30 Dates Of Nights: 3

30 Dates Of Nights: 3

The L.A. Times released this article about eight dates under $25 in Los Angeles. While I was a bit surprised that I had already done a couple from that list without knowing it was such a normal date thing to do, I wasn't happy that they would only offer up eight ideas. So I went ahead and I challenged myself to come up with a huge list of dates. Mostly outings that I've gone on or at least thought up.

As a quick note, I do think that dates work a lot better if you start with a theme and work the activities around that theme. This one is working around snacks and indulgent material with some time to talk and enjoy the company together.

You, Me and Brie Make Three!

Sometimes you need to be a little cheesy in your conquest in seeing if the two of you connect. First of, if they don't like cheese, dump them. Dump them now and run. Don't question me this makes perfect sense. If someone can't enjoy a good slice of cheese than they're a monster and deserve to die a lonely old shut in.

With that in mind make your way to your local cheese store. I'm tossing The Cheese store of Silverlake to you because it's a nice area (even with all the hipsters) and the selection of cheese is something that will make your mouth water, if whatever your date is wearing doesn't, this is a good thing.

There you can easily find and taste any number of cheeses, some bread with amazing dipping olive oil and other such meats to have a sandwich made. These are all treats for you and your date. May I suggest the truffle cheese. It was extremely good the last time I had it and have been wanting more since.



Remember to keep the cheese buying to a rule of three. Anything more than that and you'll start to lose the taste of the different cheeses. Let's you experiment on different taste. But let me warn you, when it comes to relationships, best to just stick with the rule of two. Words of wisdom

Once you're set with your cheese you should walk up the block with your date and enter Bar Keep. Don't worry about the cheese you just bought. It should stay good for the time it takes to window shop. The purpose of this place is to see what kind of drinker the person you're dating is without having to involve alcohol into the mix. Does a martini glass peak their interest or are they looking at the shot glasses and Miller high-life signs? This is purely for window shopping. But it will get you and your date into the mood to throw some sort of gathering or something of the such.

By this time you should have worked off the tasting of cheeses you had at the Cheese shop. Now you're going to want to find somewhere to sit with your date and enjoy the cheese you bought. Mix in some of the bread you bought and maybe a Cheese Store spreader and you have yourself the potential of solid time to talk and enjoy food. Now the question is where?



Hopefully your date brought some comfy shoes. As you two may need to walk to get from place to place. One option, and it's the nearest one, is to make your way to Silverlake's Silver lake... There's plenty of spots to enjoy the sight of the "lake" as well as enjoy the cheese together. It's still early on in y our dating scene, so getting to know them and what sort of cheese they like will let you know a lot about them.

The other option is to just go to Griffith Park. There's a endless amount of places to just set up shop with a blanket, something to drink, your bread and the cheese. But since Griffith Park is going to be showing up on these 30 dates of Nights segments, I'm just going to say Stick to Silverlake's reserve.

Previous 30 Dates Of Nights segments
1. Bonfire at the beach
2. Soda Pop and a piggy stop

Caution: Zombies - It Must Be A Sign

Caution: Zombies - It Must Be A Sign

In the last few weeks there has been an epidemic going on. A ZOMBIE epidemic! But before you board up your homes, gather weapons and raid any malls you should know where they're coming from.

First it was a spotting in Austin, Tx warning people that Zombies were ahead.

You can find the evidence all over the internet. Dustin Coates and Julie Montgomery were among dozens of people who captured road signs flashing, “Caution: zombies ahead, run for cold climates, the end is near!“ Signs on both sides of Lamar between MLK and 15th were altered some time Sunday.

"This is a first for us. We are new to this kind of thing,” said Sara Hartley, Public Works spokesperson.

Hartley says whoever did this cut the locks to the computer system and hacked in.

"While the content of what it was changed to was amusing to a lot of people we want to make sure that people understand it's a public safety hazard," said Hartley.

Zombies would invade Austin. Godless, bastard town full of Sodomites. This would be perfect if it was placed on a road close to Zilker Park during Austin City Limits. When you walk out of there you're already hung over, dirty as fuck and practically a zombie. And have you've ever been to South By South West? Paint the crowds green and you've already witness the Zombie mobs.


Fucking zombies, I got a ticket once because I didn't slow down to 45 before driving through a zombie area. NO ONE ELSE EVER SLOWS DOWN geeze!

I guess I would suggest that Austin is quite possibly the most prepared city in the country for a Zombie Apocalypse. Why you ask? They have all of the following:

*A well armed, yet liberal minded population.
*4 indoor shopping malls conveniently located around the city.
*Law enforcement trained in herding large gatherings of inebriated people.
*Easygoing populace makes forming "loose-knit band of survivors" simple. Just stand in the middle of an street and yell "Who want's to form a loose-knit band of survivors?" and 20 people will be there in seconds.
*Huge number of aspiring filmakers who have studied every zombie movie made in hopes of being the next Tobe Hooper or Robert Rodriguez.
*Alamo Drafthouse located there. Few entrances that are easily barricaded, large supply of movies to watch, industrial sized kitchen, plenty of alcohol for drinking/molitovs, etc.

Then the zombies showed up on the road signs in the grand ol' corrupt Illinois

COLLINSVILLE, Illinois - Pranksters in at least three states are messing with electronic road signs meant to warn motorists of possible traffic problems by putting drivers on notice about Nazi zombies and raptors. And highway safety officials aren't amused.

The latest breach came Tuesday during the morning rush hour near Collinsville, Ill., where hackers changed a sign along southbound Interstate 255 to read, "DAILY LANE CLOSURES DUE TO ZOMBIES."

A day earlier in Indiana's Hamilton County, the electronic message on a board in Carmel's construction zone warned drivers of "RAPTORS AHEAD — CAUTION."

And signs in Austin, Texas, recently flashed: "NAZI ZOMBIES! RUN!!!" and "ZOMBIES IN AREA! RUN."

Officials in Illinois are concerned the rewritten signs distract motorists from heeding legitimate hazards down the road. The hacked sign on Tuesday originally warned drivers of crews replacing guardrails.

"We understood it was a hoax, but at the same time those boards are there for a reason," said Joe Gasaway, an Illinois Department of Transportation supervisory field engineer. "We don't want (drivers) being distracted by a funny sign."

Authorities haven't figured out how pranksters access the signs. Gasaway believes the Illinois sign was changed remotely, and Austin Public Works spokeswoman Sara Hartley suspected the hackers there cut a padlock to get into the signs' computers.

Some Web sites, such as Jalopnik.com, have published tutorials titled "How to Hack an Electronic Road Sign" as a way to alert security holes to traffic-safety officials. Jalopnik urges its readership of 2.6 million a month not to put its lesson to practice.

"Hacking generally is about showing where there are holes in security systems, and I think this is a great example of that," the site's editor-in-chief, Ray Wert, told The Associated Press by telephone Wednesday. "I'm sure there are all sorts of ways to use that information in a way that's inappropriate, but we're trying to make clear this is an issue that needs to be confronted by traffic safety and transportation officials."

Wert said he had no immediate plans to take down Jalopnik's how-to guide.

In Illinois, tampering with an official traffic control device is a misdemeanor punishable by up to a $250 fine — half what a culprit might have to pay in Texas if caught. If convicted in Indiana, a culprit faces up to a year in jail and $5,000 in fines.

They had to deal with political craziness for a while now, I can only imagine that a Zombie situation will be a piece of cake to them. Let's be honest, there's already the zombie mentality for Chicago fans who follow the Cubs. What a bunch of losers!



So the big question is how are they doing this? It's really very simple and whenever I hear people call others "Hackers" for things like this, a little part of me dies inside. This isn't hacking. This is a simple prank. You don't need all that high tech information to do this. All you need to do is learn how to type on a glorified speak and spell. Hell, there was talk at the last defcon about billboard hacking.

This is the ADDCO portable sign. Today, you see what is on the inside, and how they are programmed to display important information.
*** WARNING YOU SHOULD NEVER TAMPER WITH THESE SIGNS ***

1. The access panel on the sign is generally protected by a small lock, but often are left unprotected. Upon opening the access panel you can see the display electronics.


2. The black control pad is attached by a curly cord, with a keyboard on the face.



3. Programming is as simple as scrolling down the menu selection to “Instant Text”. Type whatever you want to display, Hit Enter to submit. You can now either throw it up on the sign by selecting “Run w/out save” or you can add more pages to it by selecting “Add page”

** TIP ** Should it will ask you for a password. Try “DOTS”, the default password.

In all likelihood, the crew will not have changed it. However if they did, never fear. Hold “Control” and “Shift” and while holding, enter “DIPY”. This will reset the sign and reset the password to “DOTS” in the process. You’re in!



If you're not brave enough to break the law, you can always look at these regular signs being "hacked" by others and laugh.

Now you may be asking if this sort of pranks are ever a good idea. Those road signs are there to tell motorist important information like if a Left lane is closing ahead or that they should buckle up. I think it was worth the sacrifice simply because in one of the news stories about this CNN asked DO YOU HAD A ZOMBIE ESCAPE PLAN. I have to simply wonder, Do you?



Apparently only 56% of us have a plan. 22% don't have a plan, and 20% don't believe. By my math, there's 2% missing? Maybe those are just the first to get turned.

Also, you missed the section below the poll. "Your guide to the undead". For those of you who are looking for 'research' projects, the last one listed points to http://www.zombiepinups.com. No, I haven't gone there to see how good/bad it is.



And if you haven't been played out on all the zombie stuff so far, you can always read Pride and Prejudice and Zombies.

Pride and Prejudice and Zombies features the original text of Jane Austen's beloved novel with all-new scenes of bone-crunching zombie action. As our story opens, a mysterious plague has fallen upon the quiet English village of Meryton—and the dead are returning to life! Feisty heroine Elizabeth Bennet is determined to wipe out the zombie menace, but she's soon distracted by the arrival of the haughty and arrogant Mr. Darcy.

Oddly enough, I could see Colin Firth in a zombie film. As much as I hated the Keira Knightley version, she at least had the thin zombie look going.

So I think all this should meet your zombie quota. Hell, with a new Walking Dead issue coming out this week, I think you'll have more than your fill of Zombie to choose from.

Clogging Up Politics With Joe The Plumber.

Clogging Up Politics With Joe The Plumber.


We all thought we heard the last of it but this scum of the republican party is still grasping on during what I hope to be his 14:59 of his 15 minutes of fame. He was an unlicensed plumber, terrible foreign correspondent and now we welcome Joe the Plumber the Reporter the GOP Adviser!

Fresh off his stint as a war correspondent, Joe the Plumber will talk strategy with Hill Republicans.

Fresh off his stint as a war correspondent in Gaza, Joe the Plumber is now doing political strategy with Republicans.

When GOP congressional aides gather Tuesday morning for a meeting of the Conservative Working Group, Samuel Joseph Wurzelbacher – more commonly known as Joe the Plumber — will be their featured guest. This group is an organization of conservative Capitol Hill staffers who meet regularly to chart GOP strategy for the week.

Wurzelbacher, who became a household name during the presidential election, will be focusing his talk on the proposed stimulus package. He's apparently not a fan of the economic rescue package, according to members of the group.

If nothing else, GOP aides are using the appearance to get staffers to attend the 9 a.m meeting.

“In case you weren’t planning to attend CWG tomorrow morning, you might want to reconsider because Joe the Plumber will be joining us!” Kimberly Wallner, an aide to South Carolina Sen. Jim DeMint, wrote in a message to her e-mail list this afternoon.

Last month, Wurzelbacher did a brief stint as a war reporter for the conservative web site pjtv.com.

Shine on to irrelevancy, you crazy Republican diamonds! I'm glad to see they're picking up the pieces and critically re-evaluating the future and direction of their party. They're going to need a plumber where their party's going.

Let's face it, until there is a real party leader, the madness will continue.
Rush Limbaugh is fucking nuts
Steele is a moderate and an idiot
Sarah Palin is Sarah Palin
Bobby Jindal is the GOP's best shot.
So I'll remain a happy boy.

You know the republicans are in trouble when they look to scripts of terrible movies for ideas.

Just like you know your movie is in trouble if it has Kevin Costner and was made after 2000

If I get to see the republican party collapse before my eyes it will be a wonderful thing I adore how they think the low taxes low regulation small government thing will save them. As if that isnt exactly what the people have rejected. Honestly, the religious culture warriors probably have a better shot)

I think it's pretty funny that they have to hire a clown to entice people to go to something called the Conservative Working Group. That stood out to me too. What's going on in this working group that they think Joe the fucking plumber is going to improve it and increase attendance? That's like hiring a clown to host the clown convention. Aren't all the clowns there already?

The best thing about Joe the Plumber is that his name is Sam and he's not a plumber

Joe the DirecTV installer

Yes.. this guy gets around...

I suppose as a class traitor of a level previously unheard of, I nominate joe plumber as first against the wall. The guy makes several hundred thousand dollars a year, I am more of a plumber than he is, and the only piping I fix is your mothers (OOOOOOH SNAP!)

He just won't fucking go away. He acts as if he's the he's the personification of the GOP lie of the "common man" that every other American should aspire to be or they are traitors. You would think that after Nixon, the GOP would learn to distrust and disown plumbers. Imagine the frustration so many people must feel, looking for a decent job in vain, only to see this skinhead motherfucker coasting around just running his mouth and being ignorant for a living

I dunno about you guys but my drinking buddies are all thoughtful, educated people. Why would you even want to have a beer with someone like Bush or Joe? I don't get the appeal. In 30 years time when he realizes how much the GOP has used him, he is going to end up being the most fanatical socialists the world has ever seen, and will probably disown his Republican kids.

Even CNN agrees.. SHUT THE FUCK UP, JOE!

There. Can we just stop with this guy already?

Joe the plumber is pretty much the perfect caricature of whats wrong with a lot of America at this moment. A complete lack of empathy, sheer ignorance at the national level, outdated ideals, unrealistic financial aspirations, and of course willing ignorance of politics for equally retarded reasoning.

Joe/Sam is basically the embodiment of every hypermasculine male in the u.s. that thinks that anyone who uses something more than base common sense to solve even the most complex socio-political issues is pretentious. meaning he thinks every problem in the world can be solved if everyone just "grew a pair".

All I know is that you have to kill ones like this before they lay their eggs.

30 Dates Of Nights: 2

30 Dates Of Nights: 2

The L.A. Times released this article about eight dates under $25 in Los Angeles. While I was a bit surprised that I had already done a couple from that list without knowing it was such a normal date thing to do, I wasn't happy that they would only offer up eight ideas. So I went ahead and I challenged myself to come up with my own amount of cheap but entertaining dates to go on.

Some of these were ones I planned, others are ones I did with a bit of a hindsight twist after doing them and then there's those that are just plain out there ideas. Since it's been two days since the first was posted, I figured that this wont be a daily thing. Much like showing up on time, I'm sure I'll fail if I stated that. But I'll try to do this daily.


Soda Pop And BBQ That Hits The Spot.

It's very simple. You don't have to get her drunk on every trip out. Sure it helps make you sound far more interesting than you really are, but what happens when the hangover is over? Stick with some Pop/Cola/Coke/Soda.. whatever you call it, it's something that takes you back to when you were a kid. Not to mention that it's rather tasty. Perhaps it'll be a way to keep the romance from fizzling. I stopped drinking soda in general. I personally make it a treat when I do get it. Something special. You may guzzle it down like no ones business but even this place will make that carbonated drink special.

Start the date off by making your way to Galco's Soda Pop Shop in the Highland Park/Eagle Rock. This is one of California's Gold and a walk through their produce section that is nothing but seldom seen, but delicious candies and you'll know you and your date will be feeling like kids again.

The store offers nothing but the good stuff. Soda, Candy and Beer (in case you just give up on sobrity) with a deli counter for sandwiches and a feeling once you walk in like you're in a 50's grocers. Again, this place offers the best selection of soda possible. If there's a drink you haven't been able to find or if you're daring to try something new and tasty, this is the place for you. You can also find out what your date's taste is like from what they choose.



The gems here are the original flavor Dr. Pepper and Coke made with pure cane sugar. Most of the sodas here are made with pure cane sugar and you can taste the difference. Forget that corn syrup stuff, that really just makes a soda taste boring. Other strange flavors include ones of different flowers, cucumbers and if you never tasted sarsaparilla, do so. You'll know what grandpa is ranting about. Cause they sure don't make a good one anywhere in the city.

The idea here is to get yourself and your date a total of six or seven sodas to split. Be a little daring while also sticking to stuff you'll like. Prices range between a buck to two for each bottle and you can buy singles or a six pack at a time. There's cold versions of most of the more popular sodas. Shouldn't cost you more than $10. Get your soda and after walking through the shop commenting on the different sodas head on out.

After you've blown however much you were going to blow on sugar water, make your way over the little hump of a hill and onto Colorado Blvd. where you will find The Oinkster



There the two of you can share a pulled pork sandwich and some fries. I don't mean just any pulled pork sandwich. This is one really really tasty pulled pork sandwich. The place has outdoor seating and a real hip/cool factor to it. If you're not into swine they have other BBQ related items. Some pastrami or a burger and you're good to go.

Combine that with the sodas you just bought and that should hold your stomachs well enough for the time being. Don't drink all those sodas just yet, make some room for the amazing Ube Milkshake. But watch out, your date will more than likely NOT want to share much of it with you. If that happens, don't worry. It doesn't mean that they don't like you, it's just that it's really really REALLY good.

There you have it. You should have something interesting to talk about from the two locations there and plenty of enjoyment for your bellies to make that date something to remember.

Cost:
Oinkster - $10-15
Galco's - $10
Price range = $20-25

Previously on 30 Dates Of Nights:
1. Bonfire At The Beach

Forget Your Heart, Give Me Your Kidney.. In Your Pants

Forget Your Heart, Give Me Your Kidney.. In Your Pants

It's not uncommon to expect someone to give you their heart as we get closer to Valentines Day. But who needs those? I say forget that. I'm a drinker and you can never have enough kidneys in case I need another one after a night on the town. But the whole idea of operation just seems very very scary. If only there was another way to get someone to donate a kidney to you? Oh wait... I think something just happened. Yes, It looks like those crazy doctors are on the case as Doctors went crazy and found out a way to pull out a kidney from a womans vagina!

In what is believed to be a world first, surgeons have removed a healthy kidney via a small incision in the back of the donor's vagina.

The operation, known as a transvaginal donor kidney extraction, was performed on a 48-year-old woman who was donating a kidney to her niece.

The surgery took place on Jan. 29 at Johns Hopkins Medicine in Baltimore, Md., and both patients are reported to be doing well.

For the procedure, surgeons send two wand-like tools through small incisions in the abdomen, while a third flexible tool with a camera is placed in the navel.

Video images from the camera guide the surgeons through the procedure. Once the kidney is cut from the abdominal wall, the surgeons place the kidney in a plastic bag that is inserted through an incision in the vaginal wall. The bag is then pulled through the vaginal opening by an attached string.

The surgery takes about three-and-a-half hours, which is about the same amount of time as a traditional kidney-removal procedure.

The operation has been done before to remove cancerous or non-functioning kidneys, but never for a healthy kidney donation.

The procedure is designed to avoid the 12 to 15 centimetre abdominal scar that kidney removal surgery leaves behind. The new operation left the donor will three pea-sized scars on her abdomen.

"(The large) incision is thought to significantly add to the patient's pain, hospitalization and convalescence," surgery team leader Dr. Robert Montgomery, chief of the transplant division at Johns Hopkins Medicine, said in a statement. "Removing the kidney through a natural opening should hasten the patient's recovery and provide a better cosmetic result."

Transvaginal kidney extraction is part of a new set of surgical procedures known as natural orifice translumenal endoscopic surgeries (NOTES), whereby surgeons use a natural orifice to remove organs and other tissues.

Since 2004, NOTES have included removing diseased gallbladders and appendixes through the mouth, and gallbladders, kidneys and appendixes through the vagina.

In addition to less pain and shorter recovery time, Montgomery said the surgical team hopes that the minimally invasive procedure will make people more willing to become organ donors.

I just hope surgeons don't plan on getting that creative with males. Because I can tell you right now if I'm ever feeling generous enough to donate something and they're like step one is we cut a hole in your sex organs there's going to be a bugs bunny-style Squiggle shaped hole in the nearest wall.

Does this mean doctors world wide are searching for ways to take your liver out your anus? Or any other organs out the anus? That's somehow frightening and fascinating to me all at once. I can hear the Mexican drinking trips gone wrong lines now
"He woke up in the bathtub, surrounded by ice, and his ass hurt like he'd just passed a subway car."



But let's try not to work from the front, Doctors. It would be a pretty tight squeeze trying to pull organs from a dudes urethra. I don't know if women have anywhere near the same attitudes towards their genitals as men, but I can't imagine this being all that helpful in encouraging live kidney donation.

I like to imagine the doctor wearing a top hat and, upon removing the kidney successfully, shouting "Ta DAAAA!!" It has to be a little confusing to pull an organ out of your vagina instead of a kid. "I can see the head! Its... its... a kidney!" I can imagine that someone, somewhere, will turn this into fucked up fetish porn. Who am I kidding? Japan has been doing guro porn for years. Yes, that's pretty disturbing, I know.



Yeah, doctors love thinking up this stuff. They have been doing the vagina thing for a little while, but they also like going through the mouth which scares me. They stick huge endoscopes and whatnot down someone's through... ugh.

I honestly don't know why, but the thought of taking your appendix out through your mouth disturbs me more than the kidney/vagina scenario. No matter what, I won't be impressed until a doctor can pull someone's vagina out through their kidney.

Tear Down This Birthday Cake!

Tear Down This Birthday Cake!



Accomplishments:

Won the Cold War

Unleashed the longest economic expansion in American history

Maintained peace

President Reagan’s economic policies stimulated the economy, creating 17 million new jobs. One-fourth of the new jobs were created in 68 consecutive months. Black unemployment was cut in half.

We were given incentives to save our money, to work, and to invest because of Reagan’s tax reforms.

The inflation rate decreased to less than 4.4%. Family income rose 12%.

We are now keeping the peace. We drew the line in Grenada, Libya, Afghanistan, and the Persian Gulf, and no countries have fallen to communism during the Reagan era.



The U.S. military was refurbished and strengthened.

We have seen a return to traditional values. Under Reagan, we have seen a cut in federal funding of abortions; emphasis on a strong family unit; and the development of family-oriented public policy.

Educational leaders are now working to sustain moral values and reestablish a clear understanding of right and wrong. The need for values in the curriculum has been trumpeted by the Reagan administration.

People from other nations are flocking to America to follow our example. Our principles of civil and economic freedom are now being copied all over the world.



America Just Prior to the Reagan Administration

1. Seven million Americans were unemployed.

2. We were told to live on less, to buckle our belts and to prepare for scarcity.

3. Americans went through two of the worst years of inflation in 60 years. There was a 13% inflation rate. Family income dropped and we had the highest tax bill in our history.

4. We were on the verge of a major recession.

5. With our cold wars during the ’70s, we inspired our enemies not to be afraid of us. The Soviets refused to come to the bargaining table. Cultural exchanges between the U.S. and the U.S.S.R. came to a halt.



6. Disarmament was considered a noble goal. We did not know where to draw the line in our negotiations with the Soviets. Three countries fell to communism under the Carter administration: Benin (1977), Nicaragua (1979), and Zimbabwe (1980).

7. Guns and tanks that did not even work were being sent to battle.

8. Progressive values became fashionable. Social policies emulated the values of a small, vocal minority.

9. Education did not sustain moral values. Educational curricula began to promote “alternative lifesyles,” such as homosexuality.

10. America wore a “kick me” sign on its back. We lost our edge in technology and in global markets due to excessive government regulation, and high taxes which devoured capital.



Now some quotes from the man himself!

quote:

How do you tell a Communist? Well, it's someone that reads Marx and Lenin. How do you tell an Anti-Communist? It's someone that understands Marx and Lenin.

quote:

If we ever forget that we are One Nation Under God, then we will be a nation gone under.

quote:

It doesn't do good to open doors for someone who doesn't have the price to get in. If he has the price, he may not need the laws. There is no law saying the Negro has to live in Harlem or Watts.

quote:

Unemployment insurance is a pre-paid vacation for freeloaders.

quote:

We should declare war on North Vietnam. We could pave the whole country and put parking strips on it, and still be home by Christmas.

-Reagan in 1965

quote:

Within the covers of the Bible are the answers for all the problems men face.

quote:

Approximately 80% of our air pollution stems from hydrocarbons released by vegetation, so let's not go overboard in setting and enforcing tough emission standards from man-made sources.

We will miss you, forever... Well, as long as we can remember.


I mean, you were our governor at some point and all. Just saying, we have fickle memories. But His legacy will still steam forward

Or for at least another 10 years

So who's invited to his birthday celebration?


the most amazing thing is his son turned out to be an awesome liberal who was a ballet dancer, hosted SNL and is an open atheist. how the fuck that happened I dunno. Then again, he hated his son...


say what you will about the bastard, but at least he proved he could take a bullet


Score one for the gipper!

God Damn It America! February Edition

God Damn It America! February Edition

It hasn't been more than a couple of days since I last said it but I'm finding the need to say it again.... GOD DAMN IT AMERICA! Yes, that's right. I'm doing a February edition of this segment because I really have to say it again! GOD DAMN IT AMERICA!



Detroit is a pretty shitty place. But I didn't think it was as bad as it really is. A place that it takes THREE police calls to get them to come down to find a dead body.

DETROIT - In an abandoned warehouse, the image was stark and shocking: two denim-clad, lifeless legs poking up through trash-choked ice.

Investigators who took three emergency calls over two days before finally going out to retrieve the body will now try to figure out what killed the man, but this much is clear — it's become another symbol of Detroit's decay and indifference.

"Most of us grew up with this," said Mike Corbin, 34, pointing toward the old warehouse and brooding, dilapidated Michigan Central train depot nearby. "It's depressing. Chicago and New York have their own problems, but those are in certain areas. But in Detroit, it's the entire city."

Investigators are looking into reports that a group of urban adventurers who get their kicks exploring Detroit's crumbling buildings and at least one homeless man had seen the man's body, but didn't call police.

Detroit is a tough town, often described as gritty, hard-knuckled, a survivor. Its post-World War II population soared to more than 1.8 million. Many of the 900,000 people who now call it home lived through Detroit's days as the country's "murder capital" when more than 700 people were slain in 1974.

Then again, they are a little busy.


On the radio yesterday there was an interview with the journalist who called this in to the cops. He said he had to call 911 twice before they'd even show, and when he talked to the people who initially found the corpse they told him it had been there for over a month. The reporter wanted to see if he could get the corpse identified and maybe give this guy's family a bit of closure. So it had to be a lot of calls.

How apathetic can you be when you just let a dead body sit there for a month? I've done my fair share of urban exploration but these guys just give us a bad name. You don't steal from the location but you sure as hell report a dead stiff. Have some fucking respect.

Dead by cold is not something fun. And he isn't the only one dying of cold here. A 93 year old in Michigan dies after he can't pay his heat bill.

BAY CITY, Mich. -- Officials in Mid-Michigan said the 93-year-old man who owed more than $1,000 in unpaid electric bills froze to death inside his home -- where the municipal power company had restricted his use of electricity.Neighbors and friends of Schur want answers as to how this could happen.“Now that we do know it was hypothermia, there’s a whole bunch of feelings that I’ve got going through me,” said Jim Herndon, a neighbor of Schur’s. “There’s anger, for the city and the electrical company.”Bay City officials said changes are on the way in an attempt to not let another instance like this happen again.

Forget health care.. Well, not forget it. He's a Vet, he could go down to the shitty V.A. but there's no reason why the electric company should be able to cut someone off during the winter. In most places the utility companies are not allowed to cut off service during the winter, no matter how far behind you are. I thought that was the case everywhere. Fucking makes me sick. God damn it America! This is cruel, and reading that his death was severely painful boils me over with rage.
Then we have this Google street view of Rapid City, South Dakota



Stay classy, America. Can someone tell me if this is offensive or not? I don't fucking know anymore.


I know we live in a Capitalistic society and all, but I'm a bit tired of all these Obama related crap being sold. I'm pretty glad that the White House lawyers are starting to go after people selling shit like this.

But it doesn't end there. Seems that you people have pretty much pissed off our first black president with all your over use of his image!

Jan. 30 (Bloomberg) -- Barack Obama’s popularity makes him a marketer’s dream. Now, the honeymoon may be over for those trying to profit from his appeal.
White House lawyers want to control the use of the president’s image, recognizing the worldwide fascination about Obama’s election, First Amendment free-speech rights and easy access to videos and photos on the Web.

“Our lawyers are working on developing a policy that will protect the presidential image while being careful not to squelch the overwhelming enthusiasm that the public has for the president,” White House spokeswoman Jen Psaki said.

I think he has a reason to be a little peeved by all this. If everyone started making a buck from my likeness and I wasn't getting a plum cent, I'd be pissed also. You people made dolls out of his kids.


He's the president of the free world, I'm sure he doesn't want dolls of his kids made that come with boobs! Come on, America. Get your shit together.