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Wednesday, April 30, 2008

Better learn balance. Balance is key. Balance good, karate good. Everything good. Balance bad, better pack up, go home

A Media Matters for America review found that since February 27, the date that televangelist John Hagee endorsed Sen. John McCain for president, The New York Times and The Washington Post combined have published more than 12 times as many articles mentioning Rev. Jeremiah Wright Jr. and Sen. Barack Obama as they have mentioning Hagee and McCain.


For any conservatives who may be looking in, this would be an example of balance bad.

Great paragraphs in literature

The porter opened the door to find the blonde girl in front of him. He was, to say the least, surprised, because she was standing there completely naked.


...from the book, Zigzag : the incredible wartime exploits of double-agent Eddie Chapman by Nicholas Booth.

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It's official: Hillary Clinton has vinegar for blood.

That's the only way she could say Wright was "Offensive And Outrageous" while sitting across from Bill O'Reilly.

For those of you playing at home, that's Bill "made a million dollar settlement payment...to have his sexual harassment case...go away" O'Reilly. Bill "The Dixie Chicks should be physically abused" O'Reilly.

Bill O'Reilly, who said of my wonderful old stomping grounds:
"[I]f Al Qaeda comes in here and blows you up, we're not going to do anything about it. We're going to say, look, every other place in America is off-limits to you, except San Francisco."


Bill O'Reilly:
A "national underground network" of pink pistol-packing lesbians is terrorizing America. "All across the country," they are raping young girls, attacking heterosexual males at random, and forcibly indoctrinating children as young as 10 into the homosexual lifestyle"


And of course, Bill O'Reilly, the whining liar.

That Bill O'Reilly. But, it's Wright who's "Offensive And Outrageous"

Can I assume that if only he had a show on FOX, sitting down with the Reverend would be perfectly all right?

Laugh it up, Hill.

Here we see Hillary Clinton being endorsed by North Carolina Governor Mike Easley. In lending Mrs. Clinton his support, Governor Easley uses a usually disparaging term for a weak or effeminate man, boy, or male homosexual.

And Mrs. Clinton laughs.

I'm reminded, as I so often am, of a line from a "West Wing" episode, in this case On The Day Before. It was spoken by a Republican congressman to Sam and Toby.


Take a look around at all the democrats running from you right now. Do you even know who your friends are anymore?


ETA: And here's Andrew Sullivan comparing her to Karl Rove-
Clinton. Never miss an opportunity to exploit homophobia. Remember DOMA? Remember doubling the discharges from the military? Remember inaction on AIDS? Remember the Clintons' using anti-gay marriage ads in the South in 1996? And yet the gays keep coming back for more. I don't understand why. I really don't.


-which is kind of spooky considering all the ethical pretzels into which Sullivan used to have to twist, to assure himself the Bush administration really and truly did think he was a person. You see (for any of you who don't know), Sullivan is a homosexual who supported that administration for years.

I don't understand why. I really don't.

You have got to be frickin' kidding me.

A Greek court has been asked to draw the line between gay women and the natives of the Aegean Sea island of Lesbos.


Inhabitants on the Greek island of Lesbos, pictured, have launched a lawsuit against a gay rights group.



There's more if you can take it. BTW, notice something about the picture in that article. Now, I've never been to Lesbos. I'm sure it's very lovely there. But are you telling me they couldn't find a single picture to run with this particular story that wasn't of a fallen tree?

I think somebody at CNN was having their fun...a theory which is not exactly disproved by the headline "Lesbos ladies launch lesbian lawsuit." At times like this, I always think of the Albert Brooks line from Broadcast News:

"A lot of alliteration from anxious anchors placed in powerful posts."

Mae West was worth her cup size in quotes



West and Don Ameche appeared on ventriloquist Edgar Bergen's radio show in 1937, and did a sketch as Adam and Eve that was thought to be blasphemous and risque. Then, her sketch with Bergen’s dummy Charlie McCarthy was considered so shocking that she was banned from the airwaves and was not heard again on radio for 31 years. One line that drove the NBC executives to panic when she lewdly used it on the wood dummy was, “Charles, I remember our date, and have the splinters to prove it.”

Tuesday, April 29, 2008

Okay, the (latest) Rev. Wright thing

I haven't said much about this, because unlike conservatives, McCain supporters, and the media...I don't care. And also, as you know, I'm trying to cut back on the politics. But I wanted to say I agree with about 90-95% of this post from Hullabaloo, by brother (or sister) dday.

Especially the bits pointing out how clueless Chris Matthews is. My favorite, this quote from the ever-spooky Matthews:
Jeremiah Wright to a lot of people is Barack Obama.


Is it me, or does that sound like "They all look alike?"

Or as dday summarized Matthews' POV:
"I know I'm talking bullshit, but this is my impression of what the unwashed masses think, so, you know, I'm going with it."


And in conclusion, I've said this before. But anybody firing on Obama for Wright had better be taking exactly the same stance on McCain for Hagee and Falwell. If not they are, at best, hypocrites, at worst, racists.

This is my new favorite thing ever

...and I don't say that very often about things using images from video games, at least of the post-Donkey Kong era...but this is amazing.

Oh yes, I'd been meaning to say something about this...

Megan Fox has been named the world's sexiest woman. Well, I think we all know what's coming now, so sit back, get comfortable, and let's enjoy...

30 Women (give or take) who are sexier than Megan Fox.

(nothing personal, Megan)

Amber Benson. Need I say more?



Tina Fey. I still think she's overly-hyped as a performer and writer, but sexy, I'll grant you.





Sigourney Weaver. Defined the "hot bitch" school of female leads with Ripley (and I'm using "bitch" as a good thing).

I also find a certain amount of hope in knowing that part was created, and written, by men...



Kristen Bell. Do I really need to explain this to anyone at this point?

Just as an aside, Laura Prepon would have made this list until she went blonde against the Lord's will.



Jodie Foster. Do you notice--and I'm proud to say this wasn't intentional--a pattern in these choices so far? Most of these women are known for being, or at least playing, smart.

Alicia Witt. See, Laura? This could've been you.



Leelee Sobieski. This is another one of those "What can I add, at this point?" choices.



Deborah Kara Unger. Little-known, but hard to forget once you've seen her.



Michelle Williams. This is just a guess, but I think she might turn out to be the Kim Basinger of her generation.

Christina Aguilera. Ahem, let me see now, I think the proper answer to this gesture is...


"Yes, please."

Jena Malone.



Could she possibly be any more adorable?

Angela Bassett. Brace yourselves, kids...

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...she's approaching 50. Actually, I haven't done a list-by-list comparision, but I'd be willing to bet I have more women in their late 30's and up in mine. Maybe I should accent the word women.

Alexis Dziena. Dziena, on the other hand, may be the Heather Graham of her generation...which, in the long run, is nowhere near as cool as being the Kim Basinger.



Mary-Louise Parker. Remember what I was saying about smart, talented women?



Saffron Burrows. See Leelee Sobieski and Amber Benson.

Amy Adams & Shirley Henderson, seen here together in Miss Pettigrew Lives For a Day, which is what put Henderson on my radar (for Adams, it was Charlie Wilson's War).



Rachel Bilson. If I was king for just one day...





Diane Lane. I dunno if she's had work done, but the girl still looks good...

Audrey Tautou. One day I gotta see her act...



Natalie Portman. Ok, so she seems like kind of a silly person, but you can't deny the beauty.





Rachel Weisz. Smokin'.

Another "Would've been on this list, but..." is Helen Hunt. I've no wish to be unkind; Hunt was very hot in the '90s, as well as being a gifted actress.

And I want to see her feature directorial debut, Then She Found Me, which has been getting solid reviews. But so far as her looks...something has happened.



Uma Thurman. If you have to ask, you can't possibly understand.



Evan Rachel Wood. If we could just get her away from that insane man of hers...



Eva Amurri. Of all the mid-20s actress-models of the day, she's the one to bet on getting even sexier as she gets older. And yes, that is a reference to her mother.




Abbie Cornish. Just one of the reasons I'm glad I saw Stop-Loss...

Why doesn't Dannii Minogue just jump up into my lap and get it over with already?

Seriously, why doesn't she?



(I know why...)

A second observation.

I'd like to start nibbling Pink's neck and not stop until...



(Ahem). Thank you.

Question: When did hope become a bad thing?

I think these are funny...and it doesn't hurt that Amber Benson is one of the actors in the first one. They were made for MoveOn's "Obama in 30 Seconds" contest and made it to the finals.





One more.

Oh, wow...

Julianne Moore as The Little Mermaid.



Continuing in that series of Annie Leibovitz Disney recreations.

Via Cinematical.

And now, an impersonation of a stoplight








Thank you.

America Ferrera in Lela Rose


Michelle Monaghan in Monique Lhuillier


Three green

Observation.

Mischa Barton has green eyes.



Thank you.

Monday, April 28, 2008

I've said it before and yes, I'll say it again:

Don't mess with my Gray Wolves, man...

From the AP via USA Today:
BILLINGS, Mont. — Environmental and animal rights groups are suing the federal government in hopes of restoring endangered species protections for gray wolves in the northern Rockies.
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service had removed the region's 1,500 wolves from the endangered list in March, turning over management responsibilities to state officials in Idaho, Wyoming and Montana.

The lawsuit alleges those states lack adequate laws to ensure wolves are not again eradicated from the region.

I have no idea what they're selling, but I'll take a six-pack


"And then the bear says, 'you aren't really here to hunt, are you?"


Christina Ricci in Bill Blass


Sunday, April 27, 2008

Hey, get me, I'm in the Wikipedia

...or rather, my reviews are cited as sources for pages on the band Adventures in Stereo & the album The Best of Earth, Wind & Fire, Vol. 2. Plus I'm an "external link" on the Wally Wood page, but I already knew that.

This makes three times my name can be found on the "free, open content, community-built encyclopedia." Which is exactly once more than can be found the last living beaver, riotous Corey Klemow.

Fortunately, I'm not petty enough to rub his nose in that humiliation...

If this doesn't make you smile...

...I'd like to know what would.



The clips are from (it says here) a childrens' TV series, Pocoyo,which I've never seen. The song is by those superheroes of synth, Pet Shop Boys...

Green, too.


Madonna in Gucci


Penélope Cruz in L'Wren Scott


Saturday, April 26, 2008

Opinión...

At the Beach, 1922-2008







There's something in this about all women, # 14

Now and then when your heart’s in pain, I like to say...Always remember...I’ll be forever...

Squeeze's Chris Difford and Glenn Tillbrook are rightly considered to be one of the best songwriting teams of the '80s. But I think their sixth album, Cosi Fan Tutti Frutti is widely thought to have been something of a failure, both chart-wise and as a creative work.

I understand that even if I don't fully agree (at least about the creative part...the chart bit is hard to argue). The very 1985 production has keyboards liberally poured all over it in a way that will not be to everybody's taste (when I notice, it's a sign of something).

But if you're not biased against that, there's more than a couple good songs to be found. Come to think of it, it’s where I found the (possibly temporary) title for my work in current progress, Hits of the Year

But, this live TV performance is not of that single. It’s one which, although it never found a place on any chart, always worked for me. All the more so since I decided it's what Colley would pick if asked to choose a song to describe how he feels about Keitha.

Here's "By Your Side."

Green.

Roisin Murphy's erratic style

Europe's disco diva Roisin Murphy might not be a huge pop star (in fact I love she is not in the mainstream) but she is an untiringly muse for couturiers and an undoubtedly style icon.
Her fashion sense matches the eclectic music she's known for, a cutting-edge electronic, pop and dance mix, with references going from her idol Grace Jones to David Bowie circa Ziggy Stardust era.
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