Yo holmes. Yeah you. I hear you be burgin', mang. Wait, what's burgin'? Well, it's the act of wanting a hamburger in yo face! This week The Oinkster's oblige you in this act with Burger Week.
Everyday this week they will be putting their own spin on famous burgers from other locations. Putting that oinkster spin on it and cranking it out. Here's the schedule for the week:
Monday - Red Castle Sliders (White Castle Sliders) Tuesday - 2 x 4 Piggy Style optional (Double Double) Wednesday - Northeast Bacon Cheeseburger (Bacon Western Cheeseburger) Thursday - Grill Em’ All Takeover Friday - Sourdough Josh (Sourdough Jack) Saturday Pork Adobo Burger Sunday The Big Max
Having survived last year's burger week - and having lost the weight soon after, I have to say, I'm fairly excited about it. Last year was more of homage to the local burgers. This time around it seems like Max and his crew are taking on burgers from all across this great land of America - what with their own version of White Castle Burgers.
Much like last year, if you have the stomach to try all the different burgers all week, you unlock the secret of getting a shirt by the end. I think that many would say challenge accepted..
So hey, let's take a look at the offerings from last year..
My favorite from then was their take on the Father's Office burger. Another highlight was when Grill 'em All took over the kitchen. So hey, this year's gonna be off the chain - hopefully not too crazy in terms of crowds.
Something unexpected happened the other day... I mean, it's really odd. Just look at this;
George Zimmerman's bond revoked in shooting of Trayvon Martin
Zimmerman now has 48 hours to turn himself in to authorities. The decision came after the revelation that Zimmerman and his wife may have conspired to lie about thousands of dollars in donations they'd collected before his bond hearing.
In a new motion, prosecutors accused PayPal account, but didn't mention the money at his bond hearing. The account ultimately collected about $200,000, his attorney later revealed. "Defendant has intentionally deceived the court with the assistance of his wife," the motion says. "During the jail phone calls both of them spoke in code to hide what they were doing." Prosecutor Bernie de la Rionda told the judge today that "this court was led to believe that they didn't have a single penny" at the earlier bond hearing. Zimmerman's wife "flat out lied to this court," de la Rionda said. Lester agreed, revoking Zimmerman's bond. He must turn himself in, the judge said.
You know, this seems like a positive development for justice... right?
Right?!
As it stands now, he might have to spend at least some time in prision before he's inevitably found innocent according to Florida's backwards ass laws. What I find odd about this whole thing is that he gets potential time for not bribing the state enough, rather than for a violent crime.
Which is something I still don't get, how did he even get bail in the first place? You're not supposed to get bail for fucking killing people. But hey, maybe the state is trying to make good now. Or maybe they're just saying;
"I don't care who you are or who you killed, when I tell you to empty your pockets you empty your goddamn pockets." ~ The US Judicial System.
Because that's what it boils down to. Zimmerman didn't disclose the amount of money they were raking in through the website and uncle Sam wasn't getting his cut, so hey, I sure hope that the next governor of Florida introduces a new bill into the floor that states all laws are void except for one: Not having money is illegal.
This shit has gone so far past and beyond being a parody of itself. The dude is so fucked up, that I don't know why they're trying to make up shit against Trayvon to try to make Zimmerman an innocent man. Because even if all the shit they try to make up is true, Zimmerman still killed an unarmed man, it's still murder and Zimmerman is still a racist shit stain on society.
At the very least, this whole bail thing really fucks him over. It destroys his credibility to even the most milquetoast on the fence people, because really, why would George Zimmerman lie about anything?!
Well, it's Caturday and I may as well join the internet in embracing such a silly thing. Even though I've probably had my fill of cats for one life time (what kind of monster could say such a thing?!)
Today I bring you - the Bodega Cats. These wild beast sit on the counter and whatever else of your local shop guarding the delectable wonders that your local bodega has to offer.
Out of all the health code violations, this is by far the cutest.
"Hey dude, can I just get some-" "No."
Well, I have to admit. These stores with all these cats in it has almost sold me on capitalism.
ALMOST! Almost, I say. Cause there's certainly not enough cuteness for me to sign up for that system now.
nice try, nice try...
catpitalism?
For you, the day Fluffy McCuddleton stole your napspot was the most important day of your life. For me... it was caturday.
Or maybe we just shouldn't make light of the problems of mental illness and drug abuse? At the very least let's show some tact. No reason to go "OMG, ZOMBIES!!!" when it's pretty clear that there is some fucked up shit going on out there in a sort of concentrated dosage.
If you haven't heard about the "zombie", or in actuality - the drugged up mentally ill homeless man situation, let's have this news reporter tell you about it.
“Pretty gruesome, that’s for sure,” said eyewitness Larry Vega of the scene he encountered as he cycled across the causeway, where a naked Eugene was seen lying on top of another man, tearing his face to pieces with his teeth.
“A police officer climbed over the divider and got in front of him and said ‘get off’ and told him several times, and the guy just stood his head up like that with a piece of flesh in his mouth and growled,” Vega told WSVN news channel. “He was ripping into his face with his teeth, he was ripping his skin, his neck. He had him held down. The guy couldn’t move and he was tearing into his flesh…just kept eating the other guy away.”
After that, Eugene was shot by the officer - and it did nothing. He kept on eating Ronald Poppo's face off, to the point of 80% of it was torn apart. He was shot a couple more times and finally went down.
Clearly the internet needed this sort of news like a shark tank needed a couple of drops of blood. They were all over it. Zombie this and Zombie that.. It was utterly insane. Sure, the story may be so strange that the mind can't wrap itself around the simple concept that a drugged up, mentally ill homeless man could possibly do this.
In fact, that's probably it in itself. You can't comprehended how anyone can do anything close to what happened here ever. But hey, when drugs are involved, people do crazy shit. And there was drugs and mental illness all up in here.
It's now being said that it was due to Bath Salts. What exactly are bath salts? Well, did you ever wonder what the BEYOND was in BED, BATH AND BEYOND? Yeeeeah, it's not that. But man, would it be interesting if they sold it there.
The drug is a mixture of meth and LSD, which seems like a terribly awful thing to injest. But the contents depend on the manufactuere. So it makes it harder for law enforcement and the medical community to get on top of the increased usage.
If you combine the bath salts with LSD and GHB and you have yourself a literal incredible hulk that will rampage all over you. Their body tempature rises and the feeling of melting from the inside occur.
You have to stop and think for a second what causes this sort of shit. Well, for one, the homeless problem in Miami is about 4,000 people alone living in shelters and on the streets. With about 90% of them suffering from mental illness. So yeah, it's not uncommon for them to turn to medication - in this case medication from the mean streets in the form of whatever fucked up drug will take them away from reality for at least a hot minute.
A New Jersey man allegedly cut out his entrails in front of police and then threw bits of his flesh and intestines at them.
The gruesome scene played out at a home in Hackensack, N.J., where 43-year-old Wayne Carter allegedly barricaded himself in on Sunday, NBC New York reported.
Officers got a call that morning when a witness said Carter was threatening to harm himself with a knife. Two cops responded, kicked in the door and found Carter in the corner, the station reported.
Carter allegedly ignored officers' orders to put down the knife, and instead began stabbing himself in the abdomen, neck and legs.
An attempt to pepper spray the bleeding man had no effect, the Associated Press reported.
That's when Carter -- disemboweled but responsive -- reportedly threw bits of his skin and intestines at the officers.
They decided to retreat and call in the Bergen County SWAT team, Hackensack police Lt. John Heinemann told reporters. The team was able to subdue Carter and get him to a hospital, where he remained in critical condition on Monday.
Well, I guess I should write this down as a method to get cops to stop chasing me - throw my cut up organs at them. No wonder all those car chases ended badly, they weren't willing to take it to the next level. Either that or they weren't mentally retarded and attempted to do what this fella did.
I guess this one didn't pick up steam because, well, there's not really a horror genre that has someone throwing their organs around, is there?
I'm not saying NOT to cope with these things in whatever method you seem fit to rationalize insane behavior. Not at all. But by all means how about we just hold up with the zombie talk for a minute and actually look at what is going on here - In this case mental illness and the rampant homeless problem is finally coming up to the surface as the antics are no longer just being kept under the freeway on-ramp or in that dark alley while they shoot up.
And really really hard at the tune of $75 million. And if that wasn't funny enough, it was through the act of a fucking video game. I mean, you really can't make this shit up.
So you may have heard or played Kingdoms of Amalur: The Reckoning. It seemed like somewhat of a decent game, although very side quest heavy and definitely too convoluted for my tastes. However, it was heavily backed with an upcoming MMORPG which has RA Salvatore's tag on it, as well as Todd McFarlane and some other big names in the business.
Curt Schilling decided it would be a good idea to move out of the state of Mass., and at the same time try to create more funding for his company. What happens next should be enough to get anyone a bit concerned for the tax payers of Rhode Island.
A little known organization called the EDC worked in conjunction with Schilling to bring the organization to the state in exchange for jobs. The loan amount is $75 million, which was to be paid back in installments. Here is the kicker, if they fail to pay it back, the debt falls to the tax payers of Rhode Island and Curt Schilling can hop away scott free with, over the course of his career, was minimal investment in the organization compared to his net worth, and ride a golden parachute into ESPN Commentary.
We most all know this is a terrible investment/risk for Rhode Island. Well, that day has come where they have only sold 330,000 copies of KoA, have mismanaged funding into oblivion, and now have missed their EDC payment. What is worse? Their workers are not recieving their pay checks so 38 studious has enough to pay the 1.2 million installment of the loan. How did this all come to fruition?
So not only are the poor people that work at 38 screwed completely - you know, save the executive team of course - but the entire tax payer base of Rhode Island are going to have to bail out Curt Shilling's company, who will lose nothing of the rest of his net worth while hard working folks in Rhode Island will undoubtedly, sooner or later, fork over the remainder of the $70 or so million still owed. Everyone who had jobs will lose them again, and Rhode Island will be in even worse shape than before.
Meanwhile, Curt Schilling will retain all his assets as the loan stipulated none of the default will go to him, but to the tax payers, since he convinced the EDC that since he is giving them jobs and bringing revenue to the city, they should take the risk.
In the final months of two mostly unmemorable terms in office, Rhode Island Governor Donald Carcieri boasted about his little state’s big splash - stealing former Red Sox pitcher Curt Schilling and his nascent video game company from Massachusetts.
“This is a risk worth taking,’’ said Carcieri, a Republican, announcing the 2010 deal that lured Schilling’s company, 38 Studios, to Providence, and put Rhode Island taxpayers on the hook for up to $75 million in guaranteed loans to an athlete who liked video games but had never developed one.
Schilling had originally hoped to launch the game’s first product in 2010. But he immediately hit trouble raising money. He shocked venture capitalists with an audacious pitch for $48 million - far more than gaming companies typically receive in an initial round of funding. In addition, Schilling was reportedly reluctant to give up much stock in exchange for funding. Flybridge Capital Partners and several other Boston area firms passed on 38 Studios.
“More than one VC who has met Schilling has come away with the impression that an investment would require quite a bit of ‘babysitting,’ ’’ noted a trade publication, Private Equity Week, at the time.
When the proposal came back for more debate in May, Representative Laurence Ehrhardt, a North Kingstown Republican, was ready with an amendment that would cap at $10 million the loan guarantee available to any one company. Loan guarantees would mean the state would be obligated to pay if the company defaults.
As debate began on the House floor, Ehrhardt got a note that someone wanted to see him in the hall, he said. It was Stokes, the economic development director.
“He had learned of my amendment and made a personal request that I not submit it,’’ said Ehrhardt. Stokes never mentioned Schilling, suggesting only to Ehrhardt that the cap would “cause some difficulties with some negotiations they were having. But nothing more specific then that.’’
Under the terms of the loan, 38 Studios must pay $5.3 million in interest this year, and $12.7 million in interest and principal every year from 2013 to 2020.
Schilling’s company released its first effort earlier this year, a role-playing video game called Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning. It was well-reviewed and has sold about 1 million copies at about $60 each, according to market research company VGChartz.
Governor Lincoln Chafee, an independent, criticized the deal with 38 Studios as a candidate in 2010. He has been cool to Schilling’s request for more public assistance, though Chafee has said it is in the state’s interest to find a way to save the company.
Other opponents blasted the deal on Thursday, and warned against any more taxpayer dollars for Schilling’s company.
“We got hoodwinked; we got played,’’ Watson said. “How many millions of dollars does Curt Schilling have? He can’t write a check? It’s Rhode Island that is supposed to provide the money? I think not.’’
Stokes, who resigned late Wednesday, had little to say about the unraveling deal with Schilling, insisting the economic development agency’s negotiations with the company remain confidential. He would not directly address whether the agency gave proper oversight to the state’s investment in 38 Studios.
R.A. Salvatore is fine, walking away with a cool $5m.
“There can be no question our country is in the worst economic crisis of our lifetimes. I also think there can be no question that it falls on us, the individuals, to find a way out of our own personal crisis.”
Meanwhile, everyone at the company has been laid off. So hey, good luck, Rhode Island. I guess I should feel bad for the employees, who were apparently blindsided by the financial reality of the company.
It makes you wonder why it fell apart, considering their latest game sold "well", and by well I mean 1.2 million copies. But I guess that wasn't enough and they actually needed to sell around 3 million to turn any sort of a profit.
I guess that's what happens when you're a shitty business man. His company was trying to do some strange stuff like take over the mortgages to make the lives easier on his employees. But hey, that's now Rhode Island's problem.
Other Schilling investments involve purchasing and marketing advanced squad leader, a WW2 board game no one played because the basic rulebook is over five hundred pages long and it literally takes nine hours to play four turns.
No, seriously. I'm not using "literally" ironically here and I'm not making that number up. Four turns is the suggested game length because playing a scenario out would take days to accomplish.
So anyhow, now that the state is fucked, let's look back at what money that went to a video game could have accomplished. For example, they could have paid teachers or funded a university with that money, but nope, gotta make a MMO for jobs that are going to last maybe a year and then get laid off anyway.
Just imagine that sales pitch "Okay, see this is my business plan, have you heard of a thing called World of Warcraft? Oh, teachers? Fuck them!"
They literally could have given 1,000 teachers a reasonable year's salary for that much money. Hell, I think a teacher would need to be a hired assassin on the side to be making 75k a year, so it's really more like 2,000 teachers. Especially accounting for various charges and procurement for teaching supplies, 1,000 would be easily covered. Because it should be pointed out again that teachers don't get funds for supplies and basic needs like that. Shit, considering how much time teachers spend on work and curriculum development outside of class and all the materials they need to buy themselves, this money is just tragically wasted on a fucking video game company.
Pizza Patrón, a 104-unit, carry-out pizza chain headquartered in Dallas, is raising eyebrows both inside and outside the Latino community with a planned promotion to give away thousands of large pepperoni pizzas on the evening of June 5 to folks who order in Spanish.
One conservative group doesn't like it, either. "It seems to punish people who can't speak Spanish, and I resent that," says Peter Thomas, chairman of the Conservative Caucus, which advocates English as the nation's spoken language. "In public areas, people should be speaking English, and that includes pizza parlors."
Gee, thanks capitalism! What a big fucking baby. Just watch in two years time things like this being heavily regulated to prevent white America from getting uncomfortable. Because really, all this is about is white males, getting horrendously offended whenever they're excluded from anything, no matter how trivial it may be. It's almost as though they have no experience with being told "no" or excluded before.
The funny thing about this is that they're not even being excluded. They could spend 30 seconds learning how to say "I would like a free large pizza please" in Spanish and then get their free five dollar pizza. Otherwise, as an American, my rights to free pizza are being infringed upon and THIS ACT OF AGGRESSION WILL NOT STAND! It's outrageous to use a discriminatory selling practice to make a political po-
Well shit.
I'm guessing that in response to this promotion, Domino's will offer a free large pizza to anyone who can order a pizza from Domino's without breaking down and crying mid-sentence. It's gotten to the point where managers of pizza patron are already getting death threats. But hey, the internet has made me believe that people from first world countries are so impotent, insane and angry that they'll mail death threats to anybody who slightly disagrees with them on anything. I shouldn't be surprised - when your entire way of life has been born from the spilling of blood of people darker than yourself, I guess that will happen.
Fun Fact- Pizza Patron once used to take pesos throughout their chains with no problem, and they almost exclusively advertise in Spanish first on their ads. Sadly, they got in a lot of trouble for the pesos thing from bigots. Oh noes, why do expect fake monies?! They were so mad because they were enabling ILLEGALS to get a HOT CHEESE PIZZA!
You have to wonder about people who get upset by a business in the US accepting pesos. How must they feel about the US dollar being so widely accepted world wide? I guess the answer to that is "terribly offended that it is not accept by literally everyone everywhere they go."
But it's not like they're only facing resistance from the white who are being excluded, what's even funnier is that Hispanic advertising agency who's in an uproar over this because "they're making us look like those dirtier browns!"
"Maybe they thought it was a cute thing to do, but I think it's discrimination," says Marcela Gomez, president of Hispanic Marketing Group, a Latino marketing firm in Nashville. "As an advertising agency, I would never recommend this to my client."
If I'm correct, I think she referred to herself as a business. As is the case of referring to yourself in the 6th person according to the Roberts court. But hey, according to one of the few decent programs on NPR, Latino USA, newer generations are integrating into US society to the point where they don't identify as Spanish-speaking or prefer not to/can't speak Spanish at all. So it may not be the smartest ploy when reaching out to the youth, but not for the stupid bullshit reasons they mention in the article.
Oddly enough, all of this makes Pizza Patron unironically the most leftist business in the U.S. at this point. I wouldn't be surprised if it comes out that this is just a front for funneling money to the contras in that case.
Arizona - Neither a Great Place To Visit or Live..
I mean, seriously. It's a fucking shit hole of a place. It's very hot and it's full of the dumbest legislation possible. Take for example the situation that Arizona banned funding Planned Parenthood altogether:
I mean, it shouldn't come to a surprise to anyone that Joe Arpaio is a complete douche bag. But it's not limited to him. Look at Jan Brewer, who is killing transplant patients in lieu of passing a one-cent tax.
And if you thought the mind behind the muscle was the only idiots, think again. How about the situation where the Arizona SWAT team defended shooting an Iraq vet 60 times.
But hey, it's not like anything is going to happen with that as prosecutor and Arpaio lapdog Andy Thomas disbarred- but not for trying to have a 16yo boy sent to prison for 90 years for showing a Playboy to his classmates... Then you have a women cooked to death in solar ovens. But hey, maybe you have some hope... just some glimmer there's the whole police cover ups of getting gun down by gunfire and driven around on hood of cop car like a dead deer.
If all those things don't scream WELCOME TO ARIZONA, I don't know what does.
To be honest, I really try not to keep up with what is going on in that shit hole back desert because it's just too much of a pain. I can't read anything about Arpaio anymore without going into fits of rage. It's really making me wonder if it's the worst state in the union.
Yeah, I actually said it.. and at this moment Florida is sighing and drawing its Katana, much like Reagan... (inside joke) But it's really a shame that Arizona is this shitty bad, as the natural beauty is plentiful and spectacular.
But hey, there's some strange news in all this. I read somewhere that Arizona was the 48th worst state to be imprisoned in, so it really makes you wonder how much shittier the prison system is that it is still a peg or two up higher than the worse.
I'm going to guess that it's probably Louisiana that is worse. You know, where black prisoners are literally put to work on plantations owned by white prison owners and wardens, yeah.. that shit still happens. And if by chance it's not, god, I don't even want to know how it could get any worse than that.
Once was a writer, tho, you see words to your left, so I guess I'm still that to some degree.
You can find my scribbles and mind ranting on this and various other places as a means to keep the creative, satirical and costco talk muscles worked out.
Was once apart of the tv industry, but I'm sure the NDA's are still in effect so let's move on from that. Now I spend my time slinging beer and keeping a building in one piece.
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