Archive for April 20, 2010
Facebook as the New Gestapo
Facebook is a free site that encourages the world to post whatever it wants, right?
Wrong.
Have I got news for you. It’s the new Gestapo:
Google it. There’s more.
Pot Party Photos from 4/20/10 at the University of Colorado
Following up on the humongous pot party in Boulder I wrote about earlier today — here are some pictures.
Looks like it was a success. Just wish the kids could get it together to protest something a little more significant like, oh, the money we’re spending on two wars that’s causing their tuition to explode along with their class size.
Just sayin’.
Dick Morris is Fat
Sorry (no I’m not), but I’m tired of being nice to a guy who isn’t.
Dick Morris is fat. I think he’s eating to console himself — liar, traitor and opportunist that he is.
Here’s Dick in an undated photo from the NYT:
Here’s Dick on Newsmax today:
Dick, the balloon boy.
Donald Trump: Do You Endorse Glenn Beck?
Donald Trump has power. A lot of power. If he didn’t want his face or name associated with the winger publication — Newsmax and Glenn Beck — he could make that happen. But he hasn’t:
So, yo, Donald. What’s up?
Boobs Gone Wild: Heidi Montag As Poster Child
Ladies, who among you thinks having balloons of silicone or salt water tugging on the skin of your chest sounds comfortable? Imagine sleeping on your stomach with two water bottle-like things pressing against your ribs.
Men, do you really want to dive into this fakeness? Kinda like cuddling a mannequin huh? Wow.
Thank goodness this insanity seems to be coming to an end: Once the Norm in Hollywood, Fake Breasts are Now Out of Style.
Tweet of the Day — Note to TV Producers
From David Sirota.
Bravo! Bravo! Bravo!
Off the top of my head, I can think of 50 or 60 interesting and informative people who I’d love to see on TV. You probably can too. But no. We see the same faces and hear the same voices ad nauseum, year after year.
Money for War But Not for Teachers
U.S. Public Schools Face Threat of Tens of Thousands of Layoffs.
Our priorities are so fucked up.
Lock Up Wall Street
Go to LockUpWallStreet and sign the petition demanding congress conduct a criminal investigation of Goldman Sachs and Wall Street.
20,000 Pot Smokers Expected on the University of Colorado Campus Today
It being 4/20, students at the University of Colorado in Boulder are holding their annual pot party — one of the largest in the world. 20,000 people are expected to attend. A tweet from the local newspaper says the streets leading to the campus are gridlocked.
This is what it looked like last year.
I’ll keep you posted.
(P.S. Expecting the 24/7 cable “news” outlets to jump on this any second now. After all, Sarah Palin drew a paltry crowd of 3,000 in Boston last week and they treated it like it was the biggest news in the world.)
Bush War Crimes — the Play — Coming to Off Broadway
Bush War Crimes Play Coming to Off Broadway:
The play, “When We Go Upon the Sea” by Lee Blessing (“A Walk in the Woods”), is set in a hotel room at The Hague, where Mr. Bush is about to stand trial, as he spends a long night ruminating about leadership and democracy. In a statement, 59E59 said that the drama “exposes one of the world’s most intriguing and influential conflicts: the battle between the elected leader of the free world and a democracy of millions.”
The production is scheduled to begin performances on June 10 for a limited engagement through July 3. The play had its world premiere April 9 at the InterAct Theater Company in Philadelphia.
Too bad it’s only a play.
Howard Kurtz, a “Media Critic” Who’s Quick to Defend the Media
The Washington Post‘s “media critic,” Howard Kurtz, writes today about the news that Comcast has teamed up with the Tea Party to launch RightNetwork, which will debut in June. Culling from posts at Crooks and Liars and the Huffington Post, which he apparently did not read, Kurtz misrepresents what happened and lets Comcast off the hook for this outrageous scheme, as if that was his intention all along. (Gives you an idea of what kind of “media critic” Kurtz is.)
Vets Protesting Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell
Six veterans chained themselves to the fence surrounding the White House today:
Source: John Aravosis.
Lopsided Wealth Distribution in the United States Made Very, Very Simple
Want a simple explanation of the lopsided distribution of wealth in the United States? Here you go: “That is to say, for every dollar of income in America, the top 1 percent got about a quarter and the rest of us split the other 76 cents.”
George Bush Destroyed Trust in Government, Not Obama
Look at this graph from Pew Research charting 52 years of trust (or not) in government. Johnson, Nixon, Ford and Carter beat it down, Clinton partially restored it, and then George W. killed it.
Go to the link (above) and click on the yellow tabs at the bottom of the chart. There you’ll see the major events affecting the outcome. For example, the big spike at the beginning of George W.’s term was the period immediately after 9/11, when everyone rallied around the government.
If You Go to Arizona, Take Your Birth Certificate
Last week the Arizona legislature passed a bill authorizing police, “to demand residency paperwork from anyone they suspect to be in the state illegally, even if that suspicion is based on the color of their skin and nothing else.” Those “unable to produce documents showing they are allowed to be in the United States could be arrested, jailed for up to six months and fined $2,500.”
So again, if you live in Arizona or if you go there for a visit, have proof of citizenship on you at all times.
Sounds like a delightful place.
Nickle and Dimed
Apparently there is no end to the ah, creative thinking going on at corporations in terms of coming up with ways they can rip us off. Look at this:
That’s right. A $995.00 watch (which is bad enough, but the STRAP IS SOLD SEPARATELY.
Aaaaahhhhhhh!
Good Morning
It’s a good morning because I got a chuckle out of this tweet from Andy Borowitz: If history is any guide, Goldman’s CEO will wind up doing community service as U.S. Treasury Secretary.
(Think Bush’s Treasury Secretary, Hank Paulson.)
