Entries from August 2009
Beggars can’t be choosers….
69-year-old music producer Phil Spector said in a letter released Wednesday that he fears for his safety at Corcoran State Prison and wants to be moved to “a better prison” — far away from cult leader Charles Manson and RFK assassin Sirhan Sirhan.
In it, he said he is working with his attorneys “to get a better prison with people more like myself in it during the appeal process instead of all these lowlife scumbags, gangsters and Manson types…. They’d kill you here for a 39-cent bag of soup!”
Well, people in Hell want ice water. Guess what, tough guy? You’re tough enough to kill a woman, you’re tough enough to wear a dress and be called “Sally” by a large man from South Central Los Angeles.
That’s why it’s called “Hard Time” jackass.
Categories: WTF
I don’t know enough about health care to debate it clearly. Nor have I read the bills being proposed (of course, neither have most of the people in Congress but…details).
But I do interact with normal people everyday. Here is the most insightful quote I’ve read about politics, the media, and the average American EVAR.
It points to a political discourse that’s badly broken. But more than anything, it creates an enormous incentive to lie, blatantly and repeatedly, to the public. There are no real penalties, and the number of Americans who’ll believe nonsense skews the debate in the liars’ direction. – Steve Benen
Categories: Quotes
Tagged: quote of the day, the average american is a gullible ninny
Sailors aboard the ballistic missile submarine USS Rhode Island (SSBN 740) render aid to five Bahamian nationals recovered from a capsized fishing vessel in the Atlantic Ocean. The five men were treated for dehydration.
Two thoughts…
A) Good on the skipper for taking care of some fellow mariners.
B) Thank GOD the crew doesn’t wear those damn cranials like my old boats used to. Pro-Tec helmets look much more stylish…
Categories: Navy · Submarines
Tagged: USS Rhode Island rescue at sea
Back when Bill Clinton put on his Jimmy Carter outfit, and started playing the role of international negotiator, there was a great deal of discussion about the unintended consequences of sending someone of his stature to talk to North Korea. Like him or not, he is a former President of the United States and as such, sending him to negotiate the release of two journalists sends a very strong signal about the legitimacy and power of a ruler of a given country.
Everyone was congratulating each other on Clinton getting the two journalists (who just happened to work for Al Gore’s media company) released. Well, it seems chickens are coming home to roost:
North Korea is ready to start “a new dialogue” with the United States about nuclear weapons, according to an aide to New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson, who is meeting with two top North Korean diplomats.
Richardson, according to Gallegos, said the diplomats feel that the White House owes North Korea a direct conversation after the reclusive, communist nation released two detained American journalists this month.
Once you feed a stray cat, it just keeps coming back….
Categories: Life
Tagged: Clinton in Korea, US owes North Korea a favor
on the inside.
Why you ask? Because the cast for next season’s Dancing with Inept Dancers the Stars was just released. In the mix is one definitive diamond in the rough. Guess which one makes me cry..
Joining Osmond and DeLay will be Kelly Osbourne; former Dallas Cowboy Michael Irvin; models Kathy Ireland and Joanna Krupa; singers Macy Gray, Mya and Aaron Carter; actresses Melissa Joan Hart and Debi Mazar; Olympic swimmer Natalie Coughlin; ex-UFC fighter Chuck Liddell; snowboarder Louie Vito; and actors Mark Dacascos and Ashley Hamilton.
That’s right. Chuck Liddell.
Seriously? The Ice Man? Dancing with the Stars?
What has the world come to…
Categories: WTF
Tagged: Chuck Liddell on Dancing with the stars, dancing with the stars cast
