July 8 2008 Pugilists pause for chess in the ring

Pugilists pause for chess in the ring
Boxing + Chess = German Sport Super Funtime!


Goo guns stops bad guys in their tracks
Homeland Security Budget dollars at work aimed at U.S. citizens. Yes, "bad guys" means protesters expected in Denver and other cities for political conventions this summer (DNC, RNC). The Anti-terrorism consultant states that "rational people should not be concerned" with the purchase of $25 million in arms for use against the American public. Touche. And yes that plural noun /singular verb was CNN's.

Poll: Which Celebrity CNN Newscaster are YOU?

The results are in -
Anderson Cooper tops it: 36%
Wolf Blitzer: 25 %
Larry King: 18 %
Glenn Beck: 11%
Nancy Grace: 10%

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July 7 2008 Communion wafer held hostage

During catholic mass a student took communion and with great wiliness spit it into his palm for safe keeping. A church official saw this act of defiance and struggled to pry christ out of his hands. Both parties are pressing charges and the saliva soaked body of christ is being held hostage in a ziplock baggie in Florida.

Ralph Nader: Why I'm the best choice
cnn.com gives some airplay to Nader and offers a T-shirt. They even let him talk about the corporate interests of the other candidates until the host claims it's just the normal thing that politicians do. Nader, now at 6% in the polls, basically tells him that business as usual is simply not good business.

Independence Day 2008: Former Sen. Jesse Helms dies

CNN paints a saint. I like this Bush II quote: "Sen. Helms has been a tireless defender of our nation's freedom and a champion of democracy abroad," The cordial way of saying he opposed citizens' freedoms and fought hard to curb democracy at home.
It's nice too how they dropped his brief charity work with Bono and "Clinton's" Albright in the fight against AIDS in Africa after he spent decades opposing AIDS research funding and wanted to squash foreign aid entirely. In 1988 he reasoned "There is not one single case of AIDS in this country that cannot be traced in origin to sodomy."
Helms only had the "change of heart" because it went hand in hand with his ideals of eliminating foreign aid through the government. Even in 2001, he wanted to increase foreign aid only if the money was funneled directly through "faith-based" organizations (tax free paybacks to conservative supporters) and believed it should be subsidized by the public and contracted out to the private sector.
iReport.com: Your memories of Jesse Helms
only 2 reports up as of this post- Jesse Helms = Jesse James lists some pretty solid memories.
'War criminal!' protesters yell at Bush watch them get carted away as Bush II talks about free speech.

July 3 2008 'Cindy Brady' halts radio chat to vomit

Nice work cnn, Latest breaking "news"
'Cindy Brady' halts radio chat to vomit

July 2 2008 Cops: Cat held hostage in dog dispute

Cat held hostage
This lady lost her dog "scooby" in "Green Acres" and so the pound let some other couple adopt it and then the lady came looking for scooby but it was already adopted and so the people were like maybe we should give the lady her dog back and then they met her and were like no she's not cool and so we'll keep her dog and rename it and then the lady stole their cat and then called them to tell them she had their cat and that she wanted her dog back and then they could have the cat but the police arrested her. All very interesting.

Infotainment breaking ?news?:
Could Heath Ledger really win an Oscar? 54 min
Jolie doctor to have news conference 42 min
No divorce for Madge and Guy
Time: July 4: Will Smith's holiday
Actor thinks his '24' role helped Obama
I couldn't believe all 5 of these were listed this morning in Latest News. The audacity.

The next fashion trend: Prairie dresses Teen princess dress!

July 1 2008 Giraffe gathers troops, escapes circus

The second circus break headline in less than a month, this time an inspirational animal alliance:
Giraffe gathers troops, escapes circus

Three Obama headlines blocked together:
Bill Clinton, Obama have 'terrific conversation'
Ticker: Obama offered shirt off woman's back
Did Bill Clinton diss Obama?
confusing, baffling, confusing (see first)


Stupid Tee Shirt Headlines:
Asian women seek white, groveling men
Odor-masking, wash, dry & ?go? toilets
love the double ?s. Every ?Cnn? ?news? story should have that.

June 30 2008 Furry outhouse among tops in race

If news of the administration gathering momentum for war in Iran was a little heavy for weekend reading or you are a bit nervous about that Swiss Bank account awash in untaxed earnings, don't worry.
Infinitely more entertaining is this video of an outhouse race in Minnesota.
As for the atom-smasher that could swallow Earth, I have no video diversion to recommend.

June 27 2008 Jesus' image on a marble slab

Jesus' image on a marble slab
Today's headlines are really depressing, a deluge of bad news so you can't focus on any of it. I guess that's the point.
Scientists bet North Pole will melt away this year
Teens beat homeless man to death
3 teachers accused of sex with students
I'll 'rip apart' raped kids, lawmaker vows
Afghanistan: Allied death toll reaches 7-year high
Boy, 2, survives 6 days with mom's body
Muskrats + showers = levee breach
Stocks slide into bear territory

2 headlines yesterday on issues upholding the Bill of Rights (handgun ban in DC overturned [2nd amendment] and child rapist will not get capital punishment [8th amendment], but the preliminary passing vote in the Senate over the unconstitutional wiretapping which already passed in the House [4th amendment] was buried. In fact, this article is all but confusing on the real outcome. Language like "effort to derail an overhaul of U.S. wiretapping laws fails in the Senate" was used instead of just bill supporting illegal wiretapping likely to pass. Kind of brilliant that everyone is focused on upholding two amendments which at the moment effect only DC residents and child rapists while in the background all citizens are loosing protection against surveillance without probable cause. SLIMY. Talk to your Senators before they place the final vote.

June 26 2008 Women spin atop escalator handrails

Women spin atop escalator handrails the mini coopster delivers hard hitting journalism when he asks a staffer to reenact an escalator swivel trick.

A report out shows that the major news networks have drastically cut back Iraq war news coverage this year.

"Almost halfway into 2008, the three newscasts have shown 181 weekday minutes of Iraq coverage, compared with 1,157 minutes for all of 2007. The “CBS Evening News” has devoted the fewest minutes to Iraq, 51, versus 55 minutes on ABC’s “World News” and 74 minutes on “NBC Nightly News.” (The average evening newscast is 22 minutes long.)"

In related/unrelated news: here is an interesting article about Ronald Reagan's son, the conservative talk show host, who has repeatedly advocated the death of "a traitor" on the air by firing squad, even saying he would buy the bullets.
"Tie him to a post, don't blindfold him, let it rip and have some fun with Mark Dice."

And by traitor, he means someone who leads The Resistance, a christian media watchdog group, whose latest project, Operation Inform the Soldiers, sends letters/DVDs to the troops in Iraq with information about 9/11 being an inside job. Here's a youtube video of him on FOX, which is amazing. I can't even believe he was given the platform to express himself as long as he was before being told that he is part of a fringe sect and his efforts (called hate mail by the impartial host) will be thrown in the toilet and the troops who are there fighting the Iranian-backed militia know why they are there. I mean, duh. We all know we are in Iraq because Iran has WMDs.