy's.
Chuck Norris can't finish a "color by numbers" because his markers are filled with the blood of his victims. Unfortunately, all blood is dark red.
A Chuck Norris-delivered Roundhouse Kick is the preferred method of execution in 16 states.
When Chuck Norris falls in water, Chuck Norris doesn't get wet. Water gets Chuck Norris.
Scientists have estimated that the energy given off during the Big Bang is roughly equal to 1CNRhK (Chuck Norris Roundhouse Kick)
Chuck Norris' house has no doors, only walls that he walks through.
When Chuck Norris has sex with a man, it won't be because he is gay. It will be because he has run out of women.
How much wood would a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck could Chuck Norris? ...All of it.
Chuck Norris doesn't actually write books, the words assemble themselves out of fear.
In honor of Chuck Norris, all McDonald's in Texas have an even larger size than the super-size. When ordering, just ask to be Chucksized.
Chuck Norris CAN believe it's not butter.
If tapped, a Chuck Norris roundhouse kick could power the country of Australia for 44 minutes.
Chuck Norris can divide by zero.
The grass is always greener on the other side, unless Chuck Norris has been there. In that case the grass is most likely soaked in blood and tears.
A picture is worth a thousand words. A Chuck Norris is worth 1 billion words.
Newton's Third Law is wrong: Although it states that for each action, there is an equal and opposite reaction, there is no force equal in reaction to a Chuck Norris roundhouse kick.
Chuck Norris invented his own type of karate. It's called Chuck-Will-Kill.
When an episode of Walker Texas Ranger was aired in France, the French surrendered to Chuck Norris just to be on the safe side.
While urinating, Chuck Norris is easily capable of welding titanium.
Chuck Norris once sued the Houghton-Mifflin textbook company when it became apparent that their account of the war of 1812 was plagiarized from his autobiography.
When Chuck Norris talks, everybody listens. And dies.
When Steven Seagal kills a ninja, he only takes its hide. When Chuck Norris kills a ninja, he uses every part.
Wilt Chamberlain claims to have slept with more than 20,000 women in his lifetime. Chuck Norris calls this "a slow Tuesday."
Contrary to popular belief, there is indeed enough Chuck Norris to go around.
Chuck Norris doesnt shave; he kicks himself in the face. The only thing that can cut Chuck Norris is Chuck Norris.
For some, the left testicle is larger than the right one. For Chuck Norris, each testicle is larger than the other one.
Chuck Norris always knows the EXACT location of Carmen SanDiego.
When taking the SAT, write "Chuck Norris" for every answer. You will score over 8000.
Chuck Norris invented black. In fact, he invented the entire spectrum of visible light. Except pink. Tom Cruise invented pink.
When you're Chuck Norris, anything + anything is equal to 1. One roundhouse kick to the face.
Chuck Norris has the greatest Poker-Face of all time. He won the 1983 World Series of Poker, despite holding only a Joker, a Get out of Jail Free Monopoloy card, a 2 of clubs, 7 of spades and a green #4 card from the game UNO.
On his birthday, Chuck Norris randomly selects one lucky child to be thrown into the sun.
Nobody doesn't like Sara Lee. Except Chuck Norris.
Chuck Norris doesn't throw up if he drinks too much. Chuck Norris throws down!
In the beginning there was nothing...then Chuck Norris Roundhouse kicked that nothing in the face and said "Get a job". That is the story of the universe.
Chuck Norris has 12 moons. One of those moons is the Earth.
Chuck Norris grinds his coffee with his teeth and boils the water with his own rage.
Archeologists unearthed an old english dictionary dating back to the year 1236. It defined "victim" as "one who has encountered Chuck Norris"
Chuck Norris ordered a Big Mac at Burger King, and got one.
Chuck Norris and Mr. T walked into a bar. The bar was instantly destroyed, as that level of awesome cannot be contained in one building.
If you Google search "Chuck Norris getting his ass kicked" you will generate zero results. It just doesn't happen.
Chuck Norris can drink an entire gallon of milk in thirty-seven seconds.
Little known medical fact: Chuck Norris invented the Caesarean section when he roundhouse-kicked his way out of his monther's womb.
Chuck Norris doesn't bowl strikes, he just knocks down one pin and the other nine faint.
The show Survivor had the original premise of putting people on an island with Chuck Norris. There were no survivors, and nobody is brave enough to go to the island to retrieve the footage.
It takes Chuck Norris 20 minutes to watch 60 Minutes.
You know how they say if you die in your dream then you will die in real life? In actuality, if you dream of death then Chuck Norris will find you and kill you.
Chuck Norris has a deep and abiding respect for human life... unless it gets in his way.
The Bermuda Triangle used to be the Bermuda Square, until Chuck Norris Roundhouse kicked one of the corners off.
There are no weapons of mass destruction in Iraq, Chuck Norris lives in Oklahoma.
Chuck Norris doesn't believe in Germany.
When Chuck Norris is in a crowded area, he doesn't walk around people. He walks through them.
Chuck Norris once ate an entire bottle of sleeping pills. They made him blink.
James Cameron wanted Chuck Norris to play the Terminator. However, upon reflection, he realized that would have turned his movie into a documentary, so he went with Arnold Schwarzenegger.
Chuck Norris can touch MC Hammer.
Thousands of years ago Chuck Norris came across a bear. It was so terrified that it fled north into the arctic. It was also so terrified that all of its decendents now have white hair.
Chuck Norris played Russian Roulette with a fully loaded gun and won.
It takes 14 puppeteers to make Chuck Norris smile, but only 2 to make him destroy an orphanage.
Chuck's Favorite Picked by the man himself
When the Boogeyman goes to sleep every night, he checks his closet for Chuck Norris.
Chuck Norris doesn't read books. He stares them down until he gets the information he wants.
There is no theory of evolution. Just a list of creatures Chuck Norris has allowed to live.
Outer space exists because it's afraid to be on the same planet with Chuck Norris.
Chuck Norris does not sleep. He waits.
Chuck Norris is currently suing NBC, claiming Law and Order are trademarked names for his left and right legs.
Chuck Norris is the reason why Waldo is hiding.
Chuck Norris counted to infinity - twice.
There is no chin behind Chuck Norris' beard. There is only another fist.
When Chuck Norris does a pushup, he isn't lifting himself up, he's pushing the Earth down.
Chuck Norris is so fast, he can run around the world and punch himself in the back of the head.
Chuck Norris' hand is the only hand that can beat a Royal Flush.
There is no such thing as global warming. Chuck Norris was cold, so he turned the sun up.
Chuck Norris can lead a horse to water AND make it drink.
Chuck Norris doesn't wear a watch, HE decides what time it is.
Chuck Norris gave Mona Lisa that smile.
Chuck Norris can slam a revolving door.
Chuck Norris does not get frostbite. Chuck Norris bites frost
Remember the Soviet Union? They decided to quit after watching a DeltaForce marathon on Satellite TV.
Contrary to popular belief, America is not a democracy, it is a Chucktatorship.
BY EVE ENSLER (below). THE AUTHOR OF THE VAGINA MONOLOGUES RECOGNIZES A TRUE CUNT WHEN SHE SEES ONE: SARAH PALIN!
Eve Ensler, the American playwright, performer, feminist and activist best known for "The Vagina Monologues", wrote the following about Sarah Palin.
*Drill, Drill, Drill*
I am having Sarah Palin nightmares.
I dreamt last night that she was a member of a club where they rode snowmobiles and wore the claws of drowned and starved polar bears around their necks. I have a particular thing for Polar Bears. Maybe it's their snowy whiteness or their bigness or the fact that they live in the arctic or that I have never seen one in person or touched one.
Maybe it is the fact that they live so comfortably on ice.
Whatever it is, I need the polar bears.
I don't like raging at women.
I am a Feminist and have spent my life trying to build community, help empower women and stop violence against them.
It is hard to write about Sarah Palin.
This is why the Sarah Palin choice was all the more insidious and cynical.
The people who made this choice count on the goodness and solidarity of Feminists.
But everything Sarah Palin believes in and practices is antithetical to Feminism which for me is part of one story -- connected to saving the earth, ending racism, empowering women, giving young girls options, opening our minds, deepening tolerance, and ending violence and war.
I believe that the McCain/Palin ticket is one of the most dangerous choices of my lifetime, and should this country chose those candidates the fall-out may be so great, the destruction so vast in so many areas that America may never recover.
But what is equally disturbing is the impact that duo would have on the rest of the world.
Unfortunately, this is not a joke.
In my lifetime I have seen the clownish, the inept, the bizarre be elected to the
presidncy with regularity.
Sarah Palin does not believe in evolution.
I take this as a metaphor.
In her world and the world of Fundamentalists nothing changes or gets better or evolves.
She does not believe in global warming.
The melting of the arctic, the storms that are destroying our cities, the pollution and rise of cancers, are all part of God's plan.
She is fighting to take the polar bears off the endangered species list.
The earth, in Palin's view, is here to be taken and plundered.
The wolves and the bears are here to be shot and plundered. The oil is here to be taken and plundered.
Iraq is here to be taken and plundered.
As she said herself of the Iraqi war, "It was a task from God."
Sarah Palin does not believe in abortion.
She does not believe women who are raped and incested and ripped open against their will should have a right to determine whether they have their rapist's baby or not.
She obvioE2usly does not believe in sex education or birth control.
I imagine her daughter was practicing abstinence and we know how many babies that makes.
Sarah Palin does not much believe in thinking.
From what I gather she has tried to ban books from the library, has a tendency to dispense with people who think independently.
She cannot tolerate an environment of ambiguity and difference.
This is a woman who could and might very well be the next president of the United States.
She would govern one of the most diverse populations on the earth.
Sarah believes in guns.
She has her own custom Austrian hunting rifle.
She has been known to kill 40 caribou at a clip. She has shot hundreds of wolves from the air.
Sarah believes in God.
That is of course her right, her private right.
But when God and Guns come together in the public sector, when war is declared in God's name, when the rights of women are denied in hisname, that is the end of separation of church and state and the undoing of everything America has ever tried to be.
I write to my sisters.
I write because I believe we hold this election in our hands.
This vote is a vote that will determine the future not just of the U.S., but of the planet.
It will determine whether we create policies to save the earth or make it forever uninhabitable for humans.
It will determine whether we move towards dialogue and diplomacy in the world or whether we escalate violence through invasion, undermining and attack.
It will determine whether we go for oil, strip mining, coal burning or invest our money in alternatives that will free us from dependency and destruction.
It will determine if money gets spent on education and healthcare or whether we build more and more methods of killing.
It will determine whether America is a free open tolerant society or a closed place of fear, fundamentaBlism and aggression.
If the Polar Bears don't move you to go and do everything in your power to get Obama elected then consider the chant that filled the hall after Palin spoke at the RNC, "Drill Drill Drill." I think of teeth when I think of drills.
I think of rape. I think of destruction. I think of domination.
I think of military exercises that force mindless repetition, emptying the brain of analysis, doubt, ambiguity or dissent.
I think of pain.
Do we want a future of drilling? More holes in the ozone, in the floor of the sea, more holes in our thinking, in the trust between nations and peoples, more holes in the fabric of this precious thing we call life?
She gets no kicks from champagne, but gets in plenty of kicks in this beautifully choreoraphed number I found on PLANETFABULON.COM. I couldn't google a decent pic of Zizi, who sometimes was just known as Jeanmarie, although IMDB has a trailer of HANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSEN, which shows her in glorious color, if you wanna sit through an ad and some Danny Kaye (whom I have an irrational dislike of) footage.
FOR GRILLING MCCAIN HARDER THAN ANY OF THE ANCHORS MAJOR NETWORKS NEWS CHANNELS.
I'm so glad that Joy called him on his LIES, using the word LIES. Politicians and news anchors always say that so and so was "misleading", or "stretching the truth"--they can't quite seem to come out, as Joy did, and say LIES, which they are! If McCain can't stand up to a coffee klatch, how on earth is the turd running with national defense as his strong suit? The fact is, there is no explanation for his lies except that he's a scuzz running a nasty campaign which counts on American's being so stupid that his misleading ads will work.
Barbara and Joy were in a delicious attack mode, as if this man was so plainly wrong that he didn't even deserve much respect, earning mine in the process. Whoopi just hung back with an attitude of "Honey, I already know this thing is the devil" and thankfully Sherri Shepherd, who thinks the earth is flat, kept her stupid mouth shut. A very fun watch. Sure wish our newscasters could be as hard-hitting as these gals! Enjoy!
AN INTERVIEW FROM LA's FRONTIERS MAGAZINE BY JACKIE BEAT:
What title best describes what happened when I sat down in Provincetown to talk with legendary drag performer Lady Bunny about her new movie career: “Clash of the Titans,” “When World’s Collide,” “Mean Girls”? All of these seem appropriate but to capture the essence of the face-to-face drag-on-drag interview, enjoy what I call “The Antique’s Road Show”...
JACKIE BEAT: First, let us get the shameless promotion out of the way... Tell me about your role in Another Gay Sequel: Gays Gone Wild?
LADY BUNNY: I play Sandi Cove, a bawdy drag emcee with a loud wardrobe and big blonde wigs. It was extremely difficult to play someone so different than myself!
JB: Clearly. You’re very involved with PETA, can you tell us more about that?
LB: For years I've performed in PETA's FUR IS A DRAG events, in which drag queens model bloodstained, donated furs while I explain how each type of fur is obtained. Beavers, for example, are killed by anal electrocution. Gays: Don't get turned on—this shit kills you!
JB: How do you reconcile your work for PETA with the fact that you're infamous for chowing down on so much dark meat?
LB: Well, I don't actually digest those black and latino donkey dicks! Besides, my tricks don't die from our trysts. Well, not immediately anyway.
JB: Speaking of dark meat, you're alone in a luxury hotel suite with Barack Obama. What happens?
LB: Obama brings me my food, I tip him two quarters, and he leaves. Well, he says he wants change! [Actually] what I'd most like to do is get to know him, thank him for inspiring thousands... and urge him to keep on the right track. [Support] Obama or let McCain win and throw away your hope of marriage and many other rights.
JB: Now that the last fag reading has given up on this interview thanks to your political rant, let’s talk about you! How would you describe your fashion style?
LB: Corrective? I'm told I have nice legs so I often wear mini's to highlight them. And I find that bold prints can distract the eye from what's going on underneath!
JB: Huh? Oh sorry, I must’ve dozed off! You're sentenced to death for your crimes against good taste. What would you have as your last meal?
LB: Well, I'm performing here in Provincetown so I am craving fried clams and lemonade!
JB: Funny that when I ask about a death sentence you mention your performance! What projects are you currently working on?
LB: In addition to my many upcoming performances, I've also written a song for Another Gay Sequel which will be my first composition available on iTunes. It’s called “Gays Gone Wild” and I even managed to work a fart joke in there! I also have a nonsexual role in the Michael Lucas porn flick BROTHER'S REUNION...
JB: Sweet Jesus, it’s an interview Bunny, NOT the Biography Channel! Finally, if you could slap any celebrity across their face, who would it be and why?
LB: Well, although I don’t consider you an ACTUAL celebrity Jackie...
[Bunny slaps my gorgeous face and storms out of the room.]
SHE'S RAISED THE IRE OF LYNDA CARTER AKA WONDER WOMAN! I sure wish I could see that golden, truth-tellin' lasso around that lying bitch Palin's neck.
LYNDA ON PALIN:
Don’t get me started. She’s the anti-Wonder Woman. She’s judgmental and dictatorial, telling people how they’ve got to live their lives. And a superior religious self-righteousness … that’s just not what Wonder Woman is about. Hillary Clinton is a lot more like Wonder Woman than Mrs. Palin. She did it all, didn’t she?
BROUGHT TO YOU BY THE ST. PETERSBURG TIMES. Check on the election attacks and see which candidates are making a full flip-flop, liar, liar pants on fire, or half-truth.
A curious article on the transsexuals place in various societies throughout the ages. I identify strongly with the Indian hijras, who show up at weddings and christenings and sing until they are paid to leave.
For instance, in ancient Rome existed the ‘Gallae’, Phrygian worshipers of the Goddess Cybele. Once decided on their choice of gender and religion, physically male Gallae ran through the streets and threw their own severed genitalia into open doorways, as a ritualistic act.
The household receiving these remains considered them a great blessing. In return, the household would nurse the Gallae back to health. The Gallae then ceremoniously received female clothes, and assumed a female identity. Commonly, they would be dressed as brides, or in other splendid clothing.
Winkte (transgendereds from the Sioux tribe) would also perform primitive reassignment operations of a sort, and history records the process used by physical males: riding for days on a special hard saddle to crush the testicles and thus effectively castrate the individual.
Winkte would also perform primitive reassignment operations of a sort, and history records the process used by physical males: riding for days on a special hard saddle to crush the testicles and thus effectively castrate the individual.
THIS WAS A FORWARD SO I DON'T KNOW WHERE IT WAS FROM, BUT IT WAS WRITTEN BY JOSH MARSHALL. (I ADDED THE PIC BECAUSE HE LOOKS LIKE A TURTLE PULLED OUT OF IT'S SHELL. MAKE THAT A TURD-LE.)
One of the interesting aspects of this campaign is watching the scales fall from the eyes of many of John McCain's closest admirers among the veteran DC press corps. I'm not talking about the freaks on Fox News or any of the sycophants at the AP. I'm talking about, let's say, the better sort of reporters and commentators in the 45 to 65 age bracket. To the extent that the press was McCain's base (and in many though now sillier respects it still is) this was the base of the base. And talking to a number of them I can understand why that was, at least in the sense of the person he was then presenting himself as.
But over the last ... maybe six weeks, in various conversations with these folks, the change is palpable. Whether it will make any difference in the tone of coverage in the dominant media I do not know. But it is sinking in.
All politicians stretch the truth, massage it into the best fit with their message. But, let's face it, John McCain is running a campaign almost entirely based on straight up lies. Not just exaggerations or half truths but the sort of straight up, up-is-down mind-blowers we've become so accustomed to from the current occupants of the White House. And today McCain comes out with this rancid, race-baiting ad based on another lie. Willie Horton looks mild by comparison. (And remember, President George H.W. Bush never ran the Willie Horton ad himself. It was an outside group. He wasn't willing to degrade himself that far.) As TPM Reader JM said below, at least Horton actually was released on a furlough. This is ugly stuff. And this is an ugly person. There's clearly no level of sleaze this guy won't stoop to to win this election.
And let's be frank. He might win it. This is clearly a testing time for Obama supporters. But I want to return to a point I made a few years ago during the Social Security battle with President Bush. Winning and losing is never fully in one's control -- not in politics or in life. What is always within our control is how we fight and bear up under pressure. It's easy to get twisted up in your head about strategy and message and optics. But what is already apparent is that John McCain is running the sleaziest, most dishonest and race-baiting campaign of our lifetimes. So let's stopped being shocked and awed by every new example of it. It is undignified. What can we do? We've got a dangerously reckless contender for the presidency and a vice presidential candidate who distinguished her self by abuse of office even on the comparatively small political stage of Alaska. They've both embraced a level of dishonesty that disqualifies them for high office. Democrats owe it to the country to make clear who these people are. No apologies or excuses. If Democrats can say at the end of this campaign that they made clear exactly how and why these two are unfit for high office they can be satisfied they served their country.
Eddie wanted desperately to have sex with this really cute, really hot girl in his office... But she was dating someone else.
One day Eddie got so frustrated that he went to her and said, I'll give you $100 if you let me have sex with you...
The girl looked at him, and then said, 'NO!'
Eddie said, 'I'll be real fast. I'll throw the money on the floor, you bend down and I'll finish by the time you've picked it up.'
She thought for a moment and said that she would consult with her boyfriend. So she called him and explained the situation. Her boyfriend says, 'Ask him for $200, and pick up the money really fast. He won't even be able to get his pants down.'
She agreed and accepts the proposal.
Over half an hour goes by and the boyfriend is still waiting for his girlfriend's call. Finally, after 45 minutes the boyfriend calls and asks, 'What happened...?'
Still breathing hard, she managed to reply, 'The bastard had all quarters!'
Management lesson: Always consider a business proposition in it's entirety before agreeing to it and getting screwed.
It’s not easy getting people in the 49th state to speak critically about Palin – especially people in Wasilla, where she was mayor. For one thing, with every journalist in the world calling, phone lines into Alaska have been mostly jammed since Friday; as often as not, a recording told me that “all circuits are busy” or numbers just wouldn’t ring. I should think a state that’s been made richer than God by oil could afford telephone lines and cell towers for everyone.
On a more practical level, many people in Alaska, and particularly Wasilla, are reluctant to speak or be quoted by name because they’re afraid of her as well as the state Republican Party machine. Apparently, the power elite are as mean as the winters.
“The GOP is kind of like organized crime up here,” an insurance agent in Anchorage who knows the Palin family, explained. “It’s corrupt and arrogant. They’re all rich because they do private sweetheart deals with the oil companies, and they can destroy anyone. And they will, if they have to.”
WHAT IS TROOPERGATE? HERE'S WHAT WIKIPEDIA HAS TO SAY:
The Alaska Public Safety Commissioner dismissal, also known as Troopergate, involves the July 2008 firing of the Public Safety Commissioner for the State of Alaska by Governor Sarah Palin.
Palin, the Republican vice presidential nominee in the 2008 United States presidential election, said that she dismissed commissioner Walter Monegan because of performance-related issues. Monegan said that his dismissal may have been tied to his reluctance to fire Mike Wooten, an Alaska State Trooper who is also Palin's ex-brother-in-law. Wooten was disciplined in 2006 for making a death threat against Palin's father, though he denied the accusation; Wooten is also involved in an ongoing custody dispute with Palin's sister. Several news sources have referred to this controversy as Troopergate.
Palin is being investigated, by an independent investigator hired by the Alaska Legislature], to determine whether she abused her power when she fired Monegan. Palin has denied any wrongdoing. The investigator's report is expected by October 10.
If found guilty, Sarah could either face a fine or impeachment. It would definitely cloud her cheery Alaskan soccer mom image just in time to poison people against the republican ticket which seems to have been boosted because of her addition. I was listening to AIR AMERICA and host Richard Greene scoffed at a caller who has started a petition to make sure that the Troopergate investigation is handled fairly and promptly. The caller said they were hoping for 1 million signatures, which Richard thought was unrealistic.
Well, I just signed it and sure enough, there were only 200 signatures so far. But I'll do anything in my power to keep that nut out of the White House. I hope that you will consider signing it, too.
The Alaska Troopergate scandal is spiraling out of control and this story hasn't even begun to scratch the surface.
GOP operatives are scrambling desperately to stop the public from learning about the Nixon like abuse of power Sarah Palin used to Govern Alaska.
WE MUST STOP THE GOP CRIMINAL TACTICS ONCE AND FOR ALL.
They are creating a smoke screen by claiming that the media is somehow sexist or out to get Palin simply for wanting answers on these very serious charges that get right to the heart as to whether she is fit to be the Vice President.
Simply put we as Americans have a right to know answers. What are they hiding?
People For the Truth on Troopergate want to get at least 1 million signatures before the election demanding that Palin and her husband cooperate with the investigation and that GOP operatives stop stonewalling the investigation.
If you as an American are tired of these tactics please sign this petition letting the GOP cover-up machine know that WE THE PEOPLE will be heard and we say once and for all ENOUGH IS ENOUGH!
Please pass this petition on after you sign it and with your help we will get this story the national attention it deserves and the information we as Americans are entitled to know before the election!
This is what our great country stands for! Let your voice be heard loud and clear!
Thanks for your support and God bless America!
People For the Truth on Troopergate www.AlaskaTroopergate.com Petition: We, the undersigned, call on Sarah Palin to fulfill her promise to cooperate with the Alaska Troopergate investigation.
We demand that GOP operatives stop stonewalling the investigation.
We as Americans say ENOUGH IS ENOUGH and demand the information we are entitled to know to make an informed decision before election day!
I HOPE YOU TAKE A MINUTE TO INCH THEM CLOSER TO THEIR GOAL OF 1 MILLION SIGNATURES. WITHOUT SPENDING A DIME, YOUR SUPPORT COULD KEEP THIS TROLL OUT OF THE WHITE HOUSE. THANKS!
Prowling the tents of Bryant Park, I couldn't get the image of the perky, bespectacled G.O.P. veep pick out of my mind
by Simon Doonan September 9, 2008
******************************************** On Thursday, Sept. 4, before hitting the Bryant Park shows, I made a beeline for my neighborhood optician to check up on business. I had expected to see hordes of women snapping up those smart-lady Tina Fey glasses, the very same ones that had endowed Sarah Palin, the Republican candidate for vice president of the United States, with such an air of faux gravitas the night before. Thirty-seven million people of varying political persuasions watched the bespectacled Alaskan overachiever deliver her acceptance speech! Eyewear, and the unwitting marketing thereof, has never loomed larger on the American landscape. If this political stuff does not work out, Ms. Palin is definitely in the running to become America's next top eyewear model: not Miss Congeniality, but Ms. LensCrafters. Anybody can see that.
And let's call a spade a spade: The having-it-all hockey mom was mesmerizing, albeit in a hilarious, if-John-Waters-had-invented-a-Republican kind of a way. If Sarah Palin weren't anti-choice, anti-Darwin, anti-gay marriage, and overly fond of killing large animals with horns, then I would definitely vote for her. I would plonk her caribou-skinnin' ass in the Oval Office in a hot second. But she is and therefore I'm not.
As New York is all abuzz with fashion week's junkies sussing out the latest trend, a super-expensive accessory has emerged in recent months: the gaybie. Yes, both Ricky Martin and Clay Aiken both have sired children out of wedlock recently. (Bastards are really making a comeback!) Rod Townsend takes an in-depth look at this faggy phenomenon in Radar.
CALL ME...GULP...DADDY????
CHILDREN OF MEN: Meet Hollywood's hottest new accessory: the gaybie
By Rod Townsend
An excerpt:
Tom Ford wardrobes, Fire Island homes, and Le Corbusier chaises have long been coveted power gay accessories, but now celebrities like Clay Aiken and Ricky Martin are flaunting a new, even more exclusive essential: the gaybie. Yes, the gaybie. A baby gayness hath wrought. Found sashaying down the uteri of surrogate mothers worldwide, providing self-actualization and status-faction to Hollywood's single fathers. (For the sake of brevity, and legality, "I consider sort of obviously gay despite publicist claims" is herein truncated simply as "gay.")
Gaybies buck the celebrity trend of adopting internationally. Take the August births of Parker Foster Aiken (son of Clay) and the as-of-yet-unnamed Martin twins. (Conceived with Ricky Martin's sperm and the egg of an unknown.) For one brief tabloid moment, both births stole Brangelina's thunder and brought attention to the hip new test-tube alternative for committed bachelors.
Sarah Palin shares nothing but a chromosome with Hillary Clinton. She is Phyllis Schlafly, only younger.
By Gloria Steinem
September 4, 2008
Here's the good news: Women have become so politically powerful that even the anti-feminist right wing -- the folks with a headlock on the Republican Party -- are trying to appease the gender gap with a first-ever female vice president. We owe this to women -- and to many men too -- who have picketed, gone on hunger strikes or confronted violence at the polls so women can vote. We owe it to Shirley Chisholm, who first took the "white-male-only" sign off the White House, and to Hillary Rodham Clinton, who hung in there through ridicule and misogyny to win 18 million votes.
But here is even better news: It won't work. This isn't the first time a boss has picked an unqualified woman just because she agrees with him and opposes everything most other women want and need. Feminism has never been about getting a job for one woman. It's about making life more fair for women everywhere. It's not about a piece of the existing pie; there are too many of us for that. It's about baking a new pie.
Selecting Sarah Palin, who was touted all summer by Rush Limbaugh, is no way to attract most women, including die-hard Clinton supporters. Palin shares nothing but a chromosome with Clinton. Her down-home, divisive and deceptive speech did nothing to cosmeticize a Republican convention that has more than twice as many male delegates as female, a presidential candidate who is owned and operated by the right wing and a platform that opposes pretty much everything Clinton's candidacy stood for -- and that Barack Obama's still does. To vote in protest for McCain/Palin would be like saying, "Somebody stole my shoes, so I'll amputate my legs."
I admit that I failed it miserably. I guess I didn't realize the energy crisis was as dismal as it really is, or that the options to alternative fuels were as close to our reach as they actually are. Of course, with oil companies advertising heavily on every "news" station, that could be a reason that we don't hear the dirty truth as often as we should and therefore can't make informed choices. Or maybe I'm just stupid!
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Daniel Radcliffe wants to play a drag queen in his next movie. The Harry Potter star confessed he would love to land the unusual role because it would allow him to dress as a woman and wear make-up. He said: “I think part of me would love to play a drag queen, just because it would be an excuse to wear loads of eye make-up.”
Fascinating article from the Daily Mail about the disfigured wife who McCain dumper for the wealthy, pretty Cindy.
An excerpt:
And yet despite his popularity as a politician, there are those who won’t forget his treatment of his first wife.
Ted Sampley, who fought with US Special Forces in Vietnam and is now a leading campaigner for veterans’ rights, said: ‘I have been following John McCain’s career for nearly 20 years. I know him personally. There is something wrong with this guy and let me tell you what it is – deceit.
‘When he came home and saw that Carol was not the beauty he left behind, he started running around on her almost right away. Everybody around him knew it.
‘Eventually he met Cindy and she was young and beautiful and very wealthy. At that point McCain just dumped Carol for something he thought was better.
‘This is a guy who makes such a big deal about his character. He has no character. He is a fake. If there was any character in that first marriage, it all belonged to Carol.’
One old friend of the McCains said: ‘Carol always insists she is not bitter, but I think that’s a defence mechanism. She also feels deeply in his debt because in return for her agreement to a divorce, he promised to pay for her medical care for the rest of her life.’
Carol remained resolutely loyal as McCain’s political star rose. She says she agreed to talk to The Mail on Sunday only because she wanted to publicise her support for the man who abandoned her.
Indeed, the old Mercedes that she uses to run errands displays both a disabled badge and a sticker encouraging people to vote for her ex-husband. ‘He’s a good guy,’ she assured us. ‘We are still good friends. He is the best man for president.’
But Ross Perot, who paid her medical bills all those years ago, now believes that both Carol McCain and the American people have been taken in by a man who is unusually slick and cruel – even by the standards of modern politics.
‘McCain is the classic opportunist. He’s always reaching for attention and glory,’ he said.
‘After he came home, Carol walked with a limp. So he threw her over for a poster girl with big money from Arizona. And the rest is history.’
I DIDN'T WRITE THIS, BUT IT MAKES SOME AWFULLY GOOD POINTS.
If you're a minority and you're selected for a job over more qualified candidates you're a "token hire."
f you're a conservative and you're selected for a job over more qualified candidates you're a "game changer."
Black teen pregnancies? A "crisis" in black America.
White teen pregnancies? A "blessed event."
If you grow up in Hawaii you're "exotic."
Grow up in Alaska eating mooseburgers, you're the quintessential "American story."
Similarly, if you name you kid Barack you're "unpatriotic."
Name your kid Track, you're "colorful."
If you're a Democrat and you make a VP pick without fully vetting the individual you're "reckless." A Republican who doesn't fully vet is a "maverick."
If you spend 3 years as a community organizer growing your organization from a staff of 1 to 13 and your budget from $70,000 to $400,000, then become the first black President of the Harvard Law Review, create a voter registration drive that registers 150,000 new African Amerian voters, spend 12 years as a Constitutional Law professor, then spend nearly 8 more years as a State Senator representing a district with over 750,000 people, becoming chairman of the state Senate's Health and Human Services committee, then spend nearly 4 years in the United States Senate representing a state of nearly 13 million people, sponsoring 131 bills and serving on the Foreign Affairs, Environment and Public Works and Veteran's Affairs committees, you are woefully inexperienced.
If you spend 4 years on the city council and 6 years as the mayor of a town with less than 7,000 people, then spend 20 months as the governor of a state with 650,000 people, then you've got the most executive experience of anyone on either ticket, are the Commander in Chief of the Alaska military and are well qualified to lead the nation should you be called upon to do so because your state is the closest state to Russia.
If you are a Democratic male candidate who is popular with millions of people you are an "arrogant celebrity".
If you are a popular Republican female candidate you are "energizing the base".
If you are a younger male candidate who thinks for himself and makes his own decisions you are "presumptuous".
If you are an older male candidate who makes last minute decisions you refuse to explain, you are a "shoot from the hip" maverick.
If you are a candidate with a Harvard law degree you are "an elitist-out of touch" with the real America.
if you are a legacy (dad and granddad were admirals) graduate of Anapolis, with multiple disciplinary infractions you are a hero.
If you manage a multi-million dollar nationwide campaign, you are an "empty suit".
If you are a part time mayor of a town of 7000 people, you are an "experienced executive".
If you go to a south side Chicago church, your beliefs are "extremist".
If you believe in creationism and don't believe global warming is man made, you are "strongly principled".
If you cheated on your first wife with a rich heiress, and left your disfigured wife and married the heiress the next month, you're a Christian.
If you have been married to the same woman with whom you've been wed to for 19 years and raising 2 beautiful daughters with, you're "risky".
If you're a black single mother of 4 who waits for 22 hours after her water breaks to seek medical attention, you're an irresponsible parent, endangering the life of your unborn child. But if you're a white married mother who waits 22 hours, you're spunky.
If you're a 13-year-old Chelsea Clinton, the right-wing press calls you "First dog."
If you're a 17-year old pregnant unwed daughter of a Republican, the right-wing press calls you "beautiful" and "courageous."
If you kill an endangered species, you're an excellent hunter.
If you have an abortion your not a christian, you're a murderer ( forget about if it happen while being date raped.)
If you teach abstinence only in sex education, you get teen parents.
If you teach responsible age appropriate sex education, including the proper use of birth control, you are eroding the fiber of society.
If you're a Republican senator who solicits gay sex in an airport bathroom, you get to return to your job in the Senate and are encouraged to run for re-election.
If you're a Democratic Senator who is out of public office and have an affair, your political career is over and your wife who has terminal cancer is to blame.
And finally:
Quiz question for the RNC, specifically those on the Religious Right. Who is one of the most revered, and famous community organizers in history? ...... ......... ............ JESUS CHRIST -- "The only thing more expensive than education is ignorance." --Benjamin Franklin
Here are the top nine comments made by NBC sports commentators so far during the Summer Olympics that they would like to take back:
Weightlifting commentator: 'This is Gregorieva from Bulgaria. I saw her snatch this morning during her warm up and it was amazing.'
Dressage commentator: 'This is really a lovely horse and I speak from personal experience since I once mounted her mother.'
Paul Hamm, Gymnast: 'I owe a lot to my parents, especially my mother and father.'
Boxing Analyst: 'Sure there have been injuries, and even some deaths in boxing, but none of them really that serious.'
Softball announcer: 'If history repeats itself, I should think we can expect the same thing again.'
Basketball analyst: 'He dribbles a lot and the opposition doesn't like it. In fact you can see it all over their faces.'
At the rowing medal ceremony: 'Ah, isn't that nice, the wife of the IOC president is hugging the cox of the British crew.'
Soccer commentator: 'Julian Dicks is everywhere. It's like they've got eleven Dicks on the field.'
Tennis commentator: 'One of the reasons Andy is playing so well is that, before the final round, his wife takes out his balls and kisses them... Oh my God, what have I just said?'
Here's a recipe from my mom, who actual signed this note as Mama B--for BUNNY! Love her to death and chuckle to think that she is sharing anti-aging secrets with me!
Recipe for No More Crows' Feet:
1 Tablespoon plain yogurt 1/2 teaspoon vitamin E oil 1/2 half avocado, mashed Combine and gently spread around eyes before bed, avoiding getting eyes. (Recipe doesn't say what to do when the avocado is smeared all over the sheets.) Love, Mama B
Salman Rushdie investigates India's transsexual underworld In his contribution to Aids Sutra, a collection of essays about the HIV/Aids problem in India, Salman Rushdie reports on the culture of the hijra
ACCORDING TO GREEK mythology, Hermaphroditus, the child of Hermes and Aphrodite, fell so passionately in love with a nymph named Salmacis that they beseeched Zeus to unite them for all time, and were joined in a single body in which both sexes remained manifest.
The Hindu tradition contains, if anything, a more powerful version of this story, elevated to the very summit of the Hindu pantheon, and glorifying not merely the beauty of the physical union of the sexes but the union of the male and female principles in the Universe, a metaphor reaching far beyond biology. In a cave on Elephanta Island in Bombay harbour is a sculpture of the deity named Ardhanari or Ardhanarishvara, a name composed of three elements: ardha - half, nari - woman, ishvara - god; thus Ardhanarishvara, the half-woman god.
One side of the Elephanta carving is male, the other female, and it represents the coming together of Shiva and Shakti, the forces of Being and Doing, the fire and the heat, in the body of a third, double-gendered deity. A cultural history so rich in the mighty possibilities of sexual admixture ought by rights to find it easy to understand and accept not only biological hermaphrodites but also such contemporary gender-benders as the hijra community. Yet hijras have always been, and still are, treated with a mixture of fascination, revulsion, and fear.
Performer suffers apparent massive coronary in middle of routine
TRAGIC FINALE: On Sunday, Aug, 31, Chip Doran (a.k.a. Ilene Alloverya), died at the Dallas Eagle during the climax of her “Nobody Does It Like Me” number.
Before she hit the stage, Ilene Alloverya told Donna Dumae that she had a dramatic performance in store. It was the last number of Dumae’s 12th annual “Friends Helping Friends” fundraiser for AIDS Services of Dallas held last Sunday, Aug. 31 at the Dallas Eagle.
At one point during her “Nobody Does It Like Me” number, Alloverya crawled across the floor to accept a tip from Dumae.
“During the song, he threw out his arms and then just dropped to the floor. It was incredible. At first, I laughed, thinking ‘Oh Ilene, you were right. That certainly was dramatic,’” remembers Don Jenkins (a.k.a. Donna Dumae).
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ST. PAUL, Minn. — On behalf of the media, I would like to say we are sorry.
On behalf of the elite media, I would like to say we are very sorry.
We have asked questions this week that we should never have asked.
We have asked pathetic questions like: Who is Sarah Palin? What is her record? Where does she stand on the issues? And is she is qualified to be a heartbeat away from the presidency?
We have asked mean questions like: How well did John McCain know her before he selected her? How well did his campaign vet her? And was she his first choice?
Bad questions. Bad media. Bad.
It is not our job to ask questions. Or it shouldn’t be. To hear from the pols at the Republican National Convention this week, our job is to endorse and support the decisions of the pols.
Sarah Palin hit the nail on the head Wednesday night (and several in the audience wish she had hit some reporters on the head instead) when she said: “I’m not a member of the permanent political establishment. And I’ve learned quickly, these past few days, that if you’re not a member in good standing of the Washington elite, then some in the media consider a candidate unqualified for that reason alone.”
But where did we go wrong with Sarah Palin? Let me count the ways:
First, we should have stuck to the warm, human interest stuff like how she likes mooseburgers and hit an important free throw at her high school basketball tournament even though she had a stress fracture.
Second, we should have stuck to the press release stuff like how she opposed the Bridge to Nowhere (after she supported it).
Third, we should never have strayed into the other stuff. Like when The Washington Post recently wrote: “Palin is under investigation by a bipartisan state legislative body. … Palin had promised to cooperate with the legislative inquiry, but this week she hired a lawyer to fight to move the case to the jurisdiction of the state personnel board, which Palin appoints.”
Why go there? What trees does that plant?
Fourth, we should stop making with all the questions already. She gave a really good speech. And why go beyond that? As we all know, speeches cannot be written by others and rehearsed for days. They are true windows to the soul.
Unless they are delivered by Barack Obama, that is. In which case, as Palin said Wednesday, speeches are just a “cloud of rhetoric.”
Fifth, we should stop reporting on the families of the candidates. Unless the candidates want us to.
Sarah Palin wanted the media to report on her teenage son, Track, who enlisted in the Army on Sept. 11, 2007, and soon will deploy to Iraq.
Sarah Palin did not want the media to report on her teenage daughter, Bristol, who is pregnant and unmarried.
Sarah Palin thinks that one is good for her campaign and one is not, and that the media should report only on what is good for her campaign. That is our job, and that is our duty. If that is not actually in the Constitution, it should be. (And someday may be.)
The official theme of the convention’s third day was “prosperity,” but the unofficial theme was “the media are really, really awful.”
Even Mike Huckabee, who campaigned for president this year by saying “I am a conservative, but I am not mad at anybody,” discovered Wednesday night that he is mad at somebody.
“I’d like to thank the elite media for doing something,” Huckabee said, “that, quite frankly, I didn’t think could be done: unify the Republican party and all of America in support of John McCain and Sarah Palin.”
And could that be the real point of the attacks on the media? To unify the Republican Party?
No, that is simply the cynical, media view.
Though as Lily Tomlin says, “No matter how cynical I get, it’s just never enough to keep up.”
What a voice! Between her wild vocal interpretation and the fab house arrangement, Aretha Franklin's mega-smash RESPECT is almost unrecognizable. This is a lip-synch, but the Deva still works it. And as always, she is the dykiest straight woman I've ever seen! Not brandishing a hammer in construction gear! Nuts!
As usual, dance artists fare better in Europe, and I gagged that there was a music video of her 1991 cover of IT SHOULD'VE BEEN ME, which Flotilla Debarge used to lip-synch to at Boy Bar. Of course, many queens still lip-synch to Yvonne Fair's Norman Whitfiled-produced 70's version of the song from the rare album THE BITCH IS BLACK. But again, Adeva totally switches the groove and melody and if not improves on, at least measures up to the original. And they even glammed her up a little in this really fun video.
AN EXCERPT OF A PIT BULL IN LIPSTICK? BY JOAN WALSH:
Perhaps predictably, she didn't take on any of the negative stories about her, ignoring not just her daughter's pregnancy but her own Troopergate, as well as the smaller revelations unrolling in the last few days: that she fired the police chief of Wasilla, and allegedly tried to ax the town librarian for not helping her ban books she found offensive. She didn't try to explain the many contradictions in her limited public record: She was for the infamous Alaska "Bridge to Nowhere" before she was against it. She was a supporter of disgraced Sen. Ted Stevens before she was an opponent. She has railed against pork but brought home the bacon for Wasilla and the state of Alaska.
Drunk, slurring through a poem and with an incredible bouffant, she is riveting! And she brings out Daughter Dearest for a (very) quick acknowledgement at the end. Christina's hair is her biggest ever, too.
Gave me quite a chuckle but I'm guessing it's Cashetta:
We were hoping to see you at the Ft. Lauderdale premiere of Another Gay Sequel:Gays Gone Wild. We had no idea you were in Port St. Lucie.
-------------------- Police say cross-dressing purse-snatcher left behind a strange clue: A condom filled with water --------------------
By Associated Press
September 3 2008, 9:14 PM EDT
PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. (AP) _ Police in Port St. Lucie are on the lookout for a cross-dressing man who snatched a 74-year-old woman's purse. As if that weren't odd enough, they're depending on a strange clue. The suspect left behind a condom filled with water he had been using as a fake breast.
The woman said she believed the thief followed her while shopping. A witness told investigators he was wearing a short denim skirt and black tube top, and fled in a silver car with two other male crossdressers.
Police are processing the condom for fingerprint and DNA evidence.
MAYBE "SHE'S HAVING MY BABY" WASN'T THE MOST APPROPRIATE SONG CHOICE.
Transsexual Files Complaint Over Karaoke Woman Says Bar Banned Her From Singing
WINDSOR LOCKS, Conn. -- A transgendered woman who said a Connecticut bar refused to allow her to sing on a karaoke night has filed a complaint with the state Liquor Commission. Michelle Merrill said a manager at the Skyline Restaurant in Windsor Locks would not let her sing on Aug. 22 because she is a transsexual. The 35-year-old Enfield resident was born a male and began sex-change procedures 10 years ago.
Merrill said the manager told her other patrons complained that she used the women's bathroom and he didn't want people like her in the bar.
The restaurant's owner, Gina Pastula, denied the discrimination allegation. She declined to name the manager working that night.
I heard this gem on a radio station in Amsterdam 8 years ago. I asked who the artist was and was told that it was Bobby Womack. (Of course, one does tend to get a little addled on hashish in Amsterdam.) FINALLY, I found it on youtube. Check it out if love beautiful soul music. The melody is unforgettable.
CNN 9:00 EASTERN TIME. It will be ineresting to hear his feisty take on election shenanigans. In the meantime, Randi Rhodes is still spewing every weekday from 3-6 Eastern Standard Time on a Phoneix radio station which you can hear online at 1480PHX.COM. Click on LISTEN LIVE and you will be directd to a page which gives you a choice of primary or secondary streams. I don't know what that means and maybe it's different for other computers, but secondary stream is the only one that works for me. It takes a minute to buffer, whatever that means.
I'm sure that Randi will be slamming Palin's RNC speech today so it should be a good day to tune in.
I send out a newsletter which you can sign up for by clicking HERE. If you got the last one, you'd have seen Ann-Margret's sizzling mod Canada Dry commercial. Lurleen Wallace got so excited that she dug up two more white-hot youtube clips of the showbiz legend.
THE FIRST IS HER OPENING NUMBER FOR "ANN-MARGET SMITH", HER 1975 TV SPECIAL.. SHE REALLY LETS LOOSE!
AND DRESSED AS A DISCO CLOWN, SHE PERFORMS RAZZLE DAZZLE FROM CHICAGO. DO NOT MISS THE PSYCHEDELIC ENDING! BOTH NUMBERS HAVE A TOUCH OF WARHOL.
Thanks to moveon.org, you can just give a small donation and get an Obama t-shirt for next to nothing. I ordered mine--can't wait to feel that fine thang on top of me!
A McCain flack is grilled by CNN's Campbell Brown on Republican VP pick Palin and her questionable qualifications with regards to foreign policy. The zombie can only keep referring back to it's talking points. The fact is, governors rarely have much foreign policy experience since they govern one state. But McCain cancelled an interview on CNN because Campell's question's to his flack were "over the line"--ie: too hard and or with ugly answers.
Bookies are currently waging bets on whether or not McCain will drop Palin. I hope he does, even if it's for someone more popular. It's a win-win situation which can only make John McCain look prone to making huge errors. What I don't understand is how the religious right is supposed to react. Palin has proclaimed that she would not consider an abortion for her own daughter if her daughter became pregnant as a result of a rape! I know that fundamentalists cherish pro-life candidates, but don't they also frown on pre-marital sex and kids born out of wedlock? And I know that presidents have sired children out of wedlock, but this may be a precedent if the Republicans--I know, bite my tongue--win. What will they call the illegitimate brat--America's First Bastard?
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