From Drudge:
WITH KATIE COURIC doing the "Evening News," CBS has been "dumbing it down, tarting it up," Dan Rather said yesterday, bashing his unsuccessful successor in the anchor chair.
When Rather retired two years ago - possibly under pressure - the "Evening News" had fallen to a distant third place in network viewership.
After initial excitement about Couric's move from her spot as co-host of NBC's "Today" show to the nightly news, the broadcast quickly slipped again to trail its competitors.
Talking via phone to Joe Scarborough on MSNBC's "Morning Joe," Rather described Couric as a "nice person" - then let her have it.
Speculating on the program's declining ratings, Rather said, "The mistake was to try to bring the 'Today' show ethos to the 'Evening News' and to dumb it down - tart it up in hopes of attracting a younger audience."
Then in a kinder vein, he said Couric "tried to change networks, which is always difficult, and change the programs at the same time." Then he opened fire again.
He said the program "trend line" continues to lean toward excessive and overdone celebrity coverage.
Rather said he'd prefer to see the show give more time to the war in Iraq, which he called "a strategic catastrophe of historic proportions."Leo Standora
Tuesday, June 12, 2007
This birkie is begging for it
National Geographic Reptile Expert Dr. Brady Barr studies wild crocodiles. To get up close and personal with the crocs, he dresses like a crocodile! This special suit was designed by a team of engineers at National Geographic for both realism and protection.
Gaaaaa!! -- Keep the money.
From Bits and Pieces:
Australian Police have been unable to recommend a prosecution for the following scam:
A company takes out a newspaper advertisement claiming to be able to supply imported hard core pornographic videos. As their prices seem reasonable, people place orders and make payments via check.
After several weeks, the company writes back explaining that under the present law they are unable to supply the materials and do not wish to be prosecuted. So they return their customers money in the form of a company check.
However, due to the name of the company, few people ever bother to present these to their banks. The name of the company is ‘The Anal Sex and Fetish Perversion Company’.
Australian Police have been unable to recommend a prosecution for the following scam:
A company takes out a newspaper advertisement claiming to be able to supply imported hard core pornographic videos. As their prices seem reasonable, people place orders and make payments via check.
After several weeks, the company writes back explaining that under the present law they are unable to supply the materials and do not wish to be prosecuted. So they return their customers money in the form of a company check.
However, due to the name of the company, few people ever bother to present these to their banks. The name of the company is ‘The Anal Sex and Fetish Perversion Company’.
Monday, June 11, 2007
Bush - Sarkozy (New French Pres)
Sarkozy Expresses Puzzlement Over Bush's Mishandling Of The Immigrant Issue
—Ace
—Ace
In Paris, we have a hundred cars burning a night, yes-yes?,but we haven't let it, how you say, get out of hand as you have...NY Times=Much smarter than your dumbass
From Ace of Spades:
Harry Reid, Jedi Knight
—Ace
Don't believe me? Check the Jed Mind Trick in action:
You had to actually be at the press conference Reid, Durbin and others held yesterday afternoon on the cloture votes. It was entirely about blaming Bush for the bill’s stalling and calling him a failure hours before the final cloture vote had actually been held. When a few pesky reporters pointed out that Reid allowed a second vote on a Dorgan amendment that turned the tide against bill and that McConnell said that all they needed was more time to debate amendments, Reid snapped at the reporters.
Harry Reid, Jedi Knight
—Ace
Don't believe me? Check the Jed Mind Trick in action:
You had to actually be at the press conference Reid, Durbin and others held yesterday afternoon on the cloture votes. It was entirely about blaming Bush for the bill’s stalling and calling him a failure hours before the final cloture vote had actually been held. When a few pesky reporters pointed out that Reid allowed a second vote on a Dorgan amendment that turned the tide against bill and that McConnell said that all they needed was more time to debate amendments, Reid snapped at the reporters.
Reid just didn’t respond to questions about whether he would ever bring the immigration bill up again or why not. He actually argued that a censure vote on AG Gonzales was a more urgent matter for the nation. When another reporter pressed him on Democrats opposed to cloture he cut the person off: “Let’s not focus on Democrats,” Reid said.
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The Mind Trick of course only works on the weak-minded. Such as the New York Times editorial board:
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The NY SLIMES says:
The immigration compromise collapsed on the floor of the Senate Thursday night. Many of its hard-line foes are celebrating, but their glee is vindictive and hollow.... (Klown note: Your glee is vindictive and hollow -- assholes.)
But obstruction happened. Republican amendments, designed to shred the compromise, happened.
Jeff Sessions wanted to deprive legalized immigrants — yes, legal residents — of the earned income tax credit, a path out of poverty for millions. (Klown note -- but YOU pay for their path out of poverty.)
John Cornyn wanted to strip confidentiality protections for immigrants who apply for legal status, making them too frightened to leave the shadows.
Jim DeMint just wanted to kill the bill, so he voted for a volatile amendment whose substance he disagreed with. “If it hurts the bill, I’m for it,” he said.
Leadership was desperately needed to stop Republicans from dragging the bill off one of its pillars — the one that would put 12 million people on a path to legal status. It didn’t show up. Republicans who should have been holding their party and the deal together — President Bush, minority leader Mitch McConnell, Senator John Kyl — failed utterly.
The anti-immigrant hard-core — no amnesty today, no amnesty tomorrow, no amnesty ever — must not be allowed to hold the nation hostage. Like nativists of generations past, they think the country is being Latinized, and they fear it.... (Klown note: You fear it -- pussies -- hard-core -- "Nativists" -- asshats.)
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But at least the NY SLIMES doesn't have any political agenda or bias:
Republicans Mentioned By Name: Six
Democrats Mentioned By Name: Zero
Mentions Of Republicans As Either Nativist Monsters Or Incompetent Failures: Six
Mentions of Democrats Contributing to Demise of Bill For "Nativist" Motives: Zero
Total Mentions of "Republicans," By Name Or Party Affiliation, As Architectects of This Putative Disaster: Nine
Total Mentions of "Democrats" Even Being Present In The Room During This Putative Disaster: Zero. Zero point fucking zero times the square root of zero, log zero
Faxed one Senator today
I keep faxing him cuz he keeps voting for amnesty and i want him to STOP IT.
Sunday, June 10, 2007
But ... They were TRUSTWORTHY criminals
From Drudge:
Prison inmates escape
The man accused in the kidnapping plot of late-night talk show host David Letterman’s infant son escaped along with another inmate from Montana State Prison in Deer Lodge Friday afternoon.
Authorities are looking for Kelly Allen Frank, 45, and John Willcutt, 22, who were discovered missing around 4:20 p.m.
Frank was arrested in an alleged 2005 plot to abduct CBS Late Show host David Letterman’s son and the child’s nanny in Teton County. That charge was later dismissed and Frank was sentenced to 10 years in state prison on a lesser charge for overcharging the talk show host for painting work at his ranch.
The inmates, who were outside the prison on a work detail at the time, may have used a prison vehicle to escape from the prison grounds, according to Warden Mike Mahoney.
Willcutt was first reported missing by a supervisor about 4:20 p.m. After instituting a facility lockdown and counting inmates, prison officials also found Frank was missing. The missing inmates were working outside the prison fence under “indirect supervision” as part of a crew responsible for irrigating state-owned property located near the prison.
More here:
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Yes Indeedy -- quite a mystery -- we don't know how it happinked -- who would have anticipated the fact that shitstain burglars, thieves, and kidnappers would escape as soon as you took your eyes offen' 'em.
I just shake my head at the complete and utter stupidity of this.
1 - Don't take your eyes off these CRIMINALS.
2 - See -- the thing that makes jail work so well is the "supervising" part.
3 - LET THEM OUT WITHOUT SUPERVISION? - What could happen?
Prison inmates escape
The man accused in the kidnapping plot of late-night talk show host David Letterman’s infant son escaped along with another inmate from Montana State Prison in Deer Lodge Friday afternoon.
Authorities are looking for Kelly Allen Frank, 45, and John Willcutt, 22, who were discovered missing around 4:20 p.m.
Frank was arrested in an alleged 2005 plot to abduct CBS Late Show host David Letterman’s son and the child’s nanny in Teton County. That charge was later dismissed and Frank was sentenced to 10 years in state prison on a lesser charge for overcharging the talk show host for painting work at his ranch.
The inmates, who were outside the prison on a work detail at the time, may have used a prison vehicle to escape from the prison grounds, according to Warden Mike Mahoney.
Willcutt was first reported missing by a supervisor about 4:20 p.m. After instituting a facility lockdown and counting inmates, prison officials also found Frank was missing. The missing inmates were working outside the prison fence under “indirect supervision” as part of a crew responsible for irrigating state-owned property located near the prison.
More here:
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Yes Indeedy -- quite a mystery -- we don't know how it happinked -- who would have anticipated the fact that shitstain burglars, thieves, and kidnappers would escape as soon as you took your eyes offen' 'em.
I just shake my head at the complete and utter stupidity of this.
1 - Don't take your eyes off these CRIMINALS.
2 - See -- the thing that makes jail work so well is the "supervising" part.
3 - LET THEM OUT WITHOUT SUPERVISION? - What could happen?
Think again, Batman.
Jack Handy: Fear can sometimes be a useful emotion. For instance, let's say you're an astronaught on the moon and you fear that your partner has been turned into Dracula. The next time he goes out for the moon pieces, wham!, you just slam the door behind him and blast off. He might call you on the radio and say he's not Dracula, but you just say, "Think again, bat man."Make your own here:
Whaaaa? 60-Minutes show is dishonest?
Relax dipshits -- you don't need this information -- this isn't the droid you're looking for.
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The scientist touted by CBS News' "60 Minutes" as arguably the "world's leading researcher on global warming" and spotlighted as a victim of the Bush administration's censorship on the issue, publicly endorsed Democrat John Kerry for president and received a $250,000 grant from the charitable foundation headed by Kerry's wife.
Scientist James Hansen has also admitted that he contributed to two recent Democratic presidential campaigns. Furthermore, he acted as a consultant in February to former Vice President Al Gore's slide show presentations on "global warming," which Gore presented around the country.
But Scott Pelley, the "60 Minutes" reporter who profiled Hansen and detailed his accusations of censorship on the March 19, edition of the newsmagazine, made no mention of Hansen's links to Kerry and Gore and none to the fact that Kerry's wife -- Teresa Heinz Kerry -- had been one of Hansen's benefactors.
That's just the tip of the melting iceberg ...
More here:
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The scientist touted by CBS News' "60 Minutes" as arguably the "world's leading researcher on global warming" and spotlighted as a victim of the Bush administration's censorship on the issue, publicly endorsed Democrat John Kerry for president and received a $250,000 grant from the charitable foundation headed by Kerry's wife.
Scientist James Hansen has also admitted that he contributed to two recent Democratic presidential campaigns. Furthermore, he acted as a consultant in February to former Vice President Al Gore's slide show presentations on "global warming," which Gore presented around the country.
But Scott Pelley, the "60 Minutes" reporter who profiled Hansen and detailed his accusations of censorship on the March 19, edition of the newsmagazine, made no mention of Hansen's links to Kerry and Gore and none to the fact that Kerry's wife -- Teresa Heinz Kerry -- had been one of Hansen's benefactors.
That's just the tip of the melting iceberg ...
More here:
Totally objective "Professor"
From LGF:
A cadet at the Air Force Academy wrote this professor to ask for some help. So the "professor" responded. No wonder so many have lost respect for American Universities.
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Dear Sir or Ma'am
The Air Force Academy is going to be having our annual Academy Assembly. This is a forum for mainly but not only Political Science majors, discussing very important issues dealing with politics. Right now we are in the planning stage for advertising and we would appreciate your help in the following areas. Do you know of or have methods or ways for interschool advertising and or communications? What would be the best way for us to advertise at your school whether it is sending you the fliers and you making copies or by perhaps putting an advertisement in your local publication? We would appreciate your input and the cost of what you recommend. Thank you for your time and consideration.
Very Respectfully,
Cadet Robert Kurpiel
Here is the response from Professor Kirstein:
From: Peter Kirstein
Sent: Thursday, October 31, 2002 1:46 PM
To: Kurpiel Robert C4C CS26
Subject: Re: Academy Assembly
You are a disgrace to this country and I am furious you would even think I would support you and your aggressive baby killing tactics of collateral damage. Help you recruit. Who, top guns to reign death and destruction upon nonwhite peoples throughout the world? Are you serious sir? Resign your commission and serve your country with honour.
No war, no air force cowards who bomb countries with AAA, without possibility of retaliation. You are worse than the snipers. You are imperialists who are turning the whole damn world against us. September 11 can be blamed in part for what you and your cohorts have done to Palestinians, the VC, the Serbs, a retreating army at Basra.
You are unworthy of my support.
Peter N. Kirstein
Professor of History
Saint Xavier University
A cadet at the Air Force Academy wrote this professor to ask for some help. So the "professor" responded. No wonder so many have lost respect for American Universities.
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Dear Sir or Ma'am
The Air Force Academy is going to be having our annual Academy Assembly. This is a forum for mainly but not only Political Science majors, discussing very important issues dealing with politics. Right now we are in the planning stage for advertising and we would appreciate your help in the following areas. Do you know of or have methods or ways for interschool advertising and or communications? What would be the best way for us to advertise at your school whether it is sending you the fliers and you making copies or by perhaps putting an advertisement in your local publication? We would appreciate your input and the cost of what you recommend. Thank you for your time and consideration.
Very Respectfully,
Cadet Robert Kurpiel
Here is the response from Professor Kirstein:
From: Peter Kirstein
Sent: Thursday, October 31, 2002 1:46 PM
To: Kurpiel Robert C4C CS26
Subject: Re: Academy Assembly
You are a disgrace to this country and I am furious you would even think I would support you and your aggressive baby killing tactics of collateral damage. Help you recruit. Who, top guns to reign death and destruction upon nonwhite peoples throughout the world? Are you serious sir? Resign your commission and serve your country with honour.
No war, no air force cowards who bomb countries with AAA, without possibility of retaliation. You are worse than the snipers. You are imperialists who are turning the whole damn world against us. September 11 can be blamed in part for what you and your cohorts have done to Palestinians, the VC, the Serbs, a retreating army at Basra.
You are unworthy of my support.
Peter N. Kirstein
Professor of History
Saint Xavier University
Saturday, June 9, 2007
Horses escape - barn door closed afterward
From LGF:
The horror of racial profiling has even reached the idyllic Middle Eastern paradise of Lebanon. I blame Bush. Lebanon to Stop Issuing Visas-On-Arrival to Arabs.
Lebanon on Friday was reportedly considering stopping issuing entry visas to Arab citizens at the airport in a bid to prevent any terrorist infiltrations into the country.
The daily An Nahar said contacts in this regard were already underway between the Foreign Ministry and the General Directorate of the General Security Department. It said Arabs interested in visiting Lebanon would be asked to apply for visas at the Lebanese mission accredited in their countries.
The move comes after several citizens from various Arab nations suspected of having links with the terrorist groups Fatah al-Islam and al-Qaida have been detained in recent weeks.
The horror of racial profiling has even reached the idyllic Middle Eastern paradise of Lebanon. I blame Bush. Lebanon to Stop Issuing Visas-On-Arrival to Arabs.
Lebanon on Friday was reportedly considering stopping issuing entry visas to Arab citizens at the airport in a bid to prevent any terrorist infiltrations into the country.
The daily An Nahar said contacts in this regard were already underway between the Foreign Ministry and the General Directorate of the General Security Department. It said Arabs interested in visiting Lebanon would be asked to apply for visas at the Lebanese mission accredited in their countries.
The move comes after several citizens from various Arab nations suspected of having links with the terrorist groups Fatah al-Islam and al-Qaida have been detained in recent weeks.
Islamic law = Very strict
Iranian minister backs brief marriages to stem illicit sex
Iran's Interior Minister, Mostafa Pour-Mohammadi, has started promoting temporary marriage as a solution to the country's social problems.
Shia Islam allows a man and woman to marry for a fixed period of time, ranging from an hour to a century.
A man can also have any number of temporary marriages - or sigheh, as they are known. Iran first started promoting temporary marriage as an alternative to living in sin 15 years ago.
The then President, Hashemi Rafsanjani, said it was a way for men and women to satisfy their sexual needs. However, Iranian society still looks down on temporary marriage as a cover for prostitution.
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WTF is the matter with these people?
Iran's Interior Minister, Mostafa Pour-Mohammadi, has started promoting temporary marriage as a solution to the country's social problems.
Shia Islam allows a man and woman to marry for a fixed period of time, ranging from an hour to a century.
A man can also have any number of temporary marriages - or sigheh, as they are known. Iran first started promoting temporary marriage as an alternative to living in sin 15 years ago.
The then President, Hashemi Rafsanjani, said it was a way for men and women to satisfy their sexual needs. However, Iranian society still looks down on temporary marriage as a cover for prostitution.
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WTF is the matter with these people?
Jackass Democrat - Harry Reid
From Hot Air:
HEY --- HARRY -- these people aren't "undocumented Americans" -- they're fucking "illegal aliens" -- DO YOU KNOW THE DIFFERENCE? --- JACKASS !!!!
HEY --- HARRY -- these people aren't "undocumented Americans" -- they're fucking "illegal aliens" -- DO YOU KNOW THE DIFFERENCE? --- JACKASS !!!!
Hey look -- Albania loves the United States
From Hot Air:
I'm sure you won't find this anywhere in the regular media. This is a little country -- on the coast of the Adriatic -- across from the heel of Italy's "boot."
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For One Visit, Bush Will Feel Pro-U.S. Glow
Workers in Tirana, Albania, prepared the area in front of the “Pyramid,” a cultural center, for President Bush’s visit Sunday
TIRANA, Albania, June 8 — The highlight of President Bush’s European tour may well be his visit on Sunday to this tiny country, one of the few places left where he can bask in unabashed pro-American sentiment without a protester in sight.
Americans here are greeted with a refreshing adoration that feels as though it comes from another time.
“Albania is for sure the most pro-American country in Europe, maybe even in the world,” said Edi Rama, Tirana’s mayor and leader of the opposition Socialists. “Nowhere else can you find such respect and hospitality for the president of the United States. Even in Michigan, he wouldn’t be as welcome.”
More here:
I'm sure you won't find this anywhere in the regular media. This is a little country -- on the coast of the Adriatic -- across from the heel of Italy's "boot."
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For One Visit, Bush Will Feel Pro-U.S. Glow
Workers in Tirana, Albania, prepared the area in front of the “Pyramid,” a cultural center, for President Bush’s visit SundayTIRANA, Albania, June 8 — The highlight of President Bush’s European tour may well be his visit on Sunday to this tiny country, one of the few places left where he can bask in unabashed pro-American sentiment without a protester in sight.
Americans here are greeted with a refreshing adoration that feels as though it comes from another time.
“Albania is for sure the most pro-American country in Europe, maybe even in the world,” said Edi Rama, Tirana’s mayor and leader of the opposition Socialists. “Nowhere else can you find such respect and hospitality for the president of the United States. Even in Michigan, he wouldn’t be as welcome.”
More here:
Uncool / Boring Zookeeper
From The Onion:
BROOKFIELD, IL—Despite heartfelt pleas, Janice Petrone, a totally lame and uncool zookeeper at the Brookfield Zoo, repeatedly told a group of area sixth graders Monday that they were not allowed to ride on the backs of the western lowland gorillas.
"The silverback's natural instinct is to protect his troop," said Petrone, who has probably never taken a risk in her entire boring life. "He would beat his chest, bare his teeth, and then charge at you as soon as you entered the enclosure."
Petrone, a loser who hates fun, also told the kids they were not permitted to swim with the sharks, race the cheetahs, or punch the giraffes.
Americans block attempt on fudgetunnels
Yes -- Americans blocked an attempt by senators to ram this amnesty bill up their collectives asses on Thursday.
However, senators don't give up that easily.
Oh sure -- you all called and faxed and wrote letters for a week -- but you'll give up ... resistance is futile.
Senate tries to kick-start stalled immigration bill
Proponents of the immigration bill that stalled in the Senate regrouped Friday, holding strategy sessions and conference calls aimed at salvaging the overhaul.
“We are not giving up. We are not giving in,” Kennedy said.
Kyl said they “have already begun the process of figuring how to get this back together and concluded in the next few weeks.”
Frank Sharry, executive director of the National Immigration Forum, on Friday. “But I have to say that, after consulting with a variety of friends and allies on Capitol Hill and at the White House, we are much more optimistic of our chances of resurrecting the Senate bill.”
It seems the key Senate proponents – Kennedy, Kyl, Sen. Arlen Specter (R-Pa.) and Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) – haven’t lost their humor. They joked around Friday at a critic's expense.
“Is Sessions late again?” Specter asked the group as they waited to start a press conference, referring to Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-Ala.), who played a major role in derailing the bill and would obviously not be joining them.
“No,” Kennedy responded, “he’s down there filing more amendments.”
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More here:
Klown note - Senator Sessions is trying to block the bill -- so he keeps filing amendments -- which have to be considered before voting.
However, senators don't give up that easily.
Oh sure -- you all called and faxed and wrote letters for a week -- but you'll give up ... resistance is futile.
Senate tries to kick-start stalled immigration bill
Proponents of the immigration bill that stalled in the Senate regrouped Friday, holding strategy sessions and conference calls aimed at salvaging the overhaul.
“We are not giving up. We are not giving in,” Kennedy said.
Kyl said they “have already begun the process of figuring how to get this back together and concluded in the next few weeks.”
Frank Sharry, executive director of the National Immigration Forum, on Friday. “But I have to say that, after consulting with a variety of friends and allies on Capitol Hill and at the White House, we are much more optimistic of our chances of resurrecting the Senate bill.”
It seems the key Senate proponents – Kennedy, Kyl, Sen. Arlen Specter (R-Pa.) and Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) – haven’t lost their humor. They joked around Friday at a critic's expense.
“Is Sessions late again?” Specter asked the group as they waited to start a press conference, referring to Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-Ala.), who played a major role in derailing the bill and would obviously not be joining them.
“No,” Kennedy responded, “he’s down there filing more amendments.”
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More here:
Klown note - Senator Sessions is trying to block the bill -- so he keeps filing amendments -- which have to be considered before voting.
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