*Scientific environment. Serious, sincere spokesperson.*
SCIENTIST: "We at Bridgestone have a passion for excellence and your safety is our highest concern."
*Montage of actual tests that are performed on tires, scientists checking off lists with approval*
SCIENTIST: "In light of a recent event in Boston, we challenged our scientists to recreate those conditions to ensure that our standards are still being met."
*Close up of a pile of dog crap. A tire enters the picture from the left and flattens the pile with a squish*
SCIENTIST: "Still safe."
*Bridgestone logo with #BostonStrong below*
April 25, 2013
April 24, 2013
Bridgestone: Boston Strong
@BenK84 from Ace of Spades HQ had a damn good idea this morning:
He suggested Firestone, but Bridgestone had some unfortunate press following the Boston bombings because Sailor (#2) wore their hat that day. So here are some thoughts:
1) Tire commercials usually show water flowing over the treads to demonstrate how traction is maintained. I humbly suggest doing a similar demonstration with blood. Instead of the treads evacuating water, a narrator could draw our attention to the way the innovative design desanguinates.
2) Zoom in on a dummy's head as it is being compressed by the weight of a tire. The tire grinds the dummy's head back and forth, back and forth. Maybe even a ridiculous shot of a car driving straight over a dummy, with no educational merit whatsoever.
3) Before the blood/tread test, a vial full of terrorist blood is shown before being poured on the tire. Maybe there is some kind of explanation about the blood used. A scientist decries the availability of terrorist blood, so they use the closest known analogue: dog's blood. A golden retriever is on a bed with IVs among the various instruments and gauges. Or maybe the world's ugliest dog makes a cameo.
4) Maybe they use shit instead. "In light of recent events, we tried to duplicate the conditions in our laboratory." A steaming pile is slowly squished by a tire. We get an underview of the process through the glass floor and narration from a scientist. 'Fecal displacement' or something. 'Scat-ter'.
I'll try to think of some other things. A laboratory or test facility setting seems best. A scientist walks us over to the tread/blood/fecal demonstration as a test car in the background hurtles at a wall with a dummy pinned to the bumper.
Bridgestone could be as psychotic as they please as long as they end the commercial with #BostonStrong.
Whatever company made the tires that ran over Tamerlan should play that up.Firestone: Crushing Terrorists Ribcages Since 2013
— Ben (@BenK84) April 24, 2013
He suggested Firestone, but Bridgestone had some unfortunate press following the Boston bombings because Sailor (#2) wore their hat that day. So here are some thoughts:
1) Tire commercials usually show water flowing over the treads to demonstrate how traction is maintained. I humbly suggest doing a similar demonstration with blood. Instead of the treads evacuating water, a narrator could draw our attention to the way the innovative design desanguinates.
2) Zoom in on a dummy's head as it is being compressed by the weight of a tire. The tire grinds the dummy's head back and forth, back and forth. Maybe even a ridiculous shot of a car driving straight over a dummy, with no educational merit whatsoever.
3) Before the blood/tread test, a vial full of terrorist blood is shown before being poured on the tire. Maybe there is some kind of explanation about the blood used. A scientist decries the availability of terrorist blood, so they use the closest known analogue: dog's blood. A golden retriever is on a bed with IVs among the various instruments and gauges. Or maybe the world's ugliest dog makes a cameo.
4) Maybe they use shit instead. "In light of recent events, we tried to duplicate the conditions in our laboratory." A steaming pile is slowly squished by a tire. We get an underview of the process through the glass floor and narration from a scientist. 'Fecal displacement' or something. 'Scat-ter'.
I'll try to think of some other things. A laboratory or test facility setting seems best. A scientist walks us over to the tread/blood/fecal demonstration as a test car in the background hurtles at a wall with a dummy pinned to the bumper.
Bridgestone could be as psychotic as they please as long as they end the commercial with #BostonStrong.
March 19, 2013
The Ketchup Prophecy
Some oracles watch the sale of socks and underwear as their gauge for the health of the economy. I started watching ketchup in '08 and '09 when fast food places weren't automatically throwing in a couple of packets with my meals. I understood there was belt-tightening so I asked for them. Then gradually the employees started asking if I wanted ketchup, then they started slinging gratuitous packets again.
Maybe for the last month, but definitely for the last couple of weeks, they've been going dry on me again.
Maybe for the last month, but definitely for the last couple of weeks, they've been going dry on me again.
March 5, 2013
The Optics of A Lie: Esquire and Osama bin Laden's 'Shooter' (conspiracy theory)
It is late April of 2011. You're in a top-secret meeting discussing the infiltration of Osama bin Laden's (OBL's) compound. In a few short days, the administration's ignorant cult will hail the calls made in this meeting as gutsy. In order to conjure this circle-jerk, an operation which will result in OBL's capture or death must be planned. After logistics and timing have been decided, the matter of personnel must be settled. You overhear the following exchange:
Because according to a report from Esquire, the 'Shooter' who killed OBL either doesn't know how to properly express his interaction with guns, is lying to Esquire, or is a fictional character made up by someone at Esquire who doesn't know anything about guns. Which would be consistent with Esquire already either lying about Shooter's health benefits or dutifully reporting Shooter's ignorance of his own damn future, which does not bode well for anyone's credibility as we look at this bizarre statement (h/t @alimhaider, as reported by @BillGertz):
"That time I used my EOTech red-dot holo sight."
If Shooter was talking to other SEALs he would probably just call his sight his 'sight'. He's allegedly speaking to journalists so he may be dropping some knowledge on them; that makes a shred of sense. More than anything, it just seems frivolous and wreaks of sponsorship. It's just so weird. But once you put "EOTech red-dot holo sight" in context, it's more important how it was used than that it was used. The sight was used 'that time'. That Bap. Not for those first two Baps, those were 'those times' and they were in OBL's forehead. The third Bap, That Bap, was fired into a heap of scum on the floor. This is Shooter's version of events:
So, if Shooter is pimping for a brand, what's their slogan?
When your target already has brain vents...trust us.
It doesn't make any sense. Not to mention this misstatement is part of a report which Esquire already corrected after they admittedly 'misstated' Shooter's health benefits. Fool me once, shame on - shame on you. Fool me - you can't get fooled again.
With all of this in mind, here are some possibilities:
#1) Shooter is real, he shot OBL, and he cheated on his aptitude battery because he is a moron. He's also probably why the stealth chopper crashed.
#2) Shooter is a real person and either duped Esquire by himself or is part of a government conspiracy (maybe with Esquire) to deepen intrigue surrounding the raid.
#3) Shooter is fake, created entirely by Esquire (maybe even with government help).
Theory #3 explains these misstatements as the flaws of a lie. Esquire would be doing this for the power that goes along with the perception of having access to OBL's shooter. It would be hard for them to do this very long without official rebuttals so political involvement would be helpful. Flattering facts of the raid could be 'corroborated' by Shooter. They can shame Veterans Affairs in the public eye by misstating benefits. They can use generic phrases like "EOTech red-dot holo sight" to raise awareness while their political allies seek to criminalize such things. They can probably pull a few moves we haven't seen yet. What Theory #3 predicts we will see, though, is a politician citing OBL's shooter as having used an EOTech and that such advanced technology does not belong on our streets.
(Editor's note: I am not suggesting that OBL is still alive or that his death was a hoax. I question Shooter's reliability as a source and, given Esquire's health benefit hairsplitting, even Shooter's existence. I am also not suggesting that Esquire or Shooter may have created this character specifically to target EOTech sights; it's a perk.)
ARMY GENERAL: We'll need the finest operators we have. Experience, stealth, accuracy. Guts...living, breathing gutsiness. Ones that know what they're doing and what the hell they're talking about. Elite.You surmise that the most elite force in the world has been assembled. Then they surmise that you know too much and plot to discredit you.
ADMIRAL: My finest team will lead. They're max-elite. We need another member, equally as elite. Rudimentary knowledge of firearms a plus.
MARINE GENERAL: I've got a spare for you, Admiral; a danger to mankind. He knows something of firearm accessories.
Because according to a report from Esquire, the 'Shooter' who killed OBL either doesn't know how to properly express his interaction with guns, is lying to Esquire, or is a fictional character made up by someone at Esquire who doesn't know anything about guns. Which would be consistent with Esquire already either lying about Shooter's health benefits or dutifully reporting Shooter's ignorance of his own damn future, which does not bode well for anyone's credibility as we look at this bizarre statement (h/t @alimhaider, as reported by @BillGertz):
"In that second, I shot him, two times in the forehead. Bap! Bap! The second time as he's going down. He crumpled onto the floor in front of his bed and I hit him again, Bap! same place. That time I used my EOTech red-dot holo sight. He was dead. Not moving. His tongue was out. I watched him take his last breaths, just a reflex breath."Emphasis mine, but what precedes it is just as important. An "EOTech red-dot holo sight" sits on top of a rifle or pistol and is what you aim through. It's also a generic phrase; there are many different models for different uses, all of which are EOTech red-dot holo sights. 'Holo' is short for holographic. It has a very cool 'floating' reticle and it's an easy way to acquire your target while maintaining situational awareness (you can keep both eyes open). These sights are readily available for purchase and are widely used by our troops. Put another way, they are professional-grade optics of death that you can buy.
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| From someone's ebay sale of an EOTech |
"That time I used my EOTech red-dot holo sight."
If Shooter was talking to other SEALs he would probably just call his sight his 'sight'. He's allegedly speaking to journalists so he may be dropping some knowledge on them; that makes a shred of sense. More than anything, it just seems frivolous and wreaks of sponsorship. It's just so weird. But once you put "EOTech red-dot holo sight" in context, it's more important how it was used than that it was used. The sight was used 'that time'. That Bap. Not for those first two Baps, those were 'those times' and they were in OBL's forehead. The third Bap, That Bap, was fired into a heap of scum on the floor. This is Shooter's version of events:
In a dark room, with an alert target using a hostage as a shield, Shooter manages two bullets into OBL's forehead.You know how we humanize celebs and say 'they shit like the rest of us'? Well, Navy SEALs aim like the rest of us. You don't use your "EOTech red-dot holo sight" for the first time on your third shot, especially when those first two were headshots.
Other Bap!
Other Bap!
With OBL on the floor like the stain he is, Shooter uses his state of the art precision aiming device for the first time.
That Bap!
So, if Shooter is pimping for a brand, what's their slogan?
When your target already has brain vents...trust us.
It doesn't make any sense. Not to mention this misstatement is part of a report which Esquire already corrected after they admittedly 'misstated' Shooter's health benefits. Fool me once, shame on - shame on you. Fool me - you can't get fooled again.
With all of this in mind, here are some possibilities:
#1) Shooter is real, he shot OBL, and he cheated on his aptitude battery because he is a moron. He's also probably why the stealth chopper crashed.
#2) Shooter is a real person and either duped Esquire by himself or is part of a government conspiracy (maybe with Esquire) to deepen intrigue surrounding the raid.
#3) Shooter is fake, created entirely by Esquire (maybe even with government help).
Theory #3 explains these misstatements as the flaws of a lie. Esquire would be doing this for the power that goes along with the perception of having access to OBL's shooter. It would be hard for them to do this very long without official rebuttals so political involvement would be helpful. Flattering facts of the raid could be 'corroborated' by Shooter. They can shame Veterans Affairs in the public eye by misstating benefits. They can use generic phrases like "EOTech red-dot holo sight" to raise awareness while their political allies seek to criminalize such things. They can probably pull a few moves we haven't seen yet. What Theory #3 predicts we will see, though, is a politician citing OBL's shooter as having used an EOTech and that such advanced technology does not belong on our streets.
(Editor's note: I am not suggesting that OBL is still alive or that his death was a hoax. I question Shooter's reliability as a source and, given Esquire's health benefit hairsplitting, even Shooter's existence. I am also not suggesting that Esquire or Shooter may have created this character specifically to target EOTech sights; it's a perk.)
November 14, 2012
Scorpio Killer Humanism
Ted Turner said in an interview recently that it was "te[(rrible?)
rrific?]...good that (American) troops are committing suicide (in
greater numbers than die in combat)." Fuck him and his mother.
In recent years I've generally tried to live life with a tolerant, free-market state of mind and as strongly as I rejected Turner's words emotionally, I felt trapped philosophically into giving them credence. If our soldiers are so demoralized, we will recoil and disfavor decisions which might put them in that position. The market of humanity will bias toward peace. And that's good, right? Wait, that can't be right, because that would mean I agree with Ted Turner and he is lower than shit. Luckily that isn't what he said.
A school bus is loaded with children. The bus driver changed a tire the day before and left one of the lugs loose. The tire finally comes off and every inhabitant dies in a crash. Is it good that those children died so that another driver double-checks their own lugs?
NO.
But if a lesson is learned - good. After the evening news, maybe a few people will go out and kick the tires before tomorrow's commute. Check the fluids, get a tune-up. Maybe just be more thoughtful, if only for a day. THAT is good.
Is it good that people will lose their jobs, some even unwittingly as a result of their own vote (for a traitor) in an election?
NO.
But if a lesson is learned - good. Maybe they will sour on the regulation that cost them their temp work or shut down their mine. They might blame the politician and party that passed it. THAT is good.
Is it good that more soldiers are committing suicide than die in combat?
NO.
Ted Turner is an asshole.
(There will be future posts on this subject very soon and I am open for debate in the comments.)
Editor's Note: I know damn well that is not Ted Turner.
Ted Turner
In recent years I've generally tried to live life with a tolerant, free-market state of mind and as strongly as I rejected Turner's words emotionally, I felt trapped philosophically into giving them credence. If our soldiers are so demoralized, we will recoil and disfavor decisions which might put them in that position. The market of humanity will bias toward peace. And that's good, right? Wait, that can't be right, because that would mean I agree with Ted Turner and he is lower than shit. Luckily that isn't what he said.
A school bus is loaded with children. The bus driver changed a tire the day before and left one of the lugs loose. The tire finally comes off and every inhabitant dies in a crash. Is it good that those children died so that another driver double-checks their own lugs?
NO.
But if a lesson is learned - good. After the evening news, maybe a few people will go out and kick the tires before tomorrow's commute. Check the fluids, get a tune-up. Maybe just be more thoughtful, if only for a day. THAT is good.
Is it good that people will lose their jobs, some even unwittingly as a result of their own vote (for a traitor) in an election?
NO.
But if a lesson is learned - good. Maybe they will sour on the regulation that cost them their temp work or shut down their mine. They might blame the politician and party that passed it. THAT is good.
Is it good that more soldiers are committing suicide than die in combat?
NO.
Ted Turner is an asshole.
(There will be future posts on this subject very soon and I am open for debate in the comments.)
Editor's Note: I know damn well that is not Ted Turner.
October 7, 2012
Big Bird Already Finding New Work
Today Team Obama tweeted out a picture of a child holding a sign lacking a much-needed apostrophe so I put Big Bird to work.
Photo of the day: twitter.com/BarackObama/st…
— Barack Obama (@BarackObama) October 7, 2012
September 15, 2012
September 14, 2012
EXCLUSIVE: Jason Dufner - Unburdened By Destiny
Legendary comedian Norm McDonald has quickly become a bookie's saboteur while hypnotizing the Golf world (and indeed the rest) with masterful sessions of exploration and cold reason, arriving invariably at models of ordained futures. Only a few short days ago he predicted Rory McIlroy's victory at the BMW Championship down to the stroke at -20. Rightly so, his knowledge of next weekend's Tour Championship has been highly sought after and he has delivered this evening...a full 10 days ahead of schedule:
Freshly aware of his destiny, Dufner's first response to next weekend's victory was coveted by the Golf press and I am proud to exclusively report his reaction:
Congratulations.
UPDATE: Thanks to @NormMacdonald and OpieRadio for linking to my story!
Jason Dufner will win The Tour Championship.
— Norm Macdonald (@normmacdonald) September 13, 2012
Jason Dufner 3-time winner on the PGA Tour.
Freshly aware of his destiny, Dufner's first response to next weekend's victory was coveted by the Golf press and I am proud to exclusively report his reaction:
@obamuh @normmacdonald naw feels good. Should I go? Or is the check in the mail. Could use the rest before cup week
— Jason Dufner (@JasonDufner) September 14, 2012
Congratulations.
UPDATE: Thanks to @NormMacdonald and OpieRadio for linking to my story!
August 22, 2012
August 18, 2012
August 14, 2012
Demon Veep
Ben at Ace of Spaces HQ tweeted about wanting Paul Ryan and his Mom do some campaign commercials so I threw out an idea which he liked so now I'm going to riff on it. I'm open to improvements, especially the granny's subdued/distant monologue.
Open with a shot of a child's bedroom and an adult black man sleeping on his right side in a child's bed. Next shot is the back of the man's head, which reveals a massive and characteristic ear, as sheep begin to jump over his head. He coos with approval and drifts off to sleep.
A wide shot of what appears to be a man pushing Granny in a wheelchair toward the edge of a cliff. Tight shot on the back of a man's figure with a delicate, fuzzy sheep head and neck, trembling inside a broad and distinguished suit, bouncing as we hear the bouncing of the wheelchair over rocks. [Our dreamer lets out moans of approval throughout]. We now sense the void in front of DemonVeep and his passenger as they slow to a stop at the precipice.
The camera halts, and begins an orbit around DemonVeep which will reveal his face. As the orbit begins, we hear small talk from the elderly passenger about her grand-kids and their activities. Her voice is slightly distant and the orbit and music imply a sinister revelation of the head, but we hear her. "...and the kids are fine..." The orbit completes, and we stare DemonVeep in his terrible eyes. [Our dreamer is giddy with delight] "I'm just glad to know there's enough money left for them. Thanks to..."
DemonVeep shrugs a cold, comical shrug, and with it, dumps granny off the cliff.
"...youuuu..."
[Maniacal laughter]
Maybe a dummy shot where the dummy is obvious. Maybe not, those can be dumb.
Below, a jogging/bow-hunting Paul Ryan is jogging/stalking by and catches Granny heroically, then goes about his business.
[Our dreamer wakes up with a terrible cry]
If possible, it would be cool to sample Vader's infamous "NOOOOOOOOOOO!" to express the cry but any jolt of panic will do.
IDEA 2
My initial tweet about this actually had Evil Paul Ryan with glowing red eyes pushing granny off the cliff and Good Paul Ryan catching her but I totally forgot about that once I started writing. Everything else is the same.
IDEA 3
Ok, I departed almost entirely from my original tweet. Take out the man in the child's bed intro, the moans of approval and the laughter, and just start with the wide shot of the cliff. Evil Paul Ryan and Good Paul Ryan. Obama wakes from dream.
IDEA 4
Seeing Paul Ryan actually catch the Granny might be off-putting and little too much pre-success-hero-worship of the brand we saw for Barry. Maybe instead, since we see Granny forcibly launched down the face, we just see her adjusting her skirt (subliminally now able to stand) and Paul Ryan is already 20 feet away, on about his business. There is no heroic catch and stupid exchange of grins, just a safe Granny and a jogging/stalking-again Paul Ryan.
(Deep link via http://orangepunch.ocregister.com/)
IDEA 1Open with a shot of a child's bedroom and an adult black man sleeping on his right side in a child's bed. Next shot is the back of the man's head, which reveals a massive and characteristic ear, as sheep begin to jump over his head. He coos with approval and drifts off to sleep.
A wide shot of what appears to be a man pushing Granny in a wheelchair toward the edge of a cliff. Tight shot on the back of a man's figure with a delicate, fuzzy sheep head and neck, trembling inside a broad and distinguished suit, bouncing as we hear the bouncing of the wheelchair over rocks. [Our dreamer lets out moans of approval throughout]. We now sense the void in front of DemonVeep and his passenger as they slow to a stop at the precipice.
The camera halts, and begins an orbit around DemonVeep which will reveal his face. As the orbit begins, we hear small talk from the elderly passenger about her grand-kids and their activities. Her voice is slightly distant and the orbit and music imply a sinister revelation of the head, but we hear her. "...and the kids are fine..." The orbit completes, and we stare DemonVeep in his terrible eyes. [Our dreamer is giddy with delight] "I'm just glad to know there's enough money left for them. Thanks to..."
DemonVeep shrugs a cold, comical shrug, and with it, dumps granny off the cliff.
"...youuuu..."
[Maniacal laughter]
Maybe a dummy shot where the dummy is obvious. Maybe not, those can be dumb.
Below, a jogging/bow-hunting Paul Ryan is jogging/stalking by and catches Granny heroically, then goes about his business.
[Our dreamer wakes up with a terrible cry]
If possible, it would be cool to sample Vader's infamous "NOOOOOOOOOOO!" to express the cry but any jolt of panic will do.
IDEA 2
My initial tweet about this actually had Evil Paul Ryan with glowing red eyes pushing granny off the cliff and Good Paul Ryan catching her but I totally forgot about that once I started writing. Everything else is the same.
IDEA 3
Ok, I departed almost entirely from my original tweet. Take out the man in the child's bed intro, the moans of approval and the laughter, and just start with the wide shot of the cliff. Evil Paul Ryan and Good Paul Ryan. Obama wakes from dream.
IDEA 4
Seeing Paul Ryan actually catch the Granny might be off-putting and little too much pre-success-hero-worship of the brand we saw for Barry. Maybe instead, since we see Granny forcibly launched down the face, we just see her adjusting her skirt (subliminally now able to stand) and Paul Ryan is already 20 feet away, on about his business. There is no heroic catch and stupid exchange of grins, just a safe Granny and a jogging/stalking-again Paul Ryan.
July 12, 2012
The Four Judges Theory
I'm not going to spend much time on this but it's a valid theory about the Supreme Court's Obamacare decision and I haven't seen anyone toss it out.
The most popular theory at this point seems to be that Roberts is a fame-whoring shit-ass. Another theory is that Roberts is running a risky yet genius gambit which will lead to the political defeat of Obamacare and arguably a more republican death for this anti-freedom disgrace.
But when I considered the genius theory, I supposed that the genius must also have dawned on the Four justices who dissented. Scalia, Thomas, Alito, and Kennedy could not all be blind to the legendary finesse, this gambit of guile. But fidelity to this vision would also mean a 9-0 decision and a fatal rebuke of the sensibilities of the Tea Party and millions of other liberty-loving Americans who are nearly unhinged at this point.
Which is exactly why Four conspired to dissent.
The leaks from the deliberations painted a simple illusion of resentment.
The chatter from the Left before the verdict was whether a 5-4 decision with an activist Roberts could ever be legitimate. They were scared. These baggers might abort their deformed, mutant love child of a law and have a party. We were scared, too. What if Kennedy pulls a Kennedy and drowns us all? No one expected Four activist judges in a dissent to salvage the American psyche - until repeal.
The most popular theory at this point seems to be that Roberts is a fame-whoring shit-ass. Another theory is that Roberts is running a risky yet genius gambit which will lead to the political defeat of Obamacare and arguably a more republican death for this anti-freedom disgrace.
But when I considered the genius theory, I supposed that the genius must also have dawned on the Four justices who dissented. Scalia, Thomas, Alito, and Kennedy could not all be blind to the legendary finesse, this gambit of guile. But fidelity to this vision would also mean a 9-0 decision and a fatal rebuke of the sensibilities of the Tea Party and millions of other liberty-loving Americans who are nearly unhinged at this point.
Which is exactly why Four conspired to dissent.
The leaks from the deliberations painted a simple illusion of resentment.
The chatter from the Left before the verdict was whether a 5-4 decision with an activist Roberts could ever be legitimate. They were scared. These baggers might abort their deformed, mutant love child of a law and have a party. We were scared, too. What if Kennedy pulls a Kennedy and drowns us all? No one expected Four activist judges in a dissent to salvage the American psyche - until repeal.
May 3, 2012
April 21, 2012
Obama Ate A Dog
You know Obama ate a dog, right? AllahPundit summed up the story nicely at Hot Air thusly:
"See, I thought the dog-eating thing was a surreal goof on the left’s moronic preoccupation with Romney’s dog..."Team Barry was actually going to give Romney grief about his dog surviving a family vacation and instead are buried under an avalanche of infinite and unflattering one-liners. Not only is Obama a disgraced failure, he is also now a bona fide joke. I actually had a back and forth with the author of the story on Twitter a couple of days before he became god-king of the internet. Anyway, there are some awesome photoshops out there and I'm just piling onto the bonfire.
Telebone
A couple of weeks ago I told rdbrewer on Twitter that I had a vision of the future and asked him to think "interactive pornography". It totally slipped my mind and then ironically AceofSpadesHQ had a bit about sex robots in tonight's Overnight Thread and reminded me that I owed rdbrewer that vision. A vision far nobler than animatronic masturbation.
For the life of me I can't find the video (or any video) that inspired the vision. There were a few people standing around a 3-D model of a skyscraper or hotel or some kind of complex and a fabric descended on the model and sort of vacuum-sealed around it. This is smart fabric or nano fabric, so the dimensions of the fabric are calculated and saved. Halfway around the world, another architect needs the model yesterday and, poof, a 3-D model pops up on their smart fabric printer/modeler. Wherever I saw it, it made an impression.
So obviously I sexualized it almost immediately and thought about a porn star pumping into a sleeve and on the other end a paying customer of any persuasion is getting it from their favorite buck. And then I thought about hundreds of women getting nailed simultaneously by the same stud, who is watching dozens of them live on webcam on a massive display of monitors. Every motion of every session could be recorded and replayed at will.
Female porn stars could wear smart fabric inserts which paying customers could access from anywhere on earth.
I don't know if this is trans-sex or tele-sex or what but at some point in the future it seems viable.
A married couple could use it. They record themselves (with smart fabric) having anal sex, he now enters her vaginally and activates the smart fabric so she receives the anal session and now double penetration.
On a more somber note, widows/widowers could remain intimate with departed lovers.
So yah, that was the vision.
For the life of me I can't find the video (or any video) that inspired the vision. There were a few people standing around a 3-D model of a skyscraper or hotel or some kind of complex and a fabric descended on the model and sort of vacuum-sealed around it. This is smart fabric or nano fabric, so the dimensions of the fabric are calculated and saved. Halfway around the world, another architect needs the model yesterday and, poof, a 3-D model pops up on their smart fabric printer/modeler. Wherever I saw it, it made an impression.
So obviously I sexualized it almost immediately and thought about a porn star pumping into a sleeve and on the other end a paying customer of any persuasion is getting it from their favorite buck. And then I thought about hundreds of women getting nailed simultaneously by the same stud, who is watching dozens of them live on webcam on a massive display of monitors. Every motion of every session could be recorded and replayed at will.
Female porn stars could wear smart fabric inserts which paying customers could access from anywhere on earth.
I don't know if this is trans-sex or tele-sex or what but at some point in the future it seems viable.
A married couple could use it. They record themselves (with smart fabric) having anal sex, he now enters her vaginally and activates the smart fabric so she receives the anal session and now double penetration.
On a more somber note, widows/widowers could remain intimate with departed lovers.
So yah, that was the vision.
March 16, 2012
March 6, 2012
Amazon Is Playing Games
I wrote a review for the Communist Manifesto on March 2, 2012. Amazon sent a confirmation email on March 2, 2012 letting me know my review was live on their site. It wasn't listed on my profile as my most recent review so I thought maybe there was a lag so I gave it a couple of days - no luck. This morning I just happened to be looking for comments on past reviews and there was my Communist Manifesto review from March 2, 2012...dated June 20, 2011!
You might be wondering why that matters as long as my review was accepted and tallied. The problem is, Amazon keeps a running list of recent reviews on the front page of each product. They feature the top 3 reviews directly under the product, then 10 of the most recent off to the right side. The very bottom review of the 10 most recent was posted three months ago...meaning that review has stayed on the front page for three months waiting for someone to come along, write a new review, and bump it to another page. Which means my review had a good chance of being on the front page for no less than 3 months! And clearly that was unacceptable to someone at Amazon.
My review submitted on March 2, 2012:
1/5 stars selfish drivel
it takes a soft mind to believe legalizing theft and destroying private property has a prosperous future. had the authors been gainfully employed they might have viewed the world less selfishly. there is no more solipsistic ideology in the world than what is put forth on these pages.
From my email, alerting me my review from 'June 20, 2011' had been accepted.
UPDATE: Welcome to the morons from Ace of Spades. Not sure how you got here but thanks for blowing up my stats.
UPDATE: Same day, just adding some shenanigans that put Amazon on my radar in the first place. Full disclosure, I'm currently a satisfied yet suspicious prime member. They've lost so much money to me in free two-day shipping that I almost feel sorry for them.
At least as early as March 12, 2011, I tried to stream the Ayn Rand documentary A Sense of Life through Amazon's instant video on my television (a service that I also pity them for offering). Sadly, I got a content error and couldn't watch it. Luckily, every single other movie I wanted to watch worked fine. But even from that first attempt I was suspicious because it wasn't happening in a vacuum. At the same time, there was buzz for the upcoming Atlas Shrugged movie and people, such as myself, might just have wanted to prime their pumps for the big show with a little perspective. So I tweeted my disgust. I continued to tweet my disgust until March 21, 2011, at which time the movie's content continued to err but I stopped bitching for whatever reason. All this time, anticipation for the movie's April 15, 2011 release was building and there was probably a larger than normal interest in all things Rand. For at least nine days using Amazon's instant video service, that was a futile desire. I ended up watching A Sense of Life some time in November of 2011 when Atlas Shrugged came out on video.
Probably another update or two coming up.
UPDATE: Over the past year I've probably bought a dozen economics books. Most recent was Hayek's The Fatal Conceit so an economics theme runs through Amazon's book recommendations. There I saw Adam Smith's masterpiece The Wealth of Nations looking for a home. I scrolled down to revel in some 5-star reviews because it sends the purchase off on a good note. And what do you know? The only displayed review in the editorial review section, before the general reviews, is this turd by former socialist Robert L. Heilbroner:
"Adam Smith's enormous authority resides, in the end, in the same property that we discover in Marx: not in any ideology, but in an effort to see to the bottom of things."
Nevermind that Marx was trying to see the bottom of a bottle. Nevermind whatever tenuous comparisons can be made between the men's motivations. The Wealth of Nations was published over 40 years before Marx was born and if either man deserves to be named in the others editorial review section, it is Adam Smith. But you won't see him there, you will only see this olive branch:
"...Marx and Engels's critique of capitalism and its deleterious effect on all aspects of life, from the increasing rift between the classes to the destruction of the nuclear family, has proven remarkably prescient..."
February 18, 2012
Chupacabra
Today's Overnight Open Thread over at Ace of Spades HQ reminded me of something I took notes on a few months back and didn't end up writing about. The first topic of that thread is about AMC's show, Walking Dead, and some asinine liberal commentary from the goatsuckers at the Washington Post.
I missed the first season entirely and only heard about it as the second season was gearing up last October. The premiere had me hooked and I thought I'd be settling in for some appointment television for the foreseeable future. Some of the criticism about deeper-than-necessary character development and low body count was justified, but if the characters were a bunch of rape deniers/enablers, why would I care if anyone survived? I liked the show so much that I even watched the live aftershow, Talking Dead, for no additional benefit.
Everything was going along just fine...until Episode 5, Chupacabra.
Daryl is sort of a backwoods, survival type of southerner. His last name is also either a play on Dixie, or just taken straight from the Mason-Dixon Line. Either way, he's from the south, so his ancestors owned slaves and he has probably lynched someone or burned a cross. In this episode, we find Daryl injured after a fall, trying to climb back up a hill. I think he has just fallen back down the hill after getting near the top. As he lies defeated in the mud, his deceased brother, Merle, played by Michael Rooker (the other guy in Days of Thunder), appears to him in a vision. Merle is sass-talkin' Daryl to get his ass up again, basically. This is the pertinent part of their exhange:
DARYL: I ain't nobody's bitch
MERLE: You're a joke, is what you are. Playing errand boy to a bunch of pansy-asses, niggers, and Democrats.
I finished the episode, but I swore to never watch another. It isn't enough that Daryl is a southerner...the ghost of his brother has to use slurs to make it authentic. And to top it off, 'Democrats' rounds out the chain, to imply that Daryl and Merle are Republicans. That 'ni**gers' wasn't edited for television either - we got to look Merle right in the face and hear him say it. Nevermind that Republicans, of all colors, freed the slaves, and still fight to this day for equality. This exchange is just another incremental brainwash of Americans into believing that it wasn't southern Democrats who fought to keep slavery, or who enacted Jim Crow laws, but it was Republicans all this time.
So, like I said, I finished the episode, grumbling, and looked forward to Talking Dead afterwards because it's a live show and thought the use of 'ni**ers' might come up. Not a peep.
This is Aisha Tyler: a comedian, actress, and the first black guest to appear on the Talking Dead (maybe the last, too, I also stopped watching the aftershow). I'm not sure why she appeared after this episode - probably a big horror buff. She has some writing credits to her name so she might be on the Walking Dead team. She and the host, Chris Hardwick, may be old friends, and someone cancelled on him and they needed a filler. I don't know. But it's not like they just threw her to the wolves; she shared the couch with Michael Rooker (the other guy in Cliffhanger).
I missed the first season entirely and only heard about it as the second season was gearing up last October. The premiere had me hooked and I thought I'd be settling in for some appointment television for the foreseeable future. Some of the criticism about deeper-than-necessary character development and low body count was justified, but if the characters were a bunch of rape deniers/enablers, why would I care if anyone survived? I liked the show so much that I even watched the live aftershow, Talking Dead, for no additional benefit.
Everything was going along just fine...until Episode 5, Chupacabra.
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| Norman Reedus as Daryl Dixon |
Daryl is sort of a backwoods, survival type of southerner. His last name is also either a play on Dixie, or just taken straight from the Mason-Dixon Line. Either way, he's from the south, so his ancestors owned slaves and he has probably lynched someone or burned a cross. In this episode, we find Daryl injured after a fall, trying to climb back up a hill. I think he has just fallen back down the hill after getting near the top. As he lies defeated in the mud, his deceased brother, Merle, played by Michael Rooker (the other guy in Days of Thunder), appears to him in a vision. Merle is sass-talkin' Daryl to get his ass up again, basically. This is the pertinent part of their exhange:
DARYL: I ain't nobody's bitch
MERLE: You're a joke, is what you are. Playing errand boy to a bunch of pansy-asses, niggers, and Democrats.
I finished the episode, but I swore to never watch another. It isn't enough that Daryl is a southerner...the ghost of his brother has to use slurs to make it authentic. And to top it off, 'Democrats' rounds out the chain, to imply that Daryl and Merle are Republicans. That 'ni**gers' wasn't edited for television either - we got to look Merle right in the face and hear him say it. Nevermind that Republicans, of all colors, freed the slaves, and still fight to this day for equality. This exchange is just another incremental brainwash of Americans into believing that it wasn't southern Democrats who fought to keep slavery, or who enacted Jim Crow laws, but it was Republicans all this time.
So, like I said, I finished the episode, grumbling, and looked forward to Talking Dead afterwards because it's a live show and thought the use of 'ni**ers' might come up. Not a peep.
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| Aisha Tyler |
This is Aisha Tyler: a comedian, actress, and the first black guest to appear on the Talking Dead (maybe the last, too, I also stopped watching the aftershow). I'm not sure why she appeared after this episode - probably a big horror buff. She has some writing credits to her name so she might be on the Walking Dead team. She and the host, Chris Hardwick, may be old friends, and someone cancelled on him and they needed a filler. I don't know. But it's not like they just threw her to the wolves; she shared the couch with Michael Rooker (the other guy in Cliffhanger).
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| Michael Rooker |
February 11, 2012
Dumb (Crowder) and Dumber (Gawker)
So last night at CPAC, Steven Crowder and Chris Loesch performed a rap song called "Mr. America". It's a catchy, spoofy little number and could be tossed into a dance mix with most people being none the wiser. But there is a section towards the end that, I think, has justifiably attracted some ire and that is the focus of this post.
At the 2:49 mark of this music video (the performance video at CPAC plays the same track), the music stops and Crowder unfunnily defends an intentional near-homophone of the n-word. The relevant stupidity begins around the 2:45 mark:
Yes, 'knickers'. Dumb dumb dumb dumb DUMB! If there was no break in the music, and therefore no spotlight on 'knickers' whatsoever (except the leg-point), any lies by the agenda-driven media (Gawker) would be laughable. But after Crowder utters 'knickers', the music does break, and Crowder protests to the black producer that he can, in fact, say 'knickers'. This is not a dog whistle, this is a bull horn. Notice the music didn't stop at 0:27 to clarify that 'principles' is not in fact 'principals'. 'I can say knickers' belies Crowder's intentions and is what earns him his place as Dumb in my metaphor. And immature and reckless in addition.
Now for the reliably Dumber.
Crowder has just laid an obnoxious gift at the feet of whichever leftist coyote wants to pick him over. Instead, the ethical luminaries at Gawker decided to lie flatly and claim Crowder said 'ni**er' with the headline, Awful White Rappers Drop The N Word at CPAC, Receive Applause. Big Journalism has rightfully called for a retraction, and when Gawker does (because they surely must?), Crowder will be granted more victim status than he certainly deserves. And from Gawker's point of view, with Crowder willingly serving red meat on a silver platter, it does not get any DUMBER.
Evil destroys even itself - Aristotle
UPDATE: Edited for multiple 'Chowders'
In reply to comments I've been getting:
I say all of this as a fan of Crowder's videos and interviews when he legitimately engages and informs his subjects with the principles of freedom. Let's just imagine for a moment that Crowder is in the same league as Chappell and South Park. His work is political and he is trying to defeat a traitorous president in the most important election of our lifetimes. The future of freedom is literally in the balance. For better or worse, Crowder is an ambassador of the Tea Party and/or the conservative movement. That traitorous president is black. And you want Crowder's talent pissed away on what is essentially ni**er jokes? Last time I checked, Chappell and South Park don't explicitly endorse a political ideology. When they piss people off, THEY piss people off. A conservative conference is not collateral in painfully unfunny sensitivity-baiting as you might put it. Do you REALLY think the leftwing, scumbag media is going to learn a lesson if WE start acting like scumbags? No, sorry. And my beef isn't even really with 'knickers' so much as 'I can say knickers'. That is skull-cracking stupidity, in my opinion. If you really must race-bait, try subtlety. If you really must dog whistle, don't show people your fucking dog whistle.
At the 2:49 mark of this music video (the performance video at CPAC plays the same track), the music stops and Crowder unfunnily defends an intentional near-homophone of the n-word. The relevant stupidity begins around the 2:45 mark:
Yes, 'knickers'. Dumb dumb dumb dumb DUMB! If there was no break in the music, and therefore no spotlight on 'knickers' whatsoever (except the leg-point), any lies by the agenda-driven media (Gawker) would be laughable. But after Crowder utters 'knickers', the music does break, and Crowder protests to the black producer that he can, in fact, say 'knickers'. This is not a dog whistle, this is a bull horn. Notice the music didn't stop at 0:27 to clarify that 'principles' is not in fact 'principals'. 'I can say knickers' belies Crowder's intentions and is what earns him his place as Dumb in my metaphor. And immature and reckless in addition.
Now for the reliably Dumber.
Crowder has just laid an obnoxious gift at the feet of whichever leftist coyote wants to pick him over. Instead, the ethical luminaries at Gawker decided to lie flatly and claim Crowder said 'ni**er' with the headline, Awful White Rappers Drop The N Word at CPAC, Receive Applause. Big Journalism has rightfully called for a retraction, and when Gawker does (because they surely must?), Crowder will be granted more victim status than he certainly deserves. And from Gawker's point of view, with Crowder willingly serving red meat on a silver platter, it does not get any DUMBER.
Evil destroys even itself - Aristotle
UPDATE: Edited for multiple 'Chowders'
In reply to comments I've been getting:
I say all of this as a fan of Crowder's videos and interviews when he legitimately engages and informs his subjects with the principles of freedom. Let's just imagine for a moment that Crowder is in the same league as Chappell and South Park. His work is political and he is trying to defeat a traitorous president in the most important election of our lifetimes. The future of freedom is literally in the balance. For better or worse, Crowder is an ambassador of the Tea Party and/or the conservative movement. That traitorous president is black. And you want Crowder's talent pissed away on what is essentially ni**er jokes? Last time I checked, Chappell and South Park don't explicitly endorse a political ideology. When they piss people off, THEY piss people off. A conservative conference is not collateral in painfully unfunny sensitivity-baiting as you might put it. Do you REALLY think the leftwing, scumbag media is going to learn a lesson if WE start acting like scumbags? No, sorry. And my beef isn't even really with 'knickers' so much as 'I can say knickers'. That is skull-cracking stupidity, in my opinion. If you really must race-bait, try subtlety. If you really must dog whistle, don't show people your fucking dog whistle.
July 13, 2011
N.A.S.A./Communist collusion?
The Cassini spacecraft has returned images of Saturn and her moons and space.com recently posted a gallery of those pictures entitled The Rings and Moons of Saturn.
The image I'd like to draw your attention to is 8 of 15 (it won't let me link to middle of the gallery). What we are allegedly looking at are waves of heat radiating from Saturn's ice moon, Enceladus.
Jet Spots in Tiger StripesCredit: NASA/JPL/GSFC/SwRI/SSI
It does look like tiger stripes doesn't it? It also looks like a commie pond scum fist...
The tiger-striped commie pond scum fist photo credit is given to N.A.S.A. among others. Of course, perhaps this is all coincidence. But it could also be a way for the Left to claim their territory and to communicate that territory to their comrades by saying "We Control N.A.S.A." A hearty assurance to the tyrants of the world.
The image I'd like to draw your attention to is 8 of 15 (it won't let me link to middle of the gallery). What we are allegedly looking at are waves of heat radiating from Saturn's ice moon, Enceladus.
Jet Spots in Tiger StripesCredit: NASA/JPL/GSFC/SwRI/SSI
It does look like tiger stripes doesn't it? It also looks like a commie pond scum fist...
The tiger-striped commie pond scum fist photo credit is given to N.A.S.A. among others. Of course, perhaps this is all coincidence. But it could also be a way for the Left to claim their territory and to communicate that territory to their comrades by saying "We Control N.A.S.A." A hearty assurance to the tyrants of the world.
June 22, 2011
May 31, 2011
Big Trouble In Little Weiner
Well, considering Rep. Weiner just dashed any reservations about his guilt, it's time to talk cock:
IF WEINER IS THE MODEL:
1) He had every intention of cheating, and has likely done so before.
2) He lied to his constituents, his state, and his country for at least 3 days.
IF NOT:
1) Weiner shopped for wangs and found one he liked.
2) Weiner 'contractually' could not cheat.
3) His wife believes him.
4) His mom believes him.
5) Rahm believes him.
6) He lied to his constituents, his state, and his country for at least 3 days.
I don't think he sends this picture unless someone is expecting it. You don't just hope some girl doesn't ruin your career. It's possible he was in a blind heat and couldn't help himself, but I doubt it.
IF WEINER IS THE MODEL:
1) He had every intention of cheating, and has likely done so before.
2) He lied to his constituents, his state, and his country for at least 3 days.
IF NOT:
1) Weiner shopped for wangs and found one he liked.3) His wife believes him.
4) His mom believes him.
5) Rahm believes him.
6) He lied to his constituents, his state, and his country for at least 3 days.
I don't think he sends this picture unless someone is expecting it. You don't just hope some girl doesn't ruin your career. It's possible he was in a blind heat and couldn't help himself, but I doubt it.
May 29, 2011
An Inconvenient Weiner
A hacked image or not, I decided to take a closer look at the image that was definitely posted on Rep. Anthony Weiner's Twitter feed to a young coed.
Two things strike me and they may not mean much, but who knows where this will go. Firstly, a screenshot of the image in question:
I then took the liberty of cropping the money shot from the above screengrab and brightening the image to see if anything between the model's legs or just to the right of the model would be enlightened. In both cases, we learn something.
1) Here we see a third leg in the picture. Or, rather, a fourth leg. What we see between the model's legs appears to be the leg of a desk chair. If so, our model likely stood up from his hacker control station and snapped his willy right there. This chair could be as innocuous as one found in any number of home offices, or it could be one used to sit at a desk in a congressional office.
2) This is infinitely more interesting, but also more obscure. What we see could be wires or cracks in the floor. Remember, we see a chair's leg, so we are looking down. But I can't help but think it is something else:
It's not entirely clear, but I see either a young farmer wielding a scythe, or a tricorn-adorned flagwaver. Is there patriotic tile or a rug in Rep. Weiner's office that can explain this figure? I've tried finding interior shots of Weiner's office and only come up with him sitting at a desk in what looks like an office chair. If it turns out that 2) is only wires on the ground, we can safely assume that they are standard black or dark brown wires, and their contrast with the floor implies the hacker's floor is beige in color, likely carpet. A dark wood or dark carpet would not contrast as sharply with these 'wires'.
Update:
Considering the tweets in question were made in the evening, and that Rep. Weiner hoped to watch a hockey game, if Weiner did send the photo himself, he likely did so from home. I have found a picture that shows navy blue carpet on the floor of Rep. Ron Paul's office. While that doesn't mean all congressional offices have blue carpet, it is just an additional push toward believing the photo was taken in Weiner's home office if he is the model.
What does this add to the #weinergate story?
* Our model stood straight out of his DESK CHAIR (likely in an office or at a computer) to pose.
** The pic was taken in a room with a CREAM OR BEIGE FLOOR:
a)Possibly a rug with humanoid figures
b)Possibly carpet or stone with wires (maybe to a laptop)
Two things strike me and they may not mean much, but who knows where this will go. Firstly, a screenshot of the image in question:
I then took the liberty of cropping the money shot from the above screengrab and brightening the image to see if anything between the model's legs or just to the right of the model would be enlightened. In both cases, we learn something.
1) Here we see a third leg in the picture. Or, rather, a fourth leg. What we see between the model's legs appears to be the leg of a desk chair. If so, our model likely stood up from his hacker control station and snapped his willy right there. This chair could be as innocuous as one found in any number of home offices, or it could be one used to sit at a desk in a congressional office.
2) This is infinitely more interesting, but also more obscure. What we see could be wires or cracks in the floor. Remember, we see a chair's leg, so we are looking down. But I can't help but think it is something else:
It's not entirely clear, but I see either a young farmer wielding a scythe, or a tricorn-adorned flagwaver. Is there patriotic tile or a rug in Rep. Weiner's office that can explain this figure? I've tried finding interior shots of Weiner's office and only come up with him sitting at a desk in what looks like an office chair. If it turns out that 2) is only wires on the ground, we can safely assume that they are standard black or dark brown wires, and their contrast with the floor implies the hacker's floor is beige in color, likely carpet. A dark wood or dark carpet would not contrast as sharply with these 'wires'.
Update:
Considering the tweets in question were made in the evening, and that Rep. Weiner hoped to watch a hockey game, if Weiner did send the photo himself, he likely did so from home. I have found a picture that shows navy blue carpet on the floor of Rep. Ron Paul's office. While that doesn't mean all congressional offices have blue carpet, it is just an additional push toward believing the photo was taken in Weiner's home office if he is the model.
What does this add to the #weinergate story?
* Our model stood straight out of his DESK CHAIR (likely in an office or at a computer) to pose.
** The pic was taken in a room with a CREAM OR BEIGE FLOOR:
a)Possibly a rug with humanoid figures
b)Possibly carpet or stone with wires (maybe to a laptop)
May 14, 2011
Ground Zero Mosque: Communist/Islamist Collusion?
About six months ago, I examined the artist's rendering of the proposed Park51 facility (previously known as The Cordoba House, a.k.a. The Ground Zero Mosque or GZM) and found an interesting pattern of hexagons emerges:
At first, I came to the conclusion that since the top pillar seems to be crumbling, it is highly unlikely that Muslims would create a building with the 5 pillars of Islam crumbling. So we are left with the 5 pillars of Christianity crumbling (which remains a viable theory). That is where I left this particular theory about 6 months ago - until a couple of weeks ago.
I watched a minute or so of a Sarah Palin speech at a rally in Madison, Wisconsin. A companion video showed the union counter-protest just outside the forum, and a sign that was being waved struck me:
The Solidarity Fist, or Commie pond scum fist as I call it, has been ubiquitous lately in most leftist rallies. I have seen it countless times in the last several months keeping up with the events in Wisconsin but it never meant anything more than communism to me. This time, though, instead of just seeing the pond scum fist, I saw 4 1/2 pillars. I immediately rethought my entire pillar theory, and instead of seeing the top pillar crumbling, I saw the top pillar CURLING and decided to trace the 'crumbling' pieces of the top pillar and re-paint the facade. The result is startling:
Side by side:
It's worth noting that the pond scum fist isn't upright or upside-down but angled appropriately for a pounding.
At first, I came to the conclusion that since the top pillar seems to be crumbling, it is highly unlikely that Muslims would create a building with the 5 pillars of Islam crumbling. So we are left with the 5 pillars of Christianity crumbling (which remains a viable theory). That is where I left this particular theory about 6 months ago - until a couple of weeks ago.
I watched a minute or so of a Sarah Palin speech at a rally in Madison, Wisconsin. A companion video showed the union counter-protest just outside the forum, and a sign that was being waved struck me:
The Solidarity Fist, or Commie pond scum fist as I call it, has been ubiquitous lately in most leftist rallies. I have seen it countless times in the last several months keeping up with the events in Wisconsin but it never meant anything more than communism to me. This time, though, instead of just seeing the pond scum fist, I saw 4 1/2 pillars. I immediately rethought my entire pillar theory, and instead of seeing the top pillar crumbling, I saw the top pillar CURLING and decided to trace the 'crumbling' pieces of the top pillar and re-paint the facade. The result is startling:
Side by side:
It's worth noting that the pond scum fist isn't upright or upside-down but angled appropriately for a pounding.
May 1, 2011
Tony Katz takes on Contessa Brewer over 'Racers'
A succinct label for unsubstantiated charges of racism against anyone, particularly conservatives, for challenging Obama on his policies and record, was long overdue. Tony Katz appeared on MSNBC with Contessa Brewer and delivered:
h/t www.pajamasmedia.com
We've usually just called people like Al Sharpton and Soledad O'Brien (especially Curious George 3:30 mark) charlatans or race-baiters but race-baiters is three syllables and takes up too much space after a Twitter #. 'Racers' sums it up so nicely that a law of biased media was formed in its wake .
Katz's Law states: As a discussion about Obama grows longer, the probability of charges of racism approaches one.
h/t www.pajamasmedia.com
We've usually just called people like Al Sharpton and Soledad O'Brien (especially Curious George 3:30 mark) charlatans or race-baiters but race-baiters is three syllables and takes up too much space after a Twitter #. 'Racers' sums it up so nicely that a law of biased media was formed in its wake .
Katz's Law states: As a discussion about Obama grows longer, the probability of charges of racism approaches one.
November 11, 2010
The Strongest Hand Never Played
Mediaite's Tommy Christopher wrote the following in reaction to David Axelrod's hint that the Obama Administration won't raise taxes in 2011:
"Senior adviser David Axelrod, in an interview with Huffington Post, has signaled that the administration is all but ready to fold the strongest hand they’re likely to get in post-midterm Washington."What Christopher doesn't seem to understand is this hand can only be played for two more months anyway, and that the longer the administration plays their cards close to their chest, the longer Americans are left with uncertainty about what taxes they will pay next year. 51 days from the new year, we are still left to guess. But if we are to believe the administration won't raise taxes, 'the strongest hand they're likely to get in post-midterm Washington' seems to be the strongest hand they should have played in pre-midterm Washington. Independents gave the Democrats a crushing defeat last week, but had they known their taxes wouldn't go up next year, they might have been more equitable with their votes.
Photo Credit: www.thetopthebest.comOctober 26, 2010
A Cell Phone in 1928 Chaplin film?
***UPDATE - VIDEO ADDED 10-27-10 9:35 p.m. Eastern***
Proof of Time Travel?
From Mediaite:
I have a couple of theories:
1) Sadly this genius was run over by a carriage just moments later, killing him and destroying a new device his apprentice would swear to police allowed them to communicate.
2) The notion of mobile communication was already dreamt of, especially in hip and brilliant circles like Chaplin’s must have been, so they pulled the greatest gag in gag history knowing someday they would tear the fabric of comic timing.
Proof of Time Travel?
From Mediaite:
"...the internet has been buzzing about video footage that appears to show a woman talking on a cellphone…in 1928. The footage is from the premiere of Charlie Chaplin’s film The Circus and was spotted by Belfast filmmaker George Clarke."
I have a couple of theories:
1) Sadly this genius was run over by a carriage just moments later, killing him and destroying a new device his apprentice would swear to police allowed them to communicate.
2) The notion of mobile communication was already dreamt of, especially in hip and brilliant circles like Chaplin’s must have been, so they pulled the greatest gag in gag history knowing someday they would tear the fabric of comic timing.
October 17, 2010
Election 2010: Press Sec. Gibbs' Technical Assertion
Press Secretary Robert Gibbs appeared to defy logic by asserting to "Meet The Press" that Democrats were going to maintain control of the House and Senate, but his remarks were not those of a lunatic after all. In a mousy, pedantic way, Gibbs merely stated the obvious - Democrats will retain the House and Senate until January, whether they win the election or not.
Once we look at his statements from this perspective, it's clear Gibbs is not a deranged telepath but a messenger - with a warning.
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Once we look at his statements from this perspective, it's clear Gibbs is not a deranged telepath but a messenger - with a warning.
October 14, 2010
Sharon Angle vs. Harry Reid Debate
Sharon Angle won me over tonight. No one is going to push this woman around. She spoke forcefully, if unevenly, in defiance of just about everything Reid had to say. Once she hit her stride, every issue was tackled with a zeal that can only do good things for Nevada and the U.S. Senate. She goaded Senator Reid to 'man up' at one point, followed by her peak of the evening discussing Yucca Mountain and nuclear waste and energy. Having not followed her saga at all this year, I was very glad to see that she has fire, and her free-market instincts for explaining why insurance companies shouldn't be required by Congress to provide for mammograms were just right. She should get help in the polls from this performance and should be well on her way to winning the election. I wouldn't be surprised if Harry Reid has trouble sleeping tonight.
October 4, 2010
Proof the Ground Zero Mosque is Peaceful
Like every American, I know that people are free to build places of worship in accordance with local laws and ordinances and that people in this country have that right whether I believe it or not. But any concerns we have about the motives of the GZM appear unfounded, though, as demonstrated by the first renderings of the proposed facility. If the developers of the project are willing to offer Americans a fraction of the inclusivity they offer to Israelis and Jews throughout the building's facade, then we are going to get along just fine.
At first glance the presence of multiple Stars of David is plainly obvious, but I decided to trace some of them and maybe find a collective meaning. There were many to wish upon so I was careful only to trace intersecting triangles that produced hexagons with parallel lines. I may have gotten greedy in the bottom left corner but they are certainly implied. Those are in blue. The green was only used to differentiate between overlapping blue Stars of David. The red was used to trace implied or explicit hexagons that do not have intersecting lines.
What emerged were five bands or pillars of SoDs, with a single SoD hanging above. The top pillar appears to be crumbling through the pillar below, as if collapsing from the light of the SoD in surrender. The scattered SoDs between each pillar could signify every pillar is crumbling.
But whenever I think of pillars crumbling, I think of walls crumbling, too. Divisive walls. Walls with no holes to reach through and foster peace. Where else do walls that divide us fall but where pillars provide us?
Credit: Associated Press
(Below: click for larger size)
There are plenty of 5-point stars in the design as well and I will explore their significance in a future update, along with another theory I am exploring.
Credit: Associated Press
At first glance the presence of multiple Stars of David is plainly obvious, but I decided to trace some of them and maybe find a collective meaning. There were many to wish upon so I was careful only to trace intersecting triangles that produced hexagons with parallel lines. I may have gotten greedy in the bottom left corner but they are certainly implied. Those are in blue. The green was only used to differentiate between overlapping blue Stars of David. The red was used to trace implied or explicit hexagons that do not have intersecting lines.
What emerged were five bands or pillars of SoDs, with a single SoD hanging above. The top pillar appears to be crumbling through the pillar below, as if collapsing from the light of the SoD in surrender. The scattered SoDs between each pillar could signify every pillar is crumbling.
But whenever I think of pillars crumbling, I think of walls crumbling, too. Divisive walls. Walls with no holes to reach through and foster peace. Where else do walls that divide us fall but where pillars provide us?
Credit: Associated Press(Below: click for larger size)
Credit: Associated Press
There are plenty of 5-point stars in the design as well and I will explore their significance in a future update, along with another theory I am exploring.
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