I don't even know what to make of this (buried) story about candidate Obama engaging in cocaine use (and man love, like it matters) as late as 1999. Somedays I might not bother to post, but given some of the crackpot Hillary smears the last week (in mainstream media, reddit, digg)...what the hell.
I now return you to your regularly scheduled programming (which for me consists of a dose of Anthony Bourdain and a dash of Torchwood).
This NYR of blogging more has been a mixed bag. I am finding when work is like standing in a meat grinder while everything you care about is slowly minced to sad, little smears that my motivation in other areas plummets. But for you, dear reader/s, I will perservere.
First on the list- it is a beautiful day when it is likely the next leader of the USA will be a woman or a black man- not for the sake of that status, but that we've finally reached a stage where that's even feasible. As McCain gets nearer to his party's nomination, that likelihood mushrooms. I am loving it. I am curious, however, what the long term effects of bringing WJC in (finally) will be. It's the '2 for 1' tagline resurrected against the 'no more dynasties' camp. I have yet to hear Obama say anything that is exciting or promising to me- it all seems very hopeful, yet practiced, and without a whole lot of action planning.
Hopefully, we will have a clear frontrunner soon so we can get down to who will be the new puppetmaster ala Cheney. Conversely, if the primaries stay open, in the end more can jump in, and could have a last minute Gore sweep. Love the Hil, but if he was on the ticket, he would absolutely have my vote.
Secondly, it is the day of the social networking site star. We have Facebook making a quiet move to take over, I mean, neatly integrate into your every day world, which, being a frank fan I am not too frightened of. Then, finally realizing they are no longer the belle of the ball, MySpace is opening the door to developers for apps ( Lord knows, it can't be a detriment with all the bugginess and horrible rendering already implicit in the MySpace experience) at the same time people are leaving in mass numbers. I am considering following suit- I only keep my account for a select few ties now (having successfully converted friends over to Facebook, as I myself was brought in). One of my friends just closed their account because of the deletion of a very large atheist online group (and being an atheist, figures he just isn't welcome), but my motivations are hardly as integrity-driven; I just want to be able to log into one site, use one Twitter-like update utility, and maybe feed someone to my vampire or race my tricked out car or field some hands of Texas Hold 'Em while I'm at it.
This last bit I am actually going to conduct along with you, so I apologize if the results end up being a bit...messy. I was informed by a close colleage that there is some sort of H. Ledger death scandal, along the lines of Michael Hutchence (which I still think was murder but that's because I 'readz the intarweb'). When I asked what it was, I was handily informed to google 'Heath Ledger death dildo'. Well, who can turn away an instruction like that? So now, safely at home and without HR issue, I will do just that and report the result.
Googling...
Oh.
Yep, it's a meme... (a really horribly, tasteless one)...and no coincidence the text is EXACT for every hit, all within the comments sections (fan sites, Digg, blah blah).
Bleh. Poor family.
Did good ol' ousted, er, retired Karl Rove learn to hide the family secrets well from- or because- of dear old gay, Prince Albert-bestowing dad? (Warning: pictures are pixelated but possibly NSFW)
Boy, if the Dems could just learn to get a little dirty...
[thanks, Heresy, for link]
Did good ol' ousted, er, retired Karl Rove learn to hide the family secrets well from- or because- of dear old gay, Prince Albert-bestowing dad? (Warning: pictures are pixelated but possibly NSFW)
Boy, if the Dems could just learn to get a little dirty...
[thanks, Heresy, for link]
Debra A. Reed voted with her boss on Wednesday at African-American Research Library and Cultural Center near Fort Lauderdale. Her vote went smoothly, but boss Gary Rudolf called her over to look at what was happening on his machine. He touched the screen for gubernatorial candidate Jim Davis, a Democrat, but the review screen repeatedly registered the Republican, Charlie Crist.
That's exactly the kind of problem that sends conspiracy theorists into high gear -- especially in South Florida, where a history of problems at the polls have made voters particularly skittish.
A poll worker then helped Rudolf, but it took three tries to get it right, Reed said.
And you won't find a peep of outcry from the Red party. After all, the end justifies the means to these people. "Take your pill, shut your mouth, you know the drill". 'Serenity' should be enforced viewing, honestly.
Great weekend, but stressed. Halloween tomorrow. Elections. Bachelorette Party. Going away drinkage for fleeing co-worker. Business trip to Chicago. Cooking Thanksgiving for family, parents on both sides, and maybe a friend or two. Getting married in Vegas 2 days later, with fam and friends in tow. Work project through it all. Closing out wedding details (baby tux, hotel room gaps filled), planning menu, scheduling maintenance (nails, hair) so ready for the Big Day. And these are just the things I already know of. I'm going to have a breakdown.
Lovely weekend, though- Halloween party wth some good bands, ran into old acquaintance whose band is taking off finally (A member of the Damned just spent that last 2 weeks at his pad...Good for You KJ, so awesome)- Glass Heroes, check 'em out, stayed at Ritz for timeshare deal, bought into timeshare. They must have suckered us well, because not yet seeing the downside- local, so can rent out for Superbowl as minutes away or Spring Training, good discounts, use of facilities, plane tickets RT thrown in, for not to much outlay considering...and getting in at early stage, so could always just sell for profit in end.
Jeez, do I sound into it or what- maybe a side gig in my future, who knows.
A little light reading for ya from Digby on whether or not this Iran 'leak' is a sham and we're already there.
Regardless of U.S. politics and foreign policy, the Middle East seems destined for a world-breaking shit storm. One could posit they've all been arguing over the same theoretical points for thousands of years and that escalation point would have already been reached...but I don't recall the history chapter where the Crusaders and the Moors and the Ottomans all had strategic and tactical nukes.
More 9/11...unanswered questions- the case of the Janitor and the basement. [thanks to Mom for the link]
I hesitate to cry Gov't involvement or Coverup...but, boy, sure are some strange reports...not the least interesting are the breakdown in regulation handling of the situation and treatments (crazy and sane ones) of the Pentagon disaster declaring missile damage rather than plane damage. I'd like to be hopeful that there was just so much chaos going on and so many conflicting accounts that the waters were muddied, and not that we needed a Pearl Harbour to galvanize an oust Hussein effort.
As an outcrop to the above- a map of the dead since the start of the Iraq...conflict. For, against, neutral- good perspective nonetheless. [from idletype]
On a badass, wholly unrelated note- All your Base are belong to Queen.
Ever wonder what the correlation to bad GOP press and 'terrah' warnings were?
Anyone still naive enough to think we'll have an election the 1st week of November?
This is just plain...well, wrong, really.
All the strangeness around Rev. Sun Myung Moon reminds me of a Don Delillo book, Mao II. A cult by which any other name would still wear white robes under their ermine cloaks and ridiculous Western crowns.
I remember when Clinton was in office all the e-mails that were floating around about deaths associated with the Whitewater allegations...peculiar stuff like a pregnant woman committing suicide by shooting herself in the back of the head...
Well, some of you may remember this one about the current President:
Margie D. Schoedinger files a case against President Bush, claiming she was drugged and raped (and, in an odd twist, her husband possibly sexually assaulted) by the President and by members of the FBI.
[link from Bart Cop]
Think this is pretty far-fetched, same as I thought for those Bill Clinton e-mails. Anything's possible, I suppose, but nothing in me wants to embrace this story as for real.
It's just too bad she died before a court could determine if she was a nutball or not.
Comments on her death from Bart Cop:
I finally got some confirmation from an obit in the Houston Chronicle that Margie Schoedinger, the woman who filed a sexual assault lawsuit against Bush last year, died in September. I called the Harris County Medical Examiner's office, which lists her cause of death as a "gunshot wound to the head" and "suicide."
When I talked to Schoedinger in July she sounded in good health. She was only 38. It's another weird
tragedy surrounding the Bush administration - and this one has received NO mention from the media.
Jackson Thoreau, author of We Will Not Get Over It
I by no means believe in the veracity of the following sites' respective claims.
That being said, some points are raised that are compelling, and at least worth wrapping your head around.
The first is a conspiracy theorist's wet dream, centering on 9-11 and the planes involved in the attacks.
[from chapel-perilous]
Once I would have dismissed something like this out of hand. Now, in a world seemingly growing madder and madder, all I can say is- Trust Nothing- not even your eyes. Read Everything. In the end- let your gut decide, being the least likely organ to be corrupted.
The second web destination has disturbed me for many days now.
Imagine, if you will, a civil war surrounding the 2004 elections. Considering the extra fervour in Party relations sparked by the Iraq war, this no longer seems wholly implausible. Next, an apocalyptic event- Russia pulling out nukes, and 3 billion people world-wide annhilated, 130mil of them Americans.
In 2015, less than twelve years from now.
Then- what if a man from the year 2036 began a website to talk about Time Travel and what life had become, detailing the outlined hellish scenario as fact. [thanks Marcus]
Whatever one believes (man from the future? a little too sci-fi, right?), certain questions are begged.
If you knew your way of life was going to be utterly destroyed in 10-15 years- knew, mind you- would you do anything differently?
Would you be kinder to strangers? More indifferent? Drive a more expensive car? Downsize for fuel economy? Hug your wife more? Cheat less? Begin cheating? Travel? Move to a smaller city, one away from the Coasts? Find God? Denounce religion entirely? Start a militia?
If every other person you knew was dead- what kind of person would you want to be known as for those left?
Is what you are today what you want to be tomorrow?
I am one of those who believe that there are lessons to be found everywhere, if we look. Even in a strange hoax of a site detailing a future I'd not wish on anyone.
Update: From reading one of the forum links, came across this posted article on Russia running hypothetical 'nukular' strikes against the U.S..
Interestingly enough, the number of simulated American 'kills' is 125 million.
This article was written 2+ years after the JT site shut down.
Yep- freakin' creepy.
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